Predicted Grades

I've noticed that in the UK, a system of "predicted grades" is being used. I think that this seems really sketchy. It seems like these "predicted grades" can pulled out of no where. In Ireland such a system does not exist and offers are only made after the results come out. In fact, unis here have no prior knowledge of you whatsoever (ie they don't know about your mock results or Junior Cert/GCSE results). What do you think is fairer? The Irish one is far from perfect either, mind you.

I've noticed that in the UK, a system of "predicted grades" is being used. I think that this seems really sketchy. It seems like these "predicted grades" can pulled out of no where. In Ireland such a system does not exist and offers are only made after the results come out. In fact, unis here have no prior knowledge of you whatsoever (ie they don't know about your mock results or Junior Cert/GCSE results). What do you think is fairer? The Irish one is far from perfect either, mind you.

Couldn’t agree more. I think it’s a ridiculous system that could favour schools who are more willing to gamble. My friend told me his school refused to bump up his grade dues to them predicting incorrectly too many times for students before which is completely unfair for him.
The whole system of hiring someone without ever seeing them also appears bizarre to me. I had 3 interview for my UCAS and felt that they made sense because they could tell what I was about even a little bit to make sure they didn’t make sense. Obviously there are constraints but maybe uni tests like the SAT (even that could be just as bad but that’s another rant) could offer a solution. I keep reading somewhere like 60% of students don’t meet their offer or something. Someone always posts the statistic and it proves how poor the system is.

I doubt it's 60 percent.
Either way there isn't much competition for a uni place anyways... And there's no real harm in people missing their offers. Though the dutch system seems smarter. Where if you pass great, you can go to uni. If you flop at uni that's fair and your kicked out of that education stream for a while. But surely all systems have errors. Uni's could become more efficient at handling applications though. Or what should happen is A level results get marked much faster...like two to three weeks. Then you could create an application window from June to Mid September. With the amount going into clearing..

Uni's are already dealing with nearly 200,000 applicants in two weeks. So why not three months???

You're right it's not perfect but it is still good enough. And clearing would be hell for the last period, getting uni applications done before A levels is a good thing. What are your thoughts on an SAT type thing like in America?
I took the SAT i found it unbelievably idiotic (i might be a bit salty coz my score was not as good as I wanted it to be) but I thought the system does not determine the true best at maths because the bar is so low and that the English section was a pain.
Anyone else please feel free to answer.

That's because the SAT is designed to test your focus also....your not used to sitting a really long multiple choice test. That is literally the basis of American study to put it mildly, i'm american so went through the school system. The UK is more essay based which is arguably harder and requires a much higher level of thinking. The fact you didn't get the score is simply inexperience in that format. When i went to school in the US from the third grade onward (age 8) we took end of year tests every year to see if we had reached the level of achievement required to pass. I regularly failed all my classes, then took the EOG test and was happily progressed to the next year lol. Because i was intelligent but couldn't be asked to do homework lol. I much prefer the UK system of education and think it's alot better, if you want to ace the SAT you need to practice the grind, it's not just about being smart/knowledge. A levels basically are UK style SAT's their just in the british format of needing to write essays and minimal multiple choice questions. Switching to the SAT would hence imo be pretty pointless.

Have you applied? Are you studying in the UK or you’ve just finished your cycle?
and truthfully could you understand the SAT reading and writing. I struggled so much with it so many times. I just sort of guessed. I think should have read the strategies. And you’re right about the grind, someone in my yesr got 1550 accepted into MIT and Princeton.
And I flopped the SAT essay which was quite funny. I got 15 when I take an essay subject and got predicted A* and consistently get very good marks.
That was why I didn’t apply US tbh and I wasn’t happy with my reading score.
but do you study here or in the US?

I've noticed that in the UK, a system of "predicted grades" is being used. I think that this seems really sketchy. It seems like these "predicted grades" can pulled out of no where. In Ireland such a system does not exist and offers are only made after the results come out. In fact, unis here have no prior knowledge of you whatsoever (ie they don't know about your mock results or Junior Cert/GCSE results). What do you think is fairer? The Irish one is far from perfect either, mind you.

Ive got a conditional offer for a course and the grades they want me to get are the same as 560points ! In ireland i can study this course for 420points,such a difference !

Leaving cert might not even go ahead as planned! Also 500 points is unrealistic for me anyways nevermind trying without Being in class or any online teaching from my teachers!

I've noticed that in the UK, a system of "predicted grades" is being used. I think that this seems really sketchy. It seems like these "predicted grades" can pulled out of no where. In Ireland such a system does not exist and offers are only made after the results come out. In fact, unis here have no prior knowledge of you whatsoever (ie they don't know about your mock results or Junior Cert/GCSE results). What do you think is fairer? The Irish one is far from perfect either, mind you.