[*mazedsalv**]

I have a horrible feeling i will just miss out and get 4 A*-C, Im actually predicted to get 7 passes, but I seriously doubt it.

But when applying for jobs, lets just say I dont get my 5, does it mean I get much less of a chance to get it compared to someone who got 5 even though the job doesnt require anything to do with the subjects i failed??

Im actually getting worried now.... i know for sure that I will fail in Maths, and thats really important

[Harry!]

No it is really for college places. For jobs you will need at least 4 GCSE's incuding maths.

[MarkWaldorf]

Yes in some cases, but some colleges take mature students into consideration incase they didn't quite the grades they needed.

For jobs, probably not. As long as you have good grades in English/Maths, it shouldn't be a problem.

[Tom4784]

GCSE's are meaningless really. Employers care more about college qualifications.

If you're going for say an office job, having a few more GCSE's might make you look better but the employers will be looking at stuff like Computer Qualifications and such. As long as you get the results that are relevant to what you wanna do you'll be fine.

[Sam!]

I think A-levels are more important anyway obviously. And isn't there a way at the college your going that you can re-take Maths. We have that at my sixth form. If you don't get a C in Maths or English you have to do it in Sixth Form.

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by Sam!
Comee on you will get those five. No offence to anyone but I dunno how you can't get 5. I'm taking 10.5 I think. Thats half of my gcses D. Then again I aint predicted under a B.

Just be confident Salv.

Taking them final exams can be really intimidating, believe me. GCSE's may mean nothing in the long run, but at the time just knowing what you write in that paper will be what gets you into college or sixth form is quite daunting. :/ I was so scared I'd fail but thankfully I did well.

[ILoveTRW]

4 GCSE's are you kiding me, anyone can get anything over 10 GCSE's all you need to do is revise for about 2 hours before each exam

[Sam!]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf

Taking them final exams can be really intimidating, believe me. GCSE's may mean nothing in the long run, but at the time just knowing what you write in that paper at that period of time will be what gets you into college or sixth form is quite daunting. :/ I was so scared I'd fail but thankfully I did well.

I'm crapping it for some things. Like for example I'm predicted an A* in geography and I got a D in the mock. Soo I have no chance. It would be nice to get an A* though.

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by Sam!

I'm crapping it for some things. Like for example I'm predicted an A* in geography and I got a D in the mock. Soo I have no chance. It would be nice to get an A* though.

Don't worry, the final exams are so much different. A lot more preperation goes into them and you should do well if you revise the key parts of the subject. I got a CD for English in my mock and came out with AB. Good luckk!

[*mazedsalv**]

Omgg Im failing soo bad in Maths.... and I know that there is no way I can pass it, its the only thing that I think that i will defenitley not get a C.

So far i already have a secure C for 1 of my Science.

so far:
Italian- Full marks on coursework- A* and predicted an A*
RE- A* in both courseworks, predicted A*
ICT- A in both courseworks, predicted a B
English- B in all coursework, predicted a B/C (I get 2 seperate grades for that)
History- B on 1 coursework done so far, predicted a C, got a D in mocks
Business Studies- Predicted a D, got an E in mocks
Maths- Predicted a C, got an E in mocks

Soo if going by that, I would get 7/8 passes. Im good at cwk but crap at actual exams.

[Sam!]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf

Don't worry, the final exams are so much different. A lot more preperation goes into them and you should do well if you revise the key parts of the subject. I got a CD for English in my mock and came out with AB. Good luckk!

Cheers. Then again everyone in my group got Ds or Cs. Some even E's. And the other group got As and Bs haha. Stupid teacher.

[Christina]

Ahh i think im gonna' fail maths too.. but i swear if you fail maths you do a resit at college? Good luck Salvv!

[Zac]

What are you doing for your options?

[30stone]

Gcse's are completely useless bar maths, pe studies, it and graphics.

I only took 2 of them regret it now.

[Zac]

Originally posted by Christina
Ahh i think im gonna' fail maths too.. but i swear if you fail maths you do a resit at college? Good luck Salvv!

Lol I know i'm going to fail Maths...

[Sam!]

Originally posted by *mazedsalv**
Omgg Im failing soo bad in Maths.... and I know that there is no way I can pass it, its the only thing that I think that i will defenitley not get a C.

So far i already have a secure C for 1 of my Science.

so far:
Italian- Full marks on coursework- A, and predicted an A*
RE- A* in both courseworks, predicted A*
ICT- A in both courseworks, predicted a B
English- B in all coursework, predicted a B/C (I get 2 seperate grades for that)
History- B on 1 coursework done so far, predicted a C, got a D in mocks
Business Studies- Predicted a D, got an E in mocks
Maths- Predicted a C, got an E in mocks

Soo if going by that, I would get 7/8 passes. Im good at cwk but c**p at actual exams.

You will be finee. Our Maths pan out over two years, we do three modules depending on set [I did B, A & A*] and they pick the best two which is 50% then 50% is the terminal which is D,C,B,A & A* work. ooo.

[MarkWaldorf]

Ohh, Maths! I was in the same boat...Maths was never my strongest point and I was constantly pressured by my teacher to get that C. I did tons and tons of practice papers and questions and I found the exams a piece of cake. I got a solid C which I was SO happy about! Good luck with it, Salv!

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally posted by Zak
What are you doing for your options?

My GSCE options were Italian, History, Business and Double Science, so technically the ones i chose are the ones im doing worse in.

[ILoveTRW]

Maths is my best subject I got an A* Its English where i struggle I only got a C in lit and a B in Lang

[Christina]

Originally posted by *mazedsalv**
Omgg Im failing soo bad in Maths.... and I know that there is no way I can pass it, its the only thing that I think that i will defenitley not get a C.

So far i already have a secure C for 1 of my Science.

so far:
Italian- Full marks on coursework- A* and predicted an A*
RE- A* in both courseworks, predicted A*
ICT- A in both courseworks, predicted a B
English- B in all coursework, predicted a B/C (I get 2 seperate grades for that)
History- B on 1 coursework done so far, predicted a C, got a D in mocks
Business Studies- Predicted a D, got an E in mocks
Maths- Predicted a C, got an E in mocks

Soo if going by that, I would get 7/8 passes. Im good at cwk but c**p at actual exams.

I done soo bad in my mocks.. in art expecially.. or i ended up gettin 1 grade below my predicted grade i got:

English - Predicted A got a B in mocks
Maths - Predicted C got a low D in mocks
Science - Predicted C got a D in mocks
ICT - Predicted B got a C in mocks
French - Predicted C got a D in mocks
Art - Predicted C got a bloody F in mocks lmao
RS - Predicted A got a B in mocks
Business - Predicted A got a B in mocks
History - Predicted B got a C in mocks

Its soo annoying i didnt get 1 of my predicted grades =/

[Harry!]

My school as scrapped A's in english because A's are too hard to get.

[Shaun]

You seem like an intelligent fellow (i can't believe I just called someone 'fellow'), so I think you'll do fine. Not to say you should therefore be really relaxed and care a lot less, but still

[30stone]

Originally posted by Zak

Lol I know i'm going to fail Maths...

I found maths like the easiest subject bar some of it, most just came natural...

I only got c but that was because we had to be moved out of our class because we didnt get on with teacher so we were only able to get a b and you had to have like 85% to get B.

[Zac]

Originally posted by *mazedsalv**

My GSCE options were Italian, History, Business and Double Science, so technically the ones i chose are the ones im doing worse in.

I'm just doing one course, stretched over 2 years, Apprenticieps, you've probably seen the ad for it on TV lol.

[*mazedsalv**]

Thing that annoys me is that Im doing the higher level for Maths (im doing Higher for everything), I keep asking if i can do foundation and i keep getting a no!! All my class is failing, we were looking at the mocks results, we saw all the other classes results and they were getting A*-B and then when we scrolled down at ours it said that we had 15 E's, 6 D's and 2 C's...

The thing is out of the 8 sets, we are in Set 4 (middle) and the lower sets were getting B's, so im sure if its just our teacher or its that our class are all turning dumber when it comes to Maths.