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did sqa give me the wrong grades or am i just dumb?

When i opened my sqa letter and saw my result i was extremely upset. the things I cannot understand is my B - drama, D - Maths, FAIL IN CHEMISTRY???(i would understand a D ATLEAST, as i did overall great in the assignment and it seemed like i had ATLEAST enough to pass or BORDERLINE A D.. atleast), C - business management, FTT - C (which i could understand, but i completely aced the exam expecting an A and did overall okay in the assignment). I cannot fathom the fact i got a D in maths, watching the clelland maths i got near to a B, and i revised really well for the exam, which i overall found easy/do able) I also cannot understand how i got a D in italian.. i was even a predicted an A and everything which hurt me, i cannot even fathom how this is possible as i did bad at the listening but okay at the reading, my coursework was also on point with me getting an A in my assignment, an B in my talking and definitely a B in my job application as i learned it back to front. i do not understand how POSSIBLE that would even be and i calculated my marks perfectly which would atleast get me a C. also with my C in business as i aced my assignment and i found the exam very easy. could same the exact same thing for drama as i found it REALLY easy, did good in my acting and in the course work. ive been crying in my room for hours seeing my friends in the same classes as me gettinh C's/ B's while im sittings with D's. what should i do☹️☹️
You should definitely speak to your teachers about it and get more information on your percentages, then appeal but only to the ones you’re most confident in! Cause you don’t want a situation where they mark you down even more.
Try not to appeal all of them tho only the ones you need the most for wtv you plan on doing in the future.
Original post by Impeccable
You should definitely speak to your teachers about it and get more information on your percentages, then appeal but only to the ones you’re most confident in! Cause you don’t want a situation where they mark you down even more.
Try not to appeal all of them tho only the ones you need the most for wtv you plan on doing in the future.

yess thanks i will do that, just was very surprised with what i got as i expected better☹️
Original post by girlupsetwithsqa
yess thanks i will do that, just was very surprised with what i got as i expected better☹️


Yeah I get it I was surprised when I saw my results also but you shouldn’t feel bad cause these are just grades they don’t determine your life (it’s hard to accept that I’m still trying to myself 😭 cause I got my higher results aswell and they don’t meet minimum for the subject I want to study ) but there’s always next year aswellll. The fact that you expect higher scores for yourself shows you aren’t a quitter and that’s amazing!!!
Original post by girlupsetwithsqa
When i opened my sqa letter and saw my result i was extremely upset. the things I cannot understand is my B - drama, D - Maths, FAIL IN CHEMISTRY???(i would understand a D ATLEAST, as i did overall great in the assignment and it seemed like i had ATLEAST enough to pass or BORDERLINE A D.. atleast), C - business management, FTT - C (which i could understand, but i completely aced the exam expecting an A and did overall okay in the assignment). I cannot fathom the fact i got a D in maths, watching the clelland maths i got near to a B, and i revised really well for the exam, which i overall found easy/do able) I also cannot understand how i got a D in italian.. i was even a predicted an A and everything which hurt me, i cannot even fathom how this is possible as i did bad at the listening but okay at the reading, my coursework was also on point with me getting an A in my assignment, an B in my talking and definitely a B in my job application as i learned it back to front. i do not understand how POSSIBLE that would even be and i calculated my marks perfectly which would atleast get me a C. also with my C in business as i aced my assignment and i found the exam very easy. could same the exact same thing for drama as i found it REALLY easy, did good in my acting and in the course work. ive been crying in my room for hours seeing my friends in the same classes as me gettinh C's/ B's while im sittings with D's. what should i do☹️☹️

Phone the school and go down the route of appeals and begin to make plans for S6 it may be you can continue to do AH if that’s what you want to do due to your high predicted grades.
If you want to go to uni phone or email them and see what they reccomend.
Also that higher maths exam was vile!
Original post by girlupsetwithsqa
When i opened my sqa letter and saw my result i was extremely upset. the things I cannot understand is my B - drama, D - Maths, FAIL IN CHEMISTRY???(i would understand a D ATLEAST, as i did overall great in the assignment and it seemed like i had ATLEAST enough to pass or BORDERLINE A D.. atleast), C - business management, FTT - C (which i could understand, but i completely aced the exam expecting an A and did overall okay in the assignment). I cannot fathom the fact i got a D in maths, watching the clelland maths i got near to a B, and i revised really well for the exam, which i overall found easy/do able) I also cannot understand how i got a D in italian.. i was even a predicted an A and everything which hurt me, i cannot even fathom how this is possible as i did bad at the listening but okay at the reading, my coursework was also on point with me getting an A in my assignment, an B in my talking and definitely a B in my job application as i learned it back to front. i do not understand how POSSIBLE that would even be and i calculated my marks perfectly which would atleast get me a C. also with my C in business as i aced my assignment and i found the exam very easy. could same the exact same thing for drama as i found it REALLY easy, did good in my acting and in the course work. ive been crying in my room for hours seeing my friends in the same classes as me gettinh C's/ B's while im sittings with D's. what should i do☹️☹️


This exact happened to me I calculated above 70% in every subject and I GET 3 CS WHAT RHE HELL
i studied extremely hard non stop all and would even get up extremely early before exams to study even more and i got really bad results after getting AMAZING results in my prelims and i genuinely have no idea what happened how can you study so hard and get so much worse than what you were originally getting what makes it even worse is i couldn’t of possibly studied any harder and it kinda makes me feel discouraged for next year
Original post by Melissamore077
i studied extremely hard non stop all and would even get up extremely early before exams to study even more and i got really bad results after getting AMAZING results in my prelims and i genuinely have no idea what happened how can you study so hard and get so much worse than what you were originally getting what makes it even worse is i couldn’t of possibly studied any harder and it kinda makes me feel discouraged for next year


yes!! I totally feel you, I did so so well in prelims and classwork but i wasn't anywhere near my predicted grades despite working really hard and also waking up super early. there's always appeals I guess but hopefully by next year we'll be in a better headspace? I really wouldn't worry about next years exams too much yet, I feel the same but hoping i'll feel a bit more encouraged when I'm actually back at school. good luck if you choose to appeal!! 🫶
Original post by seashells7
yes!! I totally feel you, I did so so well in prelims and classwork but i wasn't anywhere near my predicted grades despite working really hard and also waking up super early. there's always appeals I guess but hopefully by next year we'll be in a better headspace? I really wouldn't worry about next years exams too much yet, I feel the same but hoping i'll feel a bit more encouraged when I'm actually back at school. good luck if you choose to appeal!! 🫶


I know i’m not gonna stop trying it just feels a bit confusing considering i tried extremely hard and there wasn’t much else i could do i sucks having to leave school with less highers than everyone else
Original post by Melissamore077
i studied extremely hard non stop all and would even get up extremely early before exams to study even more and i got really bad results after getting AMAZING results in my prelims and i genuinely have no idea what happened how can you study so hard and get so much worse than what you were originally getting what makes it even worse is i couldn’t of possibly studied any harder and it kinda makes me feel discouraged for next year


I agree I was predicted A in everything and somehow for 3C in certain is wrong. I would say place a priority appeal if u haven’t met the min requirment for uni s5
Original post by Musaz2007
I agree I was predicted A in everything and somehow for 3C in certain is wrong. I would say place a priority appeal if u haven’t met the min requirment for uni s5


Same like you surely can’t revise that hard and fail i strongly feel like somethings went wrong on their ends it’s so backwards
Original post by Melissamore077
Same like you surely can’t revise that hard and fail i strongly feel like somethings went wrong on their ends it’s so backwards

Melissa

You can study and research all of your subjects and still fail your exams as it really depends on how you feel on the days of each individual exam you sit, you might feel nervous or anxious during your exams which causes you to not concentrate well and the end result is not getting the results what you where expecting.


You'll find that out if you get into nursing or radiology ( diagnostic imaging) as you need to study hard to pass your exams, essays and assignments.
The OP should have contacted SQA helpline as soon as they received there results.
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