Reasons to do well in your GCSEs

I thought I'd start a little motivational thread to keep us going during the revision period.....so add on any reasons you can think of!

I'll start:

1. After 12 years at school, they are your first proper record of academic ability

Reply 1

vatoslocos

2. You can get a decent job.

Reply 2

Slick 'n' Shady

15

3. Unlike other things in your life they wont just disapper or become irrelevent after X amount of years. Employers, certain institutions and not to mention your CV all need your GCSE grades. So in effect, it is something that will effect you for the rest of your life.

Reply 3

Excalibur

15

4. A lot of universities have cut-off points for GCSEs and may filter you using them, so getting better GCSEs increases your chances of getting into a good university (and hence good job).

5. When you do well in your GCSEs, you'd get a sense of real achievement, pride and increase self-esteem. They're the first real exams you've sat after all, and it's a national exam, so you've finally got something you can measure yourself against.

Reply 4

kellywood_5

17

6. You only get one shot at them, and if you don't do as well as you know you could have done, you'll regret it.

7. Results day is fantastic when you've done well because you'll know that all your hard work has paid off and everyone will be really proud of you, but awful when you haven't because you'll have to face telling everyone what you got and seeing their disappointed faces.

Reply 5

quintsy

17

8) For subjects that you wish to continue to AS/A2 level, working hard at GCSE helps lay the foundations and could make the work slightly easier

9) Some schools/departments have minimum grade requirements, meaning if you don't perform so well you might not be allowed to either go to the sixth form/college of your choice, or study a particular subject

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11) these are exams that determine your whole life, by failing these you wont be able to go do alevels, wont go uni, wont get a good job and end up living off government benefits

Reply 8

generalebriety

16

12) No need to spend your summer holidays ****ting yourself waiting for results day. (And you will.)

Reply 9

TheBellJar

1

It'll frustrate you if you knew you could achieve far better.

Also it'll be a tad more comforting in uni applications with one hurdle jumped well!

Reply 10

bk2006

RdotR

11) these are exams that determine your whole life, by failing these you wont be able to go do alevels, wont go uni, wont get a good job and end up living off government benefits

EXCUSE ME ! What an arrogant comment to make !

I have you know that they will not determine your life and there is a little something some people like to do and that is good hard graft of working your way up! - i for one am all for it - You become more knowledgeable and appreciative that way.

It is possible to get into college a take a lower foundation course and work up to the higher courses ... granted it might take you a but longer but if you have the will to work for it you can do it.

HELL ... you don't need nothing and like i said before good hard working from bottom to top can get you places.

I'm no brains of Britain I'm an average C grade student in which one of my GCSE's (Maths) won't reach higher then an E grade but i have been accepted into college for a grade 3 course in media production - moving image so its not the end of the world ....

I'm not academic so i find school hard as much as i try so a more practical root in life is what i will be taking.

Thank You
Ben

P.S Next time a bit of thought into what you write may be needed.

and on this .....

kellywood_5

6. You only get one shot at them, and if you don't do as well as you know you could have done, you'll regret it.

7. Results day is fantastic when you've done well because you'll know that all your hard work has paid off and everyone will be really proud of you, but awful when you haven't because you'll have to face telling everyone what you got and seeing their disappointed faces.

Why would people be disappointed in you? ..... i think you are talking parent wise .

My parents have always said give it your best shot and whatever you get we wont be disappointed and we always support you.

finally a lot of people have been saying how CV's need them well yes in some cases but some CV boxes now only want post GCSE grades and some CV boxes wont fit more then post GCSE grades on.

Some people need to open there minds a bit ..... some people are very stuck in this classic GRADES MEAN EVERYTHING mode. There is endless opportunity to go out there with nothing or something and get something you really want to do.

Reply 11

nayiseda

No offence Ben, but that really isnt true. I agree that grades arent everything, but you seem to undermine their importance to someone's success at getting into uni/getting a good job. The top unis tend to attract the very best pupils, which in iturn attract the very best employers. ure there are anomalies who do their 'foundation courses' and do really well, but releative to a lot of people's expectations, the chances arent good enough therefore GCSEs are the best opportunity to show what you're capable of and ensuring that no doors are closed to you.

Reply 12

DarkWhite

17

It depends what you want to go into. If you want to do some academic, GCSEs are going to determine a lot of your future and how you spend it trying to build up your career path. If you want a more practical-based job, then you're good going for vocational college courses, applied courses and so forth.

13) After your last exam in the summer, you will have the most earned summer holidays you can ever imagine. Whether you're bricking it for your exam results or not, it will be the most rewarding time of the year to get the exams out of the way :biggrin:

Reply 13

torn7831

RdotR

11) these are exams that determine your whole life, by failing these you wont be able to go do alevels, wont go uni, wont get a good job and end up living off government benefits

That isn't very motivation m8. And it doesn't mean you'll be living on benefits. some of the richest businessmen have no grades and were dropouts because they had the balls to go for what they wanted.
It all depends - in a way you are right with some of your comments, but not all of it, esepcially the benefits part

Reply 14

The Joker

so you can laugh at others ppls rubbish grades on results day and prove everyone wrong (if they thought u werent the A* guy), ull be aknewlodged and respected especially if your not a sort little nerd with glasses but more of a social guy who plays sports and has hobbies because they'll think ur the whole package. "they" are sum random ppl and chicks.

Reply 15

nayiseda

jjintheuk

That isn't very motivation m8. And it doesn't mean you'll be living on benefits. some of the richest businessmen have no grades and were dropouts because they had the balls to go for what they wanted.
It all depends - in a way you are right with some of your comments, but not all of it, esepcially the benefits part

I hate when people use Richard Branson, Alan Sugar etc. to argue that you dont need good grades to be successful in life. First of all, they started their empires decades ago, business these days is a lot more difficult and concentrated, worsened with the internet, globalisation etc. Secondly, you suggest that they chose to drop out by free will, they wanted to start a business so dropped out. This wasnt the case. I can bet that if you asked anyone of these businessmen whether they recommend doing well in school or dropping out and starting a business, they would recommend the former.

Reply 16

kellywood_5

17

Ben Kerin

Why would people be disappointed in you? ..... i think you are talking parent wise .

My parents have always said give it your best shot and whatever you get we wont be disappointed and we always support you.

Yeah, my parents are like that too, but I meant more like if you hadn't given it your best shot because you couldn't be bothered to work, so you didn't do as well as you could have done.

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