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

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I am taking Geography, History and psychology and did take chemistry but found it so difficult and after Easter decided I would drop it. Better to get 3 good grades than 4 OK ones, :biggrin:

I hate Chemistry too, smart idea dropping it, wish I'd thought of that! :frown:

But i'm definitely dropping it at A2!

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ChemistryChic

Original post by SophieGloria

I keep recalculating how many UMS I need for each subject to get an A, just in case I made a mistake the other 100 times I have done it. I need to chill.

WHY HAVE I NOT DONE THIS YET!?

**runs off to calculate UMS marks I need to get my ABB offer**

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MathsNerd1

Original post by Helen95

My coach suggested I shoot longbow for a change as a bit of fun, so it should be pretty good :tongue:

What are you going to see?

Oh very nice :tongue:

I'm thinking about seeing Kick ass 2 just to kill the time :biggrin:

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Cwestby

Original post by kevloui

The Universities have our results now. Oh feck..

How do you know?

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Zhy

Not long to go now.

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Boy_wonder_95

Original post by popnit

Yeah no problem. Weep all you want my friend as long as I can use your shoulder after you've finished.

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That's if you can reach my shoulder :u:

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F1's Finest

Original post by kevloui

The Universities have our results now. Oh feck..

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Hodgey1

Think I've made a mistake. My firm offer is AAB for law at Cardiff but I think I may have underestimated myself - if I come out with A*AA on Thursday can I upgrade? Or even AAA?

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kingdoo

Original post by haniie219

I hate Chemistry too, smart idea dropping it, wish I'd thought of that! :frown:

But i'm definitely dropping it at A2!

Yeah I know that pretty much everyone who doesn't want to do medicine in my school want to drop it. Unless they hate maths or physics more.
But good luck to you who knows you may get a good grade in it. The only reason I dropped it is because I knew I didn't need it to do human geography :biggrin:

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SophieGloria

Original post by ChemistryChic

WHY HAVE I NOT DONE THIS YET!?

**runs off to calculate UMS marks I need to get my ABB offer**

For some subjects it is really comforting... and then for others, I've realised that getting the grades I need is next to impossible. Oh dear. :tongue:

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F1's Finest

Original post by Hodgey1

Search up, UCAS Adjustment!

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Helen95

Original post by Hodgey1

You could try Adjustment? But unlikely to be many law places going, I would've thought.

Reply 2272

Flowerii

Original post by kevloui

The Universities have our results now. Oh feck..

Ladies and gents of TSR . . . Godspeed.
May the almighty hedgehog smile favourably upon us this weekend.
Thinking happy thoughts to keep the exam reaper at bay . . .
:reaper:

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han55

Original post by kingdoo

Same here, but there's still quite a few people wanting to take it next year.
Thank you! I hope I got at least a C, either way, I'm dropping it!

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UnknownError

Original post by kingdoo

Haha cheers :biggrin:

. Well I am never going to get an A* didn't get one at GCSE's haha I just hope I have done enough for an ABB and then I won't care I will just be so happy haha lol :biggrin:

. I am sure we both did fine but you can never tell at A levels it is so annoying. What is worse 3/4 of my year failed their January exams which I didn't have but makes me feel even worse.

Same I didn't have January exams so after doing my first 2 exams in June it was a huge wake up call hopefully I did pick it up. An I the only one who thinks that there will be a huge increase in students resitting year 12 since they won't receive the wake up call until June? Obviously there will still be a lot of students achieving great grades but only a few at my school actually done well in January exams with the majority getting fails or close to fails.

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Padouken

Original post by Hodgey1

Almost certainly not. The Unis that offer AAA and A*AA are highly competitive, especially seen as it's law we're talking about. A*AA would be LSE and UCL. They're never in clearing lol.

EDIT: I would still try adjustment though.

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 2276

Badman1231

Original post by haniie219

I hate Chemistry too, smart idea dropping it, wish I'd thought of that! :frown:

But i'm definitely dropping it at A2!

Chemistry is challenging but rewarding

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Hodgey1

Thanks for the responses. Could be worth a look on results day if I do well, although I'm nervous as now!

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Peakcasso

I keep on swinging from semi calm to about to drop dead erratic

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kingdoo

Original post by haniie219

Same here, but there's still quite a few people wanting to take it next year.
Thank you! I hope I got at least a C, either way, I'm dropping it!

If you get a C then it will be good to put on your UCAS form. I did the mock and got an E and a U and I was like lets pretend this never ever happened by dropping the subject. Leicester I thought was also good because it accepts general studies for most subjects. And although you may therefore be put off but if you took 3 A levels plus general studies you have a back up if everything goes wrong.

I would like also to point out before I forget that Leicester is not a Russell group uni. This may also seem bad but it is ranked 16 so it must be good. What I found out is that since it isn't a Russell group people automatically think it is a useless uni when it isn't. This makes it easier to get an offer for it as less people apply. :cool: