Anybody get into their Insurance but still gutted?

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Reply 20

deathbeforeimmortality

Claireeeee

I was 20 UCAS point off my Firm... and now i have to settle for Coventry :/

Oh =/
That's difficult to deal with. Did you phone your firm?

Reply 21

caton4law

went from Kings --> Queen Mary for Law

Apparently having AAAC isn't good enough for them =(

I don't even feel excited about uni anymore, I may take a gap year out.

Reply 22

kratos90

Last year I got rejected from Warwick with 4A's (A-highest grade available) and yes that didn't meet their conditional offer thanks to a little thing called STEP. I was gutted but I didn't cry or anything. Things have turned out well though.

Reply 23

mollie

Anyone very near to their required grades should go for a remark, you are not going to go down a grade boundary but an extra 0.5/1.0/or 2% could make an enormous difference to your future. Make sure you go for an urgent remark, if it is found in your favour then you do not have to pay. You might miss the boat for this year, although not neccessarily but at least you might get a guaranteed place for next year at the Uni you wanted to get into.

Reply 24

Tinso

Yep! I had Surrey as firm and they wanted BBB. I knew i'd missed the offer straight after my exams, expecting BCC at worst. I got CCC! And percentage-wise did better in history than in physics and maths, the subjects i need most for my intended course! I had taken a huge gamble by asking Pompey to reject me - just this Tuesday - but i'm glad I did bcoz i didn't wanna go there! I've got a clearing offer from Trent though for Physics, so i'm glad I gambled :smile:

Reply 25

AmiiRainbow

I was set on going to St A's too
but i don't mind now
yesterday i was feeling a little 'meh'
but now, i feel SO GREAT to be going to Durham

Reply 26

Sabiha09

Missed my medicine offer of AAA by 5 marks in my biology coursework which I was told was an A by my teacher but actually got a C! Going to Warwick for biomed instead , although it's an amazing uni I'm still pretty gutted my medicine plans are on hold :frown:

But I guess at least we have places loads of people from my sixth form are screwed cause there's nothing on clearing.

Reply 27

Donor

kratos90

I had this this year, and I only missed out because the grade boundaries went up by so far, my mark would have got me in last year :frown:

Will have to live with Birmingham.

Reply 28

kratos90

Donor

I had this this year, and I only missed out because the grade boundaries went up by so far, my mark would have got me in last year :frown:

Will have to live with Birmingham.

Ouch. Exactly the same as me, Birmingham was my insurance too. But I decided to change to Accounting and Finance at Lancaster. Birmingham is a great uni for maths too.

Reply 29

Smtn

caton4law

went from Kings --> Queen Mary for Law

Apparently having AAAC isn't good enough for them =(

I don't even feel excited about uni anymore, I may take a gap year out.

And Warwick offered you AAAC?

I'd be gutted, Warwick is best of the 3 :|

Reply 30

alexandradenis

i was declined my offers in july

but any who

i missed my business exam unit 4 so i got a D
but i got A's in media and sociology

basically 300 ucas points

but in clearing most were asking for 320 that pissed me off

to think i might have been able to get that

Reply 31

lmfao

xSkyFire

Me, I was 1 UMS off my firm too... I've requested a remark but for now I'm not too excited about King's. I was set on UCL.

That's very unlucky. My story is to the contrary: 2 marks above.

You can find solace in the fact that Kings is still awesome and will always remain in ldn. can't you persuade UCL to act otherwise?

Reply 32

Sjd73

Smtn

And Warwick offered you AAAC?

I'd be gutted, Warwick is best of the 3 :|

While KCL, QMUL and Warwick are good law schools, I'd actually say that Warwick is the least respected of all three.

Reply 33

Smtn

Sjd73

While KCL, QMUL and Warwick are good law schools, I'd actually say that Warwick is the least respected of all three.

With greater competition for law careers, a lot are turning to other paths e.g consultancy where institution brand will be a big factor.

But it was her choice I guess :x

Reply 34

VersaEmerge

i wish i'm going to my insurance, loughborough, dont like london

Reply 35

charlotte-rose

London school of economics was my firm, so I am a bit gutted yes :p:

... But I'm still a firm believer that everything happens for a reason :smile:

Reply 36

Sjd73

Smtn

With greater competition for law careers, a lot are turning to other paths e.g consultancy where institution brand will be a big factor.

But it was her choice I guess :x

True, but the biggest institution brand there is surely the UOL.

Anyway, you're completely right-there is no need to be concerned about going to any one of them. As it is, QMUL has an excellent law faculty and will enable a good student to make it into any career they wish. Good luck!

Reply 37

username510760

applecrombie

Really gutted, needed AAA to get into Oxford, but got A*A*BB instead. And I worked out that I missed 2As by 1% and 0.5%.

Get a priority remark?

Reply 38

alexs2602

applecrombie

Really gutted, needed AAA to get into Oxford, but got A*A*BB instead. And I worked out that I missed 2As by 1% and 0.5%.

Get remarks?

Reply 39

mjmusiclover

yep, i really wanted to go to manchester (not met) soo badly, i had both my mind & heart set on doing 4 yrs in manchester & doing a phd as well in either manchester (not met) , oxford, cambrigde, imperial
so i was frickin devastated when i went on to track & said my manchester (not met) appliaction was unsuccessful & i got into manchester met, i was about 25% happy that at least i got a place at uni but i really hated the way the course was set & how it relied on decision maths & so i'm likely to reject mmu & reapply next year & retake the a-levels (especially maths & further maths & definietely business studies 4)
i thought i would get CCC at minimum but i ended up with BCC, i was really disappointed
but the brightside for me is that i got an A in C4 but disappointed in my B's for C3 & FP3, C for FP1, D's in M2 & S1, E in S2 & an U in D1 (i'm honestly crap at decision maths & i really hate it)