Exam Grades
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Understandable, it's only been a pass for the last 58 years.pblakeney said:
Sorry but if someone tells me that they got a D or an E I am thinking failed.johngti said:
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.First.Aspect said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
Doubt I am alone in that.0 -
So you get 1 grade?johngti said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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It may officially be a pass but if it comes across my desk it is a fail.kingstongraham said:
Understandable, it's only been a pass for the last 58 years.pblakeney said:
Sorry but if someone tells me that they got a D or an E I am thinking failed.johngti said:
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.First.Aspect said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
Doubt I am alone in that.
Some may complain but it is fair if done across the board.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
No. Individual grades in each subject. These are added up, the core units (extended essay, theory of knowledge essay and CAS) give you a maximum of three extra points. The maximum you can get is 45 points overall but that’s only a very small percentage of students worldwide. If you meet the right conditions you get the diploma otherwise you just have the individual subject points.ddraver said:
So you get 1 grade?johngti said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.
For the subjects, students choose three at higher level and three at standard level. Highers are around A-level standard, standards are around AS level. Maths HL goes to greater depth than A-level maths but has less breadth. The questions also tend to be a bit more challenging. And every subject has a coursework element.
(CAS is “community, activity, service” so students are expected to do things like volunteering and D of E etc)0 -
I think it is an achievement. Much harder to get than an A.pblakeney said:
Sorry but if someone tells me that they got a D or an E I am thinking failed.johngti said:
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.First.Aspect said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
Doubt I am alone in that.
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To be fair whatever grades they get most of them can't do simple maths without an aid.
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I have a D at A-Level.First.Aspect said:
I think it is an achievement. Much harder to get than an A.pblakeney said:
Sorry but if someone tells me that they got a D or an E I am thinking failed.johngti said:
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.First.Aspect said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
Doubt I am alone in that.0 -
Congratulations. I missed out on a D by three whole grades.TheBigBean said:
I have a D at A-Level.First.Aspect said:
I think it is an achievement. Much harder to get than an A.pblakeney said:
Sorry but if someone tells me that they got a D or an E I am thinking failed.johngti said:
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.First.Aspect said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
Doubt I am alone in that.0 -
The trick is to pick a subject you're not very good at. That's obviously hard for all-round geniuses, but I had a number to choose from.First.Aspect said:
Congratulations. I missed out on a D by three whole grades.TheBigBean said:
I have a D at A-Level.First.Aspect said:
I think it is an achievement. Much harder to get than an A.pblakeney said:
Sorry but if someone tells me that they got a D or an E I am thinking failed.johngti said:
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.First.Aspect said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
Doubt I am alone in that.
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kingstongraham said:
Understandable, it's only been a pass for the last 58 years.pblakeney said:
Sorry but if someone tells me that they got a D or an E I am thinking failed.johngti said:
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.First.Aspect said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
Doubt I am alone in that.
I only discovered when I failed my A-level maths in 1981 that an 'O' was a grade.0 -
I blew the achievement by resitting my D to get a C.First.Aspect said:
I think it is an achievement. Much harder to get than an A.pblakeney said:
Sorry but if someone tells me that they got a D or an E I am thinking failed.johngti said:
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.First.Aspect said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
Doubt I am alone in that.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Whilst grades matter for uni entry and your early job applications, does anybody think they actually matter beyond your mid 20’s?
By then, they are just a measure of your early pathway.0 -
OK, I see. If you wanted to do a subject because it was useful (i.e. Maths), could you do badly in that but make it up by being good at the other subjects..?johngti said:
No. Individual grades in each subject. These are added up, the core units (extended essay, theory of knowledge essay and CAS) give you a maximum of three extra points. The maximum you can get is 45 points overall but that’s only a very small percentage of students worldwide. If you meet the right conditions you get the diploma otherwise you just have the individual subject points.ddraver said:
So you get 1 grade?johngti said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.
For the subjects, students choose three at higher level and three at standard level. Highers are around A-level standard, standards are around AS level. Maths HL goes to greater depth than A-level maths but has less breadth. The questions also tend to be a bit more challenging. And every subject has a coursework element.
(CAS is “community, activity, service” so students are expected to do things like volunteering and D of E etc)
Agree. Almost say the same about your uni grade by your 30smorstar said:Whilst grades matter for uni entry and your early job applications, does anybody think they actually matter beyond your mid 20’s?
By then, they are just a measure of your early pathway.We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Idiot.pblakeney said:
I blew the achievement by resitting my D to get a C.First.Aspect said:
I think it is an achievement. Much harder to get than an A.pblakeney said:
Sorry but if someone tells me that they got a D or an E I am thinking failed.johngti said:
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.First.Aspect said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
Doubt I am alone in that.0 -
Dude, that's a 0, not an O. No wonder you failed maths.briantrumpet said:kingstongraham said:
Understandable, it's only been a pass for the last 58 years.pblakeney said:
Sorry but if someone tells me that they got a D or an E I am thinking failed.johngti said:
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.First.Aspect said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
Doubt I am alone in that.
I only discovered when I failed my A-level maths in 1981 that an 'O' was a grade.0 -
I should've taken a language then.TheBigBean said:
The trick is to pick a subject you're not very good at. That's obviously hard for all-round geniuses, but I had a number to choose from.First.Aspect said:
Congratulations. I missed out on a D by three whole grades.TheBigBean said:
I have a D at A-Level.First.Aspect said:
I think it is an achievement. Much harder to get than an A.pblakeney said:
Sorry but if someone tells me that they got a D or an E I am thinking failed.johngti said:
At A-level? Grade E is the lowest pass, grade U if you don’t pass. IB does grades 7-1 across 6 subjects so more demanding than A-levels.First.Aspect said:I'm not being funny, but what's the lowest grade you can get? Is that a B?
Doubt I am alone in that.0 -
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This is Britain. We communicate in a foreign language by speaking English at a different volume.rick_chasey said:Languages weren’t compulsory? Yikes
Weren't even compulsory at GCSE when I took them.
I'm bloody good at anything technical though, having specialised early.
It pays the bills.0 -
Shocker.
Teaching you to suck eggs but learning languages is as much about learning another culture/perspective on the world.
(Granted might not get much of an insight at GCSE level)0 -
@ddraver ” OK, I see. If you wanted to do a subject because it was useful (i.e. Maths), could you do badly in that but make it up by being good at the other subjects..?”
Not really no. You have to get a minimum point score of 28 (I think!) but 12 of those have to come from your highers with a minimum of 3 in any one of them in order to be awarded the diploma. Realistically, to get into a decent uni, you need to be getting 30 points or more and get the diploma.0 -
GCSE languages were more about ordering bread and sausages at rural locations in Germany, as I recall.rick_chasey said:Shocker.
Teaching you to suck eggs but learning languages is as much about learning another culture/perspective on the world.
(Granted might not get much of an insight at GCSE level)
I agree and I miss out. I'm an observant traveller and not a talker in person anyway. But I've ended up travelling more extensively where I can communicate, that's for sure.0 -
Most people only did 3 A-Levels, so inisting one is a language would be a bit much.rick_chasey said:Languages weren’t compulsory? Yikes
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Studying a language is compulsory in the IB diploma programmeTheBigBean said:
Most people only did 3 A-Levels, so inisting one is a language would be a bit much.rick_chasey said:Languages weren’t compulsory? Yikes
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Oh and they have to do maths, English and a science of some description too.0
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I did French to GCSE and 2 years of German but realistically I was never going to learn more than the basics with two 1 hour lessons a week in a room where less than half the people had any interest. I really wish I'd learned them in more depth now.rick_chasey said:Shocker.
Teaching you to suck eggs but learning languages is as much about learning another culture/perspective on the world.
(Granted might not get much of an insight at GCSE level)
It's the downside of speaking a first language that is so widely spoken, you can easily find people who understand you on travels so no real incentive to learn anything else. The Scandinavian countries and Netherlands seem to learn English almost as much as their first language as they'll struggle to communicate outside their own country otherwise.
Welsh is compulsory in schools here I think to some extent from reception to GCSE although that has come in since I finished school but most of those teaching it (at primary level at least) aren't native speakers and again there just isn't enough time for anyone to become fluent without a lot of time self-learning.0 -
Sure - my point is if you think languages are just about communicating you’re wrong as you’re missing a big big portion.Pross said:
I did French to GCSE and 2 years of German but realistically I was never going to learn more than the basics with two 1 hour lessons a week in a room where less than half the people had any interest. I really wish I'd learned them in more depth now.rick_chasey said:Shocker.
Teaching you to suck eggs but learning languages is as much about learning another culture/perspective on the world.
(Granted might not get much of an insight at GCSE level)
It's the downside of speaking a first language that is so widely spoken, you can easily find people who understand you on travels so no real incentive to learn anything else. The Scandinavian countries and Netherlands seem to learn English almost as much as their first language as they'll struggle to communicate outside their own country otherwise.
Welsh is compulsory in schools here I think to some extent from reception to GCSE although that has come in since I finished school but most of those teaching it (at primary level at least) aren't native speakers and again there just isn't enough time for anyone to become fluent without a lot of time self-learning.
To the extent to which you’ll never be truly fluent unless you understand the culture.
Hence why most uni language courses involve a year abroad0 -
Pross said:
I did French to GCSE and 2 years of German but realistically I was never going to learn more than the basics with two 1 hour lessons a week in a room where less than half the people had any interest. I really wish I'd learned them in more depth now.rick_chasey said:Shocker.
Teaching you to suck eggs but learning languages is as much about learning another culture/perspective on the world.
(Granted might not get much of an insight at GCSE level)
It's the downside of speaking a first language that is so widely spoken, you can easily find people who understand you on travels so no real incentive to learn anything else. The Scandinavian countries and Netherlands seem to learn English almost as much as their first language as they'll struggle to communicate outside their own country otherwise.
Welsh is compulsory in schools here I think to some extent from reception to GCSE although that has come in since I finished school but most of those teaching it (at primary level at least) aren't native speakers and again there just isn't enough time for anyone to become fluent without a lot of time self-learning.
If it wasn't for the Blue Books you wouldn't have needed to be taught at school, it would have still been your native tongue.
Took the Welsh speaking % from 80 to 20 in a little over two generations.
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Sounds like you are encouraging gap years.rick_chasey said:
Sure - my point is if you think languages are just about communicating you’re wrong as you’re missing a big big portion.Pross said:
I did French to GCSE and 2 years of German but realistically I was never going to learn more than the basics with two 1 hour lessons a week in a room where less than half the people had any interest. I really wish I'd learned them in more depth now.rick_chasey said:Shocker.
Teaching you to suck eggs but learning languages is as much about learning another culture/perspective on the world.
(Granted might not get much of an insight at GCSE level)
It's the downside of speaking a first language that is so widely spoken, you can easily find people who understand you on travels so no real incentive to learn anything else. The Scandinavian countries and Netherlands seem to learn English almost as much as their first language as they'll struggle to communicate outside their own country otherwise.
Welsh is compulsory in schools here I think to some extent from reception to GCSE although that has come in since I finished school but most of those teaching it (at primary level at least) aren't native speakers and again there just isn't enough time for anyone to become fluent without a lot of time self-learning.
To the extent to which you’ll never be truly fluent unless you understand the culture.
Hence why most uni language courses involve a year abroad0 -
