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

Any Bristol firmers?

You applying for the uni as well then?

Yeah, I messed up C4 with silly mistakes. Didnt change calculator to radian -.- and vectors last few parts. I hope grade boundaries for C4 is low. It has been low for 3-4 years so hope it will be the same this year. I need 82UMS for A* in Maths. Econ, I need 47/120UMS for an A so thats done. Just need the A* in normal Maths and I got my A*AA for Bath! FP3, without that silly mistake, I would have only lost 5-8 marks on the last question but with it, I think 15-20 marks so A* gone. FP2 and FP3 grade boundaries are always high. I cant get A in Chemistry anymore cuz I got 0UMS in ISA(When I got 57%??) but definitely a B

Good luck with your results man

hmm yea I found it okay except a few weird bits. hoping an A is no higher than 79. 76-78 i'd be happy with, but im hoping i got around 85raw marks minimum. Did u do unit 1 in january? what did u get?

I guess so :/ I actually preferred the calculations in unit one, I hated unit two because it was mostly electricity which I hate Waves was good though

Ah yes I heard C4 was horrible once again this summer. Recently AQA have made core 4 very difficult in comparison to the older papers. According to my teacher, the examiner who wrote the Jan paper got fired because it was too hard! Managed to take advantage of the low boundaries though and ended up with 98/100 in it. The grade boundaries will be low judging by other students reactions I heard coming out the sports hall. Good luck to you aswell on Thurs.

Ahh we did AQA, Tsarist Russia and Anti-Semitism, Hitler and the German People

Only a third of it was electricity but yh that stuff is dull, there was also Quantum theory which was pretty damn sexy

if i got BBB in my AS levels and i wanted to go to a uni with AAB requirement,could i at least still get interviewed,going solely off my application and p.s ?

if i got BBB in my AS levels and i wanted to go to a uni with AAB requirement,could i at least still get interviewed,going solely off my application and p.s ?

Cool, did you enjoy studying those topics? I didn't really like history this year :/ I'm going to drop it I think.

Ok find maybe it wasn't mostly electricity But it was too much for my liking
Oh wow what an interesting way to describe Quantum Physics? I'm not sure it's the term I would opt for though

i did unit 1 and completely trashed it and got a C,my calculator broke before the exam started so i got given a basic calc so i couldnt do the calculations on.Therefore i resat in june,but i found jan's paper extremely easier than junes when i did the exam as a past paper yourself ?

What pizza? Has to be chicken and pineapple for me plus onions

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Alright, maybe I came off a little too strong, quantum physics was very intriguing better?
Although what term would you've opted for?

No, Oxbridge sometimes don't want to lose exceptional students (inr) so give them an EE offer, which means even if they get something bad (by Cambridge standards) like AAB, they won't go through the hassle of calling them up, etc...
This is usually for prodigies in their field who aren't the exam type, but can contribute to the subject.

Yes, universities will usually look at personal statement, AS grades, academic reference and predicted grades.
Many teachers will have no problem with predicting you one grade better than your AS grade.