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Mock ** results ** 2011
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All higher except for maths!
Irish: ? only one left to get
English: B2..very happy with this, wanted this result in real thing
Maths: (O) A1..doss
French: C1 69%...very disappointed havent seen script yet but I was hoping to get A2 in real thing..*sniff*:(
Geography: B3...missed a whole 30 marker, dont know how!:eek: but hope to get A2/A1
Biology: C1...made so many stupid mistakes, looking for B2/B1
Chemistry: D1...thought i failed but need to get B3..not very realistic but i'm going to push myself and am now getting grinds
Overall, with hoping to get around a C1 in Irish, probably will get 425 in mocks
I'm hoping to get 500/505. Do you think this is realistic?
I'm putting in loads of effort so hopefully but what do you think? 0 -
All the other honors english classes got their results except ours because our teacher was out today. I was expecting an A1/A2 but now I'm hoping to scrape a C1. The examiner was BRUTAL! She (I'm going to assume it was a she for ease of typing) seemed to favor correct grammar and spelling over quotes. She has commas and fullstops all over tests (where I don't think there should be) and she has stupid things written like, "WRITE QUOTES IN RED PEN". Even though we were told that you're not allowed to quote in red pen because examiners correct in red pen. Also she wrote something like P/A/R at the start of the personal essays (might be some type of format she teaches her class to use or something. Maybe, Point, Something, Response or something like that. But we don't use that in our English class so why is she expecting us to use it?) and she marked lads DOWN for not having a plan written up! I never do plans! I always let the ideas flow as I write. Also, if you had an essay pre-prepared and it came up, you wouldn't need a plan. Its ridiculous to mark down for not having one. Finally, she kept circling words that were crossed out (because they were spelled wrong the first time or something) and wrote "Whats this? Sloppy presentation" even thought in exam conditions, EVERYONE will misspell SOMETHING as they write.
I'm worried because my writing is AWFUL and I didn't use red pen. If my writing was better though, I really do feel like I have A material down. Hopefully shes not too evil to me
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See if you can get your school to send it for remarking if it is. If they can't see if your teacher will mark it properly. The English exam is to examine your level of English. Not your penmanship or agreement with the arbitrarily chosen structures and standards of an examiner.All the other honors english classes got their results except ours because our teacher was out today. I was expecting an A1/A2 but now I'm hoping to scrape a C1. The examiner was BRUTAL! She (I'm going to assume it was a she for ease of typing) seemed to favor correct grammar and spelling over quotes. She has commas and fullstops all over tests (where I don't think there should be) and she has stupid things written like, "WRITE QUOTES IN RED PEN". Even though we were told that you're not allowed to quote in red pen because examiners correct in red pen. Also she wrote something like P/A/R at the start of the personal essays (might be some type of format she teaches her class to use or something. Maybe, Point, Something, Response or something like that. But we don't use that in our English class so why is she expecting us to use it?) and she marked lads DOWN for not having a plan written up! I never do plans! I always let the ideas flow as I write. Also, if you had an essay pre-prepared and it came up, you wouldn't need a plan. Its ridiculous to mark down for not having one. Finally, she kept circling words that were crossed out (because they were spelled wrong the first time or something) and wrote "Whats this? Sloppy presentation" even thought in exam conditions, EVERYONE will misspell SOMETHING as they write.
I'm worried because my writing is AWFUL and I didn't use red pen. If my writing was better though, I really do feel like I have A material down. Hopefully shes not too evil to me
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If mine is below 60-65 tomorrow I'm going to get my teacher to have a look over it. Shes lovely so she wouldn't mind but the other classes teachers... wellll they wouldn't be so willing.
Yeah I totally agree. Though there is probably a line with bad writing, and I probably cross it. Which is why I had to excuse myself in my personal essay. I wrote something like.. "While I admit that my writing is comparable to that of a 6 year old's" while talking about how grammar has gone to the dogs. Also, a feeble attempt to introduce humor
Anyway, I definitely will send it to be remarked if its below a C1. My maths was corrected horribly too. The examiner dismissed two whole pages of work as rough work and never corrected it :rolleyes:
Correcting it pushed me up 2 grades.0 -
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All the other honors english classes got their results except ours because our teacher was out today. I was expecting an A1/A2 but now I'm hoping to scrape a C1. The examiner was BRUTAL! She (I'm going to assume it was a she for ease of typing) seemed to favor correct grammar and spelling over quotes. She has commas and fullstops all over tests (where I don't think there should be) and she has stupid things written like, "WRITE QUOTES IN RED PEN". Even though we were told that you're not allowed to quote in red pen because examiners correct in red pen. Also she wrote something like P/A/R at the start of the personal essays (might be some type of format she teaches her class to use or something. Maybe, Point, Something, Response or something like that. But we don't use that in our English class so why is she expecting us to use it?) and she marked lads DOWN for not having a plan written up! I never do plans! I always let the ideas flow as I write. Also, if you had an essay pre-prepared and it came up, you wouldn't need a plan. Its ridiculous to mark down for not having one. Finally, she kept circling words that were crossed out (because they were spelled wrong the first time or something) and wrote "Whats this? Sloppy presentation" even thought in exam conditions, EVERYONE will misspell SOMETHING as they write.
I'm worried because my writing is AWFUL and I didn't use red pen. If my writing was better though, I really do feel like I have A material down. Hopefully shes not too evil to me
/Rant
What your own teachers told you is correct - do not use red pen on an exam paper.
As regards the grammar and spelling - in fairness, if you are a higher level candidate, errors in grammar and spelling should be few and far between, unless you have an exemption.
There is no requirement for a plan, though learning off essays should be avoided at this level.
**edit** There is still time to do something about your handwriting. It will drive examiners mad if they cannot read your answers. Ten minutes a day 'headline copy' practice and you'd have that sorted.0 -
All higher except for maths!
Chemistry: D1...thought i failed but need to get B3..not very realistic but i'm going to push myself and am now getting grinds
Hey!
I just wanted to say, when I did my mocks two years ago, I barely studied for chemistry. I got a D I think, and I had the same teacher for maths and chemistry. I was dropping down to pass maths, as I didn't need it for my course and it was so time-consuming, but the teacher wanted me to keep up honours maths and drop to pass Chemistry instead. I was shocked:eek: so I told her no way, that I was going down to pass maths and I'd get an A in chemistry in June.
For me, chemistry was the last exam. I had friday afternoon to wednesday afternoon to study. I had already "revised" as in literally read the book from start to finish throughout my other study, but when it came to just having Chemistry to do, I just did exam papers, and marked them using the marking scheme. An awful lot of the questions come up really often and stuff like experiments, if you write them out often enough, just stay in your head.
Anyway, this was definitely the best thing I did, as when I got my results in August I got an A2! So nice proving her wrong!
As for my other mock results, I can't really remember them. I got an A2 in German, A1 in Home Ec I think, A1 in Irish, did crap in Chemistry and Maths, can't really remember English and not a B something in History I think, as we weren't finished the course!
But don't take them too seriously. Some of them are so badly marked its crazy. I got something like 98 out of 100 for my Irish aural and I had so many spelling errors and stuff, it was definitely wrong! There was also a food stain on my script:eek:! The markers in the real thing are much more professional!0 -
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reap-a-rat wrote: »Hey!
For me, chemistry was the last exam. I had friday afternoon to wednesday afternoon to study. I had already "revised" as in literally read the book from start to finish throughout my other study, but when it came to just having Chemistry to do, I just did exam papers, and marked them using the marking scheme. An awful lot of the questions come up really often and stuff like experiments, if you write them out often enough, just stay in your head.
Anyway, this was definitely the best thing I did, as when I got my results in August I got an A2! So nice proving her wrong!
Thank you! this gives me some encouragement now to prove my teacher wrong too, she believes i'll only get a C2 max. Must go study now to prove her wrong!:P 0 -
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Thank you! this gives me some encouragement now to prove my teacher wrong too, she believes i'll only get a C2 max. Must go study now to prove her wrong!:P
If you haven't already got it, buy the Chemistry revision book by The Celtic Press (Peter Jackson). It's a tiny orange one with "Essentials Unfolded" on the cover.
I wouldn't normally advise people to get a particular revision book, but this one is so clear and easy to understand. It brought me up from a low B/high C standard in 5th year to A standard now.
Go through your exam paper constantly. Do a chapter from your book, cross reference with your revision book. Write out your own notes of key points etc. Then hit the exam questions.
Once you get the hang of it, Chemistry is one of the easier subjects to do quite well in. 0 -
Good so far, 86% in maths (God bless ordinary level) and 84.5% in English... Anyone know if I round that up to an A2 or down?
Not that it matters that much, English is so temperamental and the corrector must have won the lottery the day before because she gave me almost full marks on paper 1, on questions I struggled to think of anything to say... I'd still like to know though. In my mind an A is just 85 and over, but seen people round up half a percent before..Good so far, 86% in maths (God bless ordinary level) and 84.5% in English... Anyone know if I round that up to an A2 or down?
Not that it matters that much, English is so temperamental and the corrector must have won the lottery the day before because she gave me almost full marks on paper 1, on questions I struggled to think of anything to say... I'd still like to know though. In my mind an A is just 85 and over, but seen people round up half a percent before..
OMG, I got 84.5% in English as well.
It was 2 marks away from 85 exactly, but my teacher wouldn't round it up, as apparently they wouldn't round it up if it had been the actual LC..? It's an absolute joke tbh. I'd be in mental agony if this happened in August - surely they could have found 2 more marks *somewhere*. :mad: I don't think my examiner tried to find extra marks for me, as there were no crossings out or anything.
Although I've been hearing that it does get rounded up in the Sciences, and my Irish teacher rounded my 79.7% or whatever up to 80, which just makes the English thing even more annoying.
Can anyone confirm what the deal is with rounding grades up? And how likely is it that an examiner would make an effort to move such a close grade up to an A in the actual LC? Thanks. 0 -
If they genuinely liked your paper and think you deserved an A and not a B they would definitely find a way to bring you up.Can anyone confirm what the deal is with rounding grades up? And how likely is it that an examiner would make an effort to move such a close grade up to an A in the actual LC? Thanks.0 -
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