I didn't get what I was expecting so I've gone into clearing :/

However things are looking up as I've already got a couple of offers to some unis

Grades:
Maths C
Phys C
IT C
-
GS D
F Maths (AS) E
Chem (AS) D

anyone else get results today?

No, but I should of got my sats weeks ago and I go to get my gsces 25th

I've now got places at Hull, Liverpool and Heriot Watt (Edinburgh)

I'm not to far from Hull

oh no! I'm going to get a northern accent :O

There's way too many northern accents D=

This post was last modified: 08-14-2008 10:45 AM by Foxy.

*too

also, yes. I could get a 'burger, scouse or yorkie accent >_<

Aye, yeah. But wil' y' be on y' sen ove' a' teh 'ull?

Barnsley accents FTW

This post was last modified: 08-14-2008 10:46 AM by Foxy.

Well in america if you get C's and D's and wtf an E then your working at mcdonalds the rest of your life...

A is best here then B C D F

We dont even have E's

In school we have A* A B etc. For the final 2 years but before it that goes like 5c 5b 5a 6c etc.

In College the highest is distinction.

And tbh, d4rk shouldn't be to worried about those results. He has uni invites and as we have seen he is a talented coder and can still get clients.

I don't go to high school anymore, though, that was 2 years ago

I'm in sixth form, which is like college for you guys,

then uni comes after that.

We've got an extra bit in our education system

An E at A' Levels (Our Sixth Form/College grading system)  is like an A at GCSE (Our High School grading system)

This post was last modified: 08-14-2008 11:38 AM by D4rk.

So...how does the system work then? E is the highest?

no e should encompass the knowledge up to grade A in GCSE

Grade A at A level is the highest but A through D are at A-Level, are improvements over A at GCSE-Level.

if that helps

Somehow I think I actually understood what that meant. All these A things are confusing. XD

I think I get it though...A is the highest in A Levels and A through to D are higher then an A at the GCSE-levels and E is worth the same as an A at the GCSE-levels.

Ok, I think I got it. XD

A-Levels means Advanced Levels.

In Ireland it's different;

Our Leaving Certificate Higher Level scores are:

A1 - 100 points
A2 - 90
B1 - 85
B2 - 80
B3 - 75
C1 - 70
C2 - 65
C3 - 60
D1 - 55
D2 - 50
D3 - 45
E1 - 40
E2 - 35
E3 - 30
F1 - 25
F2 - 20
F3 - 15
NG (No Grade) - 0-15


In "Ordinary Level", an A1 is equal to a C3 in Higher Level (60 points). Most subjects are available in both levels. I do Math, Irish and History in OL.

Our total points determine what University courses we get into. You get summed up by taking your best six exams (you must take at least seven)  and adding the points together. The maximum number of points you can get is 600.

Medicine is about 570 points.
Computer Programming is about 340 points.

Most courses require certain grades in certain subjects as well as the said points. To take Medicine you may need at least a B1 in Biology etc.

It helps keep the sorting machine whirring, but it's a crap system for the academically-challenged;

You may want to be a French teacher and got an A1 in French, but lost out by 10 points due to failing Math. Only then do you see the cracks in the system...

This post was last modified: 08-14-2008 07:48 PM by TheCosmicFrog.