If you did GCSEs between 1988 and 1990 which subjects did you do?

[Newtssuitcase]

I can't for the life of me remember all of my subjects. I know I did 10 but I've lost one.

Could you list yours for me in case it jogs my memory. I sat my GCSEs in 1989.

Do you remember the exam board?

You've got me thinking now what I did and I can only remember 8 of them (unless I've double counted one twice) & I know I sat 9 of them in 1989.
When I started work with my current employer 9 years ago they wanted to see all of my chuffing certificates, so all GSCE's, A levels, degrees and law school grades. That took lots of frantic scrambling around and calls to various exam boards and the like. Managed it somehow but god only knows which draw in which house it's all shoved in now if I ever need it again.

I remember a class in my year doing Classical Civilisation. Could it be that?

Maths
English Lang
English lit
French
Spanish
History
Biology
Home Ec
RE

I did 8 in 1988

Maths
English Lang
English Lit (100% coursework!)
German
Music
History
Geography
Chemistry

Everyone had to do Maths, English x 2, an MFL and a science.

Those who were good at Maths did it a year early and did a computer science course or AO Maths in what was then the 5th year.

Good point about being a crammer and regurgitating for the test. I can identify. I took the equivalent but from another country (and which one will be obvious shortly). Subjects: Swedish language, Swedish literature, English (2nd lang.), French (3rd lang.), German (4th lang.), History, Religion, Philosophy, Psychology, Civics, Mathematics (the advanced course), Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Art, Art history, Physical Education. Seventeen subjects in total. Oh, and Programming, I forgot, but in those days that was considered part of the math class... No latin though. But I learned a little anyway, just for fun. Dubous litigantibus tertius gaudet. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur. ...

1988 - 10 GCSE's. 1st yr of GCSE's though I recall that we followed the O'Level syllabus because the exam boards didn't release the syllabuses until late in the academic year.

English Lang
English Lit
Maths
French
Latin
History
Geography
Biology
Chemistry
Physics

1989
Maths
Eng lit and Lang
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Geography
French

Maximum possible at school nine.

By today's standards with 1A, 5Bs and 2Cs not great.
Still got three As at A level and then on to one of the most difficult courses ( vet med).

93, I did English Lit, English Language, Maths, Science (single GCSE comprising all 3 subjects), Geography, Spanish, French, Humanities, PE and Design Technology (may have been called something different but similar I can't remember now).

1990:
Maths
English Lit
English Language
French
Physics (although only got a D)
Biology
Geography
History
Home Economics Food

For CV purposes, I used to drop the words "home" and "food" when listing the subjects

1988-
English Lang
English lit
Maths
RE
Geography
BIology
PHysics
Art
French

1988

Welsh
English
Maths
Chemistry
Art
Geography
Engineering Drawing
Physics

Social studies?
Swear that was one of mine.

Integrated science/ further science

I did 6 GCSE's in 1988 having done maths and French early as 'O' level.
Eng Lang
Eng Lit
music
chemistry
geography
Latin

I did 10 in 1992, one of them was sports studies, all others have been mentioned.

How similar all of our subjects are. My kids are only pre-school Ish age. Are subjects very similar now or do they have lots of fancy ones? We were only allowed to take 9 and mine were:

1990:
Maths
English Lit
English Language
French
Spanish
Physics
Biology
Geography
Art

I sat in 1990.
English Language, English lit
Maths
History (we did history of medicine)
Home Economics
Dual science award
French (you had to do a language back then)

That was it!

I did mine in 1992.

English lit
English Lang
Maths
Science Double Award
French
History
RE
Art & Design
Keyboarding Applications (basically touch typing with a fancy name!)

10 GCSEs in 1990:
English lang & lit
maths
History
geography
RE
Welsh (2nd language)
Drama
Physics
Chemistry

Newsuitcase I did my GCSEs around then, like you doing the double sciences etc. Like you, I did Business Studies - but we got a GCSE in IT as part of that. I reckon you might be the same. We didn't have any extra IT lessons as such, it was just lessons in Business Studies, but by submitting some of the work via Word (or whatever wordprocessor was used back then) somehow that gave us a GCSE in IT too. Could that be it? Makes sense as to why you wouldn't remember it.

1990

Eng
Eng lit
Maths
Stats
Some sort of extended maths
History
French
German
Music
Chemistry
Biology

Others were

Geography
Home ec
Art
Spanish
Cdt
Physics
RE

I did mine in 1987, last year of O levels. Mine were:
Maths, Further maths, English language, English literature, French, Latin, German, chemistry, biology, geography, home economics (sewing).

1992 but.

English Language
English Literature
Combined Science
Home Economics
German
History
Integrated Humanities (still not sure what that is, but I got an A!)
Maths
Dance

General studies? I have a GCSE in it from 1989/90 but I have no recollection of studying for it.

Everyday be seems to have done a huge number for the first couple of year of GCSE.

I did 9 (including general studies)
Maths
English lit and lang
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
History
French

Did you do additional maths? If it looked like you were heading for A Level maths/science then that might have been an option.

Most places you would have done

English X 2
Maths
Double Science
Optional subjects

From what you have said you had 2 languages and you would have done some sort of humanity so History, geography, possibly geology or sociology.

You might have done European studies if you were doing 2 languages.

Not sure IT was an option then, it would have been computer studies/science. RE was compulsory to study but a lot of schools didn't do it for GCSE

OK how does this sound

English X 2
Maths
Double Science
History or Geography or RE or Humanities or European studies - you might have 1 or 2 grades for that
2 languages

That's 8.

If the school wanted a balanced profile then some sort or Art, technical drawing, Music, dance, Home Ec, woodwork/metal work as a practical or art subject.

?Then, er, well not sure further maths? Statistics

Possibly a 'movement' subject like PE?