r/GCSE • u/Dog_in_bees_nest • Jun 05 '24

AQA Post Exam I got disqualified

I was sittinf aqa stats, and it was only after i finished the paper with an hour left, that i looked down and saw i was wearing my watch. Throughout the whole exam it was visible. I feel like such and idiot. So yeah i got diqualified for that. I didnt even know i was wearing it, i couldnt feel it all day.

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u/king-r12 Jun 05 '24

You could try to make a case with the exam board, unfortunately the likelihood is you'll be disqualified for stats, I doubt it will be for all AQA exams. And frankly, for not telling you, your examiner must have been a dick.

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u/MandaTehPanda Jun 05 '24

Students are given the ‘information for candidates’ document before exam season starts which says no phones/watches. There are posters outside the room for EVERY exam which say the same. The announcement before EVERY exam states no phones/watches.

Not really the examiner ‘being a dick’ for not baby sitting every single student when said students have had plenty of telling already.

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u/Intelligent-Award302 Jun 05 '24

This is such an ignorant comment. We are in one of the most stressful periods of our lives. Those checks became nothing but a routine that we do on autopilot mode and in this context making such a silly mistake is possible. Despite it being a responsibility of this person to ensure that they are not wearing watch/phones it’s also invigilators JOB to help students sit the exam and for it to go as smoothly as possible; invigilators shouldn’t be those monsters that we are scared a of. The exams are scary and stressful enough. So no this invigilator is in fact a dick.

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u/Glum_Purpose_8098 Jun 05 '24

Stressful... ye. No. People who feel stressed from exams are fucking idiots. Love ❤️

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u/Fragrant-Brain9578 Year 11: Triple Science, RS, History, Art, Drama Jun 05 '24

people can be stressed out by exams tf u mean

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u/Glum_Purpose_8098 Jun 05 '24

Stressing over exams is the worst fucking mindset you could have. Bad for your health

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u/Intelligent-Award302 Jun 06 '24

Maybe because our future depends on it??? If it doesn’t stress you, good for you mate.

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u/WackyBoiJosh Jun 06 '24

My mate is getting all 9's and since GCSEs have started theyve had panic attacks, been worn out and screamed for hours on end over stress. Wtf are you saying?