11 A*s

Of course it's possible. I would imagine quite a few people manage it, as long as you're clever and you work damn hard between now and the exams. Me, I was happy enough with 1, let alone 11 :biggrin:

lol but if you want to, go for it!

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!Laxy!

No Future

How possible is it to get 11 A*s for GCSE?
I want that soooo badly...
I have 1 A* - did RE last year, now I have 10 to go...
1 was ok, but how the hell am I going to do 10?? :confused:

Its quite possible, but it aint the end of the world if you dont, gcs's are just a stepping stone. If you go onto do a degree and a-levels an employer won't care much for your gcse's :smile:

Reply 3

mobb_theprequel

It depends on which subjects you do too, as some subjects are much easier to get A*s in than others.

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Fluent in Lies

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only 11... pah!

Reply 5

username5154

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It's possible, just study hard.

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OP

mobb_theprequel

It depends on which subjects you do too, as some subjects are much easier to get A*s in than others.

Which ones would you say were easiest/hardest?

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username5154

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I know one of my friends got a lots of A's and A*s! No grade B's and below.

Reply 8

mobb_theprequel

No Future

Which ones would you say were easiest/hardest?

Well, the GCSEs which place heavy emphasis on coursework e.g. DT and IT (cwk = 60% of total mark (AQA)) are not necessarily easy - but if you get close to full marks on the coursework (which isn't particularly taxing) - you're virtually guaranteed an A*, whether you revise for the exam or not.

The separate sciences have been all but phased out of the comprehensive system - the vast majority of candidates are from the independent and grammar sectors: therefore, in separate sciences, you are competing with those who have a much higher mean ability than is normally the case.

By contrast, double science is the option of choice for most comprehensive students - you will be competing with, generally, weaker candidates; it is a diluted version of the separate sciences syllabus. So if you want to bag some surefire A*s - double award is the way forward. At my school, teachers have said that a straight B candidate in physics, chem and bio is on target for AA, and quite possibly A*A* in double award science.

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Fluent in Lies

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mm thats all very well, unless of course you school repetedly tells you that your course work is A/A* standard, you get A8s for the exam and then end up with an A because it turned out your coursework was a C as the school didnt give you one part of the assignment.

Reply 10

sloaney87

Its easy, looking back at last year im surprised why i only got 8 A stars (and 3 a's).
just revise well in the few weeks up to the exam (i didnt even do that) and ull be fine

stuff like sciences are piss- cgp has it all.
english, history, etc- its more to do with how much uve listened in class but they shud be fine

Reply 11

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sloaney87

Its easy, looking back at last year im surprised why i only got 8 A stars (and 3 a's).
just revise well in the few weeks up to the exam (i didnt even do that) and ull be fine

stuff like sciences are piss- cgp has it all.
english, history, etc- its more to do with how much uve listened in class but they shud be fine

Science - phew I have CGP
Eng/history - I listen, love the subjects

Yikes - maths

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mobb_theprequel

Well, the GCSEs which place heavy emphasis on coursework e.g. DT and IT (cwk = 60% of total mark (AQA)) are not necessarily easy - but if you get close to full marks on the coursework (which isn't particularly taxing) - you're virtually guaranteed an A*, whether you revise for the exam or not.

The separate sciences have been all but phased out of the comprehensive system - the vast majority of candidates are from the independent and grammar sectors: therefore, in separate sciences, you are competing with those who have a much higher mean ability than is normally the case.

By contrast, double science is the option of choice for most comprehensive students - you will be competing with, generally, weaker candidates; it is a diluted version of the separate sciences syllabus. So if you want to bag some surefire A*s - double award is the way forward. At my school, teachers have said that a straight B candidate in physics, chem and bio is on target for AA, and quite possibly A*A* in double award science.

I'm doing IT! :biggrin:

I've done 3 out of the 4 courseworks and I got 36/40 and 40/40 in the 1st 2 projects.

Argh, I'm doing triple science :frown:

Reply 13

neha p

No Future

How possible is it to get 11 A*s for GCSE?
I want that soooo badly...
I have 1 A* - did RE last year, now I have 10 to go...
1 was ok, but how the hell am I going to do 10?? :confused:

start doing a bit of revision everyday fro right now. dont over work and over-stress at the last minute like most do. also not many people follow up what they do in their lessons. i did that for my A levels, and it really helped me, just going over what we had done in the lessons.. :smile:

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username9945

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I kind of blew my chance of getting an A* when I did RE last year, a year early from the rest of them. I was still very happy with an A, but I felt it was the only chance I had of getting one which was a bummer.

This year if I'm fortunate enough to get any A*s they will most probably be in Drama, English Lit and/or Lang and possibly History because they are my strongest subjects. If I don't get any A*s I'm looking for a bare minimum of 6 As and I will be fine.

Don't stress, you already have 1 A* so you have nothing to worry about, and if you think about it, A*s and As are more or less the same except an A* just has that X-factor. They are both very respectable grades nonetheless. My advice is just keep up-to-date with coursework and keep refreshing yourself with certain topics that may take the most revision in certain subjects early so that revision stress does not affect your exam progress.

Good luck!

icetopaz

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inactive__user

I wou8ld say if you have the brain it is easily possible, just have to work hard for it!

Reply 16

rmyl

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my friend got 11 A*'s, he's now applying to do maths at cambridge!

Reply 17

smallthoms

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It is definitely possible - I managed it!

This might sound obvious but I think it depends a lot on the individual. Some people are good all-rounders, others may specialise in one particular subject. My problem is that I've got to decide which subject to do at uni, and I'll have to compete for places with people who are absolutely brilliant in their subject, even if they're not as good in everything else.

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~pixie~

it's definitely possible. i got 10A*s and i SWEAR on my life that wasnt what i thought i would get. our mocks were, i now realise marked really harshly and the teachers i guess overated everything. i predicted what i thought realistically would be 1C, 2Bs,5As and 2A*s. seriously. and so many people in my year got 10A*s and were like 'WOAH' cos they werent expecting it.

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