IB Results Day 2020: Chat Thread

so scared rn, i'm applying in clearing too so i've been scrolling through vacancies but tbh it looks like i'll have to wait until scottish results/a level results day to find a place.

Clearing Plus is currently recommending me all kinds of crap, if they can see my grades already i'm actually a failure lol

How come you have to wait?

so scared rn, i'm applying in clearing too so i've been scrolling through vacancies but tbh it looks like i'll have to wait until scottish results/a level results day to find a place.

Clearing Plus is currently recommending me all kinds of crap, if they can see my grades already i'm actually a failure lol

When do you find out your grades? Not sure Clearing Plus is optamised that way and I wouldn't read too much into it. @StrawberryDreams can you confirm?

I completely understand. I might lose my university place because I was given a 4 in English however, I needed a 5. This is very unfair since my prediction was a 5, and I always got straight 5s in mock exams. this makes no sense. I also got one mark lower for business but the other subjects were what I expected. In total, I was predicted a 41 but I got a 39. If my uni rejects me, I'm gonna ask for a remark in English and if they don't change the grade, I will have to apply to another uni which is just so unfair. I have been dreaming about going to this uni and this whole situation is making me so sad

So it was really interesting - I can see that courses that appear on the general UCAS search aren't available for me when I search for them in Clearing Plus. For ref, for Warwick example I get 3 language-related courses (which would make sense, I took Swedish as a second language and most likely have scored a 6/7 and I'm getting language/politics degrees recommended) but for Birmingham Social Work doesn't appear for me, but Psychology at Birmingham does. So it's like, did I score below 32 points (which Bham want for SW), can they tell what my grade is and am I not part of that target group? I hope you get what I mean

Yeah, I was predicted a 7 in Maths, always got 90%, 85%, 98% in mocks; got a 4. It isn't my result, its based on an algorithm which has dehumanised me into a point score. I can't believe I have to resit because of a stupid virus. All of my grades are similarly decreased. I went down 9 points. 9! I had never gotten this low, I am not the same as a person sitting the exam in my school a year ago, two years ago.

Yeah, I was predicted a 7 in Maths, always got 90%, 85%, 98% in mocks; got a 4. It isn't my result, its based on an algorithm which has dehumanised me into a point score. I can't believe I have to resit because of a stupid virus. All of my grades are similarly decreased. I went down 9 points. 9! I had never gotten this low, I am not the same as a person sitting the exam in my school a year ago, two years ago.

looking at these stories above definitely makes me worried. Although I do feel like my IAs were good, you can't help the feeling that the IB will screw you over. Especially since my uni conditionals are quite close to my predicted

Hey really sorry to hear this. Have you been able to speak to your teachers about your grade yet?

can u try and challenge the grade instead of retaking?

So it was really interesting - I can see that courses that appear on the general UCAS search aren't available for me when I search for them in Clearing Plus. For ref, for Warwick example I get 3 language-related courses (which would make sense, I took Swedish as a second language and most likely have scored a 6/7 and I'm getting language/politics degrees recommended) but for Birmingham Social Work doesn't appear for me, but Psychology at Birmingham does. So it's like, did I score below 32 points (which Bham want for SW), can they tell what my grade is and am I not part of that target group? I hope you get what I mean

Yeah so as EH said, I'm pretty sure they won't be targeting you if you don't have your grades yet, it may just be based on your courses and what previous students in a similar demographic may have done. I also can't see Social Work in Clearing for Birmingham yet so it may be that they are being highly selective based on other criteria and not necessarily grades.

When do you receive your grades? Good luck!

https://digital.ucas.com/coursedisplay/courses/d85f3bb8-53a7-f256-b53c-7c706fb631c3?academicYearId=2020

My second choice, i might end up waiting for scottish results day to see if Edinburgh offers SW as I'm an eu student. I get my results at 13:30 GMT, i'll see if my clearing plus changes - it might be that they see my predictions and not my actual grades yet

So sorry to hear that. Have you received your subject breakdown yet?

39 is still a very solid result; well done. Was the 5 in English required to meet a subject offer, or the language requirement?

I am not gonna resit or support any of these pieces of sh*t with more money. What they did this year is just hilarious. I was predicted a 45 - I got 39. I have never, but NEVER got lower than 7 in any Maths assessment, somehow I got a 6. I was supposed to do Further Maths HL - they put me a 5 for that. On what criteria? I don't know. 5 for Physics and for Computer Science. And now I have to fight and wait so that I get into my firm choice.

Is this what I worked 2 years of my life for ? I am so annoyed and I regret that I have chosen this sh*tty exam board. It's not about the virus, but about the way they chose to deal with it.

Of course, their answer would be 'if you don't like the grades, you should resit'. Just f**k off