• Question: what results did u get in gcse and a level?

    Asked by ThePawlow123 to Sheryl on 6 Mar 2017.
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      Sheryl Williams answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      Hi ThePawlow123,
      I did my early education in Jamaica, so I didn’t do GCSE our equivalent was called CXC. I did 7 CXC exams and if my memory is correct I got 2A’s 3B’s and 2 C’s. For A’levels I did Maths, Additional Maths, Physics and Chemistry, I believe I got A, B and 2 F’s respectively.
      In my defence, we didn’t do any experiments at my college and didn’t have all the equipment for the practical element of the exams. This was one of the main reason that when I became a teacher of A’level Physics I organised visits to the University of the West Indies so that my students could to do experiments with actual equipment.

      Sheryl

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    Andres commented on :

    Hi ThePawlow123,

    I didn’t study in the UK either, I finished school in Venezuela so I really can’t give you a straight answer to your question as I did GCSE and A-Levels per se.

    All I could say is that I worked very hard and got high marks in school, so it you work hard and do your best, you should have no issues in getting into engineering.

    Andres

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    Emma commented on :

    Dear ThePawlow123,

    For GCSEs, I got 4 A*s and 6 As.

    For A Levels, I got 2 As and 2Bs (one of those Bs was in Physics, which I went on to study. My best subject was actually English – I should’ve done that instead).

    It is good to work hard and have high grades so that you have more opportunities and choice. However, grades aren’t everything. The most important thing is that you work hard at university. I had lots of friends that didn’t get perfect GCSE and A Level results but went to university and did amazingly because they pushed themselves and studied and went to all their lectures and most importantly wanted to learn.

    Emma.

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    465amph45 commented on :

    Emma Ryan you are very cool! 🙂

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    Andy commented on :

    I got 7 Bs in English, Maths, Biology Physics and Chemistry, Technology and RE 2 Cs in History and German and and a D in English Literature….

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    974amph48 commented on :

    i got all a stars in alevel and gcse.