Havent got the AS level grades i wanted

Don't give up and work hard.

it's more than working hard. Sometimes its just down to luck and your mind is thinking on the day.

it's more than working hard. Sometimes its just down to luck and your mind is thinking on the day.

This is a totally useless comment.

'Luck' is simply what we call the chance of things going right or wrong, and it's far more likely that things will go right if you do the work consistently. When you realise that those who work hard are usually the lucky ones, you'll see that luck is more like commitment and effort and payoff.

I am taking Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and History and I was predicted AAAA and i have just got my results back and i got BBBD with the D in Further Maths and I was hoping to go and apply to Warwick, LSE or Durham for a straight economics course.

Right now i am really annoyed at myself so I am planning on droping further maths and then concentrating on A2's and retakes to make my application better. Is there any advice anyone can give me?

"You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty." Bhagavad Gita

So you have an ambiguous quote which loosely disagrees with me... your point? You can refuse to take responsibility for the consequences of your action or inaction, but that doesn't mean that you won't have to deal with them.

I was in a similar position to you last year. I had moved to a new sixth form and it took me a while to adjust to the new surroundings and travelling 3 hours a day. I took Maths, FM, History and Economics, dropped English (started with 5) after a few months and my results were BBCC, B in FM.

I dropped FM leaving me with BCC and then carried these on for A2s. You're at a disadvantage cos you won't me able to go to the big ones for Economics. Oxbridge, LSE, UCL, Warwick, Bath/Bristol, Exeter, St Andrews and Notts are pretty much out of the question at the moment, there may be small opportunities in adjustment later. I applied to Surrey (although, they've now raised the entry req for 2015 entry), Birmingham, York, Kent and UEA and got offers from all of them. Apart from my grades, I had quite a strong reference and personal statement.

I worked really hard throughout the year, took 5 resits (all of my maths modules, 1 for economics and 1 for history). My AS results were bittersweet, as I had an off day for a unit in each of my subjects so had an A in one module and a C/D in the other. In total, I had 11 exams in the summer.

I got As in all of my modules, bar 2 for A2 maths and got accepted into my firm today achieving AAA, very close to having an A* as well. I'm going through adjustment at the moment but I'm still happy with my firm. So don't despair, it is possible to go to a good uni. All the ones I applied to may not have been the best but are still reputable.

I would drop FM, and take some re-sits. If it's only a module dragging your FM result down then it still might be worth retaking as the D might come back to haunt you.

Would anyone say that retaking the year is a good idea? lots of people have said to me not to but right now i would need to retake 8 exams to get myself back up to AAAA which is a lot and i thought maybe retaking the year would be a reasonable idea?

Also what if i took a gap year and applied in 2 years time?

Bhagavad Gita is an amazing book, truly amazed the great minds of Gandhi and Oppenheimer. Not to mention Carl Jung and Emerson as well.

It's not in your hands at the end of the day. Just try your best, let destiny take you were you need to be.

Hey there, I'm in a similar situation to you were and the OP is in. First of all, well done on those grades and getting those offers.
I got ABBC in maths, economics, geography and psychology respectively. When you applied to those universities what were your predicted grades? Would you recommend resitting the modules or just trying harder at A2? Also, what made your personal statement strong, what kind of things did you include in it?

Would anyone say that retaking the year is a good idea? lots of people have said to me not to but right now i would need to retake 8 exams to get myself back up to AAAA which is a lot and i thought maybe retaking the year would be a reasonable idea?

Also what if i took a gap year and applied in 2 years time?

My predicted grades were AAB. Both resit and put in more of your time to A2, it's actually a lot harder, especially for maths and economics. Apparently it was fairly well written, I put a lot of extra reading and work experience in to show I was interested in my subject and I put in a good amount of extra curriculars to show I would be a well rounded student. What are you planning to study?

Straight economics, I was expecting to do slightly better than I did at AS but I now realize I just didn't work hard enough. So do I just have to talk to my teachers and see if I can persuade them to predict me higher? Also, can you still get offers if you have lower predictions than the requirements?

Yes same with me, I was predicted AAAB originally. It's different for each school. We were given predictions and I managed to persuade my maths teacher to predict me an A. It varies for different universities, I emailed them before applying to see if I had a reasonable chance of an offer. Don't expect anything like Nottingham, Warwick, UCL etc. though. Surrey has also raised their entry req for 2015 entry.

Yeah, it's a bit of a bummer. Not Nottingham? Even if I was predicted an A* in maths?