GCSE's......

[Martyn]

If i get the Results i want and Stay On i can keep my Laptop!! :D

If not, the laptop goes back! :(

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I just noticed you joined on my birthday last year :p

[saxondale.]

This will be my new college: http://www.bilborough.ac.uk/newbuild/index.html#

getting rebuilt, looks amazing, and tony blair should be opening it for us :p

[+Peewee210 Subscriber¹]

I just noticed you joined on my birthday last year  :p

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Cool, So Ur Bday is Tomorrow..

Let me be the First to Say Happy Birthday Now.

You will prob make a Topic il post there Too!. :D

Oh Yes, It will be a Year For Me at Neowin! :D

[Daniel.]

I just noticed you joined on my birthday last year  :p

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[off-topic] It's my birthday tomorrow as well!

Happy birthday dude :D [/off-topic]

Dan

[_sphinx_]

In Egypt, there is an IGCSE (International general certificate of secondary education) and we get grades by SMS.....The current IGCSE system follows the Cambridge syllabus which isn't really different than the London syllabus....and neither is IGCSE from GCSE.

I'm well into my last year and I now have

OLs: Math: *

physics: *

IT: *

Accounting: *

Chemistry: *

Language: A (I have no idea how I got an A here!)

Biology: A (and I guess I wanted a * here but A is just as awesome)

AS: Math: A

Biology: A

I'm planning on finishing 4 ALs (taking A2 math and AS physics right now) and hopefully get a scholarship.

What really may hold me back is the fact that I have to take 8 OLs because in case I don't get a scholarship, I'll resort to GUC (German university in Cairo) which requires me to have 8 OLs in addition to at least 2 ALs

[_sphinx_]

In my Maths Calculator exam yesterday i got this, the only question I couldn't answer, really confused me, anyone know the answer?  :o

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That is basic similarity so its a matter of ratios:

length ratio of small triangle to the large one= 9/12 which is 3:4

so

3:4

6:(6+x)

then its basic cross multiplication

x will equal 2

But that is a stupid long way through...you can bascially calculate all this in your mind

[Martyn]

Cool, So Ur Bday is Tomorrow..

Let me be the First to Say Happy Birthday Now.

You will prob make a Topic il post there Too!.  :D

Oh Yes, It will be a Year For Me at Neowin!  :D

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Thanks :p

[off-topic] It's my birthday tomorrow as well!

Happy birthday dude  :D [/off-topic]

Dan

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Happy birthday to you as well for tomorrow :yes:

[Martyn]

Two weeks today :(

[Tevage]

In the UK it is time to start preparing for GCSE's (General Certficate of Seconday Education). These exams are taken by 15-16 years olds in 'Year 11', they also mark the end of compulsory education for us  :)

Has anyone started revising yet? Im doing little bits (consists of watching Bitesize videos lol) and I plan to do a bit more next week. I find it really hard to revise, I often just read things and I cant even remember what I have just read  :pinch:

Anyway what are your opinions/tips? Have you started preparing yourself for the exams?

P.S. My first exam is on May 18th (Spanish Speaking  :( )

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You should try writing it all out for studying, its what i do. I cant really read a book and remember it all, have to keep writing it out over and over. Of course different people prefer different methods - our learning types are of course different.

[saxondale.]

Two weeks today :(

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yer man its not good

[Martyn]

Is anyone else bricking themselves?

I have a feeling im going to do really well, or really bad.

[mysterious_w]

I have pretty much forogtten about them, can't even remember how I did.

[digitalsoft]

i keep thinking about them.. im seriously screwed if i've messed up :(

[iSimx]

Im so gonna fail. :s :(

[saxondale.]

We will all do well :) im not bothered about it, but i am when people bring it up, as i think about all the silly mistakes i did

[digitalsoft]

i need a minimum of 2 C's... i doubt i'll get one. lol, im real bad with test's.. to much pressure.. but coursework and normal work im fine with and get good grades...

[jiggling_john]

you lot seriosuly need to all stop worrying. Gcse results are, 90% of the time, MUCH better than you were predicted or thought they would be.

Moderation is your friend. If the whole country is generally crap at a subject then you can get an A with only about 50%...

put it like this, in 2002, on intermediate maths you needed to get 19%, yes 19% to get a grade C.

Less worried now?

And they wonder why the grades go up every year. hmmmmmmm

[FlibbyFlobby]

The funniest part about GCSE's is I noticed they regurgitate the exact same questions from different past papers, especially in maths and science. Fortuantley I happen to have an excellent memory for useless crap such as that, which helped me alot. :D

[saxondale.]

One thing is that alot more chavs took it this year, meaning the grade boundries could be lower :D

[Martyn]

One thing is that alot more chavs took it this year, meaning the grade boundries could be lower :D

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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[saxondale.]

Its true, so many got kicked out in our exams, especially RE

edit: 2nd part of the title should be changed

Edited August 15, 2005 by saxondale.

[+Peewee210 Subscriber¹]

One thing is that alot more chavs took it this year, meaning the grade boundries could be lower :D

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Well Said!! :rofl:

[Mx]

Its true, so many got kicked out in our exams, especially RE

edit: 2nd part of the title should be changed

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lol no cares about RE. RE is always the last exam and the one kids never give a toss about. Yea, if people do ****, the boundry is put down.

[Martyn]

Its true, so many got kicked out in our exams, especially RE

edit: 2nd part of the title should be changed

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Agreed, I will PM a mod.

[Royalcheats]

finished my GCSE's years ago thank god :)