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How much natural intellectual ability someone who did zero revision for their GCSEs and got 2 As, a B, 2 Cs and 3 Ds has? Are they exceptional grades without any revision at all?
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Obviously that's pretty good for the two A subjects but overall it doesn't really suggest that person is exceptionally intellectual...
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I would say partly yes . Good grades without revision I revised 10hrs a day until it gave me a mental breakdown and involved a lot of panic attacks during exams and got 2As and 6Bs however I was happy due to the circumstances as I know I could of done better but life happens and I did what I could .
Think what I'm trying to say is everyone has different factors , lifess and also measurements of intelligence and these grades wouldn't mean someone is intellectual but wouldn't mean there not . Personal preference I suppose but very decent set of grades to be proud of with no revison for sure.
Think what I'm trying to say is everyone has different factors , lifess and also measurements of intelligence and these grades wouldn't mean someone is intellectual but wouldn't mean there not . Personal preference I suppose but very decent set of grades to be proud of with no revison for sure.
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No. GCSEs are **** easy, I didn't revise for Economics, English Language or Maths and got A*s.
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Quite bad considering I did no revision and did better than you and I went to worst secondary school in my county
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This 'zero revision' condition means nothing in itself, since one could still be putting in a huge amount of effort in lessons and homework. Also the amount of difference to someone's performance that revision makes varies drastically from person to person. Some people have better long-term memory, some better short-term. This really isn't a sensible question.
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No. GCSEs are **** easy, I didn't revise for Economics, English Language or Maths and got A*s.
No. GCSEs are **** easy, I didn't revise for Economics, English Language or Maths and got A*s.
Anyone can put a lot of effort into their best subjects and neglect their weakest ones. That doesn't make GCSEs 'easy' in my opinion.
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(Original post by TimeGear)
Also I don't agree with this misconception that GCSEs are 'easy'. How many people get straight A*s? I did and I would still call them very difficult. Why? Because the challenge in GCSEs is excelling a great range of different subjects simultaneously. Not acing a few of them, failing the others and then pretending like you're a genius just because of those few A*s. You can call them easy when it was even easy for you to get an A* in your weakest subject.
Anyone can put a lot of effort into their best subjects and neglect their weakest ones. That doesn't make GCSEs 'easy' in my opinion.
Also I don't agree with this misconception that GCSEs are 'easy'. How many people get straight A*s? I did and I would still call them very difficult. Why? Because the challenge in GCSEs is excelling a great range of different subjects simultaneously. Not acing a few of them, failing the others and then pretending like you're a genius just because of those few A*s. You can call them easy when it was even easy for you to get an A* in your weakest subject.
Anyone can put a lot of effort into their best subjects and neglect their weakest ones. That doesn't make GCSEs 'easy' in my opinion.
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(Original post by TimeGear)
Also I don't agree with this misconception that GCSEs are 'easy'. How many people get straight A*s? I did and I would still call them very difficult. Why? Because the challenge in GCSEs is excelling a great range of different subjects simultaneously. Not acing a few of them, failing the others and then pretending like you're a genius just because of those few A*s. You can call them easy when it was even easy for you to get an A* in your weakest subject.
Anyone can put a lot of effort into their best subjects and neglect their weakest ones. That doesn't make GCSEs 'easy' in my opinion.
Also I don't agree with this misconception that GCSEs are 'easy'. How many people get straight A*s? I did and I would still call them very difficult. Why? Because the challenge in GCSEs is excelling a great range of different subjects simultaneously. Not acing a few of them, failing the others and then pretending like you're a genius just because of those few A*s. You can call them easy when it was even easy for you to get an A* in your weakest subject.
Anyone can put a lot of effort into their best subjects and neglect their weakest ones. That doesn't make GCSEs 'easy' in my opinion.
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(Original post by Aaryra)
Cool, that's you though. It's not a misconception, literally everyone I know my age has said this. Even during GCSEs I wasn't necessarily worried. I did pretty good and did little revision. GCSEs aren't excelling at loads of subjects - you learn basic info and regurgitate it all.
Cool, that's you though. It's not a misconception, literally everyone I know my age has said this. Even during GCSEs I wasn't necessarily worried. I did pretty good and did little revision. GCSEs aren't excelling at loads of subjects - you learn basic info and regurgitate it all.
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Quite bad considering I did no revision and did better than you and I went to worst secondary school in my county
Quite bad considering I did no revision and did better than you and I went to worst secondary school in my county
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(Original post by Walt_14)
How much natural intellectual ability someone who did zero revision for their GCSEs and got 2 As, a B, 2 Cs and 3 Ds has? Are they exceptional grades without any revision at all?
How much natural intellectual ability someone who did zero revision for their GCSEs and got 2 As, a B, 2 Cs and 3 Ds has? Are they exceptional grades without any revision at all?
I'd also suggest it's unlikely that a person would do no revision at all in school- they might do nothing outside of school but the same is true for a lot of students.
I wouldn't say those results are exception, but they are not poor either, and as long as you have English and maths, they are unlikely to hold you back.
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(Original post by TimeGear)
Can't call them easy if you can't get the top grade though. Doing 'pretty good' with little revision does not mean they're easy - you can't get As and then call them easy, because then why were you unable to get A*s? All the people who call them easy can't get the top grades, which is a blatant contradiction.
Can't call them easy if you can't get the top grade though. Doing 'pretty good' with little revision does not mean they're easy - you can't get As and then call them easy, because then why were you unable to get A*s? All the people who call them easy can't get the top grades, which is a blatant contradiction.
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(Original post by Walt_14)
How much natural intellectual ability someone who did zero revision for their GCSEs and got 2 As, a B, 2 Cs and 3 Ds has? Are they exceptional grades without any revision at all?
How much natural intellectual ability someone who did zero revision for their GCSEs and got 2 As, a B, 2 Cs and 3 Ds has? Are they exceptional grades without any revision at all?
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No, they're ok grades, and the fact you didn't revise shows a lack of motivation and/or self control. I didn't revise for my GCSE's and I did much better than that, which is probably the same for a few other thousand people in the country.
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