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Killswitch
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Posted: 24th Aug 2005 17:59 Edited at: 26th Aug 2005 00:59
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GCSE (UK exams for 15-16 year olds) results are being released tommorrow! I sat these exams:

Histoy - A
Geography - A*
Maths - A
English - A*
English Literature - A*
Biology - B (no idea what happened there)
Chemistry - A
Physics - A
Systems and Control - A*
R.E - A*
I.C.T (GNVQ) - A

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David T
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Posted: 24th Aug 2005 18:21 Edited at: 25th Aug 2005 11:55
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I got

Eng Lit - A*
Eng Lang - A
Maths - A*
Phys - A*
Chem - A*
Biol - A
French - A*
German - A*
Geog - A*
Music - A*

Biology was 1 mark off an A*. English was 3 off an A*.

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come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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@killswitch: what did you have to make for your systems coursework? I'm currently in y10 going into y11 this september and i'm making a traffic light system so what did you make?


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Peter H
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Posted: 24th Aug 2005 20:08 Edited at: 24th Aug 2005 20:09
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i have no idea what in the world you guys are talking about

is it like the SAT and ACT? (tests juniors take, basically so collages can see how good they are )

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Posted: 24th Aug 2005 20:55
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English
English Lang
Maths
Geog
Technology
Art
Physics
Biology
Chemistry





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David T
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Quote: "is it like the SAT and ACT? (tests juniors take, basically so collages can see how good they are )"


They're exams you take at 16. You then take A levels at 18. Universities look at A levels and to an extent gcses when deciding whethger to give you a place.

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come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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Wow, your all so young

I remember at the time I did GCSE's though, they were pretty tough as they are the first big exams you have to take, maybe the last if you don't go to college .

Good luck everyone!


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Killswitch
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Posted: 24th Aug 2005 21:38
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I made an electronic people counter. Two units with an IR beam that lit up 1/10 LEDs once ten people had passed through the beam.




(It didn't work - but I got 92/101)

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Posted: 24th Aug 2005 22:27 Edited at: 24th Aug 2005 22:28
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I sat the very first GCSE exam ever...Geography. (1988 I think it was)

The very first question on the very first paper was impossible to answer. It asked what the feature was at a particular grid reference. The Grid reference didn't exist on the map provided, they had got the coordinates back to front

Luckily, I left the question straight away and carried on. But some people spiralled into panic, it was around 40 minutes before they announced that everyone should ignore the question.

Good Luck y'all.

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Quote: "The very first question on the very first paper was impossible to answer. It asked what the feature was at a particular grid reference. The Grid reference didn't exist on the map provided, they had got the coordinates back to front "


The answer is always "masts".

We had one like that this year. Asked what were the co-ordinates of Reading station. It was barely visible.

Only two other dodgy questions.

Biology: It showed a graph with a wavy line going up and down (amount of air in lungs). It asked you to count the number of breathes taken. There were 4 equally possible answers, depending on how you counted.

Music: What is a 'raga'. Only problem is, it is two things. A tuning system OR a type of piece.

"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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If you swapped the coordinates over, it was actually a church. It has stood me in good stead, I can now find churches wherever I travel, an essential life-skill

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Good luck to everyone on their results tommorrow.

Quote: "Luckily, I left the question straight away and carried on. But some people spiralled into panic, it was around 40 minutes before they announced that everyone should ignore the question."


Considering the importance of these papers, I really don't think some exam boards make enough effort to check them. On my A2 Electronics paper, there was a circuit diagram where all the resistor values were given in volts!


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On the science double award this year (I did the triple award, thankfully our paper was error free) they mixed up the names of some chemicals - I can't remember what exactly but it was a pretty big screw up!

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On a similar note, French listening this year had no staples. It was multi page, but had no staples. I suppose it must be some kind of glue. Clever.

"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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Quote: "They're exams you take at 16. You then take A levels at 18. Universities look at A levels and to an extent gcses when deciding whethger to give you a place.
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oh, so it's like the PSAT

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Well, I took mine while I was still 15. My last exam was on June 22nd and my birthday was on July 5th.

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I got 8 A*s and 2 As. Both As were achingly close to an A*. Hopefully a remark will do something.

"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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Posted: 25th Aug 2005 12:43 Edited at: 25th Aug 2005 12:43
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English Lit C
Art C
Eng A
Maths A
Geog A
Tech A
Physics A
Chem A*
Biology A*




My physics teacher told me i was 1 mark of an A*


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I got 6 As at AS. (One of them - Maths - was the full A level so counts for 2 )

Whoop whoop whoop whoop whooooooooooooooop.

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Posted: 25th Aug 2005 18:26 Edited at: 25th Aug 2005 18:28
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congrats to everyone who got their results this week ^_

i got 7A's 3A*'s and 2B's when i did gcse..

i did AS levl this year

got ABBC in music tech, computing, maths and physics ^_^
4 marks off an A due to my shoddy ability in one module to use MICROSOFT ACCESS
i make no appologies.

FULL marks in module 1 and 97% in module 3!

YEAH!

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I'm No Geek.

I Got Below Average On My Marks (Except I.T)

Go On, Laugh At Me, I'll Be Laughin At You When You Turn Round And Can't Get A Job, What A Waste Of Time That Learning Really Was...



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Quote: "(One of them - Maths - was the full A level so counts for 2 )"


Ah - doing Further?

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come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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Lol im no geek either lol i got
English lit-b
English lan-b
maths-c
science-cc
art-c
re-b
graphics-c
pe-c
hist-e
german-d
and level 2 pass at ICT

lol not great but itll do
gets me into sixth formm


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Anyone going to Kings in Chester?


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Quote: "Anyone going to Kings in Chester?"


Why?

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Congratulations everyone!

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i was just wondering. Would be nice to know sum1 going there who can [rpgram or do 3D art.


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