Us young 'uns NCEA results...

[crashe]

English
A: 4
M: 4
Total credits: 21

French
A: 3
M: 2
Total credits:21

Maths
A: 7
M: 4
Total credits: 27

Music
A: 1
M: 2
E: 3
Total credits: 24

PE
A: 1
M: 2
Total credits: 11

Science
A: 4
M: 2
Total credits: 27

Tech
A: 3
Total credits: 16

Ok now I am totally confused.......... its like WTF does all that mean?

4 and 4 = 21 English
3 and 2 = 21 French

7 and 4 = 27 Maths
4 and 2 = 27 Science

Now I am scratching me head here... two different lots of figures and yet they make the same score !!!!!!!!!!!!

How do they get that??????
What does 'A' and 'M' stand for?

Damn it now I know I didnt stay at school for very long (3 weeks of the 4th form) but shite even I was better at maths than this lot.......


So I think I am also saying congratulations to you as well Hxc.

[yungatart]

Ok now I am totally confused.......... its like WTF does all that mean?

4 and 4 = 21 English
3 and 2 = 21 French

7 and 4 = 27 Maths
4 and 2 = 27 Science

Now I am scratching me head here... two different lots of figures and yet they make the same score !!!!!!!!!!!!

How do they get that??????
What does 'A' and 'M' stand for?

Damn it now I know I didnt stay at school for very long (3 weeks of the 4th form) but shite even I was better at maths than this lot.......


So I think I am also saying congratulations to you as well Hxc.

I thought it was explained earlier in the thread....
A stands for achieved - if the "A" has 4 after it, that means he achieved 4 different standards in that subject, M stands for Merit and E is for Excellent. the bigger numbers ie 21 stands for the number of credits he got overall, be they "A", "M" or "E".
Yes, congrats are in order - he sat his first exam only 10 days after parking meter induced head injuries and TBH had a pretty crappy year with other (not school related) shit in his life.
We're damn proud of our lad!!

[SwanTiger]

Pfft!

School is a cheap form of daycare until you're 13.

Then its a place for those without ambitions to dwell in.

It is my company policy, and will be in any company I own or run, not to hire people with qualifications!

(lets hope I never run a hospital...)

P.S. well done.

[crashe]

I thought it was explained earlier in the thread....
A stands for achieved - if the "A" has 4 after it, that means he achieved 4 different standards in that subject, M stands for Merit and E is for Excellent. the bigger numbers ie 21 stands for the number of credits he got overall, be they "A", "M" or "E".

Ok thanks for that explaination.

[WickedOne]

So how did you other guys go in NCEA? I failed 3 standards all year, but passed all subjects, with only 1 being an exam failure (graphs and shit).

All up, 147 credits in level 1. For you older ones, you only need 80 to pass, so 20 of those 147 carry through to next year (6th form).


I'm pretty happy with myself, considering the shit year I had.

Well done mate, I am sure things will look up for you this year!!!

[MidnightMike]

Ok just got my results for level 2.

120 credits all up ( had to get 80 to pass ) no excellences here, mainly merits and achieved, and a few of the bastard ass mother NA's.

One paper will be sent back though ;

Biology: describe the structure and function of animals: A

Achieved my ass you pack of pricks! That was easily a merit, umm. yeah, thats going back.....

[MSTRS:Me]

Ok just got my results for level 2.

120 credits all up ( had to get 80 to pass ) no excellences here, mainly merits and achieved, and a few of the bastard ass mother NA's.

One paper will be sent back though ;

Biology: describe the structure and function of animals: A

Achieved my ass you pack of pricks! That was easily a merit, umm. yeah, thats going back.....

Why bother...the naff thing about NCEA (for those that don't know) is that a pass is X credits, no matter the level of pass

[Swoop]

A classic example of why the 11 point grading scale is far easier for a prospective employer to read.
A+
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D
DNC - Did Not Complete.

[MidnightMike]

Why bother...the naff thing about NCEA (for those that don't know) is that a pass is X credits, no matter the level of pass

Meh, I worked hard on this one, going for a result i didnt get.

fark em' I say.

[Mole_C]

They still give u GPAs on your results or they make u work them out for yourself?

[Jeremy]

What I want to know is what on earth can I do with them now? As they become completely useless as soon as you hit uni.

It'd be great if I could swap 60 of them for a toaster or something.

[MidnightMike]

Or some bike gear! Like tyres, and chains or exhaust systems

[alexthekidd]

It'd be great if I could swap 60 of them for a toaster or something.

HAHA Great call mate, NCEA has to be the most pointless system out there,

I passed everything bar 1 stupid SOAB t(hat must be checked when i get back to school) and ended up with 137 credits yet mates of mine failed exams and ended up with over 200 so WTF really? who knows i can't wrap my head around the system.

got my 80 credits so through to sixth form lol

Am very happy with my results overall, got 4 Excellences and 3 Merits in maths so stoked with that

The way i see it for comparing A's M's and E's is something like

A is anywhere from a D-B or 50-80%

M is anywhere from a B+ - A- 80%-90%

E is anywhere from an A-A+ 90%-Perfection

But really

[alexthekidd]

English
US:1
A:3
M:4
E:2

Credits: 27

Maths
US:4
A:0
M:3
E:4

Credits:25

Biology
US:
A:1
M:1
E:

Credits:7

Chemistry
US:
A:
M:1
E:1

Credits:5

History
US:
A:2
M:2
E:2

Credits:24

IT
US:
A:1
M:2
E:2

Credits:16

PE
US:
A:2
M:2
E:2

Credits:24

General Science
US:
A:1
M:1
E:

Credits:9

Total: 137

[jeremysprite]

Just looked at my results yesterday, did pretty good.
But can anybody beat my L3 History? AN EXCELLENCE LEVEL ESSAY! UH HUH! NIGH IMPOSSIBLE TO DO!

Quite proud, as you can see.