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"Exam Re-marking"

Just had a phonecall from my (old) school. Apparently I was one mark off an A* in Drama and they've decided to have it re-marked. Lovely. Apparently everyone else's marks were much lower than were expected and they're considering getting the whole batch looked at again. I wouldn't've bothered if it were down to me but seeing as the school's doing all the legwork I thought I might as well go for it.

Anyone here ever had any appeals, sucessful or not?

I have just started studying for my GCSE's and it turns out if I took the test now, I could get all C's.

Memorandum! wrote:
> .:~Bubblez~:. wrote:
> When I did As General Studies (I know, I know) I was predicted an A
> but got an E. My tutor had them re-marked and I ended up with a D.
>
> l.o.l

I didn't even know that was possible

Oh yeah, kind of skim read the original post - Do'h.

If you don't have to pay, by all means, let them do it.

gamesfreak wrote:
> But when it's into 'A' territory, it might be worth it.
>
> But there again, once you do your A levels (and a degree - possibly)
> employers won't really give a damn at what you got at GCSE.

Like I said, I wouldn't have bothered if the school weren't the ones doing it.

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Oh yeah, and "aAHHAhHAhA, Drama!"
> I thought you were about 20, Rasta.

:-D

Drama was my doss option, balancing out Geography and History. Easiest course evaaaaar.

.:~Bubblez~:. wrote:
> When I did As General Studies (I know, I know) I was predicted an A
> but got an E.

I'm weeping. Did you even do the exam?

I got a letter from my college the other day concerning my grade in Geography.

I was 5 marks off a higher grade and they wanted to see if I'd cough up some cash to get it remarked.

In my situation, I never saw the point.

But when it's into 'A' territory, it might be worth it.

But there again, once you do your A levels (and a degree - possibly) employers won't really give a damn at what you got at GCSE.

Oh yeah, and "aAHHAhHAhA, Drama!"
I thought you were about 20, Rasta.

.:~Bubblez~:. wrote:
> When I did As General Studies (I know, I know) I was predicted an A
> but got an E. My tutor had them re-marked and I ended up with a D.

l.o.l

I wanted my A-Level papers remarked - I was 3 marks and 5 marks away from As in Eng Lang and Psyc ... but I would have had to pay for it - £61 in total if I remember rightly, so I didn't bother.

Slight shame, but it doesn't really matter for much more than my own ego.