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Declaring Grades on UCAS FAQ

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Original post by BunnyMidnight
AS Subjects:
Media Studies (Completed, I did AS and A2) - B
Sociology (Continuing) - E
Psychology (Continuing) - D
English Lit and Lang (Continuing) - D
Biology (Fast Tracking) - Pending
Chemistry (Fast Tracking) - Pending

A-level Subjects:
Sociology
Psychology
English Lit and Lang
Biology
Chemistry

Predicted Grades:
Sociology - C
Psychology - C
English Lit and Lang - C
Biology - A
Chemistry - A

(If I get B/As in my mocks before the UCAS application deadline, they will change the predicted grades for higher ones, but that is about it)

University Course:Chemistry


Ok that's clearer. And what is the typical offer requirement for Chemistry at UCL? Including any required subjects. eg is maths required?

Oh, and why are you trying to take so many subjects? You only need 3.

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Original post by jneill
Ok that's clearer. And what is the typical offer requirement for Chemistry at UCL? Including any required subjects.

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AAA minimum
Chemistry with another science or maths a level

Sociology predicted me an A last year, might again this year and English predicting A if i improve in Lang
Original post by jneill
Ok that's clearer. And what is the typical offer requirement for Chemistry at UCL? Including any required subjects.

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http://search.ucas.com/course/entryrequirements/709852/chemistry?Vac=1&AvailableIn=2017&Query=chemistry&ProviderQuery=UCL%20%28University%20College%20London%29%2C%20&AcpId=2202&IsFeatherProcessed=True&page=1&providerids=2202&ret=results#coursedetailsmenu
Original post by BunnyMidnight
AAA minimum
Chemistry with another science or maths a level

Sociology predicted me an A last year, might again this year and English predicting A if i improve in Lang


See my edit about number of subjects.

You need to focus on the 3 subjects you need for UCL.

You are spreading yourself much too thinly and risk doing poorly in everything instead of well in the 3 you actually need. Especially if fast tracking means you are trying to do the entire biology and chemistry A-levels in one year.
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Original post by Carnationlilyrose


You are too helpful for your own good :smile:

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Original post by jneill
You are too helpful for your own good :smile:

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It's the cross I have to bear.
I've finished Year 13 and im applying to university after getting my final A Level Results.

Lets say at AS i got ABBC, A in Maths, B in Physics, B in Chem, C in Further Maths.

I drop Further Maths in my second year and i retake some Maths exams that aren't Core or Further Pure.
My Final A2 grades are A*AA with an A in Maths. My AS Further Maths grade has now improved to a B as my modules got redistributed.

So now my new AS Grades are AAAB, and A2 are A*AA. Every single of my new AS grades now have a higher mark even the A in Maths is now at a higher UMS.

Now what do i declare? Do i have to put in two entries for each of my AS subjects? What do i put on the qualification date on the new AS results June 2016 for new June 2015 for old? If i wanted to input individual Module grades do i put in the old ones or the new ones for A2 results?

Do i even have to input the old AS grades? I don't know if they've been cashed in and I don't want to call my college and ask cuz its awkward. Will i receive two certificates for each AS? Why don't my college just cash in the new AS grades?

I don't want to unnecessarily put in worse AS grades and make myself look bad for no reason, and i don't want to not put them in and be accused of hiding results.

You see the conundrum i'm in.....
Hi, what if all my AS grades are linear? so they dont count and i dont get a certificate, and ill have to take all the exams again at the end of two years, do istill have to put them down even though they dont count at all and only my alevel counts? also i will be applying during a gap year after i have my full a level results.
Original post by jacob1371
Hi, what if all my AS grades are linear? so they dont count and i dont get a certificate, and ill have to take all the exams again at the end of two years, do istill have to put them down even though they dont count at all and only my alevel counts? also i will be applying during a gap year after i have my full a level results.


Yes you provide AS grades taken in linear subjects.

It's up to your universities to decide if they are important or not.
Original post by jneill
Yes you provide AS grades taken in linear subjects.

It's up to your universities to decide if they are important or not.


Hello, thanks for the answer i appreciate it but are you sure because this was on the ucas website:
"c) If your school doesn’t certificate AS Levels at all:

This would only apply for AS levels that are being taken onto A levels. In this case, you wouldn't state the AS level – you just need to state that you have a pending A level. The qualification date would be August 2016. "

For example in linear the as topics will be tested again at the end of two years with the second year subjects and i then get an a level, so i thats why i want to know if i have to put the year 1 AS down even though they dont count for anything other than predictions but im taking a gap year.
are linear AS level certified? so do you get a certificate for them?
Original post by jacob1371
Hello, thanks for the answer i appreciate it but are you sure because this was on the ucas website: "c) If your school doesn’t certificate AS Levels at all: This would only apply for AS levels that are being taken onto A levels. In this case, you wouldn't state the AS level – you just need to state that you have a pending A level. The qualification date would be August 2016. " For example in linear the as topics will be tested again at the end of two years with the second year subjects and i then get an a level, so i thats why i want to know if i have to put the year 1 AS down even though they dont count for anything other than predictions but im taking a gap year.


Original post by jacob1371
are linear AS level certified? so do you get a certificate for them?


Perhaps @Compost, @Muttley79, or @gdunne42 can clarify :smile:
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Original post by jacob1371
are linear AS level certified?

Always - there is a single entry code for both exams and the cash-in so you can't separate them.

Original post by jacob1371
so do you get a certificate for them?

Yes.

If you have a completed, cashed-in qualification, e.g. an AS then you have to declare it to UCAS.
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Original post by Compost
Always - there is a single entry code for both exams and the cash-in so you can't separate them.


Yes.

If you have a completed, cashed-in qualification, e.g. an AS then you have to declare it to UCAS.

hi, thank you for the reply, i sent you a question a min ago, could you please help me out with that? also i looked at the results sheet and next the linear AS grade it says i have 0 points?
Original post by jacob1371
hi, thank you for the reply, i sent you a question a min ago, could you please help me out with that? also i looked at the results sheet and next the linear AS grade it says i have 0 points?


Exactly what is meant by points on that sheet depends on what software your school uses for its exams processing so I can't really help. The grade is what matters. If you want to know what marks you scored and how close that was to the grades above and below then your school can tell you.
Original post by Compost
Exactly what is meant by points on that sheet depends on what software your school uses for its exams processing so I can't really help. The grade is what matters. If you want to know what marks you scored and how close that was to the grades above and below then your school can tell you.


Thankyou sir, i have one last question:
If get bad AS grades (linear) like DDE but then go on to get great a level grades such as AAA* would the linear AS grades hurt my application for uni or do most unis care about the final alevel grades? ( I am applying during my gap year with my actual a level results not predictions)
Hey guys, imma bullet point

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Gap year student

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Achieved ABB at A2 but resat some modules from AS to help

•

My new AS modular retakes went towards my A2 grades so i didnt get new improved AS grades

so i was wondering how i would show this on ucas, thanks
Also i did my GCSEs early in year 9 and had to retake three of them in year 11, do i have to declare that and if so how would i show that.
Thanks
Original post by Compost
If you have a completed, cashed-in qualification, e.g. an AS then you have to declare it to UCAS.


Thanks for the reply! :smile:

And just because I'm being a bit slow... so if a student takes an AS exam but then carries the subject on to the full A-level they don't cash-in the AS and don't get a certifcate for it. And therefore the AS exam isn't declared on UCAS?
Original post by jacob1371
Thankyou sir, i have one last question:
If get bad AS grades (linear) like DDE but then go on to get great a level grades such as AAA* would the linear AS grades hurt my application for uni or do most unis care about the final alevel grades? ( I am applying during my gap year with my actual a level results not predictions)


Your most recent qualifications are the most important. So good A-levels outweigh poor AS-levels.
Original post by jneill
Thanks for the reply! :smile:

And just because I'm being a bit slow... so if a student takes an AS exam but then carries the subject on to the full A-level they don't cash-in the AS and don't get a certifcate for it. And therefore the AS exam isn't declared on UCAS?


UCAS isn't my specialist subject so I'll split it into the bits I'm certain about and the bits I'm fairly sure about.
Certain:

1.

Schools can choose whether or not to cash-in the outgoing modular AS levels in Year 12 but state schools are told by the DfE that they should.

2.

If you take Linear AS exams in Year 12 they are automatically cashed-in in Year 12,

3.

If you study the course but your school opts to miss out AS level exams and go straight to A level exams in Year 13 then you have nothing to declare.

Fairly sure:
You should declare all GCSE, AS and A level qualifications that have been cashed-in to UCAS. (Grey area on U grades - it used to be that you didn't but I think it changed to having to about 4 years ago?). My understanding is that universities can check your qualifications and will know if you are withholding grades. We have had students who have been rejected because they did not disclose all grades. (The only details I can remember for certain are a medical applicant for Liverpool who was rejected and the reason given was that he had not declared all his results - in this case a C at short course GCSE PE. I'm sure they wouldn't have cared about it if he had declared it, it was the dishonesty that caused him to be rejected.)
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