GCSE Exam Results discussion thread

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Hey, I made this thread for all hte people like me that are eagerly awaiting their GCSE exam results. Here you can discuss anything related to the build up to the results, or if you're comfortable with it, even share your results. Just a suggestion though, that last one.

Good luck everyone and I hope you do well!
 
it's what people in the UK take just after they leave school. Im not sure what the American equivalent is. But theyre pretty damn important.
 
after they leave HS for college?

yeah, that's like the SATs, I suppose.
 
Hope everyone waiting for exam results does well. I, myself, am waiting for exam results from my Maths re-sits at uni. I'm fairly certain I won't have passed them (not only am I generally lazy but I could never get to grips with it). It's a shame because I passed all the rest of the first and second year classes. I'll probably have to drop to a different degree.
 
Maths: Found coursework and exams really easy, i should do good in that...
English: Coursework was really really bad.... exams were good....
Science Double Award: Over the 2 years ive gradually decresed in performance thus resulting in being put on foundation paper for the exams after being on higher for the rest of the course... coursework was easy i got a B.
Electronics (systems and controls): Coursework was rubbish untill the last couple of months where i increased up to a C, exam i totally ****ed up though :(
Geography: Coursework was a mess, the descition making excersize was average, the exams were amazingly easy :D
History: Same story as geography, messed up the Coursework, think ive done well on the exams.
RE: i dont even wanna bother bout that im too non-religous lol
ICT: I failed to finish unit 2 coursework so i am not expecting anything better than a D.

Think thats in so in simple, i find exams much much easier :D

As long as im in a politicts class for 6th form then i am not complaining :D:tup:
 
Here in the states we take the SAT or ACT which you don't have to take if you don't want to, but some colleges require one or the other to get in. I took the ACT and scored a 30 on it which is really good. I never bothered with the SAT.

The only thing I had to take to graduate was a state issued MEAP test, which was real easy and got me $2500 in scholarship money.
 
I don't remember sitting SATs in high school (I'm from Scotland). vtec_guy, you said you sat SATs...are they compulsory in England then?

What level are the SATs at (both in America and in England)? What age are you when you're supposed to sit them?

At high school in Scotland you sit Standard Grades (which, I believe, are the same as GCSEs) in your 3rd and 4th years. There's continual assessment throughout the two years plus the final exam at the end of 4th year. You can then stay on for another one or two years at high school or leave to get a job or go to college/uni. If you stay on for another year, you choose Highers to sit. If you stay on for another year after 5th year you can do more Highers or go for Advanced Highers (which I think are at the same level as English A Levels).
 
In America you take the SAT/ACT towards the end of 10th grade, but usally you take it during 11th grade, and slackers take in at the beginning of 12th grade.
 
BlazinXtreme
In America you take the SAT/ACT towards the end of 10th grade, but usally you take it during 11th grade, and slackers take in at the beginning of 12th grade.
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Uhhh sorry BlazinXtreme, but most people take the SAT in the second semester of 11th grade. Usually the people who leave it until the beginning of 12th grade slackers. A lot of people retake the SAT in 12th grade though to try to improve on their original scores. Many people take the PSAT and PLAN (Pre-ACT) in 10th grade though.

Also 12th grade in America is the last year of school before kids go off to college. Most kids in 12th grade are 17 to 18 years old depending on when their birthday is, while 11th grade is 16 to 17 years old, etc. I believe the UK equivalent to 12th grade (I'm not totally sure about this) is upper form 6? and 11th grade is lower form 6?
 
So when the american slackers take their SAT's kids in the UK do A-levels.

UK SATs dont mean anything theyre pretty much worthless and the media is making our A-levels and gcses worthless aswell. Theyre constantly bashing our exams because kids are getting good grades.

Most kids in my school found the tests hard and my school if half grammar and most the grammar kids took foundation. The foundation tests were easy but highers hard.

Maybe I should go to america and take the SAT's. I heard that you can take them even if you have been out of school? Is this true? In the UK if you want to retake gcses or A-levels you have to spend two years I think. I wish they would just set up a paper that you can just take whenever you feel like.
 
Yeah say if you want to retake English at GCSE level you have to go back through the 2 year course you just went through...

But in america is it true that you score points for correctly spelling your name?? My pal keeps saying that its true and im not entirely sure...
 
Bee
Yeah say if you want to retake English at GCSE level you have to go back through the 2 year course you just went through...

But in america is it true that you score points for correctly spelling your name?? My pal keeps saying that its true and im not entirely sure...
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I wish we had the american system. Does the media bash the american system? Is the test hard and what sort of questions do they ask.

Do you guys take separate tests for each subject?
 
Uhhh sorry BlazinXtreme, but most people take the SAT in the second semester of 11th grade. Usually the people who leave it until the beginning of 12th grade slackers. A lot of people retake the SAT in 12th grade though to try to improve on their original scores. Many people take the PSAT and PLAN (Pre-ACT) in 10th grade though.
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I took the ACT in Jun of 10th grade and got a 27, I retook it in 11th grade to get the 30. It doesn't matter how old you are you can take it when ever.

As for the ACT it asks questions from Math, Science, English, and Reading. It isn't hard if you study for it, I didn't study the first time, but the second time I bought a study guide and breezed through the test.

But in america is it true that you score points for correctly spelling your name?? My pal keeps saying that its true and im not entirely sure...
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I think on the MEAP test you get points, but not on the ACT/SAT as far as I know.

So when the american slackers take their SAT's kids in the UK do A-levels.
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Because all Americans are slackers you sterotypical bastard.
 
well, most people will know their results by this time tomorrow! except for me :(. Im having mine posted to me so hopefully ill find out on friday morning!!! I CANT WAIT!!!
 
PSAT is taken sophmore year, and then you can retake them during junior year for even more prep. Now, I'm not sure, but after that comes SAT and/or ACT. Both of which I guess you take senior year for college, or maybe junior year too.

our FCATs are annual, though. Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. It determines school grades, which determine school funding and operation, etc.

the FCAT consists of like...SS reading and math. whatever the hell they call it. I think it's like State Standards R/M, or something. I think that's the one they use to judge the school by. Afterwards, you take the Norm Reference Test (NRT reading and math), which determines your national level and percentile. ie, it's the level of learning you're on and what percentage of other students scored equal or lower than you out of said level.

Last year I got 97%iles for both reading and math on level 5 or 6 or whatever...the highest one. So anyway, that means I scored equal to or higher than 97% of other students in the states who take the test. So yeah, that's pretty much how percentiles work, in case you didn't know beforehand.

Man, I'm bored. lol.
 
amp88
I don't remember sitting SATs in high school (I'm from Scotland). vtec_guy, you said you sat SATs...are they compulsory in England then?
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We never took the SATs at high school, we did them the end of Junior School (Year 6).

I scored pretty highly too. :)
 

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