I already had a very good idea what to expect as my boyfriend has already finished his degree, so him telling me what was going on his life at the time and seeing it for myself meant that I knew what was coming. What I didn't expect was it to highlight how pointless A-levels are in showing what a course is going to be like in its entry requirements; I'm doing an English/Linguistics degree as was asked to get ABB (straight English course asks for AAB, straight Linguistics BBB) and I'm currently getting high 2.1s in English, and struggling to get 2.2s in Linguistics -- did not expect that!