I wasn't happy with my AS grades really, my college where quite strict about not predicting higher than achieved AS grades, so I wanted to wait as I knew I could do better than predicted.
I haven't really thought too much about that, I've been focussing a lot more on the sort of course I want to study.
I'm applying to UCL which is obviously a city uni lol, Durham which is sort of both I guess? Bath which is in a city, but a bit of a boring one lol (though very pretty) it is close to Bristol though and Cambridge which is basically a city in itself, there's not a lot else going on in Cambridge apart from the uni really but I'm not really likely to get in there lol so not worrying about it too much.
This year I'm studying for an AS in further maths and I am considering resitting one chem exam cos I was really close to the A* boundary, but may not bother as it's unlikely to matter much even if I did manage to get it up. Studying is also referring to related reading to my course, which is something I am trying to find time for.
I do have a job, I work in a restaurant and have done for 18 months. I used to just wash up, but have been promoted to a junior chef (kinda).
I've been kind of lucky I guess, in that hardly any of my friends did A levels and even fewer are going to uni so not losing out too badly in terms of that (I have one friend moving to London for uni and another for work). It does mean that I often have to turn to TSR for academic discussion and to chat about stuff like gap years though lol
I am from Brighton btw!! saw you have an offer from there, but if I was you I would maybe try and go for Sussex instead (if you like the area) it has a much nicer campus