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jamestg's journey to Durham



Welcome!
Make yourself a cup of tea, put your feet up and enjoy the ride...



About me/journey so far

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My GCSE results

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My AS results

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Why A*AA?

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What I want to study at uni and where?

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Targets

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Uni application tracker!
(key: uni - requirements - status - conditions if accepted)
APPLIED: 12TH OCTOBER 2016
St Mary's College, Durham - Economics with Placement - conditional offer (A*AA) on 05/01/17
St Catharine's College, Cambridge - Economics - rejected post-interview 12/01/17
Bath - Economics with Placement - conditional offer (A*AA) on 07/12/16
Warwick - Economics - rejected on 08/02/17
Surrey - Economics with Placement - conditional offer (AAA) on 14/10/16, withdrawn 30/01/17
Surrey - Economics and Mathematics with Placement - conditional offer (AAA) on 30/01/17

Firm: Durham, Economics with Placement (A*AA)
Insurance: Surrey, Economics and Mathematics with Placement (AAA)

Current stats -
Predicted: A*A*A (Maths, Politics, History)
Target: A*AA (Maths, Politics, History)
Current: AAA (Maths, Politics, History)

Dec Mocks: A*A* (Maths, Politics)
March Mocks: AAAA (C3, S1, Politics, History)

Post-exams prediction: ABB (Maths, Politics, History)
Achieved: :innocent::innocent::innocent:



Modules:

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(edited 6 years ago)

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The Glorious Maths Past Paper Tracker



C3 Edexcel
Jun 2005 - 90/100 A*
Jan 2006 - 84/100 A
Jun 2006 - 89/100 A
Jan 2007 - 70/100 B (it was the first C3 paper I did tbf)
Jun 2007 - 96/100 A*
Jan 2008 - 96/100 A*
Jun 2008 - 91/100 A*
Jan 2009 - 88/100 A
Jun 2009 - 80/100 A
Jan 2010 - 97/100 A*
Jun 2010 -
Jan 2011 - 90/100 A*
Jun 2011 - 88/100 A
Jan 2012 - 94/100 A*
Jun 2012 - 92/100 A*
Jan 2013 - 95/100 A*
Jun 2013 - 100/100 A*
Jun 2014 - 88/100 A
Jun 2015 - 85/100 A
Jun 2016 - 88/100 A

C4 Edexcel
Jan 2006 - 97/100 A*
Jun 2006 - 91/100 A*
Jan 2007 - 84/100 A (I seem to be going down each time, this cannot be a good sign...)
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S1 Edexcel
Jan 2005 - 80/100 A (first S1 paper)
Jun 2005 - 91/100 A
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Reply 2
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Obviously this could change, but I doubt it will. At the moment I think doing a placement year would be very beneficial.

Choosing a list of colleges to look at Durham is proving difficult, they all seem pretty good but I think I'll go for an older one as I liked the more 'historical' feel of Peterhouse.

Still not sure what my last two uni choices should be, I think open days will have to decide between a couple I have in mind.
Good luck :smile:, I hope you do well :biggrin:.
Reply 4
Original post by Chittesh14
Good luck :smile:, I hope you do well :biggrin:.


Thanks! You too! I'm rooting for you :biggrin:
Awesome, good luck :borat:
Original post by jamestg
Thanks! You too! I'm rooting for you :biggrin:


Haha, let's see how things work out for me. I don't know if I will revise for any subject other than Maths and Further Maths. The other two will be a struggle, I don't think I'll revise. Let's see if I've changed lol idek yet.
Good luck!!! :smile: I love reading blogs.
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Original post by SeanFM
Awesome, good luck :borat:


Thank you! Good luck with uni :biggrin:
Reply 9
Original post by Chittesh14
Haha, let's see how things work out for me. I don't know if I will revise for any subject other than Maths and Further Maths. The other two will be a struggle, I don't think I'll revise. Let's see if I've changed lol idek yet.


That was me pretty much for half of the year. I only revised Maths and Biology. Politics (sort of) came naturally, as did History, but proper revision for those two subjects started in April.

Make sure you do revise though! I've seen so many people on here, and at my school, ace GCSE and then crash at AS. It's deffo not worth the stress of wondering whether you'll get any uni offers.
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Original post by Pentaquark
Good luck!!! :smile: I love reading blogs.


Same haha! Good luck to you too! :h:
Reply 11
Good luck, hope you get what you want:biggrin:
Also congrats on your AS results!
Original post by jamestg
That was me pretty much for half of the year. I only revised Maths and Biology. Politics (sort of) came naturally, as did History, but proper revision for those two subjects started in April.

Make sure you do revise though! I've seen so many people on here, and at my school, ace GCSE and then crash at AS. It's deffo not worth the stress of wondering whether you'll get any uni offers.


It's not even about acing GCSEs. I just fluked it or I'm clever and GCSEs are piss easy for people like that. When it comes to A-levels, it doesn't even matter if your clever - you're the same as everyone else unless you work hard lol. So, I have to revise from Day 1 and yeah obviously - as you said - every SUBJECT :wink: or else I'll do good in Maths and Further Maths and flop the rest, which looks stupid :frown:.
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Original post by solC
Good luck, hope you get what you want:biggrin:
Also congrats on your AS results!


Thanks! And you :biggrin:

Congrats on your AAAAmazing results too :colone:
Original post by jamestg
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Obviously this could change, but I doubt it will. At the moment I think doing a placement year would be very beneficial.

Choosing a list of colleges to look at Durham is proving difficult, they all seem pretty good but I think I'll go for an older one as I liked the more 'historical' feel of Peterhouse.

Still not sure what my last two uni choices should be, I think open days will have to decide between a couple I have in mind.


What do you have in mind for the last two. Im aiming for the same grades as you but don't what grades would be sensible for an insurance.
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Original post by Chittesh14
It's not even about acing GCSEs. I just fluked it or I'm clever and GCSEs are piss easy for people like that. When it comes to A-levels, it doesn't even matter if your clever - you're the same as everyone else unless you work hard lol. So, I have to revise from Day 1 and yeah obviously - as you said - every SUBJECT :wink: or else I'll do good in Maths and Further Maths and flop the rest, which looks stupid :frown:.


I'm sure you'll do fine! Just believe in yourself and keeping working. It will all pay off :smile:
Reply 16
Original post by citibankrec
What do you have in mind for the last two. Im aiming for the same grades as you but don't what grades would be sensible for an insurance.


AAA or below would be sensible for an insurance choice IMO. I'll probably put Surrey as my insurance as I know they let people in with AAB and ABB so it would be a good back up.

I'm not too sure about my other two choices.

Looking at - Exeter, Warwick, Nottingham and Bristol. Maybe some others but none in London. You?
Reply 17
Original post by jamestg
Thanks! And you :biggrin:

Congrats on your AAAAmazing results too :colone:

I see what you did there:wink: and thanks :tongue:
Hey James! Congrats on your AS results! They're amazing grades :biggrin: Surrey is great for economics and I've done a summer school back in July and the atmosphere is very welcoming and the people are really friendly.
Original post by jamestg
AAA or below would be sensible for an insurance choice IMO. I'll probably put Surrey as my insurance as I know they let people in with AAB and ABB so it would be a good back up.

I'm not too sure about my other two choices.

Looking at - Exeter, Warwick, Nottingham and Bristol. Maybe some others but none in London. You?


ATM i'm thinking:

Nottingham
Durham
UEA
Surrey
York

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