Biggest academic achievement?

Scroll to see replies

I'm deciding between an exam-heavy course at a Russell Group uni, and a coursework-heavy course at a less-prestigious uni.Think I'm leaning towards the coursework uni- it'll hopefully be less stressful and let me enjoy uni more and get more involved in clubs and things 😯
I think the main motivation will just be the greater oopportunities when I finish :-)

Posted from TSR Mobile

I'd probably go for the same as you! My MSc course had no exams and it was so much preferable in my opinion.

And it's definitely a good thing to be able to get more involved in clubs and sports and things - you can often get just as much out of those things as you can from the academic side of things when it comes to applications, interviews, job opportunities etc.

I hope it goes well, whatever you choose. :smile:

Reply 61

scottishgirl163

Going from a working grade 9 to working grade 2 in 6 weeks in national 5 maths!

Reply 62

Marshmallow9999

Original post by Liv1204

Thank you :-)

Posted from TSR Mobile

Reply 63

elen90

Once I got 10/10 on a Year 7 French vocab test.

7 A*s. :-)

Getting 11A*s at GCSE and getting 39/40 in my English Literature (WJEC board) GCSE controlled assessment and 20/20 on English Language assessment.

BTW, I think a swarm of TSR users with only academic accomplishments and nothing else are going to arrive on this thread soon.

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 66

Serine Soul

Pencil for spelling 'electricity' right in year three

Reply 67

andrea101

dropped only one mark in GCSE maths :h:

Reply 68

D8238

Binge watching all seasons of Grey's Anatomy in one term.

Reply 69

maryamzahid

A* in italian A level

Reply 70

Retired_Messiah

Got a C in GCSE further maths when I did no work on it at all and only agreed to be entered into the exam because I had nothing better to do.

Reply 71

♥Samantha♥

Being accelerated in school i guess. more of an ongoing process than an achievement but yeah.

Reply 72

♥Samantha♥

Original post by Retired_Messiah

Got a C in GCSE further maths when I did no work on it at all and only agreed to be entered into the exam because I had nothing better to do.

lol i swear u only need like 10 marks on each paper to get a C in gcse further maths.... it's the lowest grade u can get (other than a U).

Reply 73

Retired_Messiah

Original post by ♥Samantha♥

lol i swear u only need like 10 marks on each paper to get a C in gcse further maths.... it's the lowest grade u can get (other than a U).

Ya grade boundaries are hella low but the maths in it made about as much sense as Japanese to me. The U was a highly plausible outcome.

Reply 74

Icicle Man

On GCSE Geography (Edexcel) got 398/400 ums. Dropped 2 ums on the 3rd paper as I ended up not revising properly and answering the complete wrong question (answer 2 of the 4 available and on one of those 2 answered what we hadn't studied).
Was pretty happy about that. Unfortunately that trend didn't continue.........

Reply 75

Brownguymedic

gold in the Uk Maths Challenge

Reply 76

Matrix123

Original post by lisboonpop

gold in the Uk Maths Challenge

Ooh well done! Which one was that in?

Posted from TSR Mobile

Reply 77

h8skoooooool

100 UMS in my GCSE physics exams (coursework let me down grrrr)

Then 100, 100, 98 UMS in my GCSE biology and chemistry exams (coursework let me down once again)

Although I was buzzing with these results, I was even more impressed to get an A* in history GCSE despite learning nothing for 2 years (literally, our teacher did nothing but tell us to copy from the textbook) as well as getting full UMS in one exam.