Education Exams

Well, its getting to that time of year again folks..

So, what exams have you got coming up?

I'm up for..:

IGCSE: Chem, Phys, Bio, Maths
GCSE: Graphics, Eng Lang & Lit, Geography..

 

What's an IGCSE?

No exams for me, I'm thankfully past all that!

Edit: I was looking to top-up my HNC to a degree this year, but I'm not able to do it without going to classes (can't do due to work commitments), so boo to that!

 

Distributed Systems, Formal Aspects of Computer Science and Computer Architecture.

Finish four years of uni in two weeks!

 

Power, Patronage and Politics in Early Modern England

The fun

 

Distributed Computing, Computer Networking, Computer Security, Parallel Algorithms, Learning Classifier Systems, Computational Neuroscience.
Can you guess what I do?

 

McDonalds?

 

I've got Wave Optics, Atomic Physics, Solar system Physics, Thermal and Statistical Physics and "Complex Variables and Integral Calculus". Should be a tough cookie.

Good luck to everyone else! Hope all goes well.

 

Very funny
The careers department proudly announced that previous graduates have gone onto Halfords, Travelodge and Pets At Home. There are good jobs, it's just finding them.

 

Materials, Maths for natscis, Physics and Chemistry. All part 1A. Arggghhh

 

Engineering Maths 2
Geotechnics 2C
Structural Engineering 2C
Computer Modelling 2C
Properties of Materials 2C
Hydraulics 2C

All between May 21st and June 5th...joy

 

Did anyone else find there A-Levels much tougher than their finals at uni? Granted I only had two exams when I did my finals due to cunning module selection and not needing to pass one of the modules (so I didn't sit the exam).

But my point is, when it came to my finals it was the first time I felt confident I knew exactly what I needed to, which turned out to be a first in one exam and 3% shy in the other. Overall I was 1.2% off a first, was gutted at first, but since I've been working for 2 years I've found that not havin a first is often a benifit (deppending on the role of course, but when you are people facing/interacting with different departments, apparently people with 2.1s have better people skills)

 

Just three exams this time round:

Electrical Engineering 3
Electrical Power Engineering 3
Human Resource Management 4

 

Optical Communication Systems
OpTo Electronics
Internetworking
Radio Systems and Personal Communication Networks
Electroheat
Digital Systems Design
Digital Systems Architecture
Project Management

Then I have finished Uni

 

Finals coming up here too (4 year MEng). Its going to be pretty intense.

 

I found the degree a lot easier too - it's to do with specialising though. By the time you get to your degree you can pick and choose what you want to do and develop a specialty, whereas at A-level you have to be more general and write about topics which you may not be strong on. At University I only passed my first year Psychology unit because I was able to specialise on topics of Gestalt psychology and human perception. Everything else I sucked at.

 

I got Atom Physics, Professional English and Visual Technology/ Video Cut coming up

 

Legal Studies
Principles of Marketing Strategy
Introduction to Economics
Professional Accounting and Information Management I
Professional Accounting and Information Management II
Introduction to Finance
Maths and Stats

I think I'm boned

 

Microcomputer engineering I (practical), Java writen exam, Mathematics 1Q2, Energy Transport and Conversion, Electronic Circuit Design I, Electromagnetic Fields and Microcomputer Engineering 1 (Written Exam)

EM fields has alot of us worried, the rest should go pretty well, I only need about 50% on each paper because the coursework marks were fairly good, which takes the pressure off! Best of luck everyone!

 

Its an international GCSE, basically a slightly harder GCSE, but without coursework.

 

latin french and greek gcses (all compulsory and a year early, yay me!!) then i can drop them and do the subjects i like
but all of them have 3 or 4 sections all on different days...