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Reply 4580

retardis

Original post by emiloujess

Wow, well congrats to her I guess :' :wink:

What uni is it for?

She just couldn't go to a uni that I didn't need auto correct to spell it for me; Gloucestershire, nothing too famous our prestigious.

Reply 4581

AmyPilot

Original post by emiloujess

Where? I've read this thread through from when I last posted last night and I haven't seen anything :frown:

Someone above posted that their friend had an email from Gloucestershire and there was a thread earlier (which seems to have disappeared) where someone else had a similar email from another uni

Reply 4582

ivybridge

Original post by Sacred Ground

Why? I recall you stating your grades don't matter

That is dependent upon university. For the UK, it does matter.

Reply 4583

tanyapotter

Original post by Serine Soul

I'm actually really stressed about results, and I'm genuinely afraid of what may happen if I don't get the results I need. To some, it may just seem like I'm chasing prestige but it goes so much beyond that, I can't even begin to explain it.

I'm really, really scared. You know how people get high blood pressure when they're stressed? I'm so panicky that I've got low blood pressure (I've learnt how to check from my nursing trainee sister).

The next few days are gonna be pretty tough, and goodness knows what will happen when I see the grade boundaries.

I hate that this sounds overly emotional and desperate but this is truly how I feel about results day.

is there any particular reason why you think you missed your offer? did you count up your marks using an unofficial mark scheme for every module, estimate accurate (or high-ish to be on the safe side) grade boundaries and find that you may be missing it?

Reply 4584

mgill17

Original post by lucabrasi98

My friend found one of the maths papers so disgustingly difficult that he gave up and started revising for another subject during the exam./

Oh my god no I never would have done that...no matter how awful it was. I couldn't even imagine revising for something else mid-exam.

I just remember CHEM4 being pretty bad for me compared to my usual performance and it was the paper I needed to do well in for an A overall in chem and I was already upset/lacking sleep then the abomination of a maths paper was like "im here but where's ur uni place" and I spent 50% of the paper crying.

On the bright side, one of the questions I thought I'd mucked up I might get all but 2 marks on it if my examiner could read the maths through the tears.

Why am I so pathetic?

Reply 4585

Sacred Ground

Original post by ivybridge

That is dependent upon university. For the UK, it does matter.

Sound, good luck to yourself :smile:

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Reply 4586

retardis

You know it's getting close to results day when as soon as you catch up on one page another two are made.

Reply 4587

emiloujess

Original post by retardis

She just couldn't go to a uni that I didn't need auto correct to spell it for me; Gloucestershire, nothing too famous our prestigious.

It's a nice place though! :smile:

I hope she has a great time at uni!

Original post by AmyPilot

Someone above posted that their friend had an email from Gloucestershire and there was a thread earlier (which seems to have disappeared) where someone else had a similar email from another uni

Well lucky them haha :biggrin:

Reply 4588

ricerice123

it's all over for me. getting ready to apply for KFC now tbh

Reply 4589

Effie14

Original post by mgill17

I'm in a similar situation tbh (probably getting a tad more sleep tho since I barely got any during the exam season oops) but I wake up at random hours in the night just like "m8 u failed"...just find something you enjoy doing to keep yourself occupied. Being constantly 'busy' is probably not the best thing to do ever but it's a good distractor for the next 3/4 days (going by your avatar you're a FE fan, right?...see how long it takes you to complete a Lunatic/Classic setup..I find that I get too fixated on doing the game that I forget about actual real world things)

I'm glad that you're at least getting more sleep than you did during exam season! I feel the same with the "m8 u failed" feeling, I've been having dreams of results day when I do eventually fall asleep where I just get U's :redface:

You're right that I'm a FE fan, I'm just finishing the Birthright route for the first time so I'll have completed them all. I should try Lunatic though, (though I won't attempt it on Conquest right now.... Lord that route is difficult even on the easy setting - though I might just be a noob :tongue:

)I take it you've played FE14 too? If so, what did you think of it?

Reply 4590

MessyEffy

I'm really looking forward to university, not just for the experience but the academic side too. the modules are so interesting to me D: I honestly don't know what I would do if I don't end up going or if I go to another uni. urgh. the nervesssssss

Reply 4591

JodieHarriett18

Does track stop you logging in when it's frozen or can we still log in? What's the earliest we will see results?

Reply 4592

mgill17

Original post by Effie14

)I take it you've played FE14 too? If so, what did you think of it?

I'm glad too! Trust me sleep is the greatest, hopefully you'll get more after Thursday :biggrin:

Actually, I haven't played any of the FE14 ones yet, I've just looked at most of the characters to find out what class they are and what 'side' they're on...I'm getting Birthright on Thursday actually...I told myself I'd get it as a gift if results go well...or on the reverse side, a sympathy gift if they go awful. I've played every other international release FE though (Since the GBA one)...
But I've avoided most of the spoilers and stuff, I just know the characters and rough synopsis for now...I ended up ruining the 'true identity of Marth' for the last FE so now I try to avoid spoilers as much as I can...I feel like I'll probably enjoy Conquest more than Birthright because morally, it just seems like the wrong/evil choice!

I think I'll enjoy it if it takes the mix of the older games with the humour and character quirkiness Awakening had..

Reply 4593

patricio_miguel

Original post by JodieHarriett18

Does track stop you logging in when it's frozen or can we still log in? What's the earliest we will see results?

UCAS aims for 8am although in the past it's been 7:30-8:00. (Last year it updated at 7:45/50)

Reply 4594

mgill17

Original post by JodieHarriett18

Does track stop you logging in when it's frozen or can we still log in? What's the earliest we will see results?

You can still log in, just the functions are limited. It's frozen now until Wednesday I think.
Track typically doesn't update till 8am on results day for most people (although it's known to sometimes update a little earlier..but even then it's only half an hour or so earlier..)

Reply 4595

tanyapotter

does track update at the same time for everyone who has been accepted/rejected on results day? as in, could some people see their update a few minutes before or after others, despite being online and checking at the same time as everyone else?

i don't mean for people whose unis haven't made their decision yet

Reply 4596

patricio_miguel

Original post by tanyapotter

does track update at the same time for everyone who has been accepted/rejected on results day? as in, could some people see their update a few minutes before or after others, despite being online and checking at the same time as everyone else? I don't mean for people whose unis haven't made their decision yet

In theory - no. If the servers go down (for some) - yes.

Reply 4597

fefssdf

Original post by WaywardWriter

I also agree with this :biggrin:

Come on Notts, do your thing :wink:

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Ayyy ; what course you looking to do at notts ?

Reply 4598

Professor L

Original post by sakuraton

Well that is awesome that we took the same exams! Haha actually, I wanted to do psychology but my 6th form scrapped it so I took physics instead. Realise physics ain't for me so I dropped it. Anyway, I don't really think I did my best this year, I kinda revise everything quite late. Biology was okay I guess, I tried everything I can. Chemistry was okay too, I knew I should have revised more on redox equations but that's okay. Maths was not so great. I have to take C1, C2, M1, S1, C3 & C4. That is because my 6th form changed the exam board :s Of course C1 & C2 was a nice exam to take again. M1 & C3 was quiet hard. C4, my last exam, went horribly wrong. At least S1 was cool. About you? :biggrin:

Ah, I initially wanted to do German instead of psychology, but 6th form did the same thing. Bio was alright for me from what I remember, for chem I can't help but still stink about those mistakes I did (those damn electrode potentials). They changed it halfway into your course!?! Couldn't they at least change it for just the year below you?! I'd be so annoyed :mad:

Luckily the content for maths doesn't vastly change between exam boards. Oh no :frown:

Do you think you'll meet your uni offer though (if uni's where you're going after)

Reply 4599

Cadherin

Original post by mgill17

don't even go there I held it together in that exam somehow and cried a little when I got home.....then I had AQA C3 the next day...

To be honest, I think I've got higher UMS in CHEM4 than CHEM5 because the grade boundaries will be lower for the former.

I didn't find it abysmally bad, but I really could've done with an extra 15 minutes, I desperately pieced together that last compound in the 9 marker together in around three minutes and got a very lucky half-guess!