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Alexanderofmacedon

12-16-2005, 17:34

BDC

12-16-2005, 18:31

A level modules in Jan then final exams in the summer. Ah the pressure. Final year and all that...

Duke Malcolm

12-16-2005, 20:10

Unit assessments throughout the year until May, Preliminary Higher Examinations in January and February, Higher Examinations proper in May.

Unless the SQA decides to make use of the soon-to-be plethora of postal services, the Royal Mail will deliver my results in August.

Big King Sanctaphrax

12-16-2005, 20:14

I've got A-level exams in January and the Summer.

I'm not too worried, though. I got a mark surplus last year of such magnitude that I'd actually have to try quite hard to not get As.

Monarch

12-16-2005, 20:26

Geometry - 84
Biology - 92
English - 82
French - 74
Business Computer Programming - 79
Soccer - 100 (of course)
World Geography - TBA (just finished taking it)

I'm doing all courses a year ahead of me so they aren't great, but they're okay...:san_tongue:

What did you guys get?:

Got anything to compare that to? I just mean I'm British so thats just a bunch of numbers to me :P Are these out of 100? You can take a whole exam in soccer? :san_shocked:

Well I dont have to worry about any of that until next year with the GCSEs, which still are not anywhere near as important as A Levels, though still important of course. Biggest thing I have to be scared about is GCSE coursework :san_smiley:

Reverend Joe

12-16-2005, 20:35

Ice

12-16-2005, 21:07

Yes, it's out of 100.

100-90: the optimum. (A)

90-80: still good. (B)

80-70: the medium; something to try to beat. (C)

70-60: minimum. (D)

60-0: failing/unacceptable. Definitely not an area you want to hit.

Not always. for my school it's
100+ A+
99-93 A
93-90 A-
87-89.99999 B+
So on..

Ap Classes (University Level) are
98.1-100 A+
98-90 A
87.5-89.999 A-
87.4- 84.5 B+
So on..

I actually dont take first semester exams until around mid January.

Strike For The South

12-16-2005, 22:00

Samurai Waki

12-16-2005, 23:06

Won't know until the middle of January. But at least I won't have to worry about college for the next 6 weeks.:san_cheesy:

Alexanderofmacedon

12-16-2005, 23:41

I win

IPC 87
History 95
Spainish 81
English 88
Football 100
Geomotry: 77
Theartre 100 (Thats right I need my fine art cerdit)

You win? I'm a grade below you, and I'm in Biology, which is a class ahead of IPC and I got a 92 in that exam. I'm in Geometry (once again at a year below you) and I got an 84...

You win?:san_huh:

:san_wink:

Strike For The South

12-16-2005, 23:43

You win? I'm a grade below you, and I'm in Biology, which is a class ahead of IPC and I got a 92 in that exam. I'm in Geometry (once again at a year below you) and I got an 84...

You win?:san_huh:

:san_wink:

I took Biology last year:san_huh:

Samurai Waki

12-16-2005, 23:46

As long as I don't get a D in any classes I'll be happy. The only class I'm slightly worried about so far is Philosophy 101.

BDC

12-16-2005, 23:47

The American school system is confusing. You have nation-wide geometry courses?

Strike For The South

12-16-2005, 23:48

The American school system is confusing. You have nation-wide geometry courses?

Me and AOM live like 45 minutes away from eachother

Alexanderofmacedon

12-16-2005, 23:48

I took Biology last year:san_huh:

And I did IPC a year ago in Junior school...

This is odd...Are you sure it's Integrated Physics and Chemistry?:san_huh:

Strike For The South

12-16-2005, 23:50

And I did IPC a year ago in Junior school...

This is odd...Are you sure it's Integrated Physics and Chemistry?:san_huh:

ya it is

Alexanderofmacedon

12-16-2005, 23:53

Yeah, I've got no idea then...

(For SFTS only: We're FREEEEE)

AntiochusIII

12-17-2005, 00:26

Final? How?

I mean, I'm in Nevada (and today's the start of Winter break! :san_grin: :san_grin: :san_grin: ) but I'm not going to take the exam until mid-January.

I have nothing to worry about, though. I'm one of those Smart Asian Kids Near You(tm) who got all A's in all the remarkably hard classes...somehow. :confused:

Here are my classes and why I should've worried but (sadly) not:
Creative Writing
Algebra II/Trigonometry Honors
US History A.P.
World Literature Honors (next semester I'll switch to American Literature A.P.)
Forensics I (Debate stuff, not Forensics science -- ask Kaiser :san_grin: )
French I
Japanese I
Chemistry Honors

My grading system is the standard one (90-100 = A and so on). Of course, it shows A+ and A- kind of thing when grades are posted, but the official reports only show A or B.

By the way, the British educational system gives me a headache. :san_cheesy:

Marcellus

12-17-2005, 01:19

By the way, the British educational system gives me a headache. :san_cheesy:

I'll do my best to explain it.

NOTE: This is the school system for England and Wales. Scotland has a different system.

School starts when a child is 4 or 5. First there is primary school:

Reception (4-5) [not much teaching, it's just getting the child used to school]
Year 1 (5-6)
Year 2 (6-7)
Year 3 (7-8)
Year 4 (8-9)
Year 5 (9-10)
Year 6 (10-11)

At the end of year 6 and I think also 2 (the year 2 exam may have been abolished, I can't remember), there are SATs (Standard Assessment Tests, pronounced 'sats', not 'S-A-Ts'). These are for English, maths and science only and the results are in a level system. They are very unimportant.

Then secondary school starts:

Year 7 (11-12)
Year 8 (12-13)
Year 9 (13-14)
Year 10 (14-15)
Year 11 (15-16)

At the end of year 9, there is another set of SATs. In years 10 and 11, students study for GCSEs (General Certificate in Secondary Education), where the number of subjects they study is reduced (maths, English and science are compulsory). GCSE marks range from A* to G or thereabouts.

---End of compulsory education---

Then the student moves into the sixth form. Often this will be in the same school, but sometimes in a separate sixth form college.

Year 12 (16-17) [lower sixth]
Year 13 (17-18) [upper sixth]

In year 12 students study for AS (Advanced Subsidiary) exams, taking either 4 or 5 subjects of their choice. They take the exam at the end of the year, and the highest grade possible is 'A'. In year 13, subjects are studied for A-level (Advanced level) exams at the end of the year, graded like ASs. AS marks form half of the final A-level mark in the subjects. Often a subject is dropped between years 12 and 13

Then a student can leave to study at university.

See, that wasn't too complicated, was it :san_wink:

Big King Sanctaphrax

12-17-2005, 01:35

Alexanderofmacedon

12-17-2005, 01:42

At age 5 you start at Kindergarden, which is like in Britain, a place to get used to school.

Then you move on to elementary school, which starts with Grade 1. You go through elementary school until Grade 5 (or 6 in some schools) and then go to Junior school. There you are about 12 and you stay at the junior school for 3 years until 9th grade, where you start high school at about age 15. You stay there until Grade 12 where you usually go to a college (optional) for between 2-3 years standard unless you get a PhD, MD or Bachelors (and maybe some other stuff).

Then you're done...

Help?:san_cheesy:

EDIT: You said universities...Doh!

AntiochusIII

12-17-2005, 01:51

I'll do my best to explain it.Thank you. That makes a lot of sense. Not really dissimilar to ours, except for the 13th year. :san_cheesy:

Taffy_is_a_Taff

12-17-2005, 16:03

Software Architecture: 98.5%
Technical Writing (well, professional tehnical communications strategies):99.something%
Computer Networks: 88.1% (which serves me right for leaving labs to the last minute).

Duke Malcolm

12-17-2005, 18:44

By the way, the British educational system gives me a headache. :san_cheesy:

The North British Educational System:

Nursery School:- For one or two years, parent's choice. Ages 3-5
Not taught much, except how to count, and how to say the alphabet

Primary School: 5-11/12
Primary (P) 1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7

Taugh the Nationwide 5-14 curriculum, the alphabet, arithmetic, very basic algebra (x+6=14 sort of thing), Religious (Christian) Education, the Wars of Independence, A variety of studies on miscellaneous subjects -- I did Japan (although it was diluted with China), the Rainforest, Animals, and some other things -- also, Music, a modern landuage (I did Spanish, but did French in Secondary School), art, PE.

Secondary School: 11/12 - 17/18 (one can leave from the fourth year, however)
1st Year (a.k.a. S1)
2nd Year
3rd Year
4th Year
5th Year
6th Year

The above 5-14 curriculum continues finished in 2nd year, although the language studied in Primary generally changes, and other such things.
In 3rd & 4th Year one studies for 2 years on Standard Grades (which are dislike by the system and are set to be removed entirely), the equivalent of GCSE
In 5th year one can study for Intermediate 1 (a very low level), Intermediate 2 (a low level), Higher (just less than English GCE A levels).
In 6th year one can study all of the 5th year courses, as well as the Advanced Higher, in which a B pass generally allows entrance to 2nd year university course (better than English GCE A-levels, but damned harder...)

Kanamori

12-18-2005, 00:32

Maybe someone can explain something about American universities to me-do you not have to decide what you're going to do your degree in before you start the course? Can you change it part way through? This is what deciding on your major is about, yes?

The degree doesn't really have to be declared for a while. For most people, they have to take general requirements for what ever college they're going in to: such as Letters and Sciences, Music, Business. These requirements are pretty "general"(:san_wink:) and can be met in many ways. So, a lot of people only have a vague idea of what their intended BA or whatever is going to be in. BA's or other degrees have certain requirements too, some general and some specific classes. Otherwise, you can mostly take what you want and there is a wide variety of ways to meet your requirements. In this system, you can take a lot of classes that are unnecessary for your intended major. I like it, because I can take things that I'm interested in like physics, chemistry, economics, and astronomy which are unrelated to my majors, philosophy and political science, although for some people, there are requirements in their college's schools, L&S, Music, etc., which would generally encompass these, but one can test out of general classes, and take AP tests in order to meet those requirements prior to entering university. L&S is generally a huge college that for archaic reasons includes everything from philosophy, poli sci, math, sciences, languages and many other things, but ultimately its up to the universities how to split it up. I'm not sure if that would help answering your question, in case I got it wrong, but my crazy rant is done.:san_smiley:

Muska Burnt

12-19-2005, 04:57

math C(f u jacobs)
scienece B(shoudl have a, A)
english C(i deserve this one)
german C(im missing a project gotta get it in)
pe A(...)
woodshop B,A not sure

Monarch

12-19-2005, 13:06

I'll do my best to explain it.

NOTE: This is the school system for England and Wales. Scotland has a different system.

School starts when a child is 4 or 5. First there is primary school:

Reception (4-5) [not much teaching, it's just getting the child used to school]
Year 1 (5-6)
Year 2 (6-7)
Year 3 (7-8)
Year 4 (8-9)
Year 5 (9-10)
Year 6 (10-11)

At the end of year 6 and I think also 2 (the year 2 exam may have been abolished, I can't remember), there are SATs (Standard Assessment Tests, pronounced 'sats', not 'S-A-Ts'). These are for English, maths and science only and the results are in a level system. They are very unimportant.

Then secondary school starts:

Year 7 (11-12)
Year 8 (12-13)
Year 9 (13-14)
Year 10 (14-15)
Year 11 (15-16)

At the end of year 9, there is another set of SATs. In years 10 and 11, students study for GCSEs (General Certificate in Secondary Education), where the number of subjects they study is reduced (maths, English and science are compulsory). GCSE marks range from A* to G or thereabouts.

---End of compulsory education---

Then the student moves into the sixth form. Often this will be in the same school, but sometimes in a separate sixth form college.

Year 12 (16-17) [lower sixth]
Year 13 (17-18) [upper sixth]

In year 12 students study for AS (Advanced Subsidiary) exams, taking either 4 or 5 subjects of their choice. They take the exam at the end of the year, and the highest grade possible is 'A'. In year 13, subjects are studied for A-level (Advanced level) exams at the end of the year, graded like ASs. AS marks form half of the final A-level mark in the subjects. Often a subject is dropped between years 12 and 13

Then a student can leave to study at university.

See, that wasn't too complicated, was it :san_wink:

Just for fun Leicester County Schools are different to most other people, Leicester City Schools take the normal route you described though. I'm in county so I go...

Primary School

4+
Year 1
Year 2 (I took SATs here, do they still do that?)
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5

New School - 'High School'

Year 6 (SATs in English, Maths and Science)
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9 (SATs in English, Maths and Science)

New School - 'College'

Year 10 (No exams, but GCSE coursework is done in many subjects)
Year 11 (GCSE's, the final year of compulsary schooling.)
Year 12 (AS Level exams taken)
Year 13/Sixth Form (A2 Level Exams taken)

University

Actually it's quite similar to yours. It's just compulsary schooling is done accross 3 schools not 2. I like it because Year 7s mixed with the same school as Year 13s must be intimidatin since they'd be like half the size of them lol.

BDC

12-19-2005, 14:13

Actually it's quite similar to yours. It's just compulsary schooling is done accross 3 schools not 2. I like it because Year 7s mixed with the same school as Year 13s must be intimidatin since they'd be like half the size of them lol.

Yes, and years 7 - 9 don't actually do anything. And lots of people get stuck in this mindset, and don't do anything for years 10 and 11 either. Then they fail. Same probably happens with the middle school system, just the clean break might make the difference.

ah_dut

12-19-2005, 19:09

tell me about it...when I was in year 7 I was getting slaughtered by the year 13s in the corridors

Monarch

12-19-2005, 23:20

Yes, and years 7 - 9 don't actually do anything. And lots of people get stuck in this mindset, and don't do anything for years 10 and 11 either. Then they fail. Same probably happens with the middle school system, just the clean break might make the difference.

Actually I am probably guilty of that, primary school I was considered you know clever and such, now obviously less competition as the primary school i attended was tiny, but still. This continued into year six with the 'new school, must try' syndrome but then everything goes stale. I managed to scrape an adequet 6,7,7 in my year 9 sats after trying a little more in year 9. But yeah, it is true theres just something about those years that just...