At GCSE? I did them back in 2002 and got 2A's 6B's 2C's.
English Language, English Literature - A
Double Award Science (counted as two grades), French, Geography, Technology, Maths - B
R.E., Art - C
Strange because my strongest subjects have always been Maths and Science, I was told I would be lucky to scrape a C at one point in English! Then when I found out I got an A in both English language and English literature I was like wtf has there been a misprint?
O levels
Best: A (x5) - Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer studies
Worst: C - Eng Lit
(There was no A* in 1980)
A levels:
Best: A (x2) - Pure Maths, Physics
Worst: B - Chemistry
I wanted 3 x 'A's to guarantee a place at UCL. Instead, the B in Chemistry meant I went to Leeds for 3yrs then Durham for the 4th
If I'd done Pure maths, Applied maths, and Physics, I'd have probably got the 3 'A's, but allowed myself to be swayed towards Chemistry by a teacher, so that my A levels were a little less narrowly specialised. Hedging my bets cost me the place I wanted most.
GCSEs: C in Biology. D for Art. The rest were all F.
I retook some at 6th form college and got C for Maths and French and A for English Lit.
Then I did A levels and got A for English Lit, A for History and B for Photography.
Then I did a BA in English Lit and got a First.
Then I did an MA in English Lit and got a Merit (unbelievably as things were chaotic at the time).
It goes to show, just because you're an academic failure at school (and it was a quite appalling school) you can still go on to have academic success in the future.
But probably the best was Art years as I took it years early.
My Art teacher was rather upset when I dropped it, but the way our options were grouped, there was no way you could do Art if you did the 3 main science subjects (Phys/Chem/Bio)
A in English Literature, D in French (we had to take a language). I like to think it was subconsciously deliberate. English superiority. Take that, Pierre.
GCSE 1988 (first ever year of them!), All As apart from a double B in English and something else which I forget.
A Levels 1990: Best - A in Physics, Worst - E in Further Maths.
I thought I was guaranteed an A in my A level maths as I'd got over 80% in my mock so I just took the exam for granted, messed up a whole section and ended up with a B. The Further Maths grade E pleased me more than the other grades as I only had one lesson a week after school with the teacher and we only got through half of the syllabus.
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Worst B
Worst GCSE: D (Maths - something doesn't add up with this one though....)
Best A-Level: A (Product Design/Vo-tech Class)
Worst A-Level: E (General Studies)
I'm not arsed about grades though TBH, too much emphasis put on kids making the grade which is wrong IMO as it doesn't allow for much individuality.
English Language, English Literature - A
Double Award Science (counted as two grades), French, Geography, Technology, Maths - B
R.E., Art - C
Strange because my strongest subjects have always been Maths and Science, I was told I would be lucky to scrape a C at one point in English! Then when I found out I got an A in both English language and English literature I was like wtf has there been a misprint?
Worst - Bs in French, RS, Textiles and English Literature
C in English
There were no A* when I was at school
For A levels best was A chemistry and history worst was the rest at B
Best: A (x5) - Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer studies
Worst: C - Eng Lit
(There was no A* in 1980)
A levels:
Best: A (x2) - Pure Maths, Physics
Worst: B - Chemistry
I wanted 3 x 'A's to guarantee a place at UCL. Instead, the B in Chemistry meant I went to Leeds for 3yrs then Durham for the 4th
If I'd done Pure maths, Applied maths, and Physics, I'd have probably got the 3 'A's, but allowed myself to be swayed towards Chemistry by a teacher, so that my A levels were a little less narrowly specialised. Hedging my bets cost me the place I wanted most.
I got many A's (English, History etc).
But probably the best was Art years as I took it years early.
Not too bad as it was like The Lord of the Flies there.
I retook some at 6th form college and got C for Maths and French and A for English Lit.
Then I did A levels and got A for English Lit, A for History and B for Photography.
Then I did a BA in English Lit and got a First.
Then I did an MA in English Lit and got a Merit (unbelievably as things were chaotic at the time).
It goes to show, just because you're an academic failure at school (and it was a quite appalling school) you can still go on to have academic success in the future.
LOL
A Levels 1990: Best - A in Physics, Worst - E in Further Maths.
I thought I was guaranteed an A in my A level maths as I'd got over 80% in my mock so I just took the exam for granted, messed up a whole section and ended up with a B. The Further Maths grade E pleased me more than the other grades as I only had one lesson a week after school with the teacher and we only got through half of the syllabus.