• Question: were u a straight A student?

    Asked by stupidsausage to Adam, Joanna, Louise S, Louise W, Marcus on 12 Nov 2012. This question was also asked by molineux, gabyxx, rumpelstiltskin, popinain1.
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      Louise Stanley answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      I went to school in scotland so I did highers – Maths, English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics – I got 4As and a B. I then did the equivalent of A-levels for Maths, Biology and Chemistry and for 3As – I am bit of a swot really! 🙂

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      Louise Walkin answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      Not straight A – I got As and Bs in my GCSEs and then again in my A-levels. I had to work quite hard to do well but I’m glad I can look back and know that I tried my best. 🙂

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      Marcus Wilson answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      I did pretty badly at my GCSE’s, there was too many subjects!

      But I did get A’s at A-levels, after working really hard. You dont have to be a straight A student to be a great scientist, Brian Cox failed A-level Maths!

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      Adam Paige answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      I had some ups and downs, but generally did better at higher levels (mainly because I found the subjects I specialised in much more interesting than the general ones I studied at GCSE!) In summary:

      O-levels 2As.
      GCSEs 3As, 4Bs and 1E (in german language)
      AS-levels 1A and 1N (yes, N! it was french langauge – can you tell that languages are not my speciality?!)
      A-levels 2As and 1B
      S-paper merit

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      Joanna Giles answered on 14 Nov 2012:

      I was a straight A student – except for PE… I was rubbish at it!
      But like Marcus says you don’t have to be a straight A student to be a scientist. A really good friend of mine is a Doctor and she completely failed her A-levels. But then she decided she wanted to be a Doctor and worked extra hard. It goes to show if you want something enough, you can do it 🙂

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