A Level Results!

[WILDCHILD]

Arrrggghhh!! Is anyone here receivng their AS/A Level results tomorrow as well as me?? :conf:
I am sooooo scared! I dont think Ive done that well.:bawling::shocked::bawling:

If anyone else has got to receive theirs - good luck!:thumbs:

[rachb]

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Wildchild and all that are wiating for results:thumbs::thumbs:
I'm sure you'll all do well:thumbs::thumbs:

[Princess Pink Pants]

Im gettin my results, my teachers already told me Im probably getting a B & a C coz we did exams in January so I already know what I got for them, it just depends on whether the exam board agrees with my teacher on the grades for my coursework!

I need 2 C's to go to the uni I want to go to, so unless my teacher made a big mistake on 1 of my bits of coursework I should be ok, fingers crossed!

Good luck to everyone else getting results, is there anyone else other than Wildchild?

[Mark]

me :blush:

[steve_o]

Good Luck! everyone!

:spin:

[Romantic Old Bird]

Waiting patiently here for your results..........

[Kaz]

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to everyone expecting exam results.

I've got my fingers crossed for you all - makes it damn difficult to type though! :laugh:

[LEE]

Good Luck Everyone. I hope you all o brilliantly- which I'm sureyou will. :hugesmile:

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[BigSister]

Good luck everyone waiting for your results:thumbs:

[peachy]

Hope you all did ok. Please tell us!

[Di2001]

To all those waiting for results :

Hope there are plenty of these :hello:

and none of these :bawling:

Good luck!!!

[Sticks]

The problem with these exam grades is that there is a devaluation with these record number of passes.

In my day we were told that the pass mark was only decided upon on the marking.

If the majority of the pupils attained 50%, that was the pass mark and the other grades were set at a relevant standard deviation either side. The normal expectation of the frequency distribution of marks was the standard bell curve.

Figure 1

If however people get higher marks, as is suggested, then under the old scheme it would be treated as in figure 2 by moving the pass mark. That way the number of A grades remains proportionate and their value is retained

By staying with a fixed pass mark, it some how takes off the shine of getting the top grade.

[Romantic Old Bird]

Sticks, I am in the position of being related to people who were or have been responsible for GCE/GCSEexam marking over the last 40 years.

Pass marks have always been a moveable feast 'within certain parameters'.

Papers are double, if not triple marked. If a person marking is consistently far of the mark others consider reasonable for a paper, they are given the old heave ho.

Marking is a mugs game BTW, and not worth the effort involved for the reward!

[Amy]

Did everyone do well :conf: I hope you all did! well done to all who got results yesterday :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

[Stu xxx]

i got three a levels - woo hoo!!!!

Two C's and a B

and i'm off to uni in a month - SOOOOOO excited! x

[Romantic Old Bird]

Very well done Stu, and don't forget, thanks to Bill Gates, free internet access!!:thumbs:

[Princess Pink Pants]

I got BC so Im of to uni in a month, I hope it goes quickly coz Im so excited!

Im gonna be busy now gotta sort out my accommodation, student bank account, book lists etc!

& when I get to uni I'll be using my laptop instead of this S L O W computer so I'll probably be posting more too...well maybe not during freshers week!

Well done Stu and I hope everyone else got what they wanted too!

[Boris]

Well Done to all !

Bet everyone is glad the waiting is over no matter WHAT the results !

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[BigSister]

Well done everyone who got good grades:thumbs:

[Kaz]

:hello::elephant::hello: Congratulations, Stu and Princess Pink Pants :hello::elephant::hello:

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[Di2001]

Wildchild, how did you do?

Hope you got the grades you wanted.

:spin2:

[kaphc]

Congratulations Stu and Princess!

That's wicked that you've both got what you needed to go to uni.

Well done!

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[blinkinlovely]

Well done!!

You've done the hard part, now go to uni and enjoy it!!!!!!!!!
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[Romantic Old Bird]

Originally posted by blinkinlovely
Well done!!

You've done the hard part, now go to uni and enjoy it!!!!!!!!!
:dazzler::dazzler::dazzler::dazzler::dazzler:

Absolutely, but try not to do what my sons did:

1. Spend like there is no tomorrow (both of them) So ignore all the free overdraft facilities. You still need to pay it back!

2. Party until 2 months before finals and end up with a pass instead of the 2:1 you were predicted (No 1 son)

Even so, have a blast!

[BusyBee]

Congratulations everyone - all that hard work seems to have paid off.

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