AAA Insurance?

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- OK, unis I applied to come in at A*AA, AAA and AAB.
- Currently thinking one of the A*AAs as the firm and an AAA as insurance.

Is this pushing my luck? Everyone that I've mentioned my insurance being AAA to has just stared at me like 'wtf are you doing'.

EDIT: AS grades were AAA, predicted A*A*A

Read their website for more information https://calstate.aaa.com/insurance

Hope this helps :smile:

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Naomi 2709

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Original post by Alexion

- OK, unis I applied to come in at A*AA, AAA and AAB.
- Currently thinking one of the A*AAs as the firm and an AAA as insurance.

Is this pushing my luck? Everyone that I've mentioned my insurance being AAA to has just stared at me like 'wtf are you doing'.

EDIT: AS grades were AAA, predicted A*A*A

just in case I would go with the AAB in case this year doesn't go as plan

Reply 22

Alexion

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Original post by ScienceFantatic

Read their website for more information https://calstate.aaa.com/insurance

Hope this helps :smile:

Aww, thanks buddy :h:

I need no further help, peoples. This guy has cleared everything up for me.

Reply 23

ubisoft

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Original post by Alexion

Aww, but I love computers :biggrin:

I wanna work for NVidia in the future...

Ahhh nice! Maybe you can optimise games properly then (Arkham Knight :angry:

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Reply 24

Alexion

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Original post by Naomi 2709

just in case I would go with the AAB in case this year doesn't go as plan

I really don't like the AAB course though (Bristol). I only applied for it because my school wouldn't let me send it off with only four choices :tongue:

Original post by ubisoft

Ahhh nice! Maybe you can optimise games properly then (Arkham Knight :angry:

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ikr

Reply 25

Naomi 2709

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the answer is to go with your heart in the end. Are all your choices AAB and above

Reply 26

Louisb19

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Original post by Alexion

- OK, unis I applied to come in at A*AA, AAA and AAB.
- Currently thinking one of the A*AAs as the firm and an AAA as insurance.

Is this pushing my luck? Everyone that I've mentioned my insurance being AAA to has just stared at me like 'wtf are you doing'.

EDIT: AS grades were AAA, predicted A*A*A

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My lowest offer would be A*AA so consider yourself lucky.

Reply 27

Plagioclase

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Original post by Louisb19

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My lowest offer would be A*AA so consider yourself lucky.

It's not a competition.

Reply 28

Louisb19

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Original post by Plagioclase

It's not a competition.

You are right. I think if you are confident that you can get AAA then you should take it as your security, if not maybe choose the AAB.

Reply 29

justinawe

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Original post by Alexion

Oh. Great. My teacher said the same... :afraid:

If it's any consolation, most of my class did better at FP3, though iirc the FP2 exam was a fair bit trickier than the FP3 one for that sitting. I felt that in terms of the content itself FP3 was more difficult but not considerably so.

Reply 30

sweeneyrod

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Original post by Alexion

I'm at 567/600 UMS for Maths/FM, and 296/300 for Physics

Strong ASs, but I'm losing concentration a lot nowadays and I'm worried I'll miss out on those A*s/As

With AS's that strong, an AAA insurance isn't really a risk. Take your physics for example - with 296/300 UMS at AS you only need 184/300 UMS at A2 to get an A. That is 61%, or a very low C. Be confident that you can get that!

Reply 31

Alexion

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Original post by sweeneyrod

With AS's that strong, an AAA insurance isn't really a risk. Take your physics for example - with 296/300 UMS at AS you only need 184/300 UMS at A2 to get an A. That is 61%, or a very low C. Be confident that you can get that!

Heh, that's a good point. 270/300 for that A* though, and that's really what I need... :eek4:

I guess after good ASs, the difference between A and A* suddenly becomes huge in terms of the score you need in Y13.

Reply 32

ubisoft

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Original post by Alexion

Heh, that's a good point. 270/300 for that A* though, and that's really what I need... :eek4:

I guess after good ASs, the difference between A and A* suddenly becomes huge in terms of the score you need in Y13.

The jump from A to A* is bigger than C-A. The amount of extra work you need to do to get an A* instead of A is crazy :lol:

I'd suggest focussing on A* in FM, and just get an A in phys without any revision

Reply 33

Alexion

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Original post by ubisoft

The jump from A to A* is bigger than C-A. The amount of extra work you need to do to get an A* instead of A is crazy :lol:

I'd suggest focussing on A* in FM, and just get an A in phys without any revision

The current predictions stand at A* Maths, A* Physics and A Further Maths.

I was the only one to get A* in our Physics past paper, even though I was the only one who didn't revise :tongue:

Reply 34

ubisoft

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Original post by Alexion

The current predictions stand at A* Maths, A* Physics and A Further Maths.

I was the only one to get A* in our Physics past paper, even though I was the only one who didn't revise :tongue: