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Tell us your results and then everyone else will tell you how useless they are, etc...
Maths : A
Only did that exam. I do the rest next year.
And you?
Maths : A
Only did that exam. I do the rest next year.
And you?
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munn wrote:
> Interviews and personal statements all the way.
They look at the personal statement/AS-level results/A-level predictions/GCSE results/references to decide who gets invited to interview, then from that decide who to make offers to. Medicine is REALLY competitive.
> Interviews and personal statements all the way.
They look at the personal statement/AS-level results/A-level predictions/GCSE results/references to decide who gets invited to interview, then from that decide who to make offers to. Medicine is REALLY competitive.
munn wrote:
>
> I mean, an example, when I first started Standard Grade (GCSE as we
> all know), Physics, my teacher directed us to some A-Level books for
> information on some wave stuff or something (I can't remember now),
> and in Advanced Higher he directed us to GCSE stuff for something (I
> can't remember what either, I only did it for two weeks before I
> decided to choose something else).
I'm not surprised. At GCSE some of what you learn in the sciences is either not the whole truth or actually lies and when you get to A-level they have to set the record straight and once again they have to let you in on the half-truths you were told at a-level if you go on to do a science(s) at university.
So considering you were referred to both GCSE books and A-levle ones oyu must've been confused as anything (because if the correct A-level answer is given to answer a GCSE paper it might get marked wrong because you learned the wrong info even though it's actually going to be correct at a later stage!)
Absolutely mental system.
>
> I mean, an example, when I first started Standard Grade (GCSE as we
> all know), Physics, my teacher directed us to some A-Level books for
> information on some wave stuff or something (I can't remember now),
> and in Advanced Higher he directed us to GCSE stuff for something (I
> can't remember what either, I only did it for two weeks before I
> decided to choose something else).
I'm not surprised. At GCSE some of what you learn in the sciences is either not the whole truth or actually lies and when you get to A-level they have to set the record straight and once again they have to let you in on the half-truths you were told at a-level if you go on to do a science(s) at university.
So considering you were referred to both GCSE books and A-levle ones oyu must've been confused as anything (because if the correct A-level answer is given to answer a GCSE paper it might get marked wrong because you learned the wrong info even though it's actually going to be correct at a later stage!)
Absolutely mental system.
That sucks.
If they have the grades they asked for they shouldn't be seeing how they did the year before to decide, they could have been sick for the first few months of their GCSE's or something, which is a bit unfair.
Interviews and personal statements all the way.
If they have the grades they asked for they shouldn't be seeing how they did the year before to decide, they could have been sick for the first few months of their GCSE's or something, which is a bit unfair.
Interviews and personal statements all the way.
Hedfix wrote:
> Not at GCSE: Get C's in English, Maths and the Sciences and you're
> sorted.
If you apply for competitive courses at competitive unis with only a few Cs, they'll laugh at you and send out a nice rejection letter.
For medicine, which was my example, most of the top unis have strict requirements for GCSE as well as A-levels.
> That's nice but learning how to get on with an employer's generally
> different from social interactions at school.
Oh. I thought you were talking about people slaving away at textbooks not having any friends/social skills or something like that. I understand where you're coming from here, but we've got utterly poor, inadequate careers teachers to help with that problem!
> Not at GCSE: Get C's in English, Maths and the Sciences and you're
> sorted.
If you apply for competitive courses at competitive unis with only a few Cs, they'll laugh at you and send out a nice rejection letter.
For medicine, which was my example, most of the top unis have strict requirements for GCSE as well as A-levels.
> That's nice but learning how to get on with an employer's generally
> different from social interactions at school.
Oh. I thought you were talking about people slaving away at textbooks not having any friends/social skills or something like that. I understand where you're coming from here, but we've got utterly poor, inadequate careers teachers to help with that problem!
Hedfix wrote:
> Not at GCSE: Get C's in English, Maths and the Sciences and you're
> sorted.
Not really, a girl I know tried to do medicine and because of the amount of students applying with high A level grades they looked and their GCSE results and used those to choose.
> Not at GCSE: Get C's in English, Maths and the Sciences and you're
> sorted.
Not really, a girl I know tried to do medicine and because of the amount of students applying with high A level grades they looked and their GCSE results and used those to choose.
SHEEPY wrote:
> Of course people should be proud if they worked hard and got good
> grades, I know I was.
>
> I was just suggesting that if people don't do well they shouldn't be
> too worried. Anything that gets you on the next thing is enough
> though.
Indeed.
Once you've got your A-levels your GCSE's count for much less.
> Of course people should be proud if they worked hard and got good
> grades, I know I was.
>
> I was just suggesting that if people don't do well they shouldn't be
> too worried. Anything that gets you on the next thing is enough
> though.
Indeed.
Once you've got your A-levels your GCSE's count for much less.
Memorandum! wrote:
> This is only true to an extent, and it all depends on the individual
> person and what they want to do with their life. For example, if
> someone wants to be a doctor the outcome of those 'memory tests' is
> going to HEAVILY shape their future.
Not at GCSE: Get C's in English, Maths and the Sciences and you're sorted.
> I actually found school quite enjoyable because it was a decent
> social environment. I've been far more bored since I left than I
> ever was when I was there.
That's nice but learning how to get on with an employer's generally different from social interactions at school.
> This is only true to an extent, and it all depends on the individual
> person and what they want to do with their life. For example, if
> someone wants to be a doctor the outcome of those 'memory tests' is
> going to HEAVILY shape their future.
Not at GCSE: Get C's in English, Maths and the Sciences and you're sorted.
> I actually found school quite enjoyable because it was a decent
> social environment. I've been far more bored since I left than I
> ever was when I was there.
That's nice but learning how to get on with an employer's generally different from social interactions at school.
munn wrote:
> I don't really know, because you get two years for A-Levels, yes? But
> we only get one year for Highers (a very short year because of exams
> etc) and then 1 year for Advanced Highers which basically nullify
> everything you've learned at Higher.
> I don't know if that happens with A-Levels as it's all considered one
> course (Is it not?).
An "A-level" is two years, but at the end of the first year we do AS levels, then at the end of the second year A2. Together they make up an A-level. After the first year you can drop an AS if you wish, so you can have 3 A-levels and an AS or whatever.
> I don't really know, because you get two years for A-Levels, yes? But
> we only get one year for Highers (a very short year because of exams
> etc) and then 1 year for Advanced Highers which basically nullify
> everything you've learned at Higher.
> I don't know if that happens with A-Levels as it's all considered one
> course (Is it not?).
An "A-level" is two years, but at the end of the first year we do AS levels, then at the end of the second year A2. Together they make up an A-level. After the first year you can drop an AS if you wish, so you can have 3 A-levels and an AS or whatever.
Good point, that pissses me off something awful.
But I tend to ignore it.
It's all old people that say it, and the likely thing is they haven't tried one of these exams, ever, so their opinion is null and void.
As for the levels that they all are, I have no idea really.
They probably equate to that in a way, but because what we each learn is so different they can't be compared too.
I mean, an example, when I first started Standard Grade (GCSE as we all know), Physics, my teacher directed us to some A-Level books for information on some wave stuff or something (I can't remember now), and in Advanced Higher he directed us to GCSE stuff for something (I can't remember what either, I only did it for two weeks before I decided to choose something else).
I don't really know, because you get two years for A-Levels, yes? But we only get one year for Highers (a very short year because of exams etc) and then 1 year for Advanced Highers which basically nullify everything you've learned at Higher.
Advanced Maths for example.
My mate failed Higher Maths last year because he had a crap teacher (in a way - she took no authority over the class, so they never did any work), so when he resat it last year, I told him all the stuff I was learning at Adv Higher, because it made Higher a hell of a lot easier.
I was told the same thing about Advanced Chemistry (though I only did that for two weeks as well).
I don't know if that happens with A-Levels as it's all considered one course (Is it not?).
But I tend to ignore it.
It's all old people that say it, and the likely thing is they haven't tried one of these exams, ever, so their opinion is null and void.
As for the levels that they all are, I have no idea really.
They probably equate to that in a way, but because what we each learn is so different they can't be compared too.
I mean, an example, when I first started Standard Grade (GCSE as we all know), Physics, my teacher directed us to some A-Level books for information on some wave stuff or something (I can't remember now), and in Advanced Higher he directed us to GCSE stuff for something (I can't remember what either, I only did it for two weeks before I decided to choose something else).
I don't really know, because you get two years for A-Levels, yes? But we only get one year for Highers (a very short year because of exams etc) and then 1 year for Advanced Highers which basically nullify everything you've learned at Higher.
Advanced Maths for example.
My mate failed Higher Maths last year because he had a crap teacher (in a way - she took no authority over the class, so they never did any work), so when he resat it last year, I told him all the stuff I was learning at Adv Higher, because it made Higher a hell of a lot easier.
I was told the same thing about Advanced Chemistry (though I only did that for two weeks as well).
I don't know if that happens with A-Levels as it's all considered one course (Is it not?).
Of course people should be proud if they worked hard and got good grades, I know I was.
I was just suggesting that if people don't do well they shouldn't be too worried. Anything that gets you on the next thing is enough though.
I was just suggesting that if people don't do well they shouldn't be too worried. Anything that gets you on the next thing is enough though.
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