Mock results vs Actual GCSEs

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I’m confused on my results cuz like I got my final result and in art I got a grade 5 but then in my mocks I got a grade 6 and my predicted was a 7 I’m just confused as to why it’s gone down??? Like are the mocks just to show ur score on what it might have been...? Cuz If not i need to know so I can get my grade rechecked plz help me with this -

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Reply 81

Icantchoose

Original post by elsaruus

So I got my mock results back before Christmas and I feel like such failure, especially after going on TSR and reading about people who got all 8/9 in their mocks.

I was wondering what your mock results were, and if you have done them already, how your GCSEs compared to your mocks, and what you did to obtain those grades.

My mock results:

English Lit- 6 (I was the most upset about this one. I cried for a good few hours. I WAS 1 MARK OFF A 7 TOO!)
English Lang- 9
Geography- 7
German- 7
Science- 6 (I do double. Got a 6 in all 3 sciences)
Maths- 5 (Never been good at Maths. My worst subject.)
Spanish- 6
Drama- 6
History- 6

I am not saying a 6 is "bad" btw.

EDIT: I completed my GCSEs and I ended up doing much better :smile:

English Lang- 8
Lit-9
Geography- 9
German- 8
Science- 9,8
Maths- 6
Spanish- 8
Drama- 9
History- 8

Wow. Well done for the amazing results can you give advice please on how to get at least a grade 7 in lit about poetry and how to structure essays and good techniques to score those high grafes x and Lang as ENGLISH is my worst subject and I'm working at a 4 😭 especially articles and letter for Language as I've got a mock coming up and I want to do good for my predicted grade please xx
maths and science is my fav subjects and working at 8/9s and so in other subjects except German 😭 Could you please give advice on how to get a 7/8 in German please so much I've got mocks coming up so want to do really good in those please xx

Reply 82

various-balcony

Original post by Brianna.l_cia

What did you get then? Did you receive your results?

Yes I received my results.
I got 3 in all the subjects I did during my mock exam apart from combine science which I had 4-3

Reply 83

A_ikram19

Aaarrghhh gcses this yr and im so dead i got rlly bad in my mocks like a three in eng lit bad (i ran out of time) - can i apply for extra time or is it too late now my exams are in may

Reply 84

Cindy_01

For my mocks I got
English language 4-( shocking cus i used to get 6)
English lit-6
Double scienc-7/7
History-7-( adding w coursework)
Math-8( so close to 9)
Addmath- C(which literally doesnt make sense)
Art-7

I literally got one months left for my gcse and I literally dont think I cant get straight 8/9s lol

Reply 85

username6922112

Original post by elsaruus

So I got my mock results back before Christmas and I feel like such failure, especially after going on TSR and reading about people who got all 8/9 in their mocks.
I was wondering what your mock results were, and if you have done them already, how your GCSEs compared to your mocks, and what you did to obtain those grades.
My mock results:
English Lit- 6 (I was the most upset about this one. I cried for a good few hours. I WAS 1 MARK OFF A 7 TOO!)
English Lang- 9
Geography- 7
German- 7
Science- 6 (I do double. Got a 6 in all 3 sciences)
Maths- 5 (Never been good at Maths. My worst subject.)
Spanish- 6
Drama- 6
History- 6
I am not saying a 6 is "bad" btw.
EDIT: I completed my GCSEs and I ended up doing much better :smile:

English Lang- 8
Lit-9
Geography- 9
German- 8
Science- 9,8
Maths- 6
Spanish- 8
Drama- 9
History- 8

do you have any tips for english lit that actually help?

Reply 86

riley.luce

Original post by elsaruus

So I got my mock results back before Christmas and I feel like such failure, especially after going on TSR and reading about people who got all 8/9 in their mocks.
I was wondering what your mock results were, and if you have done them already, how your GCSEs compared to your mocks, and what you did to obtain those grades.
My mock results:
English Lit- 6 (I was the most upset about this one. I cried for a good few hours. I WAS 1 MARK OFF A 7 TOO!)
English Lang- 9
Geography- 7
German- 7
Science- 6 (I do double. Got a 6 in all 3 sciences)
Maths- 5 (Never been good at Maths. My worst subject.)
Spanish- 6
Drama- 6
History- 6
I am not saying a 6 is "bad" btw.
EDIT: I completed my GCSEs and I ended up doing much better :smile:

English Lang- 8
Lit-9
Geography- 9
German- 8
Science- 9,8
Maths- 6
Spanish- 8
Drama- 9
History- 8

omg well done
im aiming for a nine in geography but I got an eight in my paper 2 and a nine in the rest
what would u say is good revision for it
also I do ocr b

Reply 87

riley.luce

Original post by Cindy_01

For my mocks I got
English language 4-( shocking cus i used to get 6)
English lit-6
Double scienc-7/7
History-7-( adding w coursework)
Math-8( so close to 9)
Addmath- C(which literally doesnt make sense)
Art-7
I literally got one months left for my gcse and I literally dont think I cant get straight 8/9s lol

im so scared to im predicting to get all nines except maths I need to improve 2 grades
whats ur advice
I think in English u could easily improve
for language have u tried to use a pre-made creative writing or q5 on paper 2 memorise it and alter it slightly on the spot
honestly that the only thing I do for language and ive always got a nine
and for lit im sure ur gonna get higher in the real thing most ppl seem to anyways id probably suggest having good context and writers intentions linking with it as well as key terminology and good vocabulary u dont need to write much I wrote 2 and a half paragraphs for a Christmas carol and embedded the quotes from the extract and got a nine in both mocks
dont memorise too many quotes pick ones that are interchangeable according to the question that can link to any theme I use the same 3 for each book all the time

Reply 88

bpaige08

Mock results:
Biology- 6
Business- 7
Chemistry- 4 (literally shook at how bad I did)
Drama- 7
English lit- 5 (let’s just say poetry isn’t for me)
English lang- 7
Geography- 6
Maths- 6
Physics- 5 (again another subject that is not my strong suit)
Religious studies- 8
Spanish- 5

What I want in my GCSEs:
Biology: 7
Business: 8
Chemistry: 5
Drama: 8/9
English lit: 7
English lang: 8
Geography: 7
Maths: 7
Physics: 5
Religious studies: 8/9
Spanish: 6

Reply 89

hjsk

just for the new year 11s this year who may be looking for what some people got in their mocks compared to GCSE's... here's mine!

MOCKS
English Literature - 1 (predicted a 3) - AQA
English Language - 5 (predicted a 6) - AQA
Maths (Foundation) - 4 (predicted a 5) - Edexcel
Science (Combined) - 3-3 (predicted a 4-3) - AQA
History (Crime & Punishment; Policing in Whitechapel, Nazi + Weimer Germany, Cold War + Elizabeth I) - Edexcel
Religious Studies - U (predicted a 2) - AQA
Computer Science - 3 (predicted a 3) - OCR
Spanish (Foundation) - 2 (predicted a 3) - AQA

GCSEs (2024)
English Literature - 6 (5 marks off a 7!)
English Language - 9 (Genuinely so happy with this - this year, very few people - apparently - did better in Language than Lit. so i'm pleased with my result!)
Maths (Foundation) - 5
Science (Combined) - 5-5
History - 5 (originally was a 4, but I was 2 marks off a 5 and sent it back for remarks, came back to a 5)
Religious Studies - 6
Computer Science - 6
Spanish (Foundation) - 5

These grades aren't perfect across the board, like with some sets of grades i've seen on here. I'm not a "straight 9/8" student but I definitely used my mocks as a wake up call to lock in and revise as much content as I could with me being comfortable enough to get that work done. I wish all the new year 11's good luck for the upcoming year, it'll be a bumpy but hopefully successful ride! :smile:

Reply 90

aditya nair12344

Mocks:
english language : 6
English literature : 7
maths: 8 (1 mark into a 8)
biology:9
chemistry:9
physics:9
statistics( already done the gcse in year 10 ): 8
Further maths : 8
Dt: 7
computer science:7
Business:9

GCSE's
english language: 5 (don't know what happened here🤢, i am retaking it )
english literature : 8 ( 4 marks of 9)
maths : 9
chemistry:9
physics:9
biology:9
further maths:8
statitics:8
Dt:7
computer science:7
Business: 9

Reply 91

ThatSunniGuy

Original post by hjsk

just for the new year 11s this year who may be looking for what some people got in their mocks compared to GCSE's... here's mine!
MOCKS
English Literature - 1 (predicted a 3) - AQA
English Language - 5 (predicted a 6) - AQA
Maths (Foundation) - 4 (predicted a 5) - Edexcel
Science (Combined) - 3-3 (predicted a 4-3) - AQA
History (Crime & Punishment; Policing in Whitechapel, Nazi + Weimer Germany, Cold War + Elizabeth I) - Edexcel
Religious Studies - U (predicted a 2) - AQA
Computer Science - 3 (predicted a 3) - OCR
Spanish (Foundation) - 2 (predicted a 3) - AQA
GCSEs (2024)
English Literature - 6 (5 marks off a 7!)
English Language - 9 (Genuinely so happy with this - this year, very few people - apparently - did better in Language than Lit. so i'm pleased with my result!)
Maths (Foundation) - 5
Science (Combined) - 5-5
History - 5 (originally was a 4, but I was 2 marks off a 5 and sent it back for remarks, came back to a 5)
Religious Studies - 6
Computer Science - 6
Spanish (Foundation) - 5
These grades aren't perfect across the board, like with some sets of grades i've seen on here. I'm not a "straight 9/8" student but I definitely used my mocks as a wake up call to lock in and revise as much content as I could with me being comfortable enough to get that work done. I wish all the new year 11's good luck for the upcoming year, it'll be a bumpy but hopefully successful ride! :smile:

That Language result is excellent, particularly considering your previous mock grade. Please could you tell me what you did to receive that grade?

Reply 92

hjsk

Original post by ThatSunniGuy

That Language result is excellent, particularly considering your previous mock grade. Please could you tell me what you did to receive that grade?

Honestly came extremely lucky with the grade boundaries this year - I think you needed 121 to get a 9, I got 122 😅 but I just did past papers and practised the creative writing section as Q5 (the creative writing section) is worth half of the paper (for both papers). Paper 2 was definitely a struggle for me but it somehow ended up being my best between the two but with a lot of revision in terms of writing your own short stories with prompts or just doing past papers can seriously make the difference. Hope this helps! :smile:

I've always loved to write in my own time and my English teacher did praise my creative writing throughout the year, that was probably the reason why I got such high marks! I looked back at my AQA certificate and it said the mark distribution was:
Paper 1: 59/80
Paper 2: 63/80

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