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Teachers and Students => Debates => Topic started by: Saladin on August 26, 2010, 09:39:54 pm

Title: The A* system
Post by: Saladin on August 26, 2010, 09:39:54 pm

What do you think of the A*, that has newly been introduced, will it bring about the changes needed to make education more valuable or is it simply a statistical tool for Universities?

Often, the A* seems to be de-valued at many time: (Telepraph)

This is really shocking (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7953741/Triple-A-star-student-rejected.html)

Title: Re: The A* system
Post by: sabbath_92 on September 20, 2010, 08:40:37 am

What do you mean when you say that 'will it bring about changes needed to make education more valuable'? It has been introduced to give students with better abilities a chance to distinguish themselves, and obviously it's a statistical tool for universities to pick out the more hardworking or intelligent candidates. And the fact that a student with 3 A*s has been rejected is irrelevant. When unis ask for an unique grade combination, that's what they need. Say for example you have four subjects, and to get the conditional offer you are asked to get A*AA with the A* in maths, it means THAT is what the universities want. You WILL usually be rejected if you don't fulfill the A* condition for maths, even if you get 3 A*s in the other subjects. And this has happened to a friend of mine who applied and got an offer from Cambridge to read economics.

Title: Re: The A* system
Post by: Arthur Bon Zavi on September 20, 2010, 02:43:52 pm

See This :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11012369

Title: Re: The A* system
Post by: Freaked12 on September 20, 2010, 03:19:46 pm

What are you doing there.

 :P

BBC and these kind of sites are not made for you  :P

Title: Re: The A* system
Post by: Alpha on September 21, 2010, 02:32:45 am

Read the comments below, his personal statement wasn't up to the level.

Unis wants dynamites and bombshells, no machines.

Title: Re: The A* system
Post by: Arthur Bon Zavi on October 02, 2010, 06:39:03 am

Quote from: Requiem on September 20, 2010, 03:19:46 pm

What are you doing there.

 :P

BBC and these kind of sites are not made for you  :P

I was preparing from this site during my IGCSE exams..

Title: Re: The A* system
Post by: [Ash] on October 24, 2010, 11:01:22 am

well yes as it will distinguish but no as well cos of the drastic fall in the grades and a lot change in the marking scheme  >:(