GCSE- Post Your Results Thread

My results
Maths 9
Chem 9
Phys 9
Eng lit 9
Eng lang 9
Business 9
Re 9
Geography 9
Biology 8
Statistics 7
Further maths 6
French 5
Can I get into Oxbridge with these results?

Here are my results!
Math - 9 (expected, proud of)
Further Math - 7 (slightly expected, happy with)
Physics - 8 (unexpected, happy with)
Biology - 7 (unexpected, happy with)
Chemistry - 8 (slightly expected, happy with)
History - 8 (expected, proud of)
Spanish - 7 (unexpected, pretty proud of)
Art - 7 (expected, proud of)
Computer Science - 7 (unexpected, happy with)
English Language - 6 (really unexpected, wtf happened???)
English Literature - 5 (expected, eh.)
Overall I did worse than I expected, but I'm otherwise happy with my results (◍•ᴗ•◍) didn't do anything special, but I got to relax which is good ^u^
I'm getting CS, biology and English Language remarked as I'm 2 marks off an 8 for bio and CS, and I genuinely want to know what went wrong with English Language...

Those are still great grades so you should be proud.

Basically anything academic you do outside school (e.g watching podcasts relevant to your subject of interest and reading around the subject)

Does work experience count ?

Well, if this teacher ends up teaching you at A level, then that’s the inclusion of the mental health part your reference sorted.
It’s excellent you were able to reach out to someone and do something about it. Getting support during your A level studies is a very sensible move.
89% in history is excellent. My best result didn’t come close back in the day (I think my best result was like 72% or something, which somehow translated to an 8 in history when I got centre assessed grades).

I got just under 80% and (just) got an 8 in History.

If I got 75% in history, then I would’ve got a 9. I was 1 mark off 😭 It’s my favourite subject so to see a list of 9s with history omitted is heartbreaking.

Was the exam really difficult because they are low grade boundaries.

I got just under 80% and (just) got an 8 in History.

I should have sat my GCSEs 4 years ago now (thanks COVID), so I was studying the course quite early on in its lifetime, so it’s quite probable the grade boundaries were much lower then than now (can’t remember any exact numbers though), since your cohort has far more past papers to revise from and your teachers have had a few more years to understand how better to teach the course.
Regardless, the above doesn’t detract from the fact your mark is amazing.

It was my highest grade which is a surprise because I found History difficult to do with the timings. I rushed the 16 markers

That makes it even more of an achievement. Congrats and hopefully A level / equivalent goes wonderfully for you.

You’re unlikely to go up by that much, more often than not marks stay the same

People have been recommending that I do it because there's an award you receive if you get 8 or more A*/9s at my school, and I'm currently at seven 9's, so the science grade would boost that - do you know how much it costs for edexcel board?

It’s around 80 pounds but I would recommend not risking it for an award

The thing is I'm relatively far away from the lower grade boundary (about 10 marks or so) and I know someone who's an advisor for applying to college + she said the award looks really good on paper. I'm not sure if I want to tell my parents to spend that much if my grade won't increase though & it's relatively expensive and there's no refunds

Look I’d say it’s a waste of money but it is really up to you. You may get extremely lucky or you may get extremely unlucky, but you probably will stay where you are.
Man I wish there was an award at my school 😭