advice please... /reality check?

LOOL this post is literally word for word what happened to me 2 years ago. First attempt of AS with Economics, Business Studies, Biology and Physics yielded me extremely poor grades (i.e EBEU), however, second time round i achieved ABB in Economics Business and Psychology. I am now sitting on 4 uni offers from Nottingham, Southampton, Sheffield and Queen mary London.
I was also pretty worried if any unis would take me considering my retake, but to my surprise all four of my unis offered me a place. So basically, go for it. The foundation year is for those who dont have the specified subjects, since you have maths youll be ahead of most students doing the foundation year.

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Original post by adott25

LOOL this post is literally word for word what happened to me 2 years ago. First attempt of AS with Economics, Business Studies, Biology and Physics yielded me extremely poor grades (i.e EBEU), however, second time round i achieved ABB in Economics Business and Psychology. I am now sitting on 4 uni offers from Nottingham, Southampton, Sheffield and Queen mary London.
I was also pretty worried if any unis would take me considering my retake, but to my surprise all four of my unis offered me a place. So basically, go for it. The foundation year is for those who dont have the specified subjects, since you have maths youll be ahead of most students doing the foundation year.

The similarity has thrown me off haha, i got similiar grades too, managed to ace one and the other three i just bombed. You don't know how happy this has made me, i've got a lot of hope, :excited:

thanks for helping, i've been asking around too and i've found that as long as my grades are upto par i've got a chance so now i've got to literally work for it
(downside: another year in sixth form :unimpressed:

, upside: better future :^_^:

, i think this'll give me enough to strive for)

The uni's i've been looking at for foundation year usually require one science or maths which is good for me i guess.

i forgot to congratulate you on the offers btw, :colondollar:

do you mind if i ask what have you applied for?

p.s do you have any ideas on what i work experiences/voluntary work i should do, i really need to find some.. if you got any tips/ideas i'd appreciate it, :biggrin:

thanks again i really appreciate your comment mate

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Original post by Em_Scott10

Hi, I know someone that was going to re-sit year 12, but she applied to do a foundation year for marine biology and was accepted and that is now what she is doing. So there is a chance you can do a foundation year in engineering. Hope this helps! :redface:

Thanks for the comment,IT HELPS, i just wanted to know if i had a chance and you've kinda shown me that :biggrin:

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Original post by richtealeggings

The similarity has thrown me off haha, i got similiar grades too, managed to ace one and the other three i just bombed. You don't know how happy this has made me, i've got a lot of hope, :excited:

thanks for helping, i've been asking around too and i've found that as long as my grades are upto par i've got a chance so now i've got to literally work for it
(downside: another year in sixth form :unimpressed:

, upside: better future :^_^:

, i think this'll give me enough to strive for)

The uni's i've been looking at for foundation year usually require one science or maths which is good for me i guess.

i forgot to congratulate you on the offers btw, :colondollar:

do you mind if i ask what have you applied for?

p.s do you have any ideas on what i work experiences/voluntary work i should do, i really need to find some.. if you got any tips/ideas i'd appreciate it, :biggrin:

thanks again i really appreciate your comment mate

Has anyone got good advice for yr12 because im currently doing my AS mocks and literally every past paper i've done, i've kept on getting C's except for maths, is there still time to resurrect my AS without having to re-sit year 12?

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Original post by riyadhussain123

Has anyone got good advice for yr12 because im currently doing my AS mocks and literally every past paper i've done, i've kept on getting C's except for maths, is there still time to resurrect my AS without having to re-sit year 12?

BRO DO YOU HEAR YOURSELF? :eek:

of course there's time you've got atleast 4 months, just don't waste you're time and keep practising, you keep getting C's cos you've still got to overcome that final learning curve.

There's a lot of maths resources online- a really good one is physicsandmathstutor just click on the maths module you need and its even divided up into whichever examboard you have and don't rely on resits cos its getting even harder too.

(i know i might sound like a hypocrite but take it from someone who's been there and is here again :rolleyes:

)

i hope that helps but seriously, get your **** together MAN -YOU'VE GOT 4 MONTHS- 'eat, breath and sleep maths if you have to'- it's two years of your life (three, if you're me :colondollar:

) that determines that rest of it, make the most of it.

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Thanks dude , the wait between sending off my UCAS and recieving offers was so nerve racking haha; I applied for three MEng mechanical engineering courses and one BEng, but I can switch what type of course I want to do after the foundation year, provided I get the required grades and stuff.

I did the Engineering Education Scheme, in which I was working with a defence company called Selex, through this I was offered work experience for a week, but other than that I have no other experience (apart from working in Mcdonalds)

The unis you want to apply shouldn't really matter, since after you complete the foundaiton year you can switch to any uni that will take you. I beleive Sheffield is the highest ranking uni for mechanical engineering that offers a foundation course, or it could be Southampton, regardless they're both R-group unis, so not much difference there. As a benchmark the best unis offering engineering would most likely be in the r-group.

Overall, don't worry about not getting in, its unlikely if you meet the grade requirements they'll reject you for retaking... Other than that, ace you current subjects and it'll be a walk in the park for you.

And the best thing is, we get two fresher's, one for the foundation and one for the first year 😊😊😊

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Original post by adott25

Thanks dude , the wait between sending off my UCAS and recieving offers was so nerve racking haha; I applied for three MEng mechanical engineering courses and one BEng, but I can switch what type of course I want to do after the foundation year, provided I get the required grades and stuff.

I did the Engineering Education Scheme, in which I was working with a defence company called Selex, through this I was offered work experience for a week, but other than that I have no other experience (apart from working in Mcdonalds)

The unis you want to apply shouldn't really matter, since after you complete the foundaiton year you can switch to any uni that will take you. I beleive Sheffield is the highest ranking uni for mechanical engineering that offers a foundation course, or it could be Southampton, regardless they're both R-group unis, so not much difference there. As a benchmark the best unis offering engineering would most likely be in the r-group.

Overall, don't worry about not getting in, its unlikely if you meet the grade requirements they'll reject you for retaking... Other than that, ace you current subjects and it'll be a walk in the park for you.

And the best thing is, we get two fresher's, one for the foundation and one for the first year 😊😊😊

haha that's awesome, thanks for that- you're kinda a legend in my books rn, you turned it all around, resitting, four offers AND two freshers... :eek:

LUCKYYYYY... :colone:

Which uni do you think you'll be taking on their offer? or will you be transferring after foundation year to a better one?
besides uni talk, how are you finding A2 ? :albertein:

And how did you know you want to apply for mechanical engineering? because idk how to 'pick/choose' which type of engineering would be the best for me, i know i'd love to do something in engineering but not at all sure yet :confused:

it's frustrating :angry:

do you think i need to get some work experience though to be considered properly- i don't really have any at all, i've got compulsory work experience from sixth form to do so i'm looking, got any connections :wink:

sorry ive got so many questions, you're the first person who gets what i'm asking and has had experience, so you're knowledge is actually helpful :biggrin:

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Original post by richtealeggings

haha that's awesome, thanks for that- you're kinda a legend in my books rn, you turned it all around, resitting, four offers AND two freshers... :eek:

LUCKYYYYY... :colone:

Which uni do you think you'll be taking on their offer? or will you be transferring after foundation year to a better one?
besides uni talk, how are you finding A2 ? :albertein:

And how did you know you want to apply for mechanical engineering? because idk how to 'pick/choose' which type of engineering would be the best for me, i know i'd love to do something in engineering but not at all sure yet :confused:

it's frustrating :angry:

do you think i need to get some work experience though to be considered properly- i don't really have any at all, i've got compulsory work experience from sixth form to do so i'm looking, got any connections :wink:

sorry ive got so many questions, you're the first person who gets what i'm asking and has had experience, so you're knowledge is actually helpful :biggrin:

aha, i understand your relief, i was having the same 'reality check' this time last year, so i guess it normal? maybe?

Its probably going to be Sheffield as my firm and Nottingham as my insurance, i only picked Notts over Southhampton cus i absolutely love the campus, but the rational me would have picked shampton over notts.. but oh wells :smile:

A2 is relatively okay... i think... im finding all my subjects except physics (picked it up this year, cus i needed to take a break from writing essays) super boring to revise for, but the good thing is that procrastination for me is doing past papers for physics, so ive got that going for me i guess :h:

(also i started watching american horror story, so that also contributes to finding revision boring)

I chose mechanical cus its the broadest engineering barring general engineering, tbh i looked on the wiki page for mechanical eng and it looked pretty cool and from then on i was hooked onto mechanical.. then agian, if i find its boring i can always switch, so im not totally in the dark :smile:

As for work experience, i presume they wouldnt take it as a factor to reject you if dont have it, but it kinda shows that youre proactive and have an actual intrest in engineering. Also, its great for personal statements, you can use it as a whole paragraph and BS all the wonderful things you learnt during your time. :wink:

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Original post by adott25

aha, i understand your relief, i was having the same 'reality check' this time last year, so i guess it normal? maybe?

Its probably going to be Sheffield as my firm and Nottingham as my insurance, i only picked Notts over Southhampton cus i absolutely love the campus, but the rational me would have picked shampton over notts.. but oh wells :smile:

A2 is relatively okay... i think... im finding all my subjects except physics (picked it up this year, cus i needed to take a break from writing essays) super boring to revise for, but the good thing is that procrastination for me is doing past papers for physics, so ive got that going for me i guess :h:

(also i started watching american horror story, so that also contributes to finding revision boring)

I chose mechanical cus its the broadest engineering barring general engineering, tbh i looked on the wiki page for mechanical eng and it looked pretty cool and from then on i was hooked onto mechanical.. then agian, if i find its boring i can always switch, so im not totally in the dark :smile:

As for work experience, i presume they wouldnt take it as a factor to reject you if dont have it, but it kinda shows that youre proactive and have an actual intrest in engineering. Also, its great for personal statements, you can use it as a whole paragraph and BS all the wonderful things you learnt during your time. :wink:

i'm glad you understand

i think this is as normal as i'll ever get (which is not normal), i'm glad you got through it all tho, you seem pretty chill :u:

i'll probably do what you've said with work experience, English has made me a pro in the art of BS. I did physics last year too haha

got a U, if you're doing AS maybe i can help...? idk how much help i could be tho- i found physics really interesting... well concepts and theory but i hated past papers- but you keep at it

And you're spoilt for uni choices, they sound really good and they're r-group (all i can think right now is #goals and that i should probably take a look at Sheffield myself too)

i'm guessing you're going to take the leap and move away to uni? I hope everything works out really well, fingers crossed for you're firm

(have you had any interviews?) i'm rooting for ya - you're grades are up there, so i guesss you'll get it soon enough if you stop with the distractions

American horror story is awesome- (what season are you on?) And have any of the unis asked about you resitting? (just a bit curious, i've had mixed responses about this from the people i;ve asked but none of them have resat so i guess they wouldn't know?? :s-smilie:

) i was just wondering since you've done Psychology, how do you manage revision for that, remembering studies for evaluation, theories and concepts etc.- in all honesty i find it quite boring, and no idea where to start when i do revision. (i'm okay at it but there's always room for improvement) and any other kind of revision stuff you do in general that can be used with other essay subjects too (like english)thanks for your replies, you've cleared up a lot for me :biggrin:

i'll have a look on engineering- still deciding though but that sounds like a good thing to consider -the courses i've looked allow students to decide fully at the end of the foundation year, so i can change my mind. (you do economics as well?- i have no idea what this subject is tbh but i hope that is going well for you in general) :cool:

keep chill :smile:

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i literally think we were seperated at birth, i too got a U in physics on my first sitting, i found it so interesting but i did absolutely no work for it, but this year its going pretty well, i've also realised how little you actually need to remember, it all about understanding, once you nail that it's pretty simple.
As for AHS ive binged watched the last three episodes of series one today( my excuse is i had two two hour mocks today :biggrin:

). I blame my girlfriend for this, she was bugging me to start watching it, i did, and now im hooked :biggrin:

the unis have sent nothing but give me offers and the generic emails they send out to offer holders. The only mention of me resitting was on my reference from my econ teacher, but it was in a good light, so i guess the unis took it pretty well. tbh, i dont think they really give a crap, unless its the 'prick' unis i.e. oxford, cambridge, imperial etc.

As for psychology, OMG, AS content is soooooooo boring(A2 is intresting but the amount you have to remember is astoundingly large ), i have no idea how i managed to scramble all that crap into my head. the way i did revision was to write notes, then rewrite them till i remembered it, so i think i rewrote all my notes about 4 times over my revision period. but thats me being weird, you just have to use a bunch of different techniques and see which works out for you. tbh, psychology you can BS your way through it, as long as you know the key concepts, you can almost make up the studies and as long as you link the results back into the question, no examiner will actually go out and look for that specific study; my teacher said you can use uncited research, which basically means you can make up a study in you the exam and theyll take (although i wouldnt recommend this unless you're really stuck )

economics? that was my first true love, till i dug deep and realised how boring my working life would be in comparison to doing engineering

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