Access to HE 2012-2013

Handing in my last assignment today! I know i don't have enough credits at distinctions for my firm and i don't really want to go to my insurance anymore, so i think i may have to look in clearing. Did Access to Science, which was quite tough, missed out on distinctions by a few marks in some exams, but it's been a great experience. I think i'm a pro at referencing now :-)

that's a shame to hear that! I'm studying access to science as well and we didn't have any tests that affected our grades. where are you studying yours?

Cool! What subjects did you do? I did Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Maths on top of IT and study skills. In North West London, how about you?

Chemistry, Biology, English and Lvl 3 Maths. I've done mine at Dudley i wish i could have done physics

Has the access course changed much? I did it to get into university but it didn't prepare me at all, for the huge work load Etc

Lol. Uni is definitely different, but I actually found the year of Access more intensive than my first year of a degree.

Haha, i hated physics, i actually dropped the modules. What are you hoping to study in uni, what are your offers?

Just found out that I'm looking at 57 credits @ distinction rather than 51 (and 3 @ Level 2 but they don't matter :P )

Snap! Good to see another 100%. I've just got the same on a pathway to social work. What pathway were you on?

ahhh im jealous! im studying chemistry and i had offers from Bristol, Sussex and Newcastle wbu?

I ended up with 15 merits, 6 distinctions and the rest at pass. I could of done better but unfortunately had family distractions.

I've not met my offer but hoping to be put on the foundation year as opposed to re-doing the Access Course.

Does anyone know when we get our certificate and portfolios back?

What was your offer/which university and what was you looking to study? if you don't mind me asking.

You may find, that towards, August, or when clearing opens up, you might be able to "haggle" your way into your course, if you slightly missed the offer. Ring up the university and ask them, if they had any places on reserve for people who missed their offer.

Are you sure your results are final? We have a "Pre Fab (internal)" and "Fab (external)" moderators check our work. The final "Fab" is this Monday, results can go up and down if you are with OCR/Ed excel or the organisation that is marking your work.

Have you already had your official results day? My tutors advised me, that on the official results day, we would be getting all our work back and that certificates would be mailed to us during August. Mines next week Wednesday 10th July. Dreading it.

Either way, your grades are still awesome. Don't beat yourself up, Access course is hard !