Does anyone know why we dont get any recognition for high scores in theory? I really want one of thos pens and badges or something cause I got 95/100 for my grade 5 and I wreckon that deserves something - anyone else agree?

When I got distinction for grade 6 and 7 theory I got an award.
Apparently this was a fund someone had set up because he thought that high scores in theory should not go unrecognised.(must have changed as I didn't get it for distinction at grade 8 in 2002 )
As far as I remember it went to anyone in USA who got 100% at grade 1 - 5 and extended to other countries for distinction at grades 6 -8.

There aren't any prizes for theory until you get to grade 6. It's a lot easier to get almost full marks in theory than in practical as there's no subjective aspect. You'll find that quite a few people do get high marks in theory, I got 98, Natalie got 96 and there are quite a few others, including some people with 100. I'm afraid it's not rare enough to warrant a prize but you could always buy yourself a pen if you want to .

My son got 100% for his Grade 8 theory about 12 or 13 years ago, which is really pretty spectacular. I would have thought this would receive some acknowledgement from the Board, but it didn't! I was delighted though, especially as I'd taught him myself!

I agree! 100% is definately something to celebrate!! I do think there should be some sort of recognition for high scorers.

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If you look in the Annual Review for 2002 you'll see that there are quite a large number of prizes awarded for the higher theory grades in a number of countries (and yes, for some reason the USA gets prizes for lower grades and no one else does...). I suspect that nothing less than 100% would be good enough to get one of these prizes (although I may be wrong) as there probably aren't very many prizes compared to the number of people doing the exam.

I feel quite bad now for thinking 95 was good

kool good on you jo!

yes i got 96 for my exam woohoo!

Thanks for that link AnotherPianist.... My name is on the list of awards for Grade 8 theory that year... wonder what happened to it??

Must email and try to find out as my teacher moved away.

QUOTE (songflower @ Oct 7 2004, 07:34 PM)

I agree! 100% is definately something to celebrate!! I do think there should be some sort of recognition for high scorers.

It true. It is all our hard work & effort. The highest mark I got from was 97/100, grade 5. I'm aiming for full mark if possible in the higher grade.

QUOTE (sbhoa @ Oct 8 2004, 07:56 PM)

My name is on the list of awards for Grade 8 theory that year... wonder what happened to it??

Just out of interest what actual marks did you get to get the prizes? (Did you say that you got one for 6 and 7 as well?) Good luck with tracking down your grade 8 one!

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Oct 8 2004, 05:25 PM)

yes i got 96 for my exam woohoo!

Congrats!

Something I just read in the annual review: in 2002 there were 616 examiners and 607,544 exam entries. That's nearly 1000 exams per examiner, surely that's not possible: it's a heck of a lot! Now we can really understand why they must be sick of creepy crawly .

Wow...... no wonder.....