Disapointing AS or A level results encouragement thread!

Last year I got CCCE at AS. Not terrible but not what I needed. I retook lots of exams and ended up with ABC this year which satisfied my entry requirements for maths at Keele :smile:

I never thought this time last year I would have ever got an A. I had to pinch myself when I opened my results. I'm not even kidding but if I can do it, anyone can. Don't be disheartened if you haven't got the results you want at AS. I found that doing the retakes actually helped my overall understanding of the A2 content :smile:

(By the way, I'm not trying to be big headed or anything. Just showing its possible to improve grades from AS to A2)

Reply 42

TunaTunnel

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I'm no longer in the situation but I was once, I managed to turn things around and get into a top university. I wrote about my experiences here http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2055250 It might make some people feel better.

Reply 43

llacerta

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I got ACCD at AS first time round. Now I'm finishing off my Master's at Oxford and I'm due to start my PhD here in October.

I remember that feeling of being so disappointed, and even my final A-level results weren't stellar (ABB- though this was back in the day when we didn't have A*s) and thinking that even though I'd gotten into a decent university with a decent department, academia and studying clearly wasn't going to be a long term thing for me. How wrong I was!

In short, don't let your A-level results make you think that you're not good at studying or that you're not intelligent, because with hard work it is still possible to turn things around.

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Original post by RoughWritings

Yeah, I got BBCC. **** as ****. Never felt so dissapointed in my life

I felt like that last year :'( I improved 3 grades by doing loads of retakes. And I'm by far not the smartest of people out there. Don't beat yourself up about this. Regardless of what you think, BBCC actually aren't that bad grades. I know plenty of people in my year that actually got accepted to courses despite getting 3 whole grades lower than the entry requirements. So theoretically, even if you were to not improve over the next year, you could still end up getting into an AAB course.

Keep your head up and please just don't compare yourself to other people. This is your journey through life. It doesn't matter how they've done. I always compare myself to other people and it never helps. Believe that you can and WILL do better. If you want it you will get it.

Also, have you considered getting any of your exams remarked?

Reply 45

toonervoustotalk

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A thread where I belong. :redface:

triple D at AS and going to resit. And picking up a forth AS in physics. I did maths, biology and chemistry.

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Reply 46

RoughWritings

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Original post by meme2216

I felt like that last year :'( I improved 3 grades by doing loads of retakes. And I'm by far not the smartest of people out there. Don't beat yourself up about this. Regardless of what you think, BBCC actually aren't that bad grades. I know plenty of people in my year that actually got accepted to courses despite getting 3 whole grades lower than the entry requirements. So theoretically, even if you were to not improve over the next year, you could still end up getting into an AAB course.

Keep your head up and please just don't compare yourself to other people. This is your journey through life. It doesn't matter how they've done. I always compare myself to other people and it never helps. Believe that you can and WILL do better. If you want it you will get it.

Also, have you considered getting any of your exams remarked?

I thought about it. But I thought..what if they remark my paper and I get a lower score? I got a C in Maths, and a C in Chemistry. I wanted to study Medicine, but now that is down the drain. I dont know what to do anymore.

Reply 47

Shannonleah

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Well, I got ABCE and I'm heartbroken because I put tons of effort into the C (the E... well, I did, but not as much. It's Chemistry.)

So half of my results are great and the other two are ****ty and need work. I'm pretty sure the C is a mistake, though. I'm getting it remarked.

But remember this:

Reply 48

Original post by RoughWritings

I thought about it. But I thought..what if they remark my paper and I get a lower score? I got a C in Maths, and a C in Chemistry. I wanted to study Medicine, but now that is down the drain. I dont know what to do anymore.

If you get a lower mark in the remasrk, they accept the original mark. If your marks do go up, not only do you get the possibility of I higher grade but you also get your money refunded! Also, some medicine courses still accept students with retakes.

Reply 49

anon422

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Original post by Etreo

Nothing grates me more than people complaining about their poor AS results when they were getting As and Bs. Seriously guys.

DDDD at AS. FML.

i know someone who got that (all D's) and is now going to study human bio in sept, so dont be too worried or whatever

Reply 50

WishfulDesire

I got a C in my chemistry which isn't bad. But I want to take t at uni and my boyfriend got his A-level results (CCE) and when I said Cs were good he said 'Bs are great, Cs are worth nothing' and it made me really insecure when I opened up my AS results to get a C in my favourite subject and it made me feel stupid even though Cs aren't awful. :frown:

Reply 51

Shannonleah

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Original post by WishfulDesire

I got a C in my chemistry which isn't bad. But I want to take t at uni and my boyfriend got his A-level results (CCE) and when I said Cs were good he said 'Bs are great, Cs are worth nothing' and it made me really insecure when I opened up my AS results to get a C in my favourite subject and it made me feel stupid even though Cs aren't awful. :frown:

Don't worry, you can turn it around next year! I'm feeling exactly the same about my C in Biology. I put in a lot of hard work and it seems like it was for nothing now. My teachers wanted me to get an A. Have you thought about getting it remarked?
If it makes you feel any better, I got an E in Chemistry AS :rolleyes:

It's not my strongest subject even though I find it interesting.

Reply 52

Original post by WishfulDesire

I got a C in my chemistry which isn't bad. But I want to take t at uni and my boyfriend got his A-level results (CCE) and when I said Cs were good he said 'Bs are great, Cs are worth nothing' and it made me really insecure when I opened up my AS results to get a C in my favourite subject and it made me feel stupid even though Cs aren't awful. :frown:

C's arent awful at all. I guess its all relative to what you need/want. Obviously no one is going to Oxford to do medicine with Cs but there are thousands of courses with entry requirements of much less than Cs. You've done very well; both you and your boyfriend. Well done! :smile:

Reply 53

PerryPerry95

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There is no such thing as bad grades in my opinion, if you got what is widely thought as "ok" grades but needed high grades to go where you wanted e.g. uni, then you are gonna think they are bad grades, wether or not other people did worse than you or not.

So if you werent happy with your grades then fair enough but no point telling other people who did better than you that they had good grades and shouldnt be moaning.

Reply 54

beautifulbigmacs

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There are so many unis out there. I've been to a red brick and an ex poly for my degrees so far and they were both similar in quality and opportunities.

My point is that even with lower grades there is a uni out there who will take you because there are just so damn many of them these days. Lower grades might be a barrier for some subjects but many subjects are readily available at many unis and I swear that a lot of the uni thing is about growing as a person and getting life experiences and as long as you think about which city you'd like to live in the world is your oyster.

Seriously people, don't sweat it :smile:

Reply 55

WishfulDesire

Original post by All_TheCyanide

Don't worry, you can turn it around next year! I'm feeling exactly the same about my C in Biology. I put in a lot of hard work and it seems like it was for nothing now. My teachers wanted me to get an A. Have you thought about getting it remarked?
If it makes you feel any better, I got an E in Chemistry AS :rolleyes:

It's not my strongest subject even though I find it interesting.

Luckily my teacher told me he has no problem with predicting me a B for next year which means it shouldn't affect my application which is so relieving! I feel the same way. I tried very hard for CCD to get an overall C. Remarking would be very bad for unit 2. Only just scraped a C! :s-smilie:

but thank you. :smile:

Original post by meme2216

C's arent awful at all. I guess its all relative to what you need/want. Obviously no one is going to Oxford to do medicine with Cs but there are thousands of courses with entry requirements of much less than Cs. You've done very well; both you and your boyfriend. Well done! :smile:

I'm hoping to do my Chemistry masters at Leicester with a year out in Industry. I need ABB and I'm starting next year with AAC so it should be achievable. It just thew me and made me a little sad. Thank you, it was a rough day trying to comfort him with that, he doesn't want to go to uni and I don't really know how to support him so, thanks. :smile: