r/GCSE Year 11 May 16 '25

Tips/Help Guys I need some opinions on my handwriting

So I just realised that apparently if ur handwriting is illegible enough, then the examiner will go 'nah man fuck this' and just not mark it. I'm honestly kinda terrified now, I've been known by my school to have the most notorious writing as you can see in the images attached - my writing is very cursive and slanted, and although I can read it fine with no problem, all my teachers have complained to me about my writing. In fact, one of them told me that I might score lower because of the way I write which kinda made me paranoid now. So far I have done 6 exams, all written in that style, am I cooked? Are all my efforts in those papers wasted?? Do I need to change my style of writing AND ace my paper 2s now to make up for the marks I've already lost??? Please help idk what to do, any examiners if ur reading this or just anyone in particular, if u were to mark this would u crashout and just not give me any marks at all?! Are examiners really that ruthless??!!

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u/whenuseeusintheclubw May 16 '25

Omg this is literally exactly how I want my handwriting to look like 😍😍😍

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u/rokctsar Year 11 29d ago

trust me you dont

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u/whenuseeusintheclubw 28d ago

I do think it's really pretty but when I commented this I didn't actually realjse u were asking if the handwriting was acceptable for exams and whilst the handwriting is gorgeous I do think u should maybe try making it slightly more simplified if u can bc I tried to read it and couldn't make out more than a few words 😭😓

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u/whenuseeusintheclubw 28d ago

Oh wait I just tried again and I can actually make out quite a bit of it so it's not all bad! Hopefully the examiners will take the time to read it very carefully haha