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Everyone post their GCSE results

untrue [Edit] [Delete] 235 replies 18:16, 10 January '12

Should've done better really. Didn't do enough revision. Think me and mates were heavily into Pro Evo at the time.

P.E. - A*
Geography - A
English Literature - A
English Language - B
Maths - B
Double Science - BB
Spanish - B
D&T: Resistant Materials - B
Art (short course) - B

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  • English Lang A*

    English Lit A*
    Dual Science A* A*
    History A
    French A
    German A
    Music A
    Maths C
    ICT Pass

    hal_krishna | 10 Jan '12, 18:17 | X
  • this was only last summer

    English Lit - A*
    English Lang - A
    History - A
    Art - B
    Graphics - B
    Maths - B (x2 basically)
    Physics - B
    Biology - B
    Chemistry - B
    German - C

    politelydeclined | 10 Jan '12, 18:22 | X
    • I envy people who didn't have compulsory ICT

      hal_krishna @politelydeclined | 10 Jan '12, 18:27 | X
      • did it in year 9... got two C's i think

        politelydeclined @hal_krishna | 10 Jan '12, 18:55 | X
  • I had to do Standard Grades

    they don't do GCSEs in scotland. It;s graded 1-7 (7 being a fail).
    I got all 1s in the following:
    English
    Maths
    History
    french
    chemistry
    physics (I really had to think about this one. thsi is the one I dropped for doing Highers).

    PickledOeuf | 10 Jan '12, 18:32 | X
  • SCOTTISH STUDENTS REPRESENT

    English: 1
    Maths: 1
    French: 1
    History: 1
    Latin: 1
    Chemistry: 1
    Biology: 1
    Physics: 1

    Epimer | 10 Jan '12, 18:32 | X
  • and yet I somehow conspired to get a Merit three % shy of a distinction on my MA

    Business Studies – C
    Design & Technology - E
    English Literature – C
    English Language – C
    German – C
    History – C
    Mathematics – C
    Religious Education - D
    Science (Double Award) – CC
    Social Science – C

    soapy | 10 Jan '12, 18:33 | X
    revgreen this'd this
  • 11 A*s

    Bs in Latin and French, not a language person.
    Considering they were only taken 2 years ago, I'm walking evidence of grade inflation.

    _bisto | 10 Jan '12, 18:36 | X
    • That's an amazing set of results!

      hal_krishna @_bisto | 10 Jan '12, 18:37 | X
  • we did standard grades but i think they might be easier cause peoples grade seem to be better

    English
    Maths
    History
    Modern Studies
    Music
    French
    Chemistry
    Physics

    DarwinDude | 10 Jan '12, 18:38 | X
    • that should say 1s

      dork

      DarwinDude @DarwinDude | 10 Jan '12, 18:39 | X
      • what's 'Modern Studies'?

        hal_krishna @DarwinDude | 10 Jan '12, 18:39 | X
        • at standard grade you do politics with some sociology

          at higher and advanced higher we just did the politics modules

          DarwinDude @hal_krishna | 10 Jan '12, 18:42 | X
          • ps its the best subject ever

            DarwinDude @DarwinDude | 10 Jan '12, 18:42 | X
            • ahh, Citizenship then

              hal_krishna @DarwinDude | 10 Jan '12, 18:43 | X
              • dunno what that is exactly

                but I'm pretty sure it's not. we used university level comparative politics and social research textbooks etc.

                DarwinDude @hal_krishna | 10 Jan '12, 18:46 | X
                • I think i put (politics) when I list it on CVs

                  cause english people are always like oh right general studies? no.

                  DarwinDude @DarwinDude | 10 Jan '12, 18:47 | X
                  • yeah General Studies sounds like the worst subject ever

                    whereas modern studies was awesome. I wanted to do it as well as History and Geogaphy but i wasn't allowed to take any more subjects :(

                    pretty_vacant @DarwinDude | 10 Jan '12, 18:50 | X
                    • I wanted to take geography too

                      my school only let us do 8 standard grades. which is kinda stupid cause they're obviously a joke. I finished my music composition in the first week, sent it off then just spent 2 hours at week teaching myself tunes on the casio keyboards. french was pretty much just watching friend (in english). don't think I read a single book for english.

                      DarwinDude @pretty_vacant | 10 Jan '12, 18:53 | X
                      • i did 9 but i can't remember if that was the norm or not at our school

                        standard grades are kind of ridiculous, i just remember being incredulous that people would get 3s and 4s never mind actually failing some of the subjects. durrrp

                        pretty_vacant @DarwinDude | 10 Jan '12, 18:56 | X
                  • not that I put this on my cv lol

                    DarwinDude @DarwinDude | 10 Jan '12, 18:56 | X
  • another for team scotland

    1's in all the following: Biology, Chemistry, Art, Graphics, Geography, Maths, English, French, History

    scots doing well so far, consistent excellence. good work team.

    pretty_vacant | 10 Jan '12, 18:40 | X
    DarwinDude, PickledOeuf, and JaguarPirate this'd this
  • I can't really remember what I got for each subject specficially

    but I got half Bs and Cs

    Smyth2 | 10 Jan '12, 18:42 | X
  • shut up

    DarwinDude @james_ | 10 Jan '12, 18:49 | X
    • you didn't get those results

      DarwinDude @james_ | 10 Jan '12, 22:43 | X
      • I'll have to see those certificates

        DarwinDude @james_ | 10 Jan '12, 22:48 | X
        • don't know who you are lol

          DarwinDude @james_ | 10 Jan '12, 22:55 | X
          • 3A*s, 8As

            Suck it, bitches.

            badmanreturns | 10 Jan '12, 18:49 | X
            • 4A*s, 5As

              is that better or not?

              It would have been a 5/5 split if I hadn't missed by Physics exam because of a trapped nerve in my back.... :)

              Furryboy @badmanreturns | 10 Jan '12, 22:36 | X
          • i -think- it was these

            Maths A
            Stats A
            English Lit A
            English Language A
            Science ABB [weird triple award where AB is for all three and B is just for biology]
            ICT BB [double award]
            RE B
            Music B
            PE D
            Spanish E

            fuckyeahdubstep | 10 Jan '12, 18:50 | X
            • you had to do PE?

              :-/

              hal_krishna @fuckyeahdubstep | 10 Jan '12, 18:51 | X
              • has specialist status for sports innit

                let's all have a read of the OFSTED report from when I was there

                http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/933807/urn/124827.pdf

                fuckyeahdubstep @hal_krishna | 10 Jan '12, 18:53 | X
                • urgh that's fucking grim

                  tbf mine had music specialist status but was really biased towards sports people anyway, special sports awards assemblies to make thick people feel good about themselves, etc.

                  hal_krishna @fuckyeahdubstep | 10 Jan '12, 18:54 | X
                • lol what a shit school

                  (sorry if you loved it)

                  hal_krishna @fuckyeahdubstep | 10 Jan '12, 18:55 | X
                  • i got on famously well with all the students AND the staff

                    fuckyeahdubstep @hal_krishna | 10 Jan '12, 18:57 | X
                    • ...why do i suspect this is untrue

                      safety wink

                      hal_krishna @fuckyeahdubstep | 10 Jan '12, 18:59 | X
                • Mine specialised in languages

                  TheDailyBumbler @fuckyeahdubstep | 10 Jan '12, 19:03 | X
              • GCSE PE was an easy good grade.

                Basic biology combined with bullshitting a project about training in a couple of sports.

                svenrokk @hal_krishna | 10 Jan '12, 19:05 | X
                • nah, hated it, so did everyone else so we spent lessons pretending to do training but instead sneaking out onto the field + playing frisbee for a bit. best thing was when we got to do TRAMPOLINING in the olympic standard gymnastics centre just down the road and piss about in the foam pit

                  fuckyeahdubstep @svenrokk | 10 Jan '12, 19:27 | X
          • Christ almighty. Can barely remember.

            Religious studies A*
            Geography A*
            History A
            English literature A
            English language A
            Double science BB
            French B
            Graphic design B
            Maths (a year early, YO) B

            Erm, there might be one more, cannae remember. 2002 represent.

            plasticniki | 10 Jan '12, 18:50 | X
          • absolutely dreadful set of grades that i won't embarrass myself by posting

            the highest of which was a D. i got a G in maths, bet you didn't even know G was a real grade.

            truth is i listened and learned but i had serious issues in school and just never got homework in. not an excuse, just an unfortunate fact.

            i went to college and did some diploma shit alongside "equivalency" certificates for maths and english, which i breezed through. but still, i've always got this part of me that's disappointed and wants to redo them properly. i know everybody says they don't mean much once you're out there but it's my own personal demon that i will DESTROY. one day. maybe.

            CrispinAlexander | 10 Jan '12, 18:52 | X
            • That's pretty much how I was during my attempt at uni.

              tokek_tokek @CrispinAlexander | 10 Jan '12, 19:14 | X
            • I can totally relate

              I spent like four months out of school, ended up in a centre for kids who'd had trouble in school, doing something like five GCSEs.

              managed to get As in English Language & Literature, though. considering all the shit I went through, I'm quite proud of that.

              but it's a monkey on my back...I was set to be a straight A* student, and it all went horribly wrong. and though I later managed to get a triple distinction in BTEC ND Music Tech in college, I still feel like a total underachiever. doesn't help that Uni went horribly wrong as well.

              been seriously considering getting all those grades at some kind of adult education place for a while.

              incandenza_ @CrispinAlexander | 10 Jan '12, 21:43 | X
          • Mathmatics - F
            English Literature - A* (after a retake)
            Science (Double Award) - D/D
            D&T: Resistant Materials - E
            R.E. - B
            I.T. - B
            History - C
            Spanish - U
            Art - A

            I think there were two more but I can't remember them.

            TheDailyBumbler | 10 Jan '12, 18:58 | X
            • My original English grade was a D

              TheDailyBumbler @TheDailyBumbler | 10 Jan '12, 19:01 | X
              • Also, E was pretty good going for Resistant Materials

                Me and my best mate Lou were kicked out of the class for a year and a half.

                TheDailyBumbler @TheDailyBumbler | 10 Jan '12, 19:04 | X
          • 6 As - eng lang, maths, double science, history, p.e

            2 Bs - eng lit, art
            2 Cs - french, geography
            E - IT (I leave this out of forms/applications)

            gonad | 10 Jan '12, 19:00 | X
          • This is what I think happened

            Maths A
            Science AA
            English Lit A
            English Lang A
            PE A
            History B
            Electronics B
            Spanish B
            RE B
            Something else, ICT? B

            I'm pretty sure I got 6xA, 5xB.

            svenrokk | 10 Jan '12, 19:09 | X
          • English Literature - A*

            English Language - A*
            Biology - A*
            French - A*
            Chemistry - A
            Physics - A
            History - A
            I.T. - A
            Maths - A
            R.E./Citizenship - C

            TomNick | 10 Jan '12, 19:11 | X
          • 6 As 4 Bs

            And I've been ever so slightly insecure about my mathematical ability ever since.

            Sibley | 10 Jan '12, 19:14 | X
          • 5 A
            3 B
            2 C

            p_a_u_l | 10 Jan '12, 19:20 | X
          • Dunno

            2 A*'s, 7 A's and a B

            still_here | 10 Jan '12, 19:22 | X
            • Was so upset about the B at the time

              stupid French

              still_here @still_here | 10 Jan '12, 19:23 | X
              _bisto this'd this
          • GCSEs

            A* - History
            A - Sciences (duel award), Maths, Statistics, English lang, English lit, Art, ICT,
            B - German, RE

            2006. Now I'm a trainee science teacher.

            snowlady_ | 10 Jan '12, 19:24 | X
          • Maths (a year early) - A*

            Physics, Music, English - A

            Chemistry, History, German, ICT, - B

            English Lit, Biology - C

            i made the mistake of walking into the house with my results and my friend who'd done much better than me. should've brought someone with me who'd done worse than me.

            iamwiggy | 10 Jan '12, 19:24 | X
          • I did loads

            English Lit - A
            English lang - B
            Maths - C
            Science - CC
            RE - B
            IT - B
            Resistant Materials - B
            History - B
            Art - B
            Business Studies - D (I hated it - even though i did it for A level and got a B)
            French - D (I learnt more dutch in 1 summer than I did french in 5 years)

            chris_is_cool | 10 Jan '12, 20:22 | X
          • BOOM

            IT - A*
            English Literature - A
            English Language - A
            History - A
            Single Science - A
            RE - A
            Maths - B
            Geography - B
            French - B
            German - B

            Graphic Design (Half course) - D

            LordLuciusBanter | 10 Jan '12, 20:26 | X
          • Hola

            History A*
            English Lit A
            ENglish lang A
            Maths A
            Statistics A
            Spanish A
            PE B
            Double Science BB
            ICT B
            Chemistry B
            Biology B
            RE (Half course) C
            Art C
            Physics E (Missed the exam by mistake. heh)

            Verbal | 10 Jan '12, 20:32 | X
            • I dont know why theyy made us do so many

              its like you show any inkling of academic nous and they make you spread yourself well thin

              (that should be a B for english language btw)

              Verbal @Verbal | 10 Jan '12, 20:33 | X
          • 6 A*s and 3 As

            labmonkeya529 | 10 Jan '12, 20:34 | X
          • [...]

            English Language - A
            English Literature - A
            History - A
            Science - AA
            RE - A
            Business Studies - B
            French - B
            IT - B
            Maths - B
            Food Technology - C
            Media Studies - C

            Got 3 A's at 'A' Level though so suck on that

            GetOffMyLawn | 10 Jan '12, 20:37 | X
          • Okay

            English Language A*
            English Literature A*
            Science i A*
            Science ii A*
            History A*
            French A*
            RE A*
            IT A*
            Maths (year early) A
            Art A
            Welsh A

            Could have been better.

            hip_young_gunslinger | 10 Jan '12, 20:49 | X
            • ^ :D We have a winner

              TheDailyBumbler @hip_young_gunslinger | 10 Jan '12, 21:11 | X
          • c'mon scotland

            Maths - 1
            English - 1
            Physics - 1
            Chemistry - 1
            Geography - 1
            Music - 1
            I.T. - 1
            French - 1

            Hope no one fucks up this run we've got going

            JaguarPirate | 10 Jan '12, 20:56 | X
            • lol numbers instead of letters

              fucking scotland.

              Icarus-Smicarus @JaguarPirate | 10 Jan '12, 23:56 | X
          • This was about the time I turned naughty and thought being cool was better than being clever

            Maths B
            Drama B
            English Lang. B
            Resistant Materials C
            Art C
            Science CC
            English Lit. D
            I.T D
            Spanish E

            and to think I used to get 98% in Latin exams.
            Totes worth it though, I was one of the cool kids.

            fappable | 10 Jan '12, 20:57 | X
          • English Lan A*

            English Lit A*
            Media Studies A*
            ICT A
            ICT A
            ICT A
            ICT A
            History B
            Maths C
            Science D
            Science D
            Resistant Materials F

            Antpocalypsenow | 10 Jan '12, 20:58 | X
            • How did you do in ICT again?

              andyvine @Antpocalypsenow | 11 Jan '12, 10:23 | X
              • :D For some reason my ICT course was a quadruple

                My Science double-Ds are the reason I'm now not a primary school teacher. Thanks a lot Dr Francis.

                Antpocalypsenow @andyvine | 11 Jan '12, 11:22 | X
          • Back from the days when exams were hard...

            Maths - A*
            Science (Double) - A* (A*)
            Geography - A*
            Technology (Graphics) - A
            English Language - B
            English Literature - B
            History - B
            Art - B

            marckee | 10 Jan '12, 20:59 | X
          • Scottish Standard Grades

            Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Graphics, Spanish - all 1s
            English, Maths, Craft & Design - all 2s

            SenorDingDong | 10 Jan '12, 21:00 | X
            • Damn graphic design...

              A*A English
              A* Business
              A Maths
              A History
              B Geography
              B French
              BB Science
              D Graphic Design

              Soon to be somewhat trumped by a PhD (hopefully)

              Christophales @SenorDingDong | 10 Jan '12, 21:24 | X
          • mixed bag

            english BA
            maths U
            engineering AA
            design tech A
            german F
            science DD

            codpieceface | 10 Jan '12, 21:17 | X
          • A*s: german, english lit, biology, physics

            As: French, Chemistry, Maths, Stats, English lang.
            Bs: Art, Geography, ICT

            brandt | 10 Jan '12, 21:29 | X
          • I've got an A* in Drama and a A in Food Technology, both of which are ridiculously inappropriate grades given my proficiency in those subjects.

            The others were a bit more sensible.

            English Language A
            English Literature A
            French A
            History A
            Maths B
            Science BB
            Statistics B

            Wish I'd worked harder on the science; I wasn't really interested at the time.

            theguywithnousername | 10 Jan '12, 21:33 | X
          • .

            English Language - A*
            English Literature - A*
            Maths - A*
            Biology - A*
            Chemistry - A*
            Physics - A*
            French - A*
            History - A*
            Latin - A*
            Classical Civilisation - A*

            charliepanayi | 10 Jan '12, 21:33 | X
            • we have our winner

              hal_krishna @charliepanayi | 10 Jan '12, 21:35 | X
              • cutting

                hal_krishna @james_ | 11 Jan '12, 08:39 | X
              • yeah

                RE A
                Core Science A
                English literature B
                Maths B
                Art B
                Business Studies & Economics B
                ICT B
                English Language C
                German D

                menindrag | 10 Jan '12, 21:34 | X
              • My friend once claimed that he got 'EGG' in his A levels

                And we told him that you couldn't get G's
                And he went 'MNUR I WAS ONLY JOKING'.

                Thick fuck.

                icouldwinarabbit | 10 Jan '12, 21:37 | X
                • Some girl told my mate at the bus stop she got FUDGE in her GCSEs

                  untrue @icouldwinarabbit | 10 Jan '12, 21:49 | X
                  • someone told me that as well

                    fuckyeahdubstep @untrue | 11 Jan '12, 09:45 | X
              • two bazillion a stars

                ithica | 10 Jan '12, 21:39 | X
                icouldwinarabbit and andyvine this'd this
              • A* History
                A* Religion
                A Maths
                A Eng. lang
                B Eng. lit
                B Physics
                B Chemistry
                B Geography
                B French
                C Biology

                I used to be cleverer :(

                eltham | 10 Jan '12, 21:40 | X
              • Straight B's

                Did the coursework in lesson time only, did the exams as quickly as possible as there's clearly no different between a C and an A* at that level so what's the point?

                JustJay | 10 Jan '12, 21:43 | X
                • maybe if I'd knuckled down and got an A in Eng Lan I would've written difference there

                  JustJay @JustJay | 10 Jan '12, 21:44 | X
                • Future internet bragging rights.

                  Epimer @JustJay | 10 Jan '12, 21:54 | X
              • This was half my lifetime ago. I think I got;

                English Lit - A
                English Lang - A
                Maths - A
                Physics - A
                French - A
                Spanish - A
                History - B
                Biology - B
                Business Studies - B
                Chemistry - C

                Darcy | 10 Jan '12, 21:50 | X
              • Don't know how it works in the UK

                But the grades some of you have here are nuts! How the hell do you get A*'s for even 50 percent of your units? Is it a big final exam or something? I managed 76 here in Canberra (you need 82 for Arts to get into best uni in Australia) and I was pretty proud. We don't have final exams here, so your final grade is an aggregate. Considering my average grade for Year 11 was less than 60, I think I did pretty well. Can't really say the same for uni but oh well.

                PenguinPants | 10 Jan '12, 21:53 | X
                • mostly a final exam

                  some subjects have coursework.

                  ofc it isn't like that now, I think it is all modular these days

                  hal_krishna @PenguinPants | 10 Jan '12, 21:57 | X
              • English A*

                English Lit A
                Welsh A
                Welsh Lit A
                Maths A*
                Science A*
                German A*
                Geography A
                I.T A*
                P.E A (fuck knows how this happened. Had to do a gymnastics exam, where I just copied a bunch of flips and shit I'd seen some WWF wrestlers do)

                spiritofjazz | 10 Jan '12, 22:03 | X
              • they can get you jobs

                Bamnan11 @james_ | 10 Jan '12, 22:08 | X
                TheDailyBumbler this'd this
                • there's a poem in this somewhere...

                  hal_krishna @james_ | 10 Jan '12, 22:12 | X
                • Hm. Limited job prospects though.

                  TheDailyBumbler @james_ | 10 Jan '12, 22:48 | X
                  • well if you don't happen to come from a really well off background

                    gcses are pretty important. employers look at them.

                    DarwinDude @james_ | 10 Jan '12, 22:52 | X
                    • I have never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever been asked for mine.

                      tokek_tokek @DarwinDude | 11 Jan '12, 00:45 | X
                      diabetic_lucifer this'd this
                      • *by an employer

                        tokek_tokek @tokek_tokek | 11 Jan '12, 00:51 | X
                    • bullshit pal

                      diabetic_lucifer @DarwinDude | 11 Jan '12, 14:25 | X
                  • We'll do threads on all of those things tomorrow then

                    but today we're doing the GCSE one. You massive baby.

                    Icarus-Smicarus @james_ | 11 Jan '12, 00:46 | X
                    • they get you on to 16-18 education or lower-entry level jobs

                      the former being preferable, really

                      GCSEs might as well be a 4th SAT

                      JustJay @Bamnan11 | 10 Jan '12, 22:53 | X
                      DarwinDude this'd this
                      • not really

                        I got that part, waste of time.

                        Bamnan11 @james_ | 11 Jan '12, 00:22 | X
                        this'd this
                      • This post smacks of middle-class, metropolitan naivity.

                        marckee @james_ | 10 Jan '12, 23:21 | X
                        • Generally

                          These are all pretty damn impressive.

                          Furryboy | 10 Jan '12, 22:38 | X
                          • There's definitely a correlation between alternative music and academic leanings.

                            tokek_tokek @Furryboy | 11 Jan '12, 00:47 | X
                        • :(

                          Media - B
                          Maths - C
                          Science - C
                          English lit/lang - CC
                          R.E. - E

                          I didn't do any more than that.

                          meowington | 10 Jan '12, 23:06 | X
                          • actually, I must have done more

                            I think I did food tech which I got a D as I dropped half of my coursework food when it came out of the oven. I was a clumbsy dumb teenager.

                            meowington @meowington | 10 Jan '12, 23:08 | X
                            • it was well shit

                              The class was funny though and my teecher hated me because I said to my friend that not even the strongest man in the world can break an egg by just crushing it with his bare hand....but then I crushed it wrong and it broke.

                              I made some weird cream and smoked salmon and spaghette combo for my coursework final thing. It was horribly bland.

                              meowington @sausage-d0g | 10 Jan '12, 23:18 | X
                              • I really regretted not taking food tech

                                it was the biggest pisstake ever. We had to design bred according to surveys we'd done and the '5 Scottish Dietary targets for 2005..' so I made up a survey about peoples favourite colours and types of oily fish and the teacher had to eat some blue mackerel soda bread or something.

                                DarwinDude @meowington | 10 Jan '12, 23:33 | X
                                • All the schools round where I live didn't have a sixth form, just went up to fifth year

                                  GCSEs were important if you wanted to go to a good college after school cos they had a minimum points entry thing. Do schools wot have a sixth form do that as well? If you did bad in your GCSEs were you still allowed to attend sixth form there and do A-levels?

                                  untrue | 10 Jan '12, 23:24 | X
                                  Verbal this'd this
                                  • mine had a 'minimum 5Bs' requirement

                                    loads of thick people though

                                    hal_krishna @untrue | 10 Jan '12, 23:51 | X
                                  • No, you needed five Cs at ours.

                                    I thought that was standard.

                                    tokek_tokek @untrue | 11 Jan '12, 00:50 | X
                                  • If you were in our school you could automatically go to Sixth Form

                                    But all the subjects had entry requirements.

                                    LordLuciusBanter @untrue | 11 Jan '12, 10:24 | X
                                  • We needed 5 Cs (including Maths and English)

                                    to get in, but some subjects (maths and sciences) required higher. They weren't particularly strict though.

                                    dorftrottel @untrue | 11 Jan '12, 12:48 | X
                                • Imma play the 'I'm old so these grades really mean something, maaaan' card, too.

                                  A: German; B: Double Science, Maths, Design & Tech, English, English Lit; C: Art & Design, Geography

                                  TheWza | 10 Jan '12, 23:32 | X
                                • Ok.

                                  Maths - A
                                  French - A
                                  IT - A
                                  Science (Double Award) - BB
                                  History - B
                                  English - B
                                  Religious Education - B
                                  Music - C

                                  Can't believe I used to be good at Maths.

                                  Icarus-Smicarus | 10 Jan '12, 23:55 | X
                                • A*: History, English Language, Religious Studies
                                  A: German, English Literature
                                  B: Maths, Double Science, Drama
                                  U: Resistant Materials

                                  Tbh, I lucked out by being ill for one of the maths exams, and so getting a rather generous predicted grade.

                                  Then again, I hardly ever went to school from year 9 onwards, and did no work at all (including the GCSE coursework) outside of the few classes I did go to. I then started A Levels, dropped out. Went back to finish them, dropped out. Started another course, dropped out. Started another course, ACTUALLY COMPLETED IT. Started university, dropped out*.

                                  *degraded, technically - I'll probably go back I guess.

                                  YEAH, I TOTALLY WIN AT MOTIVATION.

                                  Tbh, I look at my academic and wonder wtf they were thinking when they accepted me into uni... seems a little too far into 'let's give them the benefit of the doubt' kinda territory.

                                  PocketMouse | 11 Jan '12, 00:12 | X
                                  • It's clearly because you're passionate to the point of madness about your subject

                                    Try not to lose sight of that when the course is getting you down.

                                    PickledOeuf @PocketMouse | 11 Jan '12, 11:01 | X
                                • A*: Chemistry
                                  A: English Language, French, Geography, Maths, Statistics, History, Music
                                  B: Physics, Biology, English Literature, Citizenship.

                                  aactv | 11 Jan '12, 00:20 | X
                                • what did you have to do for Resistant Materials guys

                                  I got an A* in French & Chemistry then 5 As and 3 Bs.

                                  One B was definitely for music and given that my performance piece was the guitar solo from Sultans of Swing it was far more than I deserved.

                                  mug_mug_mug | 11 Jan '12, 00:29 | X
                                  • I think I did nine, there might be one extra one there

                                    It was probably Resistant Materials or something.

                                    mug_mug_mug @mug_mug_mug | 11 Jan '12, 00:32 | X
                                    • Can someone please tell me

                                      what the fuck 'Resistant Materials' is? I think you've all made it up.

                                      Icarus-Smicarus @mug_mug_mug | 11 Jan '12, 00:57 | X
                                      tokek_tokek this'd this
                                      • The best doss lesson ever.

                                        fappable @Icarus-Smicarus | 11 Jan '12, 02:28 | X
                                        europeancakeghost this'd this
                                      • We called it CDT - Craft Design & Technology

                                        Woodwork, metalwork, sometimes electronics, that kind of thing.

                                        marckee @Icarus-Smicarus | 11 Jan '12, 09:18 | X
                                        • Ok, so it's Technology & Design then. Or CDT if you want.

                                          Who the FUCK decided to call it 'Resistant Materials'?

                                          Icarus-Smicarus @marckee | 11 Jan '12, 12:50 | X
                                          • Lucien

                                            It was named after his glutes

                                            untrue @Icarus-Smicarus | 11 Jan '12, 14:52 | X
                                • Barely passed.

                                  Did no revision or coursework for what I needed to do.

                                  Meaningless really.

                                  fullerov | 11 Jan '12, 02:49 | X
                                • Maths A*
                                  Science (double) A* A*
                                  Business Studies A*
                                  French A
                                  German A
                                  Resistant Materials A
                                  English Language B
                                  English Lit B
                                  Music C

                                  pieces_of_reece | 11 Jan '12, 08:41 | X
                                • I got an A* in French solely because my teacher was a sexy lady and I hung on her every word

                                  I also managed to get a C in Design and Technology, despite taking the Foundation course (in which a C was the highest grade you could achieve) and not submitting the coursework that made up about 60% of the grade. Either you had to do next to nothing to get a C or summat dodgy happened there.

                                  DanielKelly | 11 Jan '12, 08:44 | X
                                  • I got a D in technology, my one blemish

                                    The reason being I'm crap at making things so I took graphic design.

                                    BUT THEN WE STILL HAD TO MAKE WHAT WE DESIGNED

                                    I got the measurements wrong and the whole thing was a disaster.

                                    Coursework was 75% of the grade, so I needed to get to get 100% on the exam to get a C.

                                    Still, could be worse. My mate Mark put like £700's worth of materials into a vaccum former (I dunno what it was actually called) purely because he thought he'd get an A* for using the most expensive material. He bodged it, got an E, and almost bankrupted the D&T department

                                    LordLuciusBanter @DanielKelly | 11 Jan '12, 10:21 | X
                                • er

                                  A* - Maths, English Lang
                                  A - English Lit, Physics, Chemistry, Music, History, Food Tech (don't laugh), RE shortcourse
                                  B - German, Biology

                                  brusma | 11 Jan '12, 09:58 | X
                                • i got 10 o-levels, not gcse's

                                  but I am a bit of a dumbo, hence my grades were not as good as you lot, I feel a bit of a thicko now :(

                                  creakyknees | 11 Jan '12, 10:10 | X
                                  • nah pal, you can play the old 'they weren't as hard as in my day card'

                                    o levels were practically PHDs in your era I imagine ;)

                                    Verbal @creakyknees | 11 Jan '12, 11:20 | X
                                    • Especially what with having to take exams

                                      using a quill and inkwell.

                                      Raanraals @Verbal | 11 Jan '12, 11:45 | X
                                      • oooooooh hark at his lordship

                                        we had chalk and a little slate tablet

                                        creakyknees @Raanraals | 11 Jan '12, 12:32 | X
                                • A* English language
                                  A* English literature
                                  A* A* Science (double award)
                                  A* History
                                  A Welsh
                                  A French
                                  A Maths
                                  C Drama
                                  D Technology (woodwork)

                                  packageholiday | 11 Jan '12, 10:11 | X
                                • hmmmmmmmm

                                  cant really remmeber

                                  i think it went liek this

                                  ART - A
                                  ENGLISH LANG - A
                                  ENGLISH LIT - A (i think - might have been a B)
                                  SCIENCE - BB
                                  HISTORY - B
                                  MATHS - B (i think - might have been a C)
                                  FRENCH - C

                                  I'm missing two - can't remember what they were

                                  chris-budget | 11 Jan '12, 10:13 | X
                                  • oh yeah

                                    media studies
                                    B

                                    ONE MORE TO GET

                                    chris-budget @chris-budget | 11 Jan '12, 10:16 | X
                                  • GEOGRAPHY!

                                    B - i think

                                    pretty sure I did geography

                                    chris-budget @chris-budget | 11 Jan '12, 15:37 | X
                                • No thanks

                                  Raanraals | 11 Jan '12, 10:14 | X
                                  • would it be better if we posted our ***** size instead?

                                    creakyknees @Raanraals | 11 Jan '12, 10:17 | X
                                    • No thanks

                                      Raanraals @creakyknees | 11 Jan '12, 10:17 | X
                                • Interesting corelation between people not getting good grades thinking they're meaningless

                                  LordLuciusBanter | 11 Jan '12, 10:27 | X
                                  • Which is odd,

                                    as those who got the worst grades (and who are more likely to have not done A-Levels or a degree), are those who will depend on them the most.

                                    marckee @LordLuciusBanter | 11 Jan '12, 10:33 | X
                                    • But then again, it depends on what you do for a job.

                                      As an admin bore, I don't think my grades get looked at other than English.

                                      They look at my Sec skills course and the grades I got there (all distinctions) and my office experience and my wpm (is 60 now but used to be 85).

                                      Most people who have posted in this thread have done incredibly well but there are some of us, which seems to be only about 10% if this thread is anything to go by, that didn't get on well in school and find education difficult.

                                      meowington @marckee | 11 Jan '12, 11:31 | X
                                      tokek_tokek this'd this
                                      • And even most of that 10% only did badly by DiS standards.

                                        I love the fact that those who got a perfectly respectable set of Cs are seen as delinquents.

                                        tokek_tokek @meowington | 11 Jan '12, 12:16 | X
                                        • I don't think that anyone's saying that.

                                          marckee @tokek_tokek | 11 Jan '12, 12:37 | X
                                • You are all such nerds.

                                  nnneeeeeeeeeerrrdddsss

                                  unfamiliar | 11 Jan '12, 10:34 | X
                                • As mentioned upthread,

                                  Resistant Materials is the part of Technology that used to be called CDT.

                                  marckee @Masculinity | 11 Jan '12, 10:44 | X
                                • can't be bothered to read through this to see if anyone has said this already

                                  but all replies are meaningless without the year you took them. (not this easy in my day etc)

                                  Smee | 11 Jan '12, 10:41 | X
                                  • or

                                    people are only posting if they're particularly proud of their results

                                    IndieAndy_Jones @Masculinity | 11 Jan '12, 10:48 | X
                                  • I think you underestimate how academically able the average DiSer

                                    is/was, compared to the population as a whole.

                                    marckee @Masculinity | 11 Jan '12, 10:55 | X
                                    PickledOeuf this'd this
                                    • ^this

                                      It's a self-moderated foruma dn also largely self-selected. We get very few new posters who aren't gifted or articulate in some way because we are so rude to those who aren't, and they run away, sobbing.

                                      PickledOeuf @marckee | 11 Jan '12, 11:03 | X
                                      • *forum and

                                        PickledOeuf @PickledOeuf | 11 Jan '12, 11:04 | X
                                        • You're so articulate, PO

                                          Raanraals @PickledOeuf | 11 Jan '12, 11:05 | X
                                          • You're so gifted, Raanraals <3

                                            PickledOeuf @Raanraals | 11 Jan '12, 11:23 | X
                                            • *gitfed

                                              Raanraals @PickledOeuf | 11 Jan '12, 11:24 | X
                                      • Beautiful group arrogance :-)

                                        Kitchmo @PickledOeuf | 11 Jan '12, 11:05 | X
                                      • Personally, I'm disappointed in our lax attitude to typos.

                                        marckee @PickledOeuf | 11 Jan '12, 11:06 | X
                                        • Nice use of full stop.

                                          Raanraals @marckee | 11 Jan '12, 11:07 | X
                                      • Or we make threads mocking their poor facebook performance.

                                        I suspect if such a question were posed in a facebook status, the answers would be radically different.

                                        tokek_tokek @PickledOeuf | 11 Jan '12, 11:14 | X
                                      • Are you saying we're all spods?

                                        hip_young_gunslinger @PickledOeuf | 11 Jan '12, 11:21 | X
                                        • no

                                          we're all up our own arses, rude and cliquey.

                                          PickledOeuf @hip_young_gunslinger | 11 Jan '12, 11:22 | X
                                          Kitchmo this'd this
                                          • Genuinely just scrolled up

                                            to see if you were referring to Oxbridge graduates.

                                            Zapsta @PickledOeuf | 11 Jan '12, 12:08 | X
                                    • Aye.

                                      I quite like the fact my GCSE's mark me out as one of the, probable anyway, 10% least academically able DiSers. I mean meths hasn't posted his yet but I quite like this new found 'thicko' status... I've been burdened with being DEAD CLEVER all my life.

                                      That said, I went to a comprehensive which has now merged with another school owing to poor performance and used to have an on-site police officer (although not until the year after I left).

                                      GetOffMyLawn @marckee | 11 Jan '12, 12:33 | X
                                  • I don't put mine on my CV any more

                                    because I'm a grown-up.

                                    1998:

                                    English Literature, History, Humanities (don't ask), Music, German - A*
                                    Maths, French, English Language - A
                                    Double Science - B x 2
                                    Textiles - C

                                    nice_squirrel | 11 Jan '12, 11:09 | X
                                    spit-fire this'd this
                                    • i didnt think you needed em (except for maths and english)

                                      but i applied for a job the other day and they wanted me to list every single one. pain in the arse.

                                      Verbal @nice_squirrel | 11 Jan '12, 11:14 | X
                                      • actually, in my current job

                                        I did have to list them all on some stupid application form, including the day/month/year I did them! Had to make up the day, obviously.

                                        nice_squirrel @Verbal | 11 Jan '12, 11:17 | X
                                    • ^this

                                      Except the results obvs.
                                      I got 5 As and 5 Bs.
                                      Not sure I can remember what grades I got for which subjects though.

                                      spit-fire @nice_squirrel | 11 Jan '12, 11:24 | X
                                  • mixed bag

                                    A* French
                                    A Maths
                                    A Spanish
                                    B English Language
                                    B Religion and Philosophy (half course)
                                    B/B Double award science
                                    C Economics
                                    C English Literature
                                    D Graphics (Was made to do some form of technology at school - I didn't want to, I hated it)
                                    D Geography

                                    film_maker | 11 Jan '12, 11:26 | X
                                  • History- A
                                    English- AA
                                    RE- A
                                    Science AA
                                    Food Technology- B
                                    Media- B
                                    Maths- B
                                    French- C
                                    Art- E
                                    --------
                                    Latin- D (Though I did this at college and it was all 5 years crammed into 9 months

                                    oojimaflop | 11 Jan '12, 11:27 | X
                                  • Subthread: Anyone who didn't do three separate sciences....massive pussies?

                                    Darcy | 11 Jan '12, 11:28 | X
                                    harru this'd this
                                    • nah

                                      I was just shit at chemistry and biology. Would've aced physics, though

                                      film_maker @Darcy | 11 Jan '12, 11:30 | X
                                    • Absolutely

                                      Raanraals @Darcy | 11 Jan '12, 11:30 | X
                                    • hi.

                                      give a shit tho. generally, give a shit about GSCEs too. who cares? 'your employers!'. bothered.

                                      meths @Darcy | 11 Jan '12, 11:30 | X
                                      • Shhhh

                                        I'm getting serious answers....people are biting.

                                        Darcy @meths | 11 Jan '12, 11:51 | X
                                    • It wasn't an option.

                                      meowington @Darcy | 11 Jan '12, 11:31 | X
                                      TheWza, pieces_of_reece, and untrue this'd this
                                    • Or it wasn't made available to you.

                                      My school only offered the option of doing the single/double award.

                                      marckee @Darcy | 11 Jan '12, 11:35 | X
                                      Antpocalypsenow, TheWza, untrue, and MissBass this'd this
                                      • So only

                                        Education.

                                        or

                                        Education, education?

                                        Raanraals @marckee | 11 Jan '12, 11:40 | X
                                        • I finished school while we still had a Tory government.

                                          So neither, really.

                                          marckee @Raanraals | 11 Jan '12, 11:45 | X
                                          • Yes, I'd noticed how ill-educated

                                            you come across on DiS. Damn those Tories!

                                            Raanraals @marckee | 11 Jan '12, 11:53 | X
                                            • I blossomed at university.

                                              marckee @Raanraals | 11 Jan '12, 11:59 | X
                                              • Was that when Labour had made our universities great?

                                                Raanraals @marckee | 11 Jan '12, 12:01 | X
                                                • Obviously.

                                                  marckee @Raanraals | 11 Jan '12, 12:08 | X
                                      • Let's not get pedantic.

                                        I don't want to make this subthread into one about those who went to a school for pussies and those who didn't.

                                        Darcy @marckee | 11 Jan '12, 11:50 | X
                                        Raanraals this'd this
                                    • I did the double award and the three separate ones

                                      cheers

                                      Verbal @Darcy | 11 Jan '12, 11:39 | X
                                      • So you have 5 science GCSEs?

                                        Seems like you should be a mad scientist, not a journo.

                                        Kitchmo @Verbal | 11 Jan '12, 11:47 | X
                                        • yeah,

                                          which is odd cos i hated science. My school seemed to just throw GCSEs at people who had any kind of academic ability. Think I got three of my gcses in year 10.

                                          Verbal @Kitchmo | 11 Jan '12, 12:17 | X
                                    • not offered at my school

                                      nerds did Double Science. Others got to do Single Science with Rural Science. I remember watching enviously out of the window as people got to herd geese around outside.

                                      nice_squirrel @Darcy | 11 Jan '12, 11:41 | X
                                      • :D

                                        wonderful image.

                                        Darcy @nice_squirrel | 11 Jan '12, 11:49 | X
                                    • didn't have the choice + i would have if i did. my school had this weird system where you did a joint double award for all sciences but then did a seperate one just for biology.

                                      fuckyeahdubstep @Darcy | 11 Jan '12, 11:43 | X
                                    • Surely the same could be said for those who didn't do triple humanities.

                                      tokek_tokek @Darcy | 11 Jan '12, 12:19 | X
                                    • no

                                      In my school they used up your options and I wanted to do IT, Geography and History.

                                      Plus in my first week I remember being told that Single Science was actually harder because you had to achieve the same depth of knowledge as Triple and Double, but in a third of the time

                                      LordLuciusBanter @Darcy | 11 Jan '12, 12:40 | X
                                      • That's not right.

                                        We had the Single and Double lessons seperately (because Double science was one of our options), and the Single award covered completely different areas of the syllabus to the Double award. The individual subjects went further in all three areas.

                                        marckee @LordLuciusBanter | 11 Jan '12, 12:46 | X
                                      • Bullshit.

                                        Fight me on the playing field at lunch.

                                        Darcy @LordLuciusBanter | 11 Jan '12, 13:22 | X
                                  • In 1993

                                    Art - B
                                    Maths - C
                                    English - C
                                    Double Science - C
                                    French - C
                                    Geography - D
                                    Spanish - D
                                    CDT - D

                                    So nowadays that would translate to;
                                    Art - A*
                                    Maths - A
                                    English - A
                                    Double Science - A
                                    French - A
                                    Geography - B
                                    Spanish - B
                                    CDT - B

                                    Yeah?

                                    licky_kicky | 11 Jan '12, 12:06 | X
                                    • Probably more like

                                      A*s across the board.

                                      Raanraals @licky_kicky | 11 Jan '12, 12:07 | X
                                      • I'll amend my CV immediately.

                                        licky_kicky @Raanraals | 11 Jan '12, 12:12 | X
                                  • A* A* A* A* A A A A B B

                                    Noblet | 11 Jan '12, 12:21 | X
                                    • 2002

                                      Noblet @Noblet | 11 Jan '12, 12:22 | X
                                  • Separating triple science to make me look cleverer

                                    Maths - A*
                                    Chemistry -A*
                                    Physics - A*
                                    Biology - A*
                                    French - A
                                    German - A
                                    History - A
                                    Art - A
                                    English Lang - A
                                    English Lit - B (was so stupidly bitter about Lit)

                                    dorftrottel | 11 Jan '12, 12:29 | X
                                  • I got a U in French O level

                                    in my oral '100 questions' recording i imagine the examiner could hear my french teacher being unable to stifle his laughing at some of my replies (this is true....he really did laugh out loud at some of my answers)

                                    creakyknees | 11 Jan '12, 12:33 | X
                                    • and the other one i failed was german (I got a grade 2 CSE, it was the only non Olevel type that we did)

                                      I was also banned from taking O level RE, despite it being compulsary for our school. I think they were afeared that I might cause offence, based on the state of my bible (most RE teachers and (I imagine) markers were actually christian back then.

                                      I hasten to add that I was not the main culprit for the state of my bible, but I was known for allowing anyone who wanted to deface a bible to use mine,(If they had used their own they would have got into trouble), It also had a few illustrations in it which were also ,naturally, altered

                                      creakyknees @creakyknees | 11 Jan '12, 12:38 | X
                                      • so i wasnt good at languages

                                        and yet i didnt seem to have many problems in europe with my smattering of french and german.

                                        We had to do the following 5 as compulsary
                                        English lit
                                        English Lang
                                        Maths
                                        Physics
                                        RE
                                        plus a modern language, plus a humanity, plus another science

                                        creakyknees @creakyknees | 11 Jan '12, 12:40 | X
                                        • so i got

                                          english language
                                          english literature
                                          methematics
                                          additional maths with stats
                                          computer studies
                                          biology
                                          chemistry
                                          physics
                                          geography
                                          and law (but that was later on, at college)

                                          we werent allowed to gdo history if we did geography :(

                                          I failed french (spectacularly) and german and was barred from RE

                                          creakyknees @creakyknees | 11 Jan '12, 12:44 | X
                                          • 1 A, 5 B's 3 C's

                                            creakyknees @creakyknees | 11 Jan '12, 12:46 | X
                                            • very ordinary

                                              creakyknees @creakyknees | 11 Jan '12, 12:47 | X
                                    • My french teacher mouthed words at me to help me along.

                                      Hence my A.

                                      Icarus-Smicarus @creakyknees | 11 Jan '12, 12:47 | X
                                      • Also, in my music exam

                                        when the invigilator left the room for a few minutes, my music teacher stopped the tape and ran through some answers with us.

                                        Still got a C. :(

                                        Icarus-Smicarus @Icarus-Smicarus | 11 Jan '12, 12:47 | X
                                  • Double science - a*
                                    Maffs - a*
                                    English language - a* (top five grade in the country muthahubbards)
                                    English literature - a
                                    French - a*
                                    German - a*
                                    History - a*
                                    Drama - a
                                    RE (half) - a
                                    Graphics - b (pseudo-ironically this was really the most impressive achievement bearing in mind it was the one thing I had no natural aptitude for)

                                    Timestamp: 2001

                                    PreludesNocturnes | 11 Jan '12, 13:37 | X
                                  • http://www.progressiveboink.com/nick/images/calvinandhobbes/CH940127.JPG

                                    diabetic_lucifer | 11 Jan '12, 14:23 | X
                                    • 404 error :-(

                                      hal_krishna @diabetic_lucifer | 11 Jan '12, 14:24 | X
                                      • arf

                                        http://i.imgur.com/SIb8F.jpg

                                        diabetic_lucifer @hal_krishna | 11 Jan '12, 15:23 | X
                                  • dude this'll be a test to see if i even remember what subjects i took

                                    Did a mix of Standards and Int2s so FUCK YOU.
                                    Maths A
                                    English 1
                                    French A (fact: i managed to cheat the speaking exam cus i am pro. also cheated the writing)
                                    History 2
                                    Home Ec 1 (should have taken art... sigh)
                                    Chemistry 2 (a miracle as I understoood NONE OF IT)
                                    Physics 1
                                    can't remember the last subject but I got a 1 or an A in it, i can't remember.

                                    lameosaur | 11 Jan '12, 15:47 | X
                                    • OH IT WAS BUSINESS

                                      I got an A.

                                      lameosaur @lameosaur | 11 Jan '12, 15:48 | X
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