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Worried about my maths grade GCSE

(I wont lie, my gcses have been going smoothly, almost too smoothly.
Right now i'm just hoping that the grade boundaries wont be too high, meaning that i have a chance at getting a good grade.
Anyway...)

my main concern is my maths grade. when i applied, on their website it had said a grade 5. a week or so after my application, i check the course again, and it said a grade 6.
maths is completely my weakest subject. its the only subject i can actually manage to 'not pass'.
In my november mocks i got a 3. i was in complete shock. my parents paid £30 for maths tuition once a week. on the february mocks i got a 5, almost a 6. however, i thought that them tests were relatively chill (2023 maths ocr paper)

this year, i thought that paper 4, which was supposed to be a relatively easy paper was difficult. paper 5 absolutely destroyed me. i felt complete disappointment that i had let everyone down.
I feel like my chances of getting into computer science now are very slim, but its something i have really enjoyed over the past 2 years of being at school, and something that i aspire to do in the future (not computer science in uni specifically)

i feel very unmotivated now, only because of my maths grade, because i truly believe that i have been doing well and all my other exams have been a breeze, especially spanish which was one of my lowest scoring grades (5), and i am afraid of what my grade will be and if they will let me in

i apologise for the rant but i feel really unsure on how i am supposed to feel as i am a bit distraught... :cry:

Reply 1

im also doing my gcses rn but i just want to say just bc a couple of papers went differently to how you expected, do NOT GIVE UP im telling you rn you might feel unmotivated but push through only a week till freedom, im also very scared for my maths grade but its all in the hands of god, and i believe in you i know you can get that grade 6+, dont dwell on the past, whats done is done, focus on the future and good luck for the rest of your exams I PRAY YOU SUCEED IN WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO IN LIFE <3<3<3 ps dont overthink (im guilty of this too)

Reply 2

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by Anonymous
im also doing my gcses rn but i just want to say just bc a couple of papers went differently to how you expected, do NOT GIVE UP im telling you rn you might feel unmotivated but push through only a week till freedom, im also very scared for my maths grade but its all in the hands of god, and i believe in you i know you can get that grade 6+, dont dwell on the past, whats done is done, focus on the future and good luck for the rest of your exams I PRAY YOU SUCEED IN WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO IN LIFE <3<3<3 ps dont overthink (im guilty of this too)

thank you so much, pray pray pray, but lets keep telling ourselves to not worry for the future :grouphugs:

Reply 3

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by Anonymous
(I wont lie, my gcses have been going smoothly, almost too smoothly.
Right now i'm just hoping that the grade boundaries wont be too high, meaning that i have a chance at getting a good grade.
Anyway...)
my main concern is my maths grade. when i applied, on their website it had said a grade 5. a week or so after my application, i check the course again, and it said a grade 6.
maths is completely my weakest subject. its the only subject i can actually manage to 'not pass'.
In my november mocks i got a 3. i was in complete shock. my parents paid £30 for maths tuition once a week. on the february mocks i got a 5, almost a 6. however, i thought that them tests were relatively chill (2023 maths ocr paper)
this year, i thought that paper 4, which was supposed to be a relatively easy paper was difficult. paper 5 absolutely destroyed me. i felt complete disappointment that i had let everyone down.
I feel like my chances of getting into computer science now are very slim, but its something i have really enjoyed over the past 2 years of being at school, and something that i aspire to do in the future (not computer science in uni specifically)
i feel very unmotivated now, only because of my maths grade, because i truly believe that i have been doing well and all my other exams have been a breeze, especially spanish which was one of my lowest scoring grades (5), and i am afraid of what my grade will be and if they will let me in
i apologise for the rant but i feel really unsure on how i am supposed to feel as i am a bit distraught... :cry:


Honestly sometimes GCSE grades are purely down to luck. Everyone thought the lit paper (2023) was going to be about kingship and I did NOT revise anything related to that. Instead it was about Macbeth and I got full marks.

Everyone has a few bad papers during exam season, such is life unfortunately. You just have to keep pushing! You're so close! I hope you get the grades you need.

Good luck! ☺️

Reply 4

Original post
by Anonymous
(I wont lie, my gcses have been going smoothly, almost too smoothly.
Right now i'm just hoping that the grade boundaries wont be too high, meaning that i have a chance at getting a good grade.
Anyway...)
my main concern is my maths grade. when i applied, on their website it had said a grade 5. a week or so after my application, i check the course again, and it said a grade 6.
maths is completely my weakest subject. its the only subject i can actually manage to 'not pass'.
In my november mocks i got a 3. i was in complete shock. my parents paid £30 for maths tuition once a week. on the february mocks i got a 5, almost a 6. however, i thought that them tests were relatively chill (2023 maths ocr paper)
this year, i thought that paper 4, which was supposed to be a relatively easy paper was difficult. paper 5 absolutely destroyed me. i felt complete disappointment that i had let everyone down.
I feel like my chances of getting into computer science now are very slim, but its something i have really enjoyed over the past 2 years of being at school, and something that i aspire to do in the future (not computer science in uni specifically)
i feel very unmotivated now, only because of my maths grade, because i truly believe that i have been doing well and all my other exams have been a breeze, especially spanish which was one of my lowest scoring grades (5), and i am afraid of what my grade will be and if they will let me in
i apologise for the rant but i feel really unsure on how i am supposed to feel as i am a bit distraught... :cry:

How did you get the ocr 2023 paper?

Reply 5

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by handsome-gypsy
How did you get the ocr 2023 paper?


pretty sure I did it as a mock (I think) at school.
Hii I’m doing gcses too!! I’m very sure you’ll get the math grade you want. A lot of people focus on what they do wrong during exams (me included😓) but never shine a light on what they did correctly!! Your hard work will pay off, also 5 PAPERS FOR MATHS??? That’s insane I only have 2!

Reply 7

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by jelly-fishes
pretty sure I did it as a mock (I think) at school.

Ohhh I see

Reply 8

Original post
by Anonymous
(I wont lie, my gcses have been going smoothly, almost too smoothly.
Right now i'm just hoping that the grade boundaries wont be too high, meaning that i have a chance at getting a good grade.
Anyway...)
my main concern is my maths grade. when i applied, on their website it had said a grade 5. a week or so after my application, i check the course again, and it said a grade 6.
maths is completely my weakest subject. its the only subject i can actually manage to 'not pass'.
In my november mocks i got a 3. i was in complete shock. my parents paid £30 for maths tuition once a week. on the february mocks i got a 5, almost a 6. however, i thought that them tests were relatively chill (2023 maths ocr paper)
this year, i thought that paper 4, which was supposed to be a relatively easy paper was difficult. paper 5 absolutely destroyed me. i felt complete disappointment that i had let everyone down.
I feel like my chances of getting into computer science now are very slim, but its something i have really enjoyed over the past 2 years of being at school, and something that i aspire to do in the future (not computer science in uni specifically)
i feel very unmotivated now, only because of my maths grade, because i truly believe that i have been doing well and all my other exams have been a breeze, especially spanish which was one of my lowest scoring grades (5), and i am afraid of what my grade will be and if they will let me in
i apologise for the rant but i feel really unsure on how i am supposed to feel as i am a bit distraught... :cry:

Hey... It's been a long time you posted this, and I just stumbled onto this forum. I just wanted to see that everything turned out alright, and that you got the grades you wanted :smile:

Reply 9

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by barca_fan
Hey... It's been a long time you posted this, and I just stumbled onto this forum. I just wanted to see that everything turned out alright, and that you got the grades you wanted :smile:

YES I GOT THAT GRADE 6 AAAAH SO IM DOINC COMP SCI IN A LEVEL YAYAYAYAYAY thank you for asking tee hee i forgot about this post

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