That dreaded day results day.

[Nightshade]

*Drum roll*
The day has come .... the dreaded Results day. :eek2: :eek2:
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:bawling:
actually Im one of the lucky ones thank goodness and my last school results day ast off amazingly well But as I relsied lots of other people have they're coming up I just thought here is a thread where you can say HOOORAY theirm okay of AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH results day is today or tommorow , or if you need a sympathetic virtual shoulder or anything

[EAP]

Hopefully everyone did well in their O's and A'Level exams!

[simon]

Would someone care to explian the grading process where you are from. And in such countries as Germany, are there not many different paths of schools that a student could take depending on their grades. How does this work? What are other school systems starting from the earliest of youth, in other countries as well, any strangeties?

[Nightshade]

OK here it goes.
school is only compulsery until you are sixteen in the uk.

For the last 2 years you study O(ordinary) levels or GCSE (general certificate of secondary information) at the end of the 2 years you sit an exam. the exams are graded A* A B C D E U .
An
A* = 95-100%
A = 87-95%
B = 79-87%
C = 60-79%
Anything less than a C is a fail
but the grades vary slightly every year as the boundaries are drawn every year with somthing to do with statistics.

After you are 16 There is further Education and you can do A (advanced) level GCE (general certificate of education) or alot of other options that Im not really sure on.
They are devided into AS and A2 One a year (or you can take both the same year if Like me you are insane and deluded) The AS and A2 exams combinded equals one A level but you can take an AS on its own, while an A2 can only be taken once you have done the AS.
Anyway they are marked A B C D E and anything less than that is a fail.
The grade vcarys here on subject and exam board. but a full al is usuall out Of somthing like 600

Then the grades are translated if you want to go to university into Tarrif points.
an Alevel A = 120
B= 100
C=80
D =60
E=40

Once you take an A2 the AS mark can nolonger be counted on its own but if you only take an AS then
A= 60
B=50
C=40
D=30
E=20

Is that what you meant simon??

[amuse]

your E's look so much kinder than F's! :eek:

now what are O-levels?

oh, for those not in the U.S. and wondering, these are our grades:

A 90-100%
B 80-89%
C 70-79%
D 60-69%
F less than 60% (failing)

[Nightshade]

If you mean the grade scheme to O levels truth is I dont know becasue I did them in Egypt as International general ect,so on and so forth.

uhh It is there but not arranged neatlyy so Ill go back and do that .
AN O level is an ordinary level because everyone is supposed to have them. Even girls who get pregnent and dont attened school full time have to come back ands si t the exam . It is near impossible to be employed withut 6 including one in english and one in math.

[amuse]

neat! thank you.

[mono]

oh, for those not in the U.S. and wondering, these are our grades:

A 90-100%
B 80-89%
C 70-79%
D 60-69%
F less than 60% (failing)
Coming also from the U.S., amuse's explanation of grades works in my area of schools. 'A' usually stands for excellent, 'B' for above average, 'C' average, 'D' below average, and 'F' failing.
During high school, however, we consisted of the 'guinea-pig' age (I graduated in 2001), where a new graduating system began, to earn a CIM degree (certificate of initial mastery) in 2nd year, and CAM degree (certificate of advanced mastery) in the last year to get a high school diploma. The task did not create too much difficulty, making projects and writing essays each year, but it did seem confusing, we as the beginning year. :eek:

[dejosc]

i got my grades for my GCSE maths module today and i got the joint best mark in the country :) wasnt full marks but earnt me full marks... am very pleased

[dejosc]

in the UK it goes key stage one and SATs(tests tey are marked from level 1 to 8 i think) at the age of 5 key stage 2 and SATs at the age of 11 then key stage 3 and then some more SATs the Key stage 4 which is followed by GCSEs quite important as you canonly take them once and they are what means you can go to college. Then A-levels, first year AS levels and second year A2 levels these will then judge what university you go to and you can do a degree from then as im 15 it gets a bit beyond me but i think theres different varients of the sorts of degree you do as in bachelors, masters and so on these are graded as first(1:1) 2:1 2:2 and im not sure what happens after that

[Nightshade]

Atually dejosc you can resit and redo your GCSEs plenty of peole do at my school if they dont like their results. Problem is its not free when you resit.

[dejosc]

oh right, you dont really get a choice at my school although i think you might be able to resit modules you did in year 10 in year 11 with the other year 10s. thanks for correcting me

[simon]

Yeah thanks for the explanations everyone Nightshade, that makes much more sense now, as before I didn't understand the schema. But what's this about school in Egypt? How was that adventure?

[Nightshade]

not really an adventure more like I lived there but since I have never been in a school or school system for more than thre years in the 15/6 years I was at school you could say yes Ive had alot of "adventures"

[permanentstain]

at my school, which is in the u.s. an F is anything below a 70%. but my school is sort of evil.

[amuse]

a B+ (in my easiest course, oops), an A-, and 2 A's for the semester! end of prereq stress - now i can apply to nursing schools with complete impunity. :banana:

[starrwriter]

a B+ (in my easiest course, oops), an A-, and 2 A's for the semester! end of prereq stress - now i can apply to nursing schools with complete impunity.
Or with confidence. Congratulations on the good grades, assuming you actually learned something.