Absolutely raging at the school being bastards about my predicted grades!

I wouldn't predict him lower than an A. However, I don't think the way to resolve this matter is to try to threaten and bully the Headteacher. My reply would be that it might be best if the OP leaves at the earliest opportunity so that he can attend a school or college that more closely meets his requirements.

If the OP is as good as he says, he will impress at interview and Cambridge will make him an offer. Predicted grades are pretty unimportant. TSR has a distorted idea of their value. This issue will certainly not affect his Warwick application as they have a standard offer and do not pay any attention to predicted grades.

No, I do not want to take a gap year, and in any case I don't see why I should be forced to take a year out of my life just because of the schools fallibility regarding this :/

Any evidence for that assertion?

Yes but it is mostly anecdotal. Do I feel inclined to share it? Not really.

Glad that you're not inclined, I wouldn't want your anecdotal evidence anyway. We hear all these "My friend got into Cambridge with bad A-level grades" stories all the time and they prove nothing. Cambridge have no reason to lie about it- when they themselves state the importance of predicted grades on their website, I'm going to believe that over some internet anecdotes.

Ok, so I've been made dux of the school, and I got AAAAA in my Scottish Highers last year, all band ones(typically above 85%).

I want to apply to Cambridge to do Maths, so yeah I kinda need top predictions to begin to compete.

But the school are saying they are only going to predict some of my Advanced Highers at Bs!!! I'm so angry, it's like an English student being predicted Bs for their A levels! How am I even supposed to get an interview with only Bs predicted? My application will just be laughed out of town

And this gets worse - one of the assistant heads said that the predictions are solely a one way thing and I have no input. I'm working my ass off already, and I think this is a complete insult. It will ruin my future, these people at the school are going to ruin my chances of a sniff at Cambridge and severely hinder my Warwick application. I'm so angry right now, what can I do to get this changed?

I know a lot of you will just say it's tough if they won't change their mind but I need better than this, is there anything I can do to help make them change their ways? I'm so worried about this, I don't want my life to be ruined, please help

I go to a normal, crappy state school, and their reasoning is that because Advanced Highers are only over one year is that they do not have enough evidence to go on. I see their side, but I don't think they really understand the importance of these predicted grades to me, and if they're not going to predict someone who got all As last year As this year then it's frankly ridiculous.

And their immovable stance on these grades piss me off even more. Basically they're saying "you will be predicted this" and not giving me a say. I find this really, really unfair.

You might like to check out my background before making yourself look foolish. I will pm you.

hmm let's see

who has the better evidence base

a Qualified teacher with X numbers of experience and a graduate or postgraduate qualification or some snotty zitty kid who believes the utter tripe talked about university league tables ...

if you are so dead set against applying in line with your predicted grades, the obvious answer , as others have suggested is take a gap yah! and apply in the next cycle with your final grades

But it's so stupid.

What school predicts a grade LOWER than the one previously achieved?!

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is the person who is writing you reference friendly with you , if so just tell them to put that nobody was predicted straight A's as it was not school policy
Cambridge will also ask you to fill a form with all your module marks, if they see you have done well as you obviously have then they should no really discriminate against you ...they will take this into accoutn as many schools for A-Levels are not predicting A* despite the fact that there is an A*AA requirement, therefore, they will be many people in your situation.

Or phone the college you are applying to explain your situation, if you are a serious candidate they will take you into consideration

Hope this helps a little

No, I do not want to take a gap year, and in any case I don't see why I should be forced to take a year out of my life just because of the schools fallibility regarding this :/

We don't have modules in Scotland, so it's harder to prove what you precisely achieved.

Get your parents to complain.
Schools don't like parents complaining, they will do almost anything to avoid it, but people are usually too cba to actually to go get their parents to go in.

Failing that, contact the unis you're applying and explain to them that you think their predictions are off, and supply them with the evidence to back that up.
Good luck