~Just a nerd who wants a place to nerd.~ ~A-Level 2021. Memes, updates, etc.~ ~Violin player and fiction writer.~ ~I am doing Spanish, Music, Psychology and Maths A-Levels at 6th form.~ ~Ex-GCSEs 2019~
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I know itās late but I decided to make a post about results day because Iām happy with how it went! Iāve also got some advice so stick around for that.
I got all the grades I needed to get into the sixth form I wanted to go to so thatās good (+no fails!)
Iāll post the actual grades below the cut, as well as what I expected for each subject. This is not meant as a boast or anything but just to blog my experience. Iām curious to how everyone else found Thursday (but no pressure to share grades ofc).
I know itās late but I decided to make a post about results day because Iām happy with how it went! Iāve also got some advice so stick around for that.
I got all the grades I needed to get into the sixth form I wanted to go to so thatās good (+no fails!)
Iāll post the actual grades below the cut, as well as what I expected for each subject. This is not meant as a boast or anything but just to blog my experience. Iām curious to how everyone else found Thursday (but no pressure to share grades ofc).
Summary:
(āPPEās were what my school called mocks. We had three sets of mocks, but apparently our school canāt count.)
(The āpredictedā column is what my school predicted for me, the ātargetā column is what I was kind of hoping for before sitting the exams and the āguessā column was what I thought I might get based on sitting the papers.)
Explanation:
The grades I needed for my 1st choice sixth form were:
7s or above in the subjects I want to do for A-Level (Maths, Music, Psychology, Spanish/ Top four listed)
At least 6 grades at a 6 or above, including English language
So, yay!
The grades Iām most shocked at are english lang & lit because theyāre lower than expected but Iām not disappointed because Iām not continuing them.
Iām not surprised about getting a 9 in music because I already knew a lot of the content before starting GCSE music, but Iām still happy I got it.
I canāt believe I got 8s in psychology and maths. I struggled so much to get my grades up in those. For maths, during and before exam season, I woke up early each morning and did at least 30 mins of practice questions. It paid off, I guess! Psychology was mostly difficult because there werenāt many revision resources because we were the first year group to sit the exams (GCSE Pearson Edexcel Psychology) and all we had was like 1 sample paper.
In Spanish Iām really happy with an 8. I didnāt think it was possible to get higher than a 7 because I struggle so much with speaking and confidence, especially in a foreign language. Also, the listening paper was extremely difficult (AND the audio quality was AWFUL: I heard more crackles than words). But apparently it is!
Iāve never cared for RE. Find it mostly boring. A 6 is cool though.
Triple Science is fucking hard. So much fucking content. In the end of year 10 mocks (PPE1) I had revised mostly just for the sciences because they were so difficult, even when we went away for a week I brought my science stuff with me. I got a U in all three. In fact, in the physics paper, I got a grand total of 2 marks. Fucking hell. But yāknow, I kept doing quickfire questions all year round and kept up my flashcard game and I ended up with 6-5-6 so not fucking bad.
And, finally: additional maths. When they were selecting people to take the FSMQ additional maths course in year 10 I thought Iād never be able to do this shit. Everyone else picked was smarter than me and cockier than me and always got good grades. I am so shook with the B. I canāt believe I did that well (the top grade was an A, not A*)!
Life lesson: Donāt give up. You can always do this shit. Especially for GCSEs: just push through. It will be fine.
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