How bad are my GCSE results?

That's for that specific course there. Even so, if that was the case for every single Medicine course, it's fair to say unless you are interested in Medicine then GCSEs are just a means of getting to college. Likewise, A-Levels are just a means of getting into University and a degree is just a means of getting you a job/starting a career. GCSEs are just as important as SATs.

Reply 21

XMaramena

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Original post by Maya331

I was predicted As and Bs but came out of school with

Eng lit - A
English - B
R.S - B
Science - B
Additional science - C
Maths - C
French - C
Geography - C
History - C
Drama - D

I've always been really ambitious and was thinking maybe law, but now there's no chance of that!

For my A - levels I'm doing geography, history, biology and psychology so if I do really well in these, will that outweigh not so good GCSEs? Can I still get into a top uni and have a decent career and also can you suggest any careers I should go into with my a level options?

Thank you!

They're OK - could be better, but could be a lot worse. Don't worry - as long as you have good A levels, nobody gives a damn about GCSEs. And as long as you have a good degree, nobody gives a damn about A levels.

Hell, if you have a good enough portfolio/experience, nobody even gives a damn about a degree.

Reply 22

HeskeyLAD

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Original post by beyknowles

I didn't care about GCSEs so I got average results: 5As, 5Bs and 1C. The reason for getting a C in History was because we had 3 different teachers in one year who didn't have a clue where we were at and so I just gave up when it became to stressful.

Anyway, those results got me into the best college in my area, so that's great (--:

That's not average, believe me...

Reply 23

beyknowles

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Original post by HeskeyLAD

That's not average, believe me...

It is. What would you consider average?

Reply 24

HeskeyLAD

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Original post by beyknowles

It is. What would you consider average?

They're not average in my eyes :tongue:

Reply 25

Andy98

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Original post by Maya331

I was predicted As and Bs but came out of school with

Eng lit - A
English - B
R.S - B
Science - B
Additional science - C
Maths - C
French - C
Geography - C
History - C
Drama - D

I've always been really ambitious and was thinking maybe law, but now there's no chance of that!

For my A - levels I'm doing geography, history, biology and psychology so if I do really well in these, will that outweigh not so good GCSEs? Can I still get into a top uni and have a decent career and also can you suggest any careers I should go into with my a level options?

Thank you!

They're not too shabby, quite average

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Reply 26

beyknowles

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Original post by HeskeyLAD

They're not average in my eyes :tongue:

It seemed as if you were saying that they were below average? Not that it matters but I was just clarifying that they are most definitely nowhere near below average. To be honest, when I say 'average' I actually mean compared to what I wanted they are average. I wanted maybe 2A*s 5As and 4Bs. So compared to that my results were average haha.

Reply 27

HeskeyLAD

12

Original post by beyknowles

It seemed as if you were saying that they were below average? Not that it matters but I was just clarifying that they are most definitely nowhere near below average. To be honest, when I say 'average' I actually mean compared to what I wanted they are average. I wanted maybe 2A*s 5As and 4Bs. So compared to that my results were average haha.

they're above average u poo

edit: That's a weird way to define 'average' lol xD

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 28

gr8wizard10

21

Pretty much similar to mine and I've done pretty well for myself.

Reply 29

Dabossi89

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Original post by beyknowles

you need 6 A*-B grades to get into any decent colleges so I pity you

ok mate tell us yours I am dying to know!!!

Reply 30

beyknowles

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Original post by Dabossi89

ok mate tell us yours I am dying to know!!!

they weren't too good I got 5As 5Bs and 1C but I'm in the best college in my area so yeahh

Reply 31

Maya331

OP

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Original post by beyknowles

they weren't too good I got 5As 5Bs and 1C but I'm in the best college in my area so yeahh

Hahahah, yeah no one really cares bey, it's called sarcasm so gtfo

Reply 32

beyknowles

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Original post by Maya331

Hahahah, yeah no one really cares bey, it's called sarcasm so gtfo

I'm intelligent enough to spot sarcasm thanks but I wanted to make the point that I got into a worthwhile college. :colondollar:

Reply 33

Maya331

OP

9

Original post by beyknowles

I'm intelligent enough to spot sarcasm thanks but I wanted to make the point that I got into a worthwhile college. :colondollar:

No one cares and no one likes awkward t*ats who like to just "make a point" :colondollar:

Reply 34

colourtheory

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You really seize any opportunity to plug your grades don't you?

Reply 35

colourtheory

15

I'm just teasing, I do it too :biggrin:

Reply 36

Bubblebex1

3

Well I think they are amazing results, GCSEs are so hard and you have got 9 GCSEs at grade a-c, alot of teachers at my school say if you think you didn't do as well as you could at GCSE level it normally changes at A level and people sometimes do amazing at A level which I think is probably more important. I have just gone into year 11 and am so nervous for my GCSEs alot of the girls above say it is the worst school year of their lives which has freaked me out! :-/