Please can someone help me, In Y. 12 I did Chem, Maths (A2 - I retook) and Physics. Can I apply for Physics A2 and Further Maths AS and A2 next year only?

Reply 6828

mgill17

Original post by 89911998a

Your last paragraph: You can, but someone I spoke to on here (TSR) said that you risk taking away so much time from your first year work that it affects the latter's performance and it becomes not worth it. If it's just one exam you've done horrendously in, then I suppose you could do it.

I'm concerned because a C or two could affect my chances of entry into graduate programmes after uni; I also wouldn't want it to crop up as a point of discussion/concern in job interviews later on. I might ask to defer if that's the case.

You definitely can get worse combinations, in my opinion, than AAC/D e.g. BBB/BBC - you'd have missed your requirements by 3/4 grades and may have to retake all your A levels.

What are your firm entry requirements, by the way?

I agree with that. It's difficult to explain one adequate grade or have to delve into circumstantial detail in interviews but I think a lot of places/people are understanding. I guess it all depends on how much work do you think you have to do and is it worth it for a better A Level grade?
I'm looking at ABC and with how it looks from my own predictions (I was pretty accurate at predicting my UMS last year), I'd probably only need to resit one unit and I'd have ABB which I'd be very happy with, even if I know this is not my true ability...I was predicted AAA by my sixth form.
I personally wouldn't go through with resitting it unless I knew it was a threat to any future career/post grad prospects I had, I'm sure I'll discuss this with the suitable people when it comes to it but if it doesn't affect my postgrad opportunities I'll just leave it at a C. At the uni I'm hoping to get into, if you get 60% in your first year you can be put onto the Masters course so I think I'd rather attempt that than resit one unit from a subject I didn't really enjoy in the end.

And missing by 3/4 grades is fairly bad but if you have extenuating circumstances and you were accepted onto a A*AA course and if they still want you tomorrow, they must really think you are capable. Unis don't waste their time with people they don't think will pass/will drop out because, well... money.
Also, even without circumstances, there are many people who get in when they missed their offer by 2/3 grades (although if the requirements are A*AA they're probably a more prestigious uni so maybe less lenience idk???).

My firm asks for AAA, for the Master's version of the course but they actually take you onto the Bachelor's course if you get anything down to ABB, which I actually totally forgot about until I went onto track today so I guess I have it easier than you (If you're A*AA->ABC) so I can't really complain. More favourably for me, Maths is the most important subject for my course and I think that's my A so.

But I hope your firm accept you and you figure out what you want to do! I'm assuming you've put tonnes of effort in if it's enough to worry you! :smile:

Reply 6829

patricio_miguel

What does UCAS say if you get into your insurance but NOT your firm?

Does it say "Congratulations! Your place at (insurance) has been confirmed"?

^ that would annoy me lol

Reply 6830

OrdinaryStudent

Original post by fefssdf

anyone planning to retake and reapply again to their firm ??

Yeah im planning to do that. Would you still be in college, or would you only go in to take the exams?

Reply 6831

OrdinaryStudent

Original post by fefssdf

anyone planning to retake and reapply again to their firm ??

Yeah im planning to do that. Would you still be in college, or would you only go in to take the exams?

Reply 6832

OrdinaryStudent

Original post by fefssdf

anyone planning to retake and reapply again to their firm ??

Yeah im planning to do that. Would you still be in college, or would you only go in to take the exams?

Reply 6833

OrdinaryStudent

@fefssdf im planning to reapply to my firm after i retake exams

Reply 6834

somevirtualguy

No posts for 37 minutes?

Is everyone dead? Stress overload?

Reply 6835

TraceyE

Feeling better after looking at edexcel biology unit 4 😀

Reply 6836

kingLAWZA

Original post by PQ

pooo

What about the other side of the country: http://www.essex.ac.uk/courses/details.aspx?mastercourse=UG00069&subgroup=1
Or a slightly different approach to comp sci: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/webscience/undergraduate/courses/i200_bsc_web_science_social_science.page#modules
Or somewhere very cool http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/2016/4592/32847

Assuming you're not into big cities (based on firming exeter) then http://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/departments/computer-science/computer-science/ or http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/computer-science-bsc-hons-g400/ or http://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/computer-science-ug/bsc-computer-science.aspx or https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/computerscience/prospectivestudents/undergraduate/single-honours/computerscience.aspx or https://www.cs.york.ac.uk/undergraduate/ug-courses/bsc-cs/ would all be worth a try

Interested in pretty much all of those except the Southampton one sadly, however in a worse case scenario whe I get BCC I doubt most of these places would accept me?

I'm also interested in Accounting and finance or economics as these were my initial choices and if it is easier to get into these courses I would definitely consider it.

Thanks for all your help, I'm at work and you saved me a lot of time!