Exam results

Chemistry

Atoms, Bonds and Groups – 74/90 (a)
Chains, Energy and Resources – 111/150 (b)
Equilibria, Energetics and Elements – 114/150 (b)
Practical Skills in Chemistry 1 – 50/60 (a)
Practical Skills in Chemistry 2 – 45/60 (b)
Rings, Polymers and Analysis – 72/90 (a)

Overall – 466/600 (B)

General Studies

AS Culture and Society – 98/100 (a)
AS Science and Society – 78/100 (b)
A2 Culture and Society – 50/100 (d)
A2 Science and Society – 86/100 (a)

Overall – 312/400 (B)

Mathematics

Core Maths 1 – 94/100 (a)
Core Maths 2 – 100/100 (a)
Core Maths 3 – 98/100 (a)
Core Maths 4 – 92/100 (a)
Statistics 1 – 100/100 (a)
Statistics 2 – 92/100 (a)

Overall – 576/600 (A*)

Mathematics (Further)

Further Pure 1 – 95/100 (a)
Further Pure 2 – 77/100 (b)
Mechanics 1 – 91/100 (a)
Mechanics 3 – 88/100 (a)
Decision Maths 1 – 85/100 (a)
Decision Maths 2 – 64/100 (c)

Overall – 500/600 (A)

Religious Studies

Religion and Ethics 1 – 85/100 (a)
Philosophy of Religion 1 – 71/100 (b)
Religion and Ethics 2 – 54/100 (d)
Philosophy of Religion 2 – 64/100 (c)

Overall – 274/400 (C)

Notes

-Letters in lowercase indicate a grade for an individual paper. Letters in uppercase indicate the final grade obtained overall.
-The A* grade is awarded if a candidate averages 80% on all papers and 90% on the second-year (A2) papers.
-Mechanics 2 result was 53/100 (d). It was omitted from my Mathematics results, as all individual results are shuffled to produce the best possible result for the candidate. Hence, Mechanics 2 was dropped as it was the lowest scoring paper I took.

Thoughts

Was lower than what I was predicted, but I’ve no right to be disappointed with that result, as I still got into my first choice university. In five weeks I’ll be packing my bags and going to the University of Southampton to study Mathematics (no one cam claim I’m not doing what I do best, eh?), and for this I am extremely grateful. Anni, who by some cruel twist of fate is visiting me at the moment, got no offers when she applied for the University of Helsinki for the next year, and another friend of mine found out today that he had missed out on a place by a single mark. So, three years of mathematics in Southampton. Three of my friends are also going to Southampton, though one who was going to study maths for 75% of her course didn’t get in. Life goes on.

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~ by processr on August 19, 2010.