15 August 2013 A-Level results: Discussion thread - results day is here!

Would rep you but sadly I'm out, care for a virtual rep? This info is so helpful, I'm the only one in my family to go to uni so I've relied on TSR

Why on earth would you do that?! Lol!

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I chose my firm and insurance based on course content and uni rather than grades as my firm is the exact course I want to do and my insurance is something I would be happy doing but isnt the exact modules.

was your exam board AQA?! Did you do Waiting For Godot!!?

I did that too! Thought I was the only one, but to be fair my insurance is in London so I'll live at home but for Chester I'm not guaranteed accommodation unless it's my firm

No, I put ones that had the same but that was because I was hoping the insurance uni might be more lenient than my firm but I don't really want to go to my insurance anyway.

Chester is my firm too! I just chose it based on course content and uni as my insurance isnt the exact course and modules that I want whereas chester is. I dont really want to go to my insurance anyway but I didnt like the idea of having no back up!

High entry requirements say very little about the standard of the course or how difficult it is to get into. Obviously an A*A*A offer suggests a more prestigious establishment than CCD, but comparing good universities by entry requirements is absurd.

Half this thread probably has an offer with higher entry requirements than my firm, but I wouldn't want to trade offers with any.

I wasn't talking about standards of the course as such. I was talking about how the people who go the Oxford are not automatically super intelligent.

It's a safe bet that they are very intelligent, though.

Did anyone else do Aqa Sociology/Psychology A2?


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If on results day your firm says unsuccessful does this mean your not allowed to ring up the university ?

Yeah, no doubt. However there will be equally bright students at other Universities as well.

EDIT: Although the person I know isn't that intelligent.

Anyone had any results day dreams?

I while back I dreamt I totally forgot it was results and was enjoying my day with friends (obviously not A-Level friends)
It wasn't until later that evening my dad came in and told me he went to pick up my results, and I failed all my exams.. I have also missed clearing now so not going to uni... I woke up crying!

Am I the only one getting that feeling you get when going downhill on a roller coaster?

Butterflies in your stomach - common when nervous.

I never really understood saying this. It's like saying that some people in Zimbabwe are as rich as some in the UK - yes it's true, but the general rules still apply; people in the UK are richer. There's a tendency on TSR to assume that all generalisation is automatically bad, which is simply untrue. Of course there are individual differences.