[adderz]

hey guys, didn't get into university. Thinking about doing a gap year and 2 resits this christmas and applying again next year. How would i go about that?

Thanks

[psychocustard]

Approach your sixth form/college, check with them that you'd be able to do this.

Then it's a case of deciding what you'd like to do with your gap year, working on making that happen, and putting together another UCAS.

[Minerva]

(Original post by adderz)
hey guys, didn't get into university. Thinking about doing a gap year and 2 resits this christmas and applying again next year. How would i go about that?

Thanks

First thing to do is to talk to your current school/college and see if they will allow you to resit through them. Schools in particular are well used to people reapplying through them after they have left, so this shouldn't be a problem. Not so sure about colleges, but worth asking anyway.

Just... not today?

Sorry you've been disappointed

[Azog 150]

Yeah, didn't get my grades either. I wasn't planning on taking a gap year but I guess I will have to (I needed AAB including an A in History). I got BBBA, but I only got a B in history.

It could be worse I guess. Still, a bit of a disappointment having to go a year later then planned. I guess I'll have to find a job...

[i have no name]

(Original post by Azog 150)
Yeah, didn't get my grades either. I wasn't planning on taking a gap year but I guess I will have to (I needed AAB including an A in History). I got BBBA, but I only got a B in history.

It could be worse I guess. Still, a bit of a disappointment having to go a year later then planned. I guess I'll have to find a job...

dude im in the same boat as u. was wondering could u gimme advice?


hi i just wanted ask u a question. well my situation is that in A2 i got these results : Accounts (A) Economics (B) Business (B) Maths (B). I had straight As in my busines modules but my teacher being a cock of the highest order gave us the wrong curriculum for the paper with most people totally flopping. I luckily got a C in the june exam cuz of my econonomics but i definitely wanna boost it to an A. and do 1 resit in Economics along the way. I will be doing this while im studying economics and maths at keele but i plan to apply for a transfer or starting again for economics and finance at manchester. i was wondering would it be better to resit? would it be better to apply with ABB and explain my circumstances? or resit my exams anyway but apply with a ABB?? By the way i got AAAC in business for uni1,2,3,4 respectively and CBAA for unit 1,2,3,4 respectively for economics. i dodged my economic cuz when i got my first year scripts out even i couldnt read my handwriting never mind the examiner lol so i wrote less and even tho i missed a 12 mark question in unit 4 i still pulled off a decent A. dunno if this helps. i plan to resit unit 4 in business and unit 1 in economics while im at uni so i can apply for manchester cheers cheers

[Azog 150]

(Original post by i have no name)
dude im in the same boat as u. was wondering could u gimme advice?


hi i just wanted ask u a question. well my situation is that in A2 i got these results : Accounts (A) Economics (B) Business (B) Maths (B). I had straight As in my busines modules but my teacher being a cock of the highest order gave us the wrong curriculum for the paper with most people totally flopping. I luckily got a C in the june exam cuz of my econonomics but i definitely wanna boost it to an A. and do 1 resit in Economics along the way. I will be doing this while im studying economics and maths at keele but i plan to apply for a transfer or starting again for economics and finance at manchester. i was wondering would it be better to resit? would it be better to apply with ABB and explain my circumstances? or resit my exams anyway but apply with a ABB?? By the way i got AAAC in business for uni1,2,3,4 respectively and CBAA for unit 1,2,3,4 respectively for economics. i dodged my economic cuz when i got my first year scripts out even i couldnt read my handwriting never mind the examiner lol so i wrote less and even tho i missed a 12 mark question in unit 4 i still pulled off a decent A. dunno if this helps. i plan to resit unit 4 in business and unit 1 in economics while im at uni so i can apply for manchester cheers cheers

Have you considered clearing?



If not, what grades do you need for Manchester? Rather then resitting the whole year I would suggest you just resit one or two of those subjects that you think you can get higher. No point resitting a whole year where you have got pretty good grades anyway.

[i have no name]

(Original post by Azog 150)
Have you considered clearing?



If not, what grades do you need for Manchester? Rather then resitting the whole year I would suggest you just resit one or two of those subjects that you think you can get higher.

there is literally nothing left in clearing at all. and im only resittin 2 modules overall not the whole year so il be doing that while im at keele. manchester's typical offer is AAB. i only need 1 more A :/

[Azog 150]

(Original post by i have no name)
there is literally nothing left in clearing at all. and im only resittin 2 modules overall not the whole year so il be doing that while im at keele. manchester's typical offer is AAB. i only need 1 more A :/

Sorry to hear that mate. Well, look on the bright side. It could be a hell of a lot worse. You could have to resit a whole year, and at least you get to spend a year longer with your mates. I can understand its a right pain in the arse if you were all set on going this September.

Also, I'd advise you do something productive in your gap year. Will sound better on your personal statement, plus you don't want to feel you wasted a year.

[i have no name]

(Original post by Azog 150)
Sorry to hear that mate. Well, look on the bright side. It could be a hell of a lot worse. You could have to resit a whole year, and at least you get to spend a year longer with your mates. I can understand its a right pain in the arse if you were all set on going this September.

Also, I'd advise you do something productive in your gap year. Will sound better on your personal statement, plus you don't want to feel you wasted a year.

its ok mate but what can you say lifes a bitch :/ funny story lol i got my first year economics paper out and i see i was 8 marks undermarked and i didnt bother submitting it for a remark thinkin id never get an A. but now i got an A in the 2 modules im pissed off lol. well what im trying to do is that i transfer in mid first year or definitely in the 2nd year as i have been ringin keele to do economics and finance which i probably will screw maths lol so i havent wasted a year and even if i did waste a year...hey lifes a bitch
how your end doin mate?

[Azog 150]

(Original post by i have no name)
its ok mate but what can you say lifes a bitch :/ funny story lol i got my first year economics paper out and i see i was 8 marks undermarked and i didnt bother submitting it for a remark thinkin id never get an A. but now i got an A in the 2 modules im pissed off lol. well what im trying to do is that i transfer in mid first year or definitely in the 2nd year as i have been ringin keele to do economics and finance which i probably will screw maths lol so i havent wasted a year and even if i did waste a year...hey lifes a bitch
how your end doin mate?

I have got an offer from Queen Mary's through clearing. At first I was pretty scared of the prospect of going to london, but now its grown on me. Only now another spanner has been thrown in the works. They don't have enough accomodation for all the first years and i don't want to end up in private residence on my own in a massive new city. Looks like I will have to put it off a year afterall.

[i have no name]

(Original post by Azog 150)
I have got an offer from Queen Mary's through clearing. At first I was pretty scared of the prospect of going to london, but now its grown on me. Only now another spanner has been thrown in the works. They don't have enough accomodation for all the first years and i don't want to end up in private residence on my own in a massive new city. Looks like I will have to put it off a year afterall.

hey thats not too bad. just take a year off and party for a bit earn some money where are you thinking of re-applying? looks like im be joining u

[Azog 150]

(Original post by i have no name)
hey thats not too bad. just take a year off and party for a bit earn some money where are you thinking of re-applying? looks like im be joining u

Not sure yet. Probably Newcastle and Leeds again, along with Bristol, Sussex and a London Uni (Probably Queen Mary's). What about you?

[i have no name]

(Original post by Azog 150)
Not sure yet. Probably Newcastle and Leeds again, along with Bristol, Sussex and a London Uni (Probably Queen Mary's). What about you?

mint best of luck 2 ya...and providing i get 2As 2Bs to 3As 1B from 2 resits..... its going be manchester, birmingham, sheffield, nottingham and somehwere else i aint decided lol. if i flop in the resits il stick to keele haha u doin resit?

[Azog 150]

(Original post by i have no name)
mint best of luck 2 ya...and providing i get 2As 2Bs to 3As 1B from 2 resits..... its going be manchester, birmingham, sheffield, nottingham and somehwere else i aint decided lol. if i flop in the resits il stick to keele haha u doin resit?

I'm resitting History to try and get it to an A. i don't think I could handle resitting anything else.

If I fail again next September I am going for the army.

[i have no name]

(Original post by Azog 150)
I'm resitting History to try and get it to an A. i don't think I could handle resitting anything else.

If I fail again next September I am going for the army.

u got a whole year mate im sure ul do great. best of luck 2 ya

[microfatcat]

I'm in the same boat as you are - needed AABb, got BBBa. Bum. Resitting in January :/

[i have no name]

(Original post by microfatcat)
I'm in the same boat as you are - needed AABb, got BBBa. Bum. Resitting in January :/

welcome to the club my man...do u know if it makes a humungous difference about doing another resit? or are unis not completely bothered?

[Azog 150]

(Original post by i have no name)
welcome to the club my man...do u know if it makes a humungous difference about doing another resit? or are unis not completely bothered?

I think Oxford and Cambridge aren't too keen on resitters. Most other unis don't care as far as I am aware.

[i have no name]

(Original post by Azog 150)
I think Oxford and Cambridge aren't too keen on resitters. Most other unis don't care as far as I am aware.

cheers mate thats put me at ease....if unis start askin for A* tho im ******

[microfatcat]

(Original post by i have no name)
welcome to the club my man...do u know if it makes a humungous difference about doing another resit? or are unis not completely bothered?

I think UCL are upping the game next year and asking for AAA. I don't think it makes too much of a difference, I asked King's over the phone and they didn't care.