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SQA Results' Day Discussion Thread - Tuesday 5 August 2014

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I'm hoping to do Maths and Physics at Glasgow. I think I have an A in maths, unless I didn't remember anything correctly from the exam when I went over the paper with my teacher. She was really great and had worked us really hard to get an A in Higher so I'll be
disappointed if I don't as it's my best subject.

that sounds great !! Im sure you'll have your A, it was my best subject too until I sat the final exam haha :L

Reply 61

LetMeTakeASelfie

Original post by greenladybird

Biomedical Engineering :cute:

Only two places in Scotland that run the course though :frown:

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oh that sounds fancy!! Do Glasgoe run that

It's because it was a new team writing the papers after the fiasco last year. So it was just a different writing style/type of questions which no-one was able to be prepared for beforehand.

yeah that's exactly what I heard too, I just wish they would get it right, its either ridiculously easy like last years or hard like ours...

Reply 62

BreezeBlockss

Original post by LetMeTakeASelfie

Did you do Nat 5s

Yes, I did do Nat 5's. Did you?

Reply 63

LetMeTakeASelfie

Original post by ashleymacleod

Yes, I did do Nat 5's. Did you?

Don't worry too much, I was like that when I did my Standard Grades last year, truth is, they're just a stepping stone, Highers take over, then Advanced Highers, then Uni degrees and your Nat Fives will be a distant memory... :P you've probably did really well though so don't worry

Reply 64

greenladybird

Original post by LetMeTakeASelfie

yeah that's exactly what I heard too, I just wish they would get it right, its either ridiculously easy like last years or hard like ours...

Yup it's Glasgow and Strathclyde, aiming for Strathclyde though :smile:

I don't think it was exactly hard, it just focused on certain types of questions more compared to previous years which most people didn't seem to be prepared for somehow...

Reply 65

BreezeBlockss

Original post by LetMeTakeASelfie

I already started highers a few weeks before summer and they make Nat 5's seem so easy now haha

Reply 66

weejackie10

Waiting on highers, the wait is endless! 2 weeks tomorrow, who's nervous?

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Reply 67

LongLazyDays

Original post by weejackie10

Waiting on highers, the wait is endless! 2 weeks tomorrow, who's nervous?

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Me!

I'm not as nervous as I was last year though! This year's been a lot better! :smile:

What Highers did you do? Good luck to you!! :biggrin:

Reply 68

Hype en Ecosse

Original post by LongLazyDays

Me!

I'm not as nervous as I was last year though! This year's been a lot better! :smile:

What Highers did you do? Good luck to you!! :biggrin:

Yeah, it definitely gets easier as time goes on! Especially as the wait between final exam and results gets shorter and shorter. :tongue:

I know someone on here from Oxford who got his exam results on the same afternoon as he sat the exam. :eek:

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Reply 69

LongLazyDays

Original post by Hype en Ecosse

Yeah, it definitely gets easier as time goes on! Especially as the wait between final exam and results gets shorter and shorter. :tongue:

I know someone on here from Oxford who got his exam results on the same afternoon as he sat the exam. :eek:

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I know! This year I finished 28th May and time has flown since then. I haven't done much in that time!! :colondollar:

Woah! That's quick! Did he get into Oxford? If so, well done to him!

I wish that could happen with all exams...but I do like waiting for my results.

Only problem is if I get, say a B in Chemistry ( :w00t:

) I'll forget what questions came up that helped me! :redface:

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Reply 70

Dralcon

What is the earliest time that you can get your results by text/e-mail?

Reply 71

mathsisannoying

2 weeks tomorrow will fly in, decided to not open the email/text and just open my last year of results from the good ol traditional Mail Man, although i heard that track/ucas can email you early with their decision as well before that so if i do im opening that one just in case !

Reply 72

mathsisannoying

Original post by Dralcon

What is the earliest time that you can get your results by text/e-mail?

They come in waves from usually 1am in the morning if i were you id have a good night sleep and wake up with them you might be in the last batch theres no particular person who picks whos results are sent first, there is no order at all !

Reply 73

Pennyarcade

Original post by Dralcon

What is the earliest time that you can get your results by text/e-mail?

Around 01:00

Reply 74

Dralcon

Original post by mathsisannoying

Do you know if they're hourly waves or whether the texts are sent out at random times?

Reply 75

mathsisannoying

Original post by Dralcon

Do you know if they're hourly waves or whether the texts are sent out at random times?

From what i know they are hourly :smile:

Reply 76

Asklepios

Original post by Dralcon

Do you know if they're hourly waves or whether the texts are sent out at random times?

They're sent out in waves, but I think more frequently than hourly.

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Reply 77

mathsisannoying

Original post by Asklepios

They're sent out in waves, but I think more frequently than hourly.

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maybe depending how how many people ask for it to be sent by text/email it varies really id say last year it was almost hourly.

Reply 78

Asklepios

Original post by mathsisannoying

maybe depending how how many people ask for it to be sent by text/email it varies really id say last year it was almost hourly.

Ah ok, I wasn't 100% sure. You're probably right then :smile:

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Reply 79

ManicPumpkin

Ah Results Day. I do keep forgetting that I have results to get! So glad I received an Unconditional. Don't think I could bare the stress of results day, again. However if you have a Conditional, very best of luck! :smile: