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

What do you mean? Universities always saw your actual AS grades.

Hopefully they will let you, but it may also be worth contacting a few other sixth forms that you would be interested in going to. A girl in my year left after AS results and retook the year at another sixth form, so this could be an option.

Do some people have 'non-actual' AS grades then? I know folks at Eton don't have to put down their grades if they muck up (which is outrageous enough as it is), but this seems to add a whole new layer of complexity

It's worse than that, it's probably more, although I can't say anything about Eton in particular, it's seems likely.

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1744719

"all your AS grades (A-E), even if you are taking the subjects to A level, and/or plan to resit modules to improve them, unless you are in a private school that has a policy of not certificating AS levels in Year 12. All state schools (in England at least) are now certificating AS levels in Year 12 routinely, where before a minority didn't; if in doubt about whether a result has been certificated ask your exams co-ordinator"

I guess I don't pay 25k+ a year for that privilege, but nonetheless.

No they didnt, universities didnt see your actual As grades, it was up to you if you wanted to put it on or not depending on if it will credit your application or not. All you needed to give them was a predicted grade. However now you will have to show them your actual AS grade and predicted grade

The prospect of moving schools sounds all too real to me now I'll start having a look around

This isn't a new thing, universities have always seen AS grades.

In all fairness, this is quite good for me, because one of my chemistry teachers hates me, so through both years of sixth form predicted me E's, yet I came out with a high C at AS, and I've been well on track for that, so maybe if they see this then they'll realise that predicted grades aren't everything

Do you have any evidence that this rule applies only to Eton. I smell bull****.

Ahh, thankfully I'm only at AS this year! Can't imagine how nervous A2's are feeling D:

Good luck to you too! Bet you'll do fine too

He is right, in the past only State funded schools had to declare their grades to UCAS apparently, independent ones didn't.

And what sort of offers were they getting? Any better than BBB?

Listening to the soundtrack to Rent seems to be taking my mind off things. It's hard to think of things whilst singing along to music!

I know, he just linked to a thread that mentioned it. Rather ridiculous.

It was. Obviously it doesn't make up for anything, but at least she didn't have to worry about that. Oh definitely, it takes something very serious to get consideration. One girl was supposed to have an operation on the morning of the exam, and was told that if she turned up she would be very unlikely to get any sort of extra consideration.

I'm glad your friend was allowed to stay. I only did three AS levels (had to drop one around winter time in the hope that it would help) will that affect anything you think? Less UCAS points isn't it?

Yes this was in previous years if you mocked up you didnt have to put your actual AS grades but only your predicted grades. However things have changed and now it is compulsory to give both

it's not rubbish, it is (was?) the norm at public schools....you don't have to put down your AS grades, I would have been stuffed if I did...got BDD....and was predicited AAB. But I did get AAB in the end.

It is unfair, but I'm sure universities cottoned on to the fact that only the people with poorer grades would refuse to declare them.

N'aw

What matters to a Universities is come August when results are published. Some Universities will know that you won't reach their offer, but will grant you one anyway because they like you (e.g. from your personal statement). Despite that you can change things around. I have no idea how the June exams are going to work, but it's possible to retake. If you want AAA or any A*s with low results then you may want to consider retaking year 12.

I applied to Cardiff University with BCDE and they made me an offer of AAB. They emailed me a few weeks later to lower my offer to ABB.

My friend with BCDE also received an offer from Cardiff along with my other friend that had achieved CDDE. All these offers were AAB.

In regards to getting teachers to give you grade references.. You will simply have to take mock exams and prove to your teacher that you can achieve the grade you are looking for. My friend, Mike, had to do this last year for Law and it didn't take that much time to complete.

Sounds like the best thing to do just in case, because then you can go and talk to the school on results day. The girl I mentioned was actually allowed to resit at our school but thought it would be too difficult to see all of her friends applying and going to university, and so she decided on a fresh start.