[Headie]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Congrats Hayden

Idk why, but I assumed you were much older

Yeah I get that a lot

And thank you!

[Macie Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by LemonJam

exams you take when you're 15/16. Whats the US equivalent?

hmm that isn't really a direct equivalent I don't think? Like, just about everyone takes the SAT or the ACT but those aren't really all-encompassing and are just about aptitude and reasoning. APs are more subject-specific and are pretty much first semester college classes taken at the high school level, but not everyone takes AP classes and exams and they're really only necessary if you're trying to get into an Ivy League school or something.

Originally Posted by Hayden

The exams you take at 16 (Year 11 - Final year of High School) which basically decide whether you get into college or what courses you're gonna do. More and more universities have started having certain GCSE grades as mandatory requirements so they're starting to be taken a little more seriously than they used to

jeez how stressful! And what's the difference between those and A-Levels? I need some educating, the British education system intrigues me. And congrats on your scores you smarty pants!

[Jay.]

best - A*
worst - A*

[Jay.]

(no but really an A in media and an E in RE bcos we had like 7 teachers)

i made up for my ****ty grades at a level though <3

[Marsh.]

I was like 3 marks off an A in RE I was so mad.

[Marsh.]

RE was easy because it was basically giving your opinion on stuff and you got marks from throwing in references and terms.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

RE was easy because it was basically giving your opinion on stuff and you got marks from throwing in references and terms.

This.

I was surprised I did well in RE for the real thing. I remember getting D's/E's in like every mock we did in Year 10/11

Then I came out with a B in the real thing. To be fair, I didn't revise for RE once in the entire two year course.

[Headie]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

RE was easy because it was basically giving your opinion on stuff and you got marks from throwing in references and terms.

That's the only reason why I got A* in it tbh I revised quite a bit for it though because it was easy to get a decent grade if you put the effort in.

On my first paper I misread an 8-mark question so got no marks for it (you can only lose 8 marks on each paper if you still want to get an A*), so I was proper sweating the second paper but luckily I did enough to get an A* still

[Jay.]

We did a short course in year 10, the exam was in January. I was told I wasn't able to retake because we didn't have enough time

I also got an E in citizenship because we had 7 different teachers. My school was crap.

I got 10 GCSE's overall though.
(i'm not stupid i swear)

[EspeonBB]

A-Levels are a HUGE step up from GCSE's. I went from having A*/A grades at GCSE to having C/D grades at AS Level (although I fixed that in the A2 year). Be prepared gurls

[Jay.]

Originally Posted by EspeonBB

A-Levels are a HUGE step up from GCSE's. I went from having A*/A grades at GCSE to having C/D grades at AS Level (although I fixed that in the A2 year). Be prepared gurls

Yeah, I was told that a C/D at a level is the equivalent to an A* at GCSE lmao

but I got A*BB at a level, so I blame the teaching imo

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by Jay.

Yeah, I was told that a C/D at a level is the equivalent to an A* at GCSE lmao

but I got A*BB at a level, so I blame the teaching imo

This is true!

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by EspeonBB

A-Levels are a HUGE step up from GCSE's. I went from having A*/A grades at GCSE to having C/D grades at AS Level (although I fixed that in the A2 year). Be prepared gurls

Yeah, there is a huge difference. I'd say A-levels in some cases are even harder than degrees.

There are certain things you can slack on in school and just wing it and come out fine but if you try that at A-levels you won't get away with it. Your grades will suffer.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Yeah, there is a huge difference. I'd say A-levels in some cases are even harder than degrees.

There are certain things you can slack on in school and just wing it and come out fine but if you try that at A-levels you won't get away with it. Your grades will suffer.

I absolutely detested A Levels and everything about college. I enjoyed school and uni but college was so dull and A Levels just painful.

Luckily I got what I needed to go do my degree and then education was interesting again.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

I absolutely detested A Levels and everything about college. I enjoyed school and uni but college was so dull and A Levels just painful.

Luckily I got what I needed to go do my degree and then education was interesting again.

That's how I felt. Those two years at college I was just slogging through.

[Marsh.]

I remember we did all of the English/English Lit coursework in year 10 so we could focus on the exams in year 11.

Our teacher said there would be some time to refine coursework that we hadn't done our best on at the start of year 11.

Yet over the summer they changed teachers and the new one was like "Nope, it's all done you're not touching it now". Like ****ing bitch!

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I remember we did all of the English/English Lit coursework in year 10 so we could focus on the exams in year 11.

Our teacher said there would be some time to refine coursework that we hadn't done our best on at the start of year 11.

We had that as well. We also did that for History Coursework.

[Jay.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I remember we did all of the English/English Lit coursework in year 10 so we could focus on the exams in year 11.

Our teacher said there would be some time to refine coursework that we hadn't done our best on at the start of year 11.

Yet over the summer they changed teachers and the new one was like "Nope, it's all done you're not touching it now". Like ****ing bitch!

omg the same happened to me with maths. I did it in year 10 and I got a C. They told me I could retake and go for higher, but then when it came round to it I wasn't allowed

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Jay.

omg the same happened to me with maths. I did it in year 10 and I got a C. They told me I could retake and go for higher, but then when it came round to it I wasn't allowed

It's so unfair. If that happened today I'd be like all over the headmaster's office like "I'm suing for false advertising!"

But there's a story I wrote for one of my English coursework pieces and I got an A* on it. I was so proud, I still have a copy of it somewhere.

One day I will publish it.

[Jay.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

It's so unfair. If that happened today I'd be like all over the headmaster's office like "I'm suing for false advertising!"

But there's a story I wrote for one of my English coursework pieces and I got an A* on it. I was so proud, I still have a copy of it somewhere.

One day I will publish it.

omg the false advertising thing, I did ICT and I worked my ass off trying to get an A*, but for some reason it was capped at a double B. I was so pissed. So like, however good you did, you can only pass with a BB. Like what was the point.

and how beautiful

[Jason.]

I remember my science teacher not allowing me to retake my Science Coursework (worth 25%) because I just scraped a C (you needed below a C to re-take), yet I was one mark above a D and having the chance to retake.

I was clenching my teeth and saying "LET ME EFFIN RETAKE!". In the end I was stuck with a crap grade which brought my overall Additional Science grade down. Bitch.

[Jason.]

I have no re-collection my English Coursework at all. How do you remember?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by BB6

I have no re-collection my English Coursework at all. How do you remember?

Because I loved writing stories and I still have it somewhere.

Probably the only piece of coursework I sat down and started doing a reasonable amount of time before deadline and enjoyed doing it.

[Jay.]

welp I didn't even get to do english coursework. I was the first year to do controlled assessments </3

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Jay.

welp I didn't even get to do english coursework. I was the first year to do controlled assessments </3

Aww, yeah, I'd hate to be at school nowadays.