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Idiots who think grades below C are a fail

Grades below a C are not a fail, they are a pass. If you get a D, E, F or G in any of your GCSEs this year, don't fret, you won't have failed your course. Employers recognise these grades and loads of college courses state that they accept D-G marks for entry.

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Reply 1

Good bloke

Of course they do.

Reply 2

Christian_j

Yes, everyone aim low!

Leave the high paying jobs for people with good grades like us! :wink:

Reply 3

RedRiotRoses

C is the average pass. Anything above C is above average. There are plenty of those though, who don't think C is a good pass at all.

Reply 4

teabreak

Don't kid yourself.

Reply 5

Bagration

Sorry.

Anything below C means that you are of below average intelligence. If you can't get a C in GCSE then you are NOT intelligent.

gg

Reply 6

eulerwaswrong

when most employers/unis say five good passes. they mean 5A*-C.

Therefore it is taken as general concensus that anything below a c is infact a fail - i understand its not but everybody see it that way.

and you will infact find that many (not all just a fair percentage - by no means all - but you are limiting your options) jobs these days will ask for 5 gcses - they mean A8-C

Reply 7

XAlonso

C is not good

Reply 8

Powersymphonia

I know someone who refuses to believe that I have 12 GCSEs. 11 of my GCSEs were grades A-C but I got a D in Physics. She says that I failed Physics. Silly git.

Reply 9

Malsy

My ''mate'' only needed 2 D's to get onto a beauty course she wanted to do :s-smilie:

they're not fails, they're just not the best are they, I mean C minimum is acceptable to appreciate i'd say.

Reply 10

Good bloke

Powersymphonia

I know someone who refuses to believe that I have 12 GCSEs. 11 of my GCSEs were grades A-C but I got a D in Physics. She says that I failed Physics. Silly git.

If someone put anything lower than a GCSE C grade on their CV and it came across my desk I would bin it immediately as belonging to someone who was deluded.

Reply 11

eulerwaswrong

Powersymphonia

I know someone who refuses to believe that I have 12 GCSEs. 11 of my GCSEs were grades A-C but I got a D in Physics. She says that I failed Physics. Silly git.

LOL - your making no sense - no one agrees with you - its late - just give it a rest aiii - if not for our sake yours

Reply 12

benwellsday

Anything less than 0 marks is almost definetely a fail.

Reply 13

Bacon_Sandwich

Bagration

Sorry.

Anything below C means that you are of below average intelligence. If you can't get a C in GCSE then you are NOT intelligent.

gg

Yes...... because performance in GCSE exams are indicative of intelligence....

Reply 14

xenodocheionology

RedRiotRoses

C is the average pass. Anything above C is above average. There are plenty of those though, who don't think C is a good pass at all.

I thought D was average now? E was average at my school :frown:

Reply 15

Resok

Yeah, theyre not a fail, my english lit teacher said "Unlike GCSE where a D is a fail, an E is a pass at a-level"

Reply 16

Bagration

GCSEs are not indicative of intelligence in general, but getting below a C certainly is.

Your school average may prove your school is full of people of low intelligence, not that average intelligence is at said level.