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Yes indeed, the whole grade situation seems so much more stressful than it did before offers started coming in, I never really used to worry about grades, yet all of a sudden it's become rather a concern.
especially with the added stress of january modules - though im not too concerned about them because i got high AS UMS marks in maths and chem, its the history im worried about - i scraped an A at AS (mostly due to not knowing enough about stupid Russia) and i have looked up my summer exam timetable to discover that i have an exam for each of my options on the same day - starting with all 3 hours of history!
Oh god I know exactly what you mean about History! Flaming 'Luther and the Reformation', for some reason our whole school did really badly in that module.
Do you do coursework and individual study for History? Because with those two we only have to take one written exam at A2, which is nice.
We do a weird history course - it was Peter the Great
Ive just handed in my personal study but i still need to take 2 exams in the summer, 1 British(charles I n civil war) and the other European (Catherine the Creat and decline of French Monarchy).
Ive just got to hope that i get a really good coursework grade to give me some leeway in the summer
Lol yes it does sound a bit odd, not least because I now feel ignorant for having no idea who Peter the Great actually is.
Yeah coursework and Individual Study are always good places to provide a bit of a cushion, and I think come the summer, when you've really got into the swing of revising, it all becomes a bit easier anyway.
He built St Petersburg - well had it built by the slave labour force that is the Serfs - and moved the Russian capital there, if my memory is correct its late 17th, early 18th century Russia basically - and a tad boring especially in comparison to British which i adore - hence i did a British personal study
Thomas Wentworth, First Earl of Strafford
He was one of CharlesI main ministers being in control of the North of England and Ireland at the same time for most of the Personal Rule and was punished as such by a revengeful parliament who impeached him the first chance they got and as it was well not legally justified they resorted to a Bill of Attainder in order to execute him in 1641 - my question was to what extent could his trial be justified.
Wow sounds really interesting, reminds me of similar actions under Richard III against the Earl of Northumblerand. Evidently there's a history of English Kings not getting on brilliantly with Northern magnates.
Thought I'de join in this convo...seemed like a good way to put off revision for my exam on thurs :-D my history coursework's on Lord liverpool and was he the "arch mediocrity" of British politics...which is actually interesting (and we did it as an AS module so I had a lot of info already lol). you guys seem like you're doing completly different history courses to me...Irelan 1798-1921??Lenin and the Bolesheviks??
What a coincidence, Winston Churchill once used that exact phrase to describe Stanley Baldwin, the chap whom I did my Personal Study on.
Yeah it does seem as though courses vary massively from school to school, but there are so many module options to choose from now, that we're all essentially at the mercy of the whims of our various heads of History.
However I was disappointed to learn that they've gotten rid of the 'History of Trains' module, I found it rather amusing that one could take a History module that requires no substantial knowledge of historical figures.
haha history of trains, excellent. The quote I used was from benjamin disraeli, who was British PM in the 1800s i think, not sure of the exact year though...do you have history modules in Jan, or all in June??
random question....what has everyone put as their insurance choice on UCAS?I just got my final offer back so have now got warwick, druham, oxford, kings & manchester...but the only one asking for lower grades than AAA is Kings college london...but in the accomodation book they sent me, it states that if you don't accept them as a firm offer you might not get accomodation in your 1st year, which is worrying as it's london, land of the high rents...
Lol I'd be wary of that quote at Christ Church then!
Well I just have an AS re-sit in History in January, and then I have my Personal Study, which I've already sat, a coursework and a written paper on the decline of the Liberal Party for History A2.
I'm not sure what my insurance will be, I'm still waiting on Durham and Warwick, though I don't think I'll pick Warwick as the uni is all of about 10 minutes drive from house . If I get AAB from Durham I'll probably pick them, failing that I'll have to make a choice between York and Cardiff.
You are all rather lucky to be able to do coursework; my wise and infinitely excellent school does not 'believe in coursework' and thus no one can do it. In any subject. Except possibly Business Studies; they seem to be doing coursework constantly.
I have an offer for English but one of the As they want is in Mathematics which is sickening.
Having never been to Durham or Edinburgh, I can't really decide on either as my insurance... Durham does sound excessively boring, though..
Lol well if it's any consolation at least at the end you'll be able to say you did A-Levels the proper way! And then you can enjoy complaining about coursework, possibly using the words newfangled and infernal.
One of mine also has to be in Maths, it looks like Christ Church enjoys imposing science restrictions on its Arts Pupils. Why Christ Chuch?! Why?!
And I think you're overlooking one important fact about Durham, it contains an establishment that was voted in 2006 as the very worst nightclub in Europe, frankly what more could one ask for
Im wondering about my insurance - unless for some absurd reason Nottingham or Warwick decide to grace me with an AAB offer it looks like it might be leeds as their offer includes general studies, i really like Cardiff but im not sure how lenient they would be with my AAA offer so its going to have to be Leeds and im going to have to really make sure i get the grades.
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. If I get AAB from Durham I'll probably pick them, failing that I'll have to make a choice between York and Cardiff.
