[AlexKings]

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[AlexKings]

(Original post by confuzzled92)
Get the ones where you felt you deserved a higher grade remarked.

I got my AS Chemistry result today. It was a D when I was fully expecting an A.
I've applied for a re mark.

I applied for a remark in biology and I hope that goes well

[NightBear]

It cannot be any worse than scraping a C for the Biol 4 exam when you got A* for every single past paper, I promise you.

If you feel like it could've gone a lot better, buy the paper, check with your teacher to see if you have been marked unfairly and then request for a remark.

[Killerstorm2]

(Original post by AlexKings)
Hello, there I just received my AS results and I could not have performed any worse. I ended up getting BBCD after being predicted to achieve AAAA at the end of the AS year. I do AS Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths. I got a B in chemistry and Maths and a C in Biology and a D in physics.

I feel as if I ruined my chances of going to top universities and I have performed well at GCSE getting 6A*'s and 5A's. My biology result is shocking as before the exam I was getting A's in the mocks and our school got bad results in Biology this Jan exam season as many bright students got E's and U's. I want to study biosciences at university and I will work hard to get those A's for my AS.

Do you think its possible and what do you think I should do?

Thank you

I thought these were your final AS results, my bad, this is your first attempt at AS, you got June exams, jump from GCSE - A level would be difficult, you got another attempt in summer.
This would affect only a bit since nearly everyone does resits..don't worry, work harder and you'll do well!

[iisjman07]

You're still in AS; these results means absolutely nothing.

[Khat]

Well its not a disaster unless you want to go to oxford or cambridge who sometimes ask for first time module grades there's people in A2 who have resat AS exams this Jan and they received offers from Imperial , Nottingham , UCL, resit some this summer, for the exams your confident you did better in get a photocopy of your script , not the original as you may not be able to send it for a remark, get your teacher to mark your papers according to the mark scheme then take it from there whether to send them for remarks or not as sometimes grades could go down.

[Killerstorm2]

(Original post by iisjman07)
You're still in AS; these results means absolutely nothing.

Well, predicted grades will mean something and i'm pretty sure that these results would have an effect on the predicted grades.

[Clare~Bear]

There're people that did a lot worse than you, most people are disappointed by janauary AS results because they weren't prepared for the gcse-AS jump. You just have to use it as a learning kerb and realsie you need to do more work (I was worse off than you last year and thought I couldn't possibly do anymore revision!)

I was going to say that if the C/D was in chemistry and maths, it would be good to retake them in the summer. This is because the second units build on them, but the biology unit are different (can't comment on phys). This means that you don't have to revise as much for maths/chem for a summer resit. BUT they're the subjects you got Bs in, so it's still possible to get an A* at the end of it without resits.

I'd redo physics, talk to your teacer whether they think you should do it this summer of next year. And carefully consider redoing bio. Revision for it will be harder when you're learning completely different topics and you don't want to spread yourself too thinly and end up doing worse on your other exams because you've had too much other revision to do.

And like it's been said, it's not a disaster unless you want to go to a uni that doesn't accept resits . . .

(Original post by iisjman07)
You're still in AS; these results means absolutely nothing.

Not really, unis realise that these are usually the lowest grades people get, BUT if it means that your overal AS grade only ends up at a C which is entirely possible for OP for phys and maybe bio, teachers are going to be relectant to predict over a B, and OP will need A/A*s, especially for bio . . .

[Bellissima]

resit, resit, resit... and revise, revise, revise.

[swbp]

Firstly learn your lesson and revise more thoroughly for your resits. Seek help from your teachers also - you may have all the knowledge but your exam technique may be wrong.

Also don't fret too much about AS results, as long as they are ok you'll still have a good chance of getting offers from "good universities". My friend god ADDU at AS level and just recieved an AAB offer from Lancaster

[skrail]

(Original post by AlexKings)
Hello, there I just received my AS results and I could not have performed any worse. I ended up getting BBCD after being predicted to achieve AAAA at the end of the AS year. I do AS Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths. I got a B in chemistry and Maths and a C in Biology and a D in physics.

I feel as if I ruined my chances of going to top universities and I have performed well at GCSE getting 6A*'s and 5A's. My biology result is shocking as before the exam I was getting A's in the mocks and our school got bad results in Biology this Jan exam season as many bright students got E's and U's. I want to study biosciences at university and I will work hard to get those A's for my AS.

Do you think its possible and what do you think I should do?

Thank you

I suffered a similar situation last year. I was fully expecting a grade A in history AS, on the day I received an almighty D. Unfortunately our exam system warrants highly subjective marking, all I can suggest is to get a remark if you can afford it. If not the only option is to knuckle down and revise. Hey if you don't get into uni this year re apply, thats what I plan to do as my AS grades have severely damaged my chances of a place starting in September.

Good Luck

[howlinwolf]

(Original post by swbp)
My friend god ADDU at AS level and just recieved an AAB offer from Lancaster

This is true, I got BCCE at AS Level and also got an AAB offer from Lancaster. If you know you can bring up your average in the remaining exam seasons there's no point worrying about it.

[tif49]

Well you could've got UUUU. Then you could truly say that you couldn't have got any worse.

But in any case, it's not the end of the world. Countless people have gone on to do their resits and get AAAA.

It's all about commitment, determination and perseverance. Put the time and effort in, don't give up and that, OP, is the secret to your success.

[fabbykadabra]

I don't know why but everyone seems to have done really badly in January Biology.
My sister did a re-sit, she revised about 5x more than she did for the original exam last year, yet this time round she did worse in both. Significantly worse. As did almost everyone who re-sat it at the same time as her.

[such_a_lady]

Why was results day this year such a disaster? In my school both years were crying and despairing, and this has been the same up and down the country...have the exams changed? Everyone seems to have done worse than they thought...

[Killerstorm2]

(Original post by such_a_lady)
Why was results day this year such a disaster? In my school both years were crying and despairing, and this has been the same up and down the country...have the exams changed? Everyone seems to have done worse than they thought...

Same in my school,
My physics paper was just a totally new style of questions and I guess we all panicked...It went from like asking us 1 mark define a term question and rest being calculations to 1 mark for calculation and 5-6 marks long explanation questions from start to end of the paper..I couldn't finish the paper on time :/

[ForensicShoe]

(Original post by howlinwolf)
This is true, I got BCCE at AS Level and also got an AAB offer from Lancaster. If you know you can bring up your average in the remaining exam seasons there's no point worrying about it.

(Original post by swbp)
Firstly learn your lesson and revise more thoroughly for your resits. Seek help from your teachers also - you may have all the knowledge but your exam technique may be wrong.

Also don't fret too much about AS results, as long as they are ok you'll still have a good chance of getting offers from "good universities". My friend god ADDU at AS level and just recieved an AAB offer from Lancaster

That's because Lancaster is ****ing awesome.

Not that I'm influenced by bias or anything

[Death.]

Re-take the exams in the Summer.

That's what I'm doing for the exams I have failed.

Shouldn't hinder your uni application unless you apply to Cambridge, which is the only Uni that sees all AS module retakes you have done.

EDIT: Oh and although it may seem initially bad that so many people did badly, it is advantageous during our May/June exams, as a certain percentage of people across the country will have to recieve A (or B) grades by the end of the year for each module. This means far more good grades will have to be awarded in June for the exam boards to meet their quota set by the government.

[TonyH663]

(Original post by such_a_lady)
Why was results day this year such a disaster? In my school both years were crying and despairing, and this has been the same up and down the country...have the exams changed? Everyone seems to have done worse than they thought...

The grade boundaries did rise by a considerable amount this exam season. In my experience, the boundaries rose by 9 marks.

[Super Mario 64]

The 3 R's for good grades. Resit, Revise, and Rdon'tgiveup!!