A Level Results....guess what :-)

[Kwai Chang Caine]

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.

[car crazy]

My daughter got 2 A stars and an A so she will be attending liecster uni from october

[scenario8]

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?

[jimmyjimjim]

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.

[BrabusMog]

When were A*'s introduced? I had to settle for 3 A's back in the day.

[car crazy]

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.

[BoRED S2upid]

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...

[okgo]

Why's she putting all that hard work to waste by going ot that toilet?

[louiebaby]

anonymous said:

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This was my thinking. Are more of them doing their own entrance exams now?

[car crazy]

anonymous said:

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She needed 2 A's and a B to get into liecster to study medicine

[BoRED S2upid]

anonymous said:

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Back in the day they would let you into Oxbridge with 2 A's and a B! or whatever UCAS points that was.

[StottyZr]

anonymous said:

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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.

[PugwasHDJ80]

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%.

Edited by PugwasHDJ80 on Thursday 18th August 16:42

[grumbledoak]

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.

[scenario8]

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.

[fido]

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 .. cough
IMO 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.

Edited by fido on Thursday 18th August 16:29

[Digga]

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?

[tomw2000]

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.

[OdramaSwimLaden]

car crazy said:

She needed 2 A's and a B to get into liecster to study medicine

If you have a Sat-Nav and wish to visit her; don't hold your breath.

Well done to her though.

[EDLT]

scenario8 said:

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.

I've got a temp-job in a cement factory, the guy I work with is/was a student who just got a first in physics (I think, it definitely wasn't a mong degree) and his job is to stack packs of cement onto a pallet.