[526540828]

No idea. Even Bath probably don't know at this stage.[/QUOTE]

thanks......I am not sure what i will do. only interested in engineering....
cross fingers. Cambridge havent reject me yet. but it is less likely

[Mr Dangermouse]

Results in less than 120 hours...



****t.i.n.g.m.y.s.e.l.f

[Dazalad94]

One word sums up how I'm feeling. Petrified


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[Pitch1993]

Literally pulling hair out about these results.
Need AAA for law at nottingham, which I was seriously confident about.
Then, my law exam went horrendously wrong (after massive panicking during the exam) I'm convinced that I haven't achieved an A, which is devastating , because I know I'm able to do it, but (fingers crossed) managed a B.
My insurance is the exact same grades..
I'm just praying that one of them will be lenient

[Lollyage]

2 weeks to go. The nerves are starting to get to me now

[Di_mi_tris]

[jeddows]

Okay, probably won't be of any use to anyone, but... I missed my offer in Year 13, and everything's turned out all right!

I decided to apply for History and Politics last year, and received 5 decent offers (the Welsh Bacc has some uses!), but made the stupid decision of not having an insurance (this was partly because I didn't actually like any of my lower offers, and partly out of arrogance).
Through a mixture of laziness and exam (and school in general)-burnout, I knew I hadn't got my grades as soon as I finished the last exam.
Anyway, come August, my fears were confirmed, I was one grade off my offer (I was 5 ums marks off the B I desperately needed, and only 1 mark off the A that might have made up for it). Reading the results, I felt like my world had ended, and was distraught. I felt like I had no future, that I had let everyone down, and that I had no options.

However, almost 12 months on, and it was the best thing that could have happened! I'm now going to a uni that I absolutely loved from open days/interviews, I've got that A I was desperate for, and I've also saved loads, and even grown up loads!
After the initial shock, I made the decision not to go through clearing, and to take a year out, do some resits, and earn some money. Thanks to the support of some amazing teachers, I was able to resit my exams through my old school, without having to do another year in school/college. After a shaky few weeks, I got down to job hunting,and got back into my sport, training pretty much every day. After a few months of searching, I found a job at my local (decent) supermarket, and ever since I've been balancing working and sport, saving most of my wages to get me through uni.
As for re-applying, everything went smoothly. I applied for three different types of courses (two sport courses, two for history and sport, and one history and politics course), and amazingly enough received 5 offers. After a fair bit of head scratching and soul searching, I settled on History and Sports Studies, which I'm off to in September!

On the whole, I'm actually glad I didn't get in first time. Firstly, spending nearly a year working has made me incredibly grateful for just having the opportunity to attend university. Working 40 or more hours a week in a tiring and, frankly, crappy job (great co-workers, just the job is a pain) has made me realise what the 'real world' is actually like, and that while making coffee or stacking shelves might be fairly 'easy' money, it sure as hell is not what I want to do! It's also really re-kindled my desire to learn. By the end of Year 13, I was sick of learning and school, and as a result my grades suffered. I'd gone from being a kid who loved learning and went above and beyond in pretty much every piece of work in lower school, to just doing enough to get the good marks in GCSE, to someone who, at the end of the day, couldn't give a damn about A levels :/ However, this year has given my brain a decent 'rest', and really fired me up for learning about things that actually interest me!
It's also given me a second chance to find out what I actually want to do. Whilst I still love history, and politics still interests me, as soon as we started doing 'university style' coursework in history (after the application deadline...), I realised that this isn't what I wanted to do for three years! When it came to reapplying, I realised what I'd completely missed last time: sport. I love sport, I'm happiest when I do sport, I coach sport, and given the chance I'd pretty much live sport, so this time I sat down, looked at sport courses, and stumbled upon the History and Sports Studies course I'm about to start!

So, what advice do I have? Basically, don't panic. It may seem like it, but missing your offer does NOT have to be the end of the world. For me, it was a door step I stumbled over, which lead me to a different, better door!
*If you're feeling uncertain before results day, my best advice is to start thinking, and researching, about what you can do as an alternative. I had a bad feeling, didn't do anything about it, and was a wreck on results day!
*Try and find the phone numbers for your firm and insurance choice admissions offices AND the specific departments (if you can).
*Think about any lower offers you may have rejected, and think about whether you'd be happy to go to them.
*Consider alternatives: would you want to go to school/college for another year? Would you be allowed to resit? Have you thought about the OU?
and finally
*You don't HAVE to go to uni this year! If you go next year, you won't be the only person, and if you want, just call it an unplanned gap year!

Anyway, hopefully you won't need any of this! Good luck!

[Minerva]

(Original post by jeddows)
Okay, probably won't be of any use to anyone, but... I missed my offer in Year 13, and everything's turned out all right!

Thank you for posting this - really helpful

[jeddows]

(Original post by Minerva)
Thank you for posting this - really helpful

You're welcome ^_^ just genuinely it hopes someone xD

[Samus2]

Just want to say - don't worry about clearing if the worst happens! I've had the best year of my life and clearing was the best thing to happen to me!

There was no question in my mind that I hadn't got into my firm or insurance, so it was a shock! But I picked myself up, and I moved on. I've thought about it, I'm on a better course than I originally applied for and I really don't regret anything that's happened...

Your A-levels are just results. Remember, any situation is as good or bad as you make it!

[Spairos]

(Original post by Minerva)
At this time of year many people worry a lot about whether they are going to make their offers. For some people it's simply a loss of confidence, while others are panicking about that exam that they are sure went really badly and can’t imagine how they will get the grades they need. This thread is for you

Extenuating Circumstances
If you have been ill or there have been other things going on in your life (eg bereavement) which may have significantly affected either your revision or the exam itself, you should make sure that your school/college informs both the Exam Board and your firm/insurance unis well before Results are published. There is no guarantee that this information will be taken into account, but on the other hand it can’t be if the Exam Board/unis don’t have it in the first place. Bear in mind, however, that you are very likely to be expected to provide some documentary evidence of the issue, whatever it was.

If you have had a teaching disaster - wrong syllabus, absent/incompetent teachers - the school/college should be prepared to write to the unis concerned to inform them about it. Again, there's no guarantee the uni will take any notice, but it can be helpful.

I’m panicking – I don’t know enough/the work is going really badly/I don’t understand a key topic
Easy to say, but really important: stay calm. Freaking out is not a good strategy for exam preparation. However bad things may seem, unless you’ve been bone idle you certainly know more than you think you do, and you’ll be surprised how much surfaces when you need it in the exam.

Try and be organised in your approach to revision, but don’t beat yourself up if the timetable doesn’t work out quite like that. Most revision timetables are works of fiction worthy of the Nobel Prize for Literature. If you are too distracted at home, go into school/college or a library and work there instead.

If there’s a topic you absolutely have to understand and you don’t, contact your teacher and ask for help. It's not a good idea to rely on your friends unless you are absolutely certain they know what they’re about

Keeping well...
Looking after your health is really important. Don’t stay up all night on TSR; try not to sleep late in the mornings (yeah, yeah, I know) and make sure you get out for some fresh air every day; a brisk walk beforehand is excellent preparation for an exam. Seriously.

Try not to eat too much random rubbish; keeping the fruit and veg and plenty of water going in will improve your ability to fend off the bugs, and generally help you to cope with the stress more positively. Remember to take some plain water into the exam with you as your brain works better if you have enough fluid on board!

I’m sure I failed/won’t have got the grade I need
Whatever happened in yesterday’s exam, however disastrous you thought it was, don’t be distracted from the exams you still have to do. You are likely to have done better than you thought, and there will be very little more annoying than to find out in August that it was the exams after the ‘disaster’ that actually let you down.

If I do miss my offer, what are the chances that my firm/insurance uni will let me in anyway?
No-one can say what your chances are. The higher ranked the university, and the more competitive the course, the more likely it will be that they won’t take you if you don’t meet your offer. HOWEVER this is not definite, by any means. In previous years, many unis have accepted people who’ve missed their offers, even for competitive courses, so do not assume that all is lost. The only time when you will know for sure either way is on Results Day, so there is little to be gained by worrying about it now, and it is a terrible waste of energy if you still have exams to do.

Wise words..... +1!
I dunno what kind of people gave you negs.

[Top Banana]

Clutching at straws here, but if my firm is showing places still available in extra, does that mean I have a better chance of getting in if I miss my offer?

[AnonCoconut]

I. Am. Freaking. OUT. :O

Am I the only one who hasn't been sleeping? D;

[PQ]

(Original post by Top Banana)
Clutching at straws here, but if my firm is showing places still available in extra, does that mean I have a better chance of getting in if I miss my offer?

A very very slightly better chance....but it depends on a lot of things (including how you and everyone else who has firmed that course do in their A levels) that the uni wont know until just before results day that it's no guarantee.

[alcimedes]

my brother missed his med school offer 2 years ago by around 15 ums. he did the priority remark/ the school sent letters etc. he didn't get his place but they and did allow him to reapply which is unusual for med schools and he resat a couple of modules . he started med school last September. his advice is-be organised. he used his gcse /As and ukcat results to show the one exam he messed up was a fluke ( and the school sent details of how badly his whole year did in it). have ready anything that could help your case.I get my results this year and I need at least 1A* I'm getting details together in case I need to argue my caae/do clearing. some unis are already listing courses they have spaces in ( eg Manchester) so I'm doing a list of which courses I would want if they are in clearing/ reasons why they might want me.

[LaEstrella]

(Original post by AnonCoconut)
I. Am. Freaking. OUT. :O

Am I the only one who hasn't been sleeping? D;

I haven't been sleeping! Freaking out is an understatement!!

[YB101]

If I miss my offer at my firm, would they be more willing to give me an offer for another course at the same uni if it was in clearing?

[pandaz]

And the pre-results nightmares continue ...

[PrettyLittleLiars]

I am freaking out! I'm so scared.

[rebeccawilsonx]

so scared. i'm not making my offer. and my firm is my dream university.