A-level resit policy for Medicine - UEA

A-Level Resit Policy Norwich Medical School will consider A-Level resits if grades BBB was obtained at the first sitting. Candidates who are wishing to resit one subject will be required to have predicted A* Candidates re-sitting two A-Level subjects are required to have predicted grades of A*A Candidates re-sitting three A-Level subjects...

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How to resit?

Hi, I recently got a C in my english lit for GCSE and i want to resit for higher paper but my school won't let me, they are saying that I can only sit the same exam twice, which is bullcrap because i know people in sixth form resitting there english 4 times. Please help me out how can I resit it? I am in year 11. Btw would paying for it w...

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Hi, i did an exam in January, and i got my result recently. I got a B, but i was 2 marks off an A. I had mixed emotions about this grade because i was ill on the day and had about an hour and a half sleep before hand, but i knew if i would have put i time and was feeling up to it i could have done better. I was just wondering whether i sh...

Can I resit an AS exam more than once (AQA)

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http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/show.... php?t=1744719 "If you have completed resits and been awarded a new grade (better or worse) for an AS or A level, or IB, or anything else, you need to enter BOTH results" On this page, I believe it says if you resit some of your AS modules, you must enter in your old result, as well as your new one?...

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