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Originally Posted by SSJup81
Where I live, 39 and 40s = automatic fail...
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well I don't know about the system where you are, I'm talking about Australia. Sorry ^^" probably should have been more specific.
But yeah, that's the system we have here, it's out of 50 btw not 100.
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Are you serious about the points thing? I know a dude that got into Cambridge University (which btw is harder than Osaka), with simply B's and C's. The university look to invest in people that can offer them something special because getting good grades is too easy and to be honest isn't that important... It only proves that you can study from a book and take exams. It doesn't show them if you have ambition, or the fire to study something that YOU want to do etc.
How do you think they choose between people that all have A+'s? (and if you read what I wrote to the guy, I told him to basically get good grades and offer something else that makes him special.)
Also, speak for yourself. I (and many of my friends) have never had a problem getting from 85-100% in my exams from two days of revision. What you need to understand is that most exam's these days are all about exam technique. You'll know this by simply looking at previous exam papers. Most are very very similar and if you do and learn 2 or 3, you're guranteed a pass, and if you learn your course and do several exam papers, you can easily get A+'s.
Also, when I say straite A's, I'm talking about the grading system where A is the highest grade. ie, there is no A+.
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well that's what I'm saying. Getting A's is not hard, it's getting higher then the opposition (aka everyone else) in the final year of high school you're battling against every other student in the nation, not just getting a high mark, but higher then everyone else. That's why it doesn't matter if you get an A, because in the end maybe a lot of people got A's, so the score gets put down to a B etc. The point is to get higher then other students, if you're doing a difficult subject, better chances of you succeeding higher etc.
And you're absolutely right, it is about the system and how you approach your studies.