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Kwai Chang Caine
Original Poster
3,284 posts
55 months
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Who'd have thought it? This year's kids are cleverer and better educated than last year's!
8% A*
27% A
97.8% E and above which I think is a pass.
So only 2.2% of students failed....hmmmm.
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car crazy
1,796 posts
32 months
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My daughter got 2 A stars and an A so she will be attending liecster uni from october 
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scenario8
2,769 posts
48 months
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car crazy said: My daughter got 2 A stars and an A so she will be attending liecster uni from october Congratulations to her. I do get bored with the all too common putting down of young people on these fora. You didn't help her wth her spelling did you?
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jimmyjimjim
2,753 posts
107 months
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scenario8 said: Congratulations to her.
I do get bored with the all too common putting down of young people on these fora.
You didn't help her wth her spelling did you? Thanks, I SO wanted to make a comment, but didn't want to be the first! Congratulations to her; hope she does well there too.
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BrabusMog
4,943 posts
55 months
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When were A*'s introduced? I had to settle for 3 A's back in the day.
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car crazy
1,796 posts
32 months
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scenario8 said: car crazy said: My daughter got 2 A stars and an A so she will be attending liecster uni from october Congratulations to her. I do get bored with the all too common putting down of young people on these fora. You didn't help her wth her spelling did you? No, no help from me, but to get the two A stars in maths and physics she scored 149 out of 150 and to get the A in biology she got 89 out of 100, very proud.
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BoRED S2upid
9,446 posts
109 months
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BrabusMog said: When were A*'s introduced? I had to settle for 3 A's back in the day. A few years back. Didn't have them in my day. I should update my CV really as all grades should be upgraded A becomes A* B becomes B etc...
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okgo
20,730 posts
67 months
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Why's she putting all that hard work to waste by going ot that toilet? 
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tonker
43,824 posts
117 months
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car crazy said: My daughter got 2 A stars and an A so she will be attending liecster uni from october Congratulations to her. By comparison 1991 - 13 pupils in my school got 4 As, out of 120. More than that went to Oxbridge....... you tell me..... Less coldheartedly, how on earth are universities supposed to filter and grade applicants when [even] Leicester is attracting and getting students with 3As at A level..... does anyone get predicted anything less these days ?
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louiebaby
5,339 posts
60 months
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tonker said: Less coldheartedly, how on earth are universities supposed to filter and grade applicants when [even] Leicester is attracting and getting students with 3As at A level..... does anyone get predicted anything less these days ? This was my thinking. Are more of them doing their own entrance exams now?
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car crazy
1,796 posts
32 months
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tonker said: car crazy said: My daughter got 2 A stars and an A so she will be attending liecster uni from october Congratulations to her. By comparison 1991 - 13 pupils in my school got 4 As, out of 120. More than that went to Oxbridge....... you tell me..... Less coldheartedly, how on earth are universities supposed to filter and grade applicants when [even] Leicester is attracting and getting students with 3As at A level..... does anyone get predicted anything less these days ? She needed 2 A's and a B to get into liecster to study medicine
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BoRED S2upid
9,446 posts
109 months
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tonker said: car crazy said: My daughter got 2 A stars and an A so she will be attending liecster uni from october Congratulations to her. By comparison 1991 - 13 pupils in my school got 4 As, out of 120. More than that went to Oxbridge....... you tell me..... Back in the day they would let you into Oxbridge with 2 A's and a B! or whatever UCAS points that was.
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StottyZr
4,087 posts
32 months
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tonker said: Congratulations to her.
By comparison 1991 - 13 pupils in my school got 4 As, out of 120. More than that went to Oxbridge....... you tell me.....
Less coldheartedly, how on earth are universities supposed to filter and grade applicants when [even] Leicester is attracting and getting students with 3As at A level..... does anyone get predicted anything less these days ? During my A levels a few students at Oxbridge interview had achieved 100% in AS Geography. You would expect a perfect score to be rare (nevermind a A) to my suprise every single student who had been interviewed and had taken Geography had achieved a perfect 100.
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PugwasHDJ80
5,189 posts
90 months
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scenario8 said: Congratulations to her.
I do get bored with the all too common putting down of young people on these fora.
You didn't help her wth her spelling did you? We aren't putting down the young people- just the system that tests them. The average grade should be a C, with a very very small percentage getting an A. Exams should get harder and harder, not easier and easier. And yes they really are getting easier and easier- 15 years ago when i did A-levels we practiced on O-level grade maths papers. I recently picked up my nephews AS_level maths papers. With no revision, and 14 years after A levels, i still got 68%.
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grumbledoak
15,718 posts
102 months
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Kwai Chang Caine said: Who'd have thought it? This year's kids are cleverer and better educated than last year's!  At this rate we'll soon have a generation of 'highly qualified' Uni students who cannot use a broom the right way up. They are not getting magically cleverer.
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scenario8
2,769 posts
48 months
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grumbledoak said: At this rate we'll soon have a generation of 'highly qualified' Uni students who cannot use a broom the right way up. They are not getting magically cleverer. For an alarming number of graduates that is precisely the skillset they need in these difficult times.
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fido
9,387 posts
124 months
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PugwasHDJ80 said: I rencetly picked up my nephews AS_level maths papers. With no revision, and 14 years after A levels, i still got 68%. I took AS Maths when i was 14 and got an A .. me thinks a bright 10yr old could do it now! not that i'm boasting .. coughIMO we should just move to a Grade Point Average as per US - then it would get rid of the hit-or-miss (getting an A or not) problem.
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tonker
43,824 posts
117 months
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StottyZr said: During my A levels a few students at Oxbridge interview had achieved 100% in AS Geography. You would expect a perfect score to be rare (nevermind a A) to my suprise every single student who had been interviewed and had taken Geography had achieved a perfect 100. The one thing I remember from an Oxford Geography student was "What happens if you get all six and the bonus on the lottery?".....  a lot of people who did the exam and passed at Oxford got EE offers..... because the exam and interview weeded out much of the trying too hard to get in and the ones whose schools lied about their pupils' abilities....
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Digga
10,898 posts
152 months
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BoRED S2upid said: BrabusMog said: When were A*'s introduced? I had to settle for 3 A's back in the day. A few years back. Didn't have them in my day. I should update my CV really as all grades should be upgraded A becomes A* B becomes B etc... Does the "*" denote concerted and comprehensive arse kissing on the part of the pupil?
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tomw2000
1,628 posts
64 months
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Kwai Chang Caine said: Who'd have thought it? This year's kids are cleverer and better educated than last year's!
8% A*
27% A
97.8% E and above which I think is a pass.
So only 2.2% of students failed....hmmmm. Has such a sustained annual increase in 'intelligence' levels ever happened across any other population ever? It's amazing. Thank goodness for Tony and Gorgon. Or maybe it's flouride in water or something.
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