I got Rubbish GCSEs!

Meh, they're better than my grades at GCSE. Besides Oxbridge I've never heard of a uni complain about GCSE results. Unfortunately a degree from anywhere except Oxbridge is likely to end you up in a very low paying job, if any job at all that is, and its basically pointless even applying unless you feel like running yourself into debt with student loans...
You should worry about your A-levels, I've seen people with amazing GCSE's completely ruin their A-levels, probably because they think it'll be a pushover. The sooner you learn that A-level > GCSE the better.
Thinking about it, I'm wondering if students with high GCSE results are being pressured by their family and school. It would explain the amount of threads like this, and it seems a pretty typical tactic. Our school tried pushing uni on us at A-level, so maybe they're starting to prepare the year 11's for their degrees. Before we know it you'll get your complementary UCAS account when you join high school.

er..not true. my sister went to UCL and she gets paid an awful lot as a doctor so you're wrong there.

that was ridiculous actually; it's like saying there is absolutely NO hope for people who don't go to oxbridge

Meh, they're better than my grades at GCSE. Besides Oxbridge I've never heard of a uni complain about GCSE results. Unfortunately a degree from anywhere except Oxbridge is likely to end you up in a very low paying job, if any job at all that is, and its basically pointless even applying unless you feel like running yourself into debt with student loans...
You should worry about your A-levels, I've seen people with amazing GCSE's completely ruin their A-levels, probably because they think it'll be a pushover. The sooner you learn that A-level > GCSE the better.
Thinking about it, I'm wondering if students with high GCSE results are being pressured by their family and school. It would explain the amount of threads like this, and it seems a pretty typical tactic. Our school tried pushing uni on us at A-level, so maybe they're starting to prepare the year 11's for their degrees. Before we know it you'll get your complementary UCAS account when you join high school.

Don' be ..trust me, for someone who says that it shows what an absolute pillack they are. that statement is the most foolish I've come across in a while. pfft.

Woah SARCASM people, learn it!
Oxbridge is highly respected but I think too many people get in a fuss over it, theres no shame in going to any uni. Its mostly the threads on here that influenced that, so many people worry about Oxbridge when a degree somewhere thats a lot easier to get into has basically the same prospects.

Anyway I know it was a stupid point, I wasn't being serious though, I was hoping the blatant exxaggeration would clear that up!

Distinction for BTEC is not the same as 2 A* for GCSE. Especially for the course you took. Universities won't recognize this. So you got 2As, 7Bs and 1C plus a distinction for BTEC P.E.

Quoted for truth! I hate these people who say "oh yeah I got a blabla in so and so, this is worth 50 A*s at GCSE!" The truth is, you can't realistically convert it, so stop saying you got a GCSE and just say what it really is.

Listen guys,

If you don't like threads like these why bother posting in them?

Also I didn't meet my predictions/expectations so thats why I am feeling kind of down! Also it makes it kind of worse that my School pressured us alot and some family members did aswell,this makes me feel like CRAP & I have brought dishonour to my family!

All you people who say that you didn't get grades like mine(which may be higher or lower) and are happy with them,this is because you probbley met your predictions! But I didn't :/!

Also all you people who negative repped me,it just shows that your jealous of my grades and your probbley ticked off that im not happy with them?

Think before you do your actions!

how can u bring dishonour to ur family that ridiculous, if anything they should be happy that u have ur GCSEs (as most people ur age or older dont even have them) and u atleast have more than 5 A-C grades, (which is what unis are really interested in). and ur not the first person who never met their predictions so stop acting like its the end of the world!

I'm sorry to hear that your family is so hung up on academic achievement. Do well in A-levels for yourself not for your parents, you don't have anything to prove to anyone else. Best of luck

Listen guys,

If you don't like threads like these why bother posting in them?

Also I didn't meet my predictions/expectations so thats why I am feeling kind of down! Also it makes it kind of worse that my School pressured us alot and some family members did aswell,this makes me feel like CRAP & I have brought dishonour to my family!

All you people who say that you didn't get grades like mine(which may be higher or lower) and are happy with them,this is because you probbley met your predictions! But I didn't :/!

Also all you people who negative repped me,it just shows that your jealous of my grades and your probbley ticked off that im not happy with them?

I come from an British Indian family where I have strict targets to meet or I feel like a failure for the family and this is how I am feeling! My Mum is really happy with my GCSEs and is even giving me a reward of £180+ but my Dad he is another story! He goes "He is happy with my GCSE grades" but whenever I look at him,he looks at me with disappointment and like ive let him down or something! When i ask him "I did good didn't I Dad in my GCSEs?", He doesn't even reply! My Mum has to do all the talking so it doesn't make me feel bad. But I know what the truth is and it doesn't feel very nice at all! When I tell my Dad I didn't even get 2A*s,it was a Distinction instead,I don't know what his reaction will be!


Think before you do your actions!

it get worse when you get to A Level, there people try to compare BTEC Travel and tourism with three A Levels!!!!

its like BTEC Travel and Tourism can not be compared to any A Levels let alone 3

its like Saying a Distinction in Travel and Tourism is equal to an A in Maths, Physics and English Literature!

Its insane!

People really say that?

Funny how you should put English Lit "up there" with Maths and Physics though! I thought the general consensus around here was that anything non-scientific or mathematical was "soft"

I'm taking a mix anyway.