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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Aug 24, 2006 17:54:45 GMT -5
Omg! I got my GCSE results today. They're exams you take at 16 in Britain for anyone who doesn't know. I'm so so so so so so so happy. A* is the highest grade for each and I got these:-
Mathematics - A*
Engligh Language - A
English Literature - B (Sigh)
Dual award science - A*A* (Worth 2 GCSEs)
Geography - A*
ICT - A*
Religious Studies - A
French - A (Wish it had been A* but the exam was hard)
Design and Technology (Resistant Materials for me) - A*
And I got a distinctiong in a word processing exam meaning I made 3 or less mistakes ;D
And yes I am really really hyper. I hope anyone else getting their results today is celebrating and happy too.
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Post by childminerva on Aug 24, 2006 18:46:52 GMT -5
Good job!!! What does ICT stand for?
We don't have this exam in the states-is is similar to the ACT or SAT, I wonder...?
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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Aug 24, 2006 19:29:34 GMT -5
Thanks!
I'm not too sure what it's similar to in the states, I don't quite recall, because you finish high school later than here, don't you?
ICT stands for information and communications technology. Computer stuff, basically.
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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Aug 24, 2006 19:34:30 GMT -5
Having refreshed my memory: You take Acts and SATs at 17/18, right? I hope I'm rightbecause if I am I understand  In grade 12? Well, GCSEs are before that, and we may take A-levels which are much more comparable to ACTs and SATs at 18, which are the main decider for universities, which is what ACTs and SATs are for? Amy, hoping she has grasped the US school system ish... |
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Post by avadagypsy on Aug 24, 2006 20:27:38 GMT -5
well done!!! You should be proud! Just to add to the confusion, in australia you take your School Certificate at age 16 (grade 10), and then depending what state you live in, you either take your HSC/VCE/TE etc etc etc at teh grade 12 level.  |
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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Aug 24, 2006 20:29:39 GMT -5
Lol well we might as well all be very confused so no one feels left out  Thank you very much! |
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Post by childminerva on Aug 24, 2006 20:40:00 GMT -5
ughh...too much info for my poor brain-just kidding! I did pretty well on those silly test thingys. We do graduate later (17/18), become legal later (21-not that we don't drink before then  !) which is all very sad, but whatever. |
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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Aug 25, 2006 5:01:21 GMT -5
Aww! Well we're legal at 18 but that doesn't stop the rest of us And thanks to mugglenet trying to explain GCSEs, they compare them to SATs in the US so there we go. |
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Post by prodigyviolin101 on Aug 25, 2006 17:26:47 GMT -5
A bit late, I know, but congratulations!
prodigy
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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Aug 25, 2006 17:57:58 GMT -5
Thank you!
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Post by beMMADfabulous on Aug 26, 2006 10:05:10 GMT -5
Congrats! ;D
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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Aug 26, 2006 13:22:23 GMT -5
Thanks!
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Post by angeldust on Aug 27, 2006 23:30:00 GMT -5
Oh EloquentPhoenix well done those are wonderful results congratulations clever thing!! I got mine as well  !! What are you doing next with such results 6th form? Collage? Mathematics - B (I'm so happy with that I suck at maths) Engligh Language - A English Literature - A* Double award science - A, A* History - A* ICT (NVQ) - B Design and Technology (Graphics) - B (The test was so hard I scrapped that through my course work) Photography - A General Art - A* English Media - A* (Almost everyone did most simple course since cooking  |
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Post by childminerva on Aug 28, 2006 6:56:43 GMT -5
good job angeldust!
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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Aug 28, 2006 11:41:27 GMT -5
Wow those are really great, well done! Photography... wow I'm so jealous we didn't have that option.
Yeah I'm going to sixth form to do my A-levels, you?
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Post by angeldust on Aug 30, 2006 16:35:31 GMT -5
Same as Psychology, Biology, Art + History yourself? |
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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Aug 30, 2006 16:47:32 GMT -5
Pschology and Biology also and Chemistry and Sociology.
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Post by alison on Sept 2, 2006 22:39:58 GMT -5
Well done everyone! Those tests are brutal. Are you going to sixth form?
Side note: GCSEs are comprable to the Advanced Placement (AP) exams in the states. AP tests are offered in nearly every subject and are graded on a national scale, and generally taken before SATs/ACT. And A-levels are really more comprable to the SAT IIs, which test in separate subjects. The SAT I and ACT are more general-the SAT I tests only math and verbal, with a writing section. Hope that clears up a bit!
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Post by nemi on Sept 9, 2006 6:14:55 GMT -5
Wow, well done both of you! We don't have photography either, bleh, just all the standard stuff.
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Post by iumuggle on Sept 9, 2006 11:38:24 GMT -5
Congrats! Sigh I wish I were at that stage of my life still |
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Post by Tabby67 on Sept 23, 2006 7:36:46 GMT -5
Congrats to yall!! I don't have any huge tests in my life for another.....one year...  Wooty.... *grumbles* Oh well, that's what you get for wanting to graduate early over in Louisiana. |
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!) which is all very sad, but whatever.
!! What are you doing next with such results 6th form? Collage?
Wooty.... *grumbles* Oh well, that's what you get for wanting to graduate early over in Louisiana. 
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