2014 AS and A2 Results Day (Thursday 14th August) Official Thread - 8 days to go!

According to which.co.uk, 18% of people receive offers for computer science at Oxford with requirements of A*A*A. I think 6A*s is slightly under average for an Oxford applicant but I got into cambridge for medicine with only 4A*s at GCSE.

There are a couple of mistakes there. The standard offer for Computer Science at Oxford is A*AA (with the A* in Maths, Further Maths, Computing or Physics, and at least A in Maths). The average number of GCSE A*s of successful candidates is about 6 (but some get in with fewer); I don't see much correlation between GCSEs and how students do when they get here.

Gavin

I don't see the correlation either, but it will surprise you how much Oxford value and use GCSE results in the application process. I've seen that for medicine at oxford the average applicant has around 8A*s, the average offer holder has around 10.5A*s, which leaves those with 6A* or less with virtual no chance of getting in considering only 10% of all applicants are given offers.

I'm legit crying over this thread because everyone is like oh yeah I'm pretty sure I got 4A's but I wanted 4A*'s and I'm just here like ummm I'm not even gonna get 3c's and I need ABB. Wow people on student room are too clever.

Really scared about economics and further maths... don't know what will happen :/

Hopefully this thread counts for AS too! (too lazy to read through/check).

This isn't a great question, but put simply, how likely am I to get an offer?
What I mean is at all the open days I've been to, all the people asking questions (mostly naive parents) seem really concerned with what the offer is and what happens if you miss it. I'm infinitely more worried about whether I'll get an offer in the first place.
While not every exam was 100% perfect, I don't think I screwed up on any subject as a whole, and I'd like to think I'll get 4As. (Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry).
I'm hoping to apply for Computer Science at Oxford/Imperial/UCL/-somewhere-else-/York.
I got 6A*s at GCSE, including 3 sciences, but sadly not maths (the rest were all As besides a B in History).

I know I shouldn't be hopeful about Oxford - the competition there is ridiculous, but I have no idea or perception about my chances at the others. One minute I'm thinking "there are only around 100 places and potentially 1000s of applicants, I have no chance" but then the next minute I'm thinking "what's another applicant going to have that I don't, and I do further maths which they all really like".

I know it's a really vague question and there isn't a real answer, and I also know I could go look at the stats, but I'd really appreciate it if someone could say how likely/unlikely I am to get an offer - whether it's a really slim chance or if I'm a relatively strong candidate. In terms of my personal statement I have a fair amount to talk about - 2 years of work experience, although that's more IT than computer science, and I'm teaching myself Java at the moment, although I feel as if a lot of the other people I'm seeing at open days have already built a successful app or a hit website etc, and I have nothing like that.

My AS exams went alright except Religious studies. I'm predicted 4A but I'll be happy with 3A and a B.
Still won't sleep on the 13th though!

AS Religious Studies is a thing?

I take French, Maths and English Lit (all AQA). I don't know which one I'm most worried about... I think I could easily end up with A*AB. Which would SUCK. I feel the same way about my Cambridge offer. I only applied to Cambridge on a whim, with a bit of a "what the hell" attitude. After getting my offer, I've become Cambridge-obsessed!!!

Hmmm, I just found Warwick boring. Don't get me wrong, it's got a lovely campus, but that's all there is to it. I felt like I needed a city uni. The Italian dept. there seemed amazing, but the French dept. was a let-down. The uni is highly prestigious, but the course wasn't as good as the one at Edinburgh. So you know, swings and roundabouts. Plus Warwick is about 40 mins drive away from me, a little too close for my liking. How come you never visited Warwick???? That's brave, choosing it having never seen it.

Yup, I love languages! Homerton is further out than most of the other colleges so I'm going to have to cycle to the MML faculty (luckily I'm a keen cyclist already.) You've got it pretty easy then, just roll out of bed and straight into your lectures

My AS exams went alright except Religious studies. I'm predicted 4A but I'll be happy with 3A and a B.
Still won't sleep on the 13th though!

I did Religious Studies AS last year which exam board and aspect did you study?

Yea Eco was quite wierd (edexcel eco) so don't know how I have done

I messed up my history big time. I'm going to have to do some begging on the 14th.
I need ABB to study Modern History at UEA and I'm really stressing out about it...