Teachers wont give me my predicted grades!

IF a course is in Adjustment (not all will be, especially A grade courses) then predictions are irrelevant, they will only be interested in achieved grades.

But - do you really want to go a Uni you havn't seen, have booked no accommodation at and have that panicky ring-round to grab a place? When you could wait 12 months and do it calmly with a bit more sensible reflection? Going to Uni is not a race.

But - will you actually GET an A grade in August?

If you don't then the entire argument was a total waste of time wasn't it.

but i can't help what my teachers are predicting me so i don't have a choice ..........

Yes, YOU can. Their predictions are based on your work/results so far.
Stop blaming your teachers and start taking responsibility for your own behaviour.

Btw, RG, 'top grades' etc does not = 'better course' or 'better Uni'.

its better to go to them since they look better to employers

But it is possible, I know quite a few people who got predicted very good grades with poor AS grades and still got accepted, My sister was predicted AAB with average AS grades and she got onto a course for AAB! with BCCD! She had an interview and she really impresses them ( the head of her department even asked for her email) so it depends on the applicant, their personal statement/interview etc. so I think I do stand a chance, even if I apply to just one university with ABB

Is adjustment where you get higher than your predicted grades or is that clearing?

Yo I was at the same position as you last year. I had got BBCD at AS, only for them to predict me BDE after my performance in my first string of mock exams. With a little one-to-one sit down with my subject teachers explaining what I will try to achieve in the coming months leading to exams in order to sit up, focus more and mess about less, I managed to get my predicted up to BBB, picking up offers from ABB courses from Universities such as UEA, Kent & Leicester.

Just explain to them in a nice but passionate manner that you aspire to go to a Uni asking for ABB and would go out of your comfort zone in order to achieve this goal. But at the same time actually take college seriously after (something I didn't and consequently ended up at Essex), because if they were to leave your grades as they were and it turned out you got something like AAB, you can still go through adjustment and apply for the specific courses at the ABB unis.

Thanks, i think i can get one of my teachers to predict me at least one A but my only worry is my C prediction in economics which i think is really hard! i was like a mark into a C for AS so i doubt he'll predict me anything higher... predictions of ABC aren't that bad when applying to ABB unis right?

It does for me i just want to go to uni and live my life independently and freely as fast as i can. I'll have a look further into adjustment to find out what courses they actually offer

Good thinking, not. If you just want to rush into uni as easily as you can then you're purposely going to waste money so you may as well take a gap year to save up money and get work + life experience. I'll gurantee that the way you're going you'll be one of those graduates who did any degree they could find, got no experience and is broke and not at all appealing to employers.

If you don't have the predicted grades, get actual grades and then apply to the best places.

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that sounds like a logical decision but im not gonna waste a year of my life doing something i dont want to do because teachers gave me low predicted grades, i dont need life experience lol

You need WORK experience and you clearly need life experience if you are rushing what's essentially is a 50k+ decision because you have **** grades and don't have the patience to aim for anything higher. Have some standards.

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i have got some work experience, i don't need a gap year for life skills or stuff like that i have life skills its not rushing i'll be going when everyone else is going so same time, you don't have to pay it back until you earn over a certain amount so the money won't be a problem in going. i dont have bad grades i have bad predicted grades i won't get bad a2 grades, a year of my life is too long to wait i dont need life experience or to work anywhere to gather money, you get a student loan

Mate, you can't even write properly. I have never seen a better examples of running sentences and the inability to use capital letters and full stops.

Fine. But you are still not aiming high by waiting for adjustment. You're settling for whatever happens to come up and you still need to apply.

Also, unless you are from a wealthy family who will be WILLING to help you through uni, nearly every student will gurantee that your loan isn't enough.
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yeah its a forum i'm purposely not typing properly. if I apply through adjustments i can get courses which exceed my predicted grades which means i will get into a better course and better uni so its a good idea, you can get a maintenance loan aswell from student loan i think and i'll just make sure careful how i spend it, no one i know has been struggling with money at uni. doesnt matter if i have to apply again the only difference is that i'll have a2 grades not predicted grades so it'll be easier

What is a 'better course'? What is a 'better uni'? What is the point of going to a good university that has a terrible reputation for the course you want to study?

Yeah. You only get the maintenance loan if you are poor enough for it. Otherwise you're screwed.

You're not applying again. You're hoping for the best and have no backup plan.

You haven't planned this out and are living in a dream world.





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