GCSE

Clock-la · Feb 04, 2011 8:23 PM

yikes A GCSE doer?

What subjects you take?

in year 11?

SPILL SPILL im in year 11 took Art Food tech, product design ((ITS AWFULL)) Tripple sciance, and History.

RSpanner · Feb 04, 2011 9:59 PM

I'm taking my GCSEs this year, I am going to fail epically XD

I've take a few sciences so far.

Biology: A and C
Chemistry: B and C
Physics: B and C

I had mocks too recently, they went as follows:
Maths: C
English: D and B
Biology: C
Chemistry: D
Physics: D
RE: E
German: U
Drama: D
Art: A*
Graphics: D (SOOOO close to a C! About 1% off!)
PE: B

Clock-la · Feb 04, 2011 11:12 PM

work hard big_smile

anyway it seems like yo'ull make it into collige ((If thats what your wanting tongue ))

riverhippo · Feb 05, 2011 1:44 AM

is this a standardized test like US's ACT or SAT?

Clock-la · Feb 05, 2011 10:12 AM

riverhippo wrote:

is this a standardized test like US's ACT or SAT?

SATS were scrapped when i was in year 9 ((thank god lol)) and well im not sure what took over them, but it was affter a scandle that they got young people to mark the paper who did'nt know what they were doing.

but yerh... basicly
we do corse work
then we do Test

to get into a collige you need atleast 5 C's or higer grades tongue

Phoenix_Flyer · Feb 05, 2011 12:41 PM

GCSE's are the final exams taken in Secondary School. They're more of a marker of where you're at really, when I took them it was all about my GCSE's!!

But, apart from looking good (or bad) when you try to get into college, they serve no real purpose in the long run. When you apply for University its your A-Level results that they look at, they ask for your GCSE results but to what end they contribute I have no idea: I've known people to have quite bad GCSE results and still get into their first-choice Uni based on their A-Levels.
Either way, safe to say that y'all should try really hard in these exams - because they are important. However, A-Levels are worth so much more and when it comes to them you'll really have to get your heads down.

I can still remember my results though:

Science: A*A*
Maths: A
English: A
English Literature: A
RE: B (2 marks off an A... blerg)
Art: B
German: B
Product Design: B
Statistics (did in Year 10): B

Erza · Feb 06, 2011 2:40 AM

My previous report goes like this:

English: A
Maths: D
Inquiry: D
Sport: E
History: D
Music: B

Heheh, I got bad results because I took a long time off school to recover form my injuries.. Which immediately put my grades down..
Well, at least I have much better subjects now.

Latias fan · Feb 06, 2011 6:31 AM

The New age of Cynder wrote:

My previous report goes like this:
English: A
Maths: D
Inquiry: D
Sport: E
History: D
Music: B
Heheh, I got bad results because I took a long time off school to recover form my injuries.. Which immediately put my grades down..
Well, at least I have much better subjects now.

um wut?

Clock-la · Feb 06, 2011 9:28 AM

Latias fan wrote:

The New age of Cynder wrote:
My previous report goes like this:
English: A
Maths: D
Inquiry: D
Sport: E
History: D
Music: B
Heheh, I got bad results because I took a long time off school to recover form my injuries.. Which immediately put my grades down..
Well, at least I have much better subjects now.
um wut?

Its Sport sciance, more to do with how mussles work and stuff.

bmah · Feb 06, 2011 9:44 AM

You probably should take a grammar class or two, Clock-La. I'm serious. It's more than an annoyance - it actually matters towards such things as resumes, essays, etc. People have lost potential jobs because of sloppy writing.

Clock-la · Feb 06, 2011 9:50 AM

bmah wrote:

You probably should take a grammar class or two, Clock-La. I'm serious. It's more than an annoyance - it actually matters towards such things as resumes, essays, etc. People have lost potential jobs because of sloppy writing.

I'll get by tongue

Anyway im mostly bad on the internet mainly because i realy CBA. im not as bad in real life but still, I need a hand writing class more, mines AWFULL D:

Latias fan · Feb 06, 2011 7:37 PM

Clock-la wrote:

Latias fan wrote:
The New age of Cynder wrote:
My previous report goes like this:
English: A
Maths: D
Inquiry: D
Sport: E
History: D
Music: B
Heheh, I got bad results because I took a long time off school to recover form my injuries.. Which immediately put my grades down..
Well, at least I have much better subjects now.
um wut?
Its Sport sciance, more to do with how mussles work and stuff.

I meant the grade for sport its E least where i live theres no E grade.

@Bmah o quit being a grammer nazi this is the internet theres alot of mispellings in it.

Phoenix_Flyer · Feb 06, 2011 9:05 PM

bmah wasn't being a 'Grammar Nazi' - which is what I think you were trying to imply - he was just pointing something out, which he's entitled to. Clock-la probably only pressed the wrong key, which happens. tongue

In general, grammar doesn't bother me, noone's perfect and this is a forum after all; as long as I can easily read what's being said, I don't mind. However, it does get irritating when said person seems to make no effort whatsoever in formulating their response to a topic. It makes me not want to bother reading what the person has put, even though I know its rude - in other words I 'CBA' reading it.

...But I digress. I fondly remember the forum getting into a lovely downward-spiral of a debate over Grammar Nazis once, entertaining at the time, but it was pointless, petty and led to bans.

Back on topic:

The lowest 'Pass' grade you can get in your GCSE's here in the UK is an E. However, in our college at least, you had to get at least a C in English, Maths and Science - so technicalities aside, a C was actually the 'Pass' grade. If you don't get the C's and want to go to college you have to take a GSCE course and sit the exams again the next year, meaning you end up spending 3 years at college instead of just 2.

Clock-la · Feb 06, 2011 9:12 PM

I know awfull D:

Also a U is ungraded XD meaning you did...bad... tongue

Also Im not botherd. i'll be laughing at you all when im in space, the first person on pluto THENWELLSEEWHOSCRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!O)O YER

Phoenix_Flyer · Feb 06, 2011 9:21 PM

You've definately done bad if you get a U. In the UK an F isn't a Fail - its a U.

And it means 'Unclassified' actually, it hasn't been called 'Ungraded' since GCE's and O-Levels were scrapped.

malik_the_dragon · Feb 06, 2011 10:16 PM

whats gcse? is it gulford county? we have eoc's in high school and i passed three of them but i faled in biology too!

bmah · Feb 06, 2011 10:48 PM

What does the acronym stand for anyways?

@Latias fan: there's a reason why I made mentioning of jobs. It's not being picky - bad spelling really does make a significant impression on a person, esp. if you don't know said person very well. Clock-la is just a really really bad example that stands out way more than the average person typing on the net. You're in trouble if you think that spelling is unimportant. It says loads about the person as well.

Clock-la · Feb 07, 2011 4:44 PM

bmah wrote:

What does the acronym stand for anyways?
@Latias fan: there's a reason why I made mentioning of jobs. It's not being picky - bad spelling really does make a significant impression on a person, esp. if you don't know said person very well. Clock-la is just a really really bad example that stands out way more than the average person typing on the net. You're in trouble if you think that spelling is unimportant. It says loads about the person as well.

as im not particuallerly botherd about what your trying to say, you did'nt have to use me as an example...

also GCSE=General Certificate of Secondary Education

malik_the_dragon wrote:

whats gcse? is it gulford county? we have eoc's in high school and i passed three of them but i faled in biology too!

there high school test in England

Phoenix_Flyer · Feb 09, 2011 2:39 AM

I agree with bmah - it certainly does matter.

You need to be able to get your point across in CVs for job applications and in Personal Statements to get into University. It's getting harder and harder to get into your first choice Uni without a scholarship these days, so it's a good idea to get in as much practice in being articulate as possible.

Then again, most other people here are younger than bmah and myself, so won't yet realise that it actually is important and you should care. But, we can do no more than advise.

Clock-la wrote:

also GCSE=General Certificate of Secondary Education

Well, I'm glad you knew - I had to look it up! big_smile

For anyone else:
GCSE's are the last exams you go through after Secondary School.

Most people don't seem to realise that there are HUGE differences between education in the UK and the US (Australia too, but I have no idea how it works there).
In the UK we start school at age 4, going into Primary School for 7 years until age 11, its split into 'Infant' and 'Junior' stages. You take 'SATs' exams at the end of each stage, in Year 2 and then Year 6.
Then you get to go to Secondary School until you are 16, doing your GCSEs when you're in the final year - Year 11.
When I was in Secondary I had to do SATs tests again in Year 9... but they were scrapped in 2009, which I'm not happy about as it meant both of my younger siblings didn't have to do them. Life's unfair like that, I also had to get a TB Jab (an innoculation against tuberculosis) and they didn't...
After that we can go to college for 2 years, but the beauty about UK education is that you don't have to. Compulsory education in the UK ends at age 16, whereas in the US you have to go to school until you're 18.

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Eh, I didn't really need to explain that. I just noticed that there were a lot of people asking what GCSEs were and in order to explain them I kinda had to go into the education background a little. Never mind.

Neotyguy40 · Feb 09, 2011 3:43 AM

Phoenix_Flyer wrote:

I agree with bmah - it certainly does matter.
You need to be able to get your point across in CVs for job applications and in Personal Statements to get into University. It's getting harder and harder to get into your first choice Uni without a scholarship these days, so it's a good idea to get in as much practice in being articulate as possible.
Then again, most other people here are younger than bmah and myself, so won't yet realise that it actually is important and you should care. But, we can do no more than advise.
Clock-la wrote:
also GCSE=General Certificate of Secondary Education
Well, I'm glad you knew - I had to look it up!
For anyone else:
GCSE's are the last exams you go through after Secondary School.
Most people don't seem to realise that there are HUGE differences between education in the UK and the US (Australia too, but I have no idea how it works there).
In the UK we start school at age 4, going into Primary School for 7 years until age 11, its split into 'Infant' and 'Junior' stages. You take 'SATs' exams at the end of each stage, in Year 2 and then Year 6.
Then you get to go to Secondary School until you are 16, doing your GCSEs when you're in the final year - Year 11.
When I was in Secondary I had to do SATs tests again in Year 9... but they were scrapped in 2009, which I'm not happy about as it meant both of my younger siblings didn't have to do them. Life's unfair like that, I also had to get a TB Jab (an innoculation against tuberculosis) and they didn't...
After that we can go to college for 2 years, but the beauty about UK education is that you don't have to. Compulsory education in the UK ends at age 16, whereas in the US you have to go to school until you're 18.
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Then again, in the US the legal drinking age isn't until you're 21 as oppossed to 18 here... which is surprising. But I digress (again!).
Eh, I didn't really need to explain that. I just noticed that there were a lot of people asking what GCSEs were and in order to explain them I kinda had to go into the education background a little. Never mind.

And here I thought we were the ones who didn't have enough school time. You only go to college for 2 years? We can go to college for 8. Is that why so many people come to the US for their higher degrees?

bmah · Feb 09, 2011 5:27 AM

You can go to college however long you want - provided you have the funds to do so. If you want a PhD, you'll be spending, hmm (generally): 4 years undergrad, 2-4 years grad student for masters, and then another 3-4 years as a PhD student for a PhD. Depending on job prospects in your area of study, you may or may not want to pursue a higher degree of education. And don't forget - some people switch degrees halfway during their previous program on a different degree. And some people may want multiple degrees as well. Then some others like to take internships, which is additional time aside from regular undergraduate programs. You can probably best describe a university experience as one that lasts four years or more...far more.

Clock-la · Feb 09, 2011 3:29 PM

@Phoenix_Flyer

Im not saying it dos'nt, Im just saying i'd rather not be made an exampel of.

bmah · Feb 09, 2011 5:43 PM

*huge facepalm*

Reality check please.

Phoenix_Flyer · Feb 09, 2011 6:24 PM

^ Haha! tongue

Yeah... that's one thing that does confuse me. College here is completely different for us; you don't get any PhDs out of it, only a set of A-Level qualifications (or a BTEC-Diploma if you choose to go into a certain field of work such as Animal Management or Beauty Therapy, it's worth the same as A-Levels).

Honestly? Our college is basically the same as your last two years of High School. Based on what bmah said about college for you guys... that sounds like University to me. Here, you can go to University for 3 years as an Undergraduate - or longer than that as a Postgraduate if you decide to do an Honours degree or a PhD. Then there's also Placements to consider (depending on your course) and some people take a 'Year-Out' to join research groups abroad or take part in an exchange programme...

Yeah you get the idea. If you ask me: American College and British Universities are one and the same.

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