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"GCSE Grades?"

What GCSE grades did you get when you were at school? Haven't done mine yet but I want to know how well you did.

Memorandum! wrote:
> FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> If someone did ass at GCSE, it's pretty likely they'll do ass at
> A-Level as well, and get rejected for that.
>
> That's true, but it still doesn't mean that GCSEs are 'worthless'.
> People may think "GCSEs don't mean anything I'll put no effort
> in and it won't matter because I'll do my A-Levels properly and that
> will make up for it".

Hmmmm. I value the grades I got at Standard Grade, because of course, if I did ass at them, then I wouldn't have been able to take the highers I wanted last year, and then I'd have to have taken them this year, after passing Intermediates.
If I'd done that, then I'd probably never considered applying for Law, and if I had, there's absolutely no chance they'd accept me, whereas I've got an Unconditional, so I don't need to do a thing this year.

Saying that though, although they matter, they're pisss-easy, and if you don't do well in them, then you probably won't go to Uni.

I didn't study and I still managed 7 1's and a 2 (In French, so it doesn't matter).

Chippxero wrote:
> mattributé wrote:
> And I'm such a badass, I'm going to live in student housing despite
> the fact I live about 3 miles away from the Uni.
>
> I sorted out my housing last year and got within about 5 mins walk
> from uni, i paid my deposit and everything. Then in the middle of
> summer i get a letter telling me the campus has moved to the city
> centre which is 2 miles away.
>
> At least i do a lot of walking now.

It's good exercise at least.

mattributé wrote:
> And I'm such a badass, I'm going to live in student housing despite
> the fact I live about 3 miles away from the Uni.

I sorted out my housing last year and got within about 5 mins walk from uni, i paid my deposit and everything. Then in the middle of summer i get a letter telling me the campus has moved to the city centre which is 2 miles away.

At least i do a lot of walking now.

I'm going to try for the old Man of Chester for my glorious University life.

And I'm such a badass, I'm going to live in student housing despite the fact I live about 3 miles away from the Uni.

Pwn.

Not right now. I'm in bed now waiting for the O.C to come on. But I'm in my 2nd year at York, yes. It's Easter break, so I'm home, far south of York. I live on the South Pole.

Stryke wrote:
> I can't really. They don't listen to me since I kicked a duck.

One of two people that can get you kicked out of the Uni. One is a duck and the other is the head honcho :P. So are you at York now?

Tomoose wrote:
> For York and Warwick and soforth, they look back at your GCSE grades,
> and actually request you get certain grades in specific subjects.

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He speaks the truth. My teacher told me they asked for all my science GCSE grades. Thankfully I'm really really clever.

They also asked for my SATS, 12+ and Year 1 paint-by-numbers.

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I'm into my course at York (nearly) so i'm not
> really bothered about GCSE's now.

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Aha, but you're not in yet. I can make life -very- difficult for you, my lad.

I can't really. They don't listen to me since I kicked a duck.

In school, they hype you up tpo them as if they're the most important things you'll ever do.

They're not, really

I know a few people from there

:-)