[Oromis263]

(Original post by Theafricanlegend)
ahaha good! theoretical physics! i <3 physics, too bad im not that good (relatively) at it! and you are applying for cambridge aswell this year? what if they say yes? do you have to wait a year? or drop edinburgh and in the second year go cambrdige?

I'm either going to take up my offer this year, or withdraw my application, reapply and take a gap year.

[Theafricanlegend]

(Original post by Oromis263)
I'm either going to take up my offer this year, or withdraw my application, reapply and take a gap year.

what will you do in your gap yah?

[Oromis263]

(Original post by Theafricanlegend)
what will you do in your gap yah?

3 or 4 more A-levels, an EPQ and try get as much work experience as possible, hopefully getting some at Addenbrooke's/Cavendish Labs when I'm in Cambridge, and perhaps some at the UCL. Will also go for the BMO and BPhO, as well as sitting STEP, just to keep my maths practised.

Beyond that, I'll get myself a job to earn some cash and save up to go somewhere abroad for the summer.

[thelooby94]

(Original post by madders94)
Very nervous! This wait is going to be horrible knowing that at least the next three years of my life depend on what results I get, and there's nothing I can do about it! You?

I know right, it's like everything we've done has come to an end... But was it worth it? Lol
I'm feeling alright tbh, thinking I've hopefully got a bit of room for error from AS

[thelooby94]

(Original post by SecretCircus)
Good . I know haha, my dreams never make sense. I'm getting results for English, Psychology and Sociology . How about you?

Same!haha I always have the weirdest dreams and my sister is always telling me to shut up when I tell her about them xD
I'm getting biology and chemistry 'cant wait tbh! Wanna start planning uni and stuff

[Theafricanlegend]

(Original post by Oromis263)
3 or 4 more A-levels, an EPQ and try get as much work experience as possible, hopefully getting some at Addenbrooke's/Cavendish Labs when I'm in Cambridge, and perhaps some at the UCL. Will also go for the BMO and BPhO, as well as sitting STEP, just to keep my maths practised.

Beyond that, I'll get myself a job to earn some cash and save up to go somewhere abroad for the summer.

ahh thats interesting you got it figured out, dont you worry that jobs are lacking in theoretical physics?

[madders94]

(Original post by thelooby94)
I know right, it's like everything we've done has come to an end... But was it worth it? Lol
I'm feeling alright tbh, thinking I've hopefully got a bit of room for error from AS

I hope it was worth it, I worked my bum off the past few months I'm glad that English and Drama are coursework heavy because I know I did very well on my English coursework and my drama practical too apparently! And for psychology, I only need a B in the exam to get an overall A but to be honest I'd be happy with just getting into uni!

[Oromis263]

(Original post by Theafricanlegend)
ahh thats interesting you got it figured out, dont you worry that jobs are lacking in theoretical physics?

No, not really, moving into any sort of job in Th.Physics is at the minimum 5 years away, and I would like to do a doctorate before moving into the field. So that gives about 6-7 years for the jobs to pick up.

[ispymo]

I just want it to be results day!!
I cannot deal with this waiting, if I knew now then I could enjoy my summer but I'm very stressed D:

[thelooby94]

(Original post by madders94)
I hope it was worth it, I worked my bum off the past few months I'm glad that English and Drama are coursework heavy because I know I did very well on my English coursework and my drama practical too apparently! And for psychology, I only need a B in the exam to get an overall A but to be honest I'd be happy with just getting into uni!

Same, it better have been worth it xD
I on the other hand am glad my subjects have no coursework because I can't hack it
Yeah I just wanna go to Cardiff I don't want my insurance though because it's for chemistry and I really wanna do pharmacy!

[madders94]

(Original post by thelooby94)
Same, it better have been worth it xD
I on the other hand am glad my subjects have no coursework because I can't hack it
Yeah I just wanna go to Cardiff I don't want my insurance though because it's for chemistry and I really wanna do pharmacy!

I don't have an insurance

[SecretDuck]

(Original post by madders94)
I don't have an insurance

My so-called "insurance" has a stricter offer in terms of which subjects go towards the offer and since I did badly at French, it's now either my firm choice or clearing.

[FuLLuPMepOrtION]

(Original post by Abbie Keates)
What part of exams do you all think is the worst? I think waiting for results is worst

In between revising, sitting the exams, and getting results, waiting really isn't that bad !

[thelooby94]

(Original post by madders94)
I don't have an insurance

Waaaa? How come?

[madders94]

(Original post by thelooby94)
Waaaa? How come?

Long story to cut it short, originally applied for drama, then realized that I didn't want to do just drama because I love acting but studying it for three years intensively would make me hate it. Went for what I've always wanted to do, nursing/midwifery - then I got ill and it seems to be a long term thing so I can't commit to long hours etc at the moment, so I found the Creative Studies degree, Bangor is my nearest university so I'm close to home and I've always had a knack for creative writing, journalism and theatre so it seems perfect, and I applied for that through Extra so I don't get an Insurance choice

[thelooby94]

(Original post by madders94)
Long story to cut it short, originally applied for drama, then realized that I didn't want to do just drama because I love acting but studying it for three years intensively would make me hate it. Went for what I've always wanted to do, nursing/midwifery - then I got ill and it seems to be a long term thing so I can't commit to long hours etc at the moment, so I found the Creative Studies degree, Bangor is my nearest university so I'm close to home and I've always had a knack for creative writing, journalism and theatre so it seems perfect, and I applied for that through Extra so I don't get an Insurance choice

Aww well that's fair enough!
Well it sounds like a good choice what grades do you need ?

[madders94]

(Original post by thelooby94)
Aww well that's fair enough!
Well it sounds like a good choice what grades do you need ?

Can't remember if it's 240 or 260 points, I think that's a B and two Cs/two Bs and a C? I've applied for special consideration so if I don't meet the offer the uni will have a letter hopefully so they might be a bit lenient

[student1234567891]

anyone here believe in fate?

[Oromis263]

(Original post by madders94)
Can't remember if it's 240 or 260 points, I think that's a B and two Cs/two Bs and a C? I've applied for special consideration so if I don't meet the offer the uni will have a letter hopefully so they might be a bit lenient

240 - CCC
260 - BCC

Or any combination, this is just minimum grade achievable in each subject, if minimum is just reached. If that makes sense..

[Llewellyn]

(Original post by Oromis263)
No, they all went really well (hoping that doesn't jinx it), just annoyed about a couple of answers I know I've got wrong. Especially the one which I was trying to change when they came around to collect the papers, but it was only a single mark. Hoping for similar results to January. How were yours? You had Core 4 and STEP I last week, right? How did you find those?

Ah, sounds like they went quite well

C4 and STEP I went quite well (bar one small slip in C4). My chem 2 and s2 exams went awfully though; I've counted up at least 10 raw marks on each due to careless errors, not counting whatever else I've missed. But then I'll have to wait for grade boundaries to see what the end result is. I hate careless errors but there's nothing I can do about it now, so the countdown/ wait begins