22 August 2013 GCSE results: Discussion thread

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I am over the moon with my results :smile:

I achieved 1 A*, 4 A's, 4 B's, 2C's and a distinction in ICT. I was only predicted grade C's in everything and for most exceeded this so I am very happy!

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Tibbz2

Original post by Heytherehello

I got A* Eng lit, A* french, A Maths, A History, A Philosophy, A Biology, A Latin, B Physics, B Eng Lang so overall: 2A*s 5As and 2Bs. Is that a good set of results because i feel disappointed :frown:

. I want to go to UCL to study history or philosophy or maybe even classics. Are these results good enough for that? Any replies would be appreciated :smile:

Most Uni's really don't look at your GCSEs, so I wouldn't worry.

Congrats

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username1042689

Original post by DavidYorkshireFTW

Well done to everyone, you all seem to have pretty good grades :biggrin:

I saw on the news that performance in GCSE's had gone down in the past year, I then read a status of which a year 11 had posted on facebook last night saying the following : "I don't care if I did ****, at least I had a social life ahaha", so I think it's people like that are the reason for that, not the TSR community, so once again well done, and good luck in A levels, if you are taking them, please note, there is a considerable jump in both work load and difficulty (for me at least) from GCSE to A level, so bare that in mind. Trust me, it's a lot better to try your best first time in AS than have retakes in A2, takes quite a lot of pressure off :smile:

Most of us worked really hard and TSR was a big help for me :smile:

The reason the GCSE results have gone down is that there's been a big increase in people being entered into GCSEs early, and they tend to get worse grades.

Reply 8303

3mma_gal96

Hey guys, I got:
English Lang - A*
English Lit - A*
Biology - A*
Chemistry - A*
Physics - A*
History - A*
Maths - A
RE (short course) - A*
Dida year 1 - B
Dida year 2 - A
Applied Business - B

I want to study medicine (preferably in Cardiff), but I am a bit concerned. This is because I know many universities don't accept applied business, nor my 2 Dida qualifications which replace ICT. In addition, I'm pleased with my RE result but it's a short course and yet again, I know lots of uni's, like Cardiff, don't accept short courses.
Discarding my business,dida's and RE, have I got enough to work with? :s-smilie:

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student1508

Hey guys, I got 7a*'s, then 3a's (an A in maths (3 UMS off A* - let down only by my first exam (1st module) which I took when I was 14), then A in art, and A in English lang (which I plan to retake for A*). I also got full UMS on my r.s. exam, full ums on both French exams, and full ums on 1 module of my bio, chem and physics exams. I go to a private school for girls, and ive been there for 3 yrs, after coming from a public school. I REALLY want to study medicine, do you think my grades are enough to get in to Cambridge/Oxford? Thanks

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username1042689

I received nine A* in English Language, English Literature, Maths, Double Award Science, RS, French, Latin and Music ( :eek:

). And an A in the FSMQ :smile:

Happy doesn't begin to cover it.

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Heytherehello

Can someone help me? In my latin GCSE i was 1 UMS mark away from an A* (grrrr) and i want to only get 2 of my modules remarked. Is that allowed or when you remark do you have to get all papers remarked? Any replies appreciated, thank you.

Reply 8307

08boothc

I got my Maths results earlier this year, I did both Edexcel Linear and AQA Modular and achieved a C in both!. Does this mean I get two GCSE's or am I only allowed to use one?

Also they didn't show up on my results slip this results day and because I got the results in April I don't have anything to prove I got them! My edexcel one is on the results online thing but will I have to wait for my certificates to come to prove I got the C's? Or is there another way of proving I passed before hand?

Thanks for your help in advance!

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BC95

Original post by curcuitcities

Well done guys!

I managed to get 4A*s, 4As & 2Bs.
A*s - Maths IGCSE, Physics, Stats, Religion
As - Eng Lang, Eng Lit, Geography, German
Bs - Business, I.T.

I was wondering - can you can remark I.T. controlled assessments? I'm 3 UMS away from an A. I got an A & A* in the exams, but the Bs in the coursework brought it down. If not, I'll just remark the A paper, and hope for the best.

Also are these on course to do Economics in Uni? Cheers :smile:

Very well done, from my experience you can get IT controlled assessments remarked.

Which uni's were you thinking of studying Economics at ? :smile:

Original post by Heytherehello

you just get individual papers remarked rather than the subject as a whole, so to answer your question yes you could just get 1 or 2 papers remarked :smile:

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rida1997

Our school really screwed us over in regards to control assessments, I got 89,90 and 100 ums in my bio exams, and cos of my CA I only got an A overall :/, because our school decided to mark us 'extra harshly'. The same occurred with economics and spanish, and it really isnt fair :mad:

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Mutleybm1996

Could you guys possibly check out this thread for me? I'd appreciate it:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2441866

Thanks :smile:

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DavidYorkshireFTW

Original post by paradoxicalme

Most of us worked really hard and TSR was a big help for me :smile:

The reason the GCSE results have gone down is that there's been a big increase in people being entered into GCSEs early, and they tend to get worse grades.

Yes, I did hear that, but I thought that that status represented some of attitudes of those taking GCSE's, in every generation. TSR was a big help through my A levels. Yes I can see, well done! :biggrin:

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curcuitcities

Original post by BC95

Very well done, from my experience you can get IT controlled assessments remarked.

Which uni's were you thinking of studying Economics at ? :smile:

Thanks man
Of course, Cambridge if possible. That's if I manage to beast A-Level :tongue:

If not, I'm looking at London School of Econ & UCL.
Btw for A-Levels, I'm doing Maths, Physics, Economics & History.

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username1042689

Original post by DavidYorkshireFTW

There are always some 'don't give a ****' people...my friend's one of them. I just hope their GCSEs give them enough of a shock that they'll get rid of their apathy before they wreck their lives.

Reply 8316

Motivated

Original post by curcuitcities

http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/126278-specification-level-ums-grade-boundaries-november-2012-january-and-june-2013.pdf According to this (pg 32), it is :frown:

You might as well get one of your papers remarked then. It can't go down, surely.

Omg

Would they remark my controlled assessment?

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DavidYorkshireFTW

Original post by paradoxicalme

There are always some 'don't give a ****' people...my friend's one of them. I just hope their GCSEs give them enough of a shock that they'll get rid of their apathy before they wreck their lives.

Same. What are you doing for A level then? :smile:

Reply 8318

CHILLI_mango

I got an A* in edexcel maths (Mathematics A (linear) option H) but haven't been told my ums marks? Is this just something that edexcel does, or should I have my mark?

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username1042689