r/GCSE

sooo sometimes it’s sooo awks to make a whole aah post to say like one feeling or smt so i thought what if there was a post to say wtv you like whether you’re happy with your results or not so happy or want to vent or need advice or just want to read other people’s experiences in one place. lowk dk if this is gonna work or if it’s a shite idea i just thought of it and thought well its worth a shot lol soo ill whack some prompts to talk about in the comments so that its easier to sort by what you want to see and what you dont e.g. if you really dont wanna see other ppl’s results then just minimise the comment thread for results but keep the other ones open!

soo yeah lol

I got my results back. I wanted to stay on to do a levels, chemistry biology and psychology. I do combined and ended with a 9-9 overall. My English was great, a 7 and a 6, but my maths wasn't satisfactory. I ended with a 4 in higher maths, and needed a 6. I spoke with my head of science, she said she was happy to let me stay on and knew my work ethic was incredible. I spoke with my head of year who said she would've loved for me to stay on. However, it was all up to the head of sixth forms jurisdiction. Despite my 9-9 and praise from other teachers, she said I didn't have what it took to perform at a level standard. She called for the next in line and told me that it was nice speaking to me.

I was heartbroken.

All my life I've loved science, its been my life for quite a bit. I couldn't tell you one bit about science I didn't like. I was known to be good at it by others in my year aswell. For the first time I had found something which I was good at. Something I loved and knew I could make money from it. It was what I was known for. My family knew, my teachers knew, my friends knew, I knew it was what I wanted.

Now I've got nowhere to go, I've already been turnt down by 3 other sixth forms, and a college. I feel so small and out of control. I didn't see myself doing any other career aside from science. I feel like a child.

Guys...im gonna show off😎 im just so happy!

Maths - 9

Further maths - 9

Chemistry - 9

Physics - 9

Biology - 9

English lit - 9

English lang - 9

History - 9

Psychology - 9

Computer science - 9

French - 9

(I got 160 marks -- full marks -- in eng lit. Am i responsible for the high grade boundaries?🤔🙂‍↕️proud to say my hard works paid off）

（157/160 in computer science! 3 marks off full marks in maths & 5 marks off full marks in FM)

( Im not even doing computer science or english a level 😭 yet i got the highest marks in these subjects)

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I wanted to post this to show that no matter where you from - with perseverance and determination - you can achieve anything! From a very young age I was diagnosed with dyslexia, autism and ADHD. In primary school, I used to struggle concentrating and spelling basic words such as "this" and "that". Heck, I couldn't even read until I was 10! Many teachers and people around me wouldn't even be able to comprehend the possibility that I could ever pass a GCSE. However, it was always my aim to prove that with enough dedication and discipline I could one day achieve this life long goal. To all of my fellow neurodivergent and dyslexic friends out there, I hope this gives you the confidence to empower you to keep trying and never give up!

This is the megathread to post results and to share celebrations or commiserations with your Reddit cohort.

Any questions about post-results, please submit on the other thread pinned to the top of the community for direct exam officer support.

As someone who scrapped low 6’s while in set 1 I genuinely had no hope to do well in English Lit. I did some last minute dodgy revision the day or two before the first exam using analysis off tiktok and a bit of chatgpt. I came out of paper 1 questioning what on earth I had even written and at that point I didn’t even think I would be passing. Today I checked the grade boundaries for a 6 and on top of the hopelessness I had, I saw they had risen by 5 marks and I realised it was over for me. When I opened my results today and saw I had gotten 129/160 (an 8 in AQA Lit) I can tell you I have never felt such disbelief in my life. It just shows how you can’t trust anything you do in literature it’s pretty much all up to your examiners taste of writing.