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Grades of people who go to Aberdeen

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Laura_f_1990

Sure it might not be as warm as your used to, depending on where you're coming from but you get used to it.

Grades - If you want to go there, go. Don't start faffing around about grade entrys. Its not really important at the end of the day.

University of Aberdeen

Reply 21

Gabyte

Hey people,

I just want to make sure, if Aberdeen doesn't require IELTS or similar tests?? I mean, others uni do..

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bozhkov

WhereIsMyMind

If that's all you're worried about, then don't. I'll keep you warm.

:sexface:

We'll.. get to that later :biggrin:

Reply 23

fridaystan

Gabyte

Hey people,

I just want to make sure, if Aberdeen doesn't require IELTS or similar tests?? I mean, others uni do..

They do require you to take that test, I had to do it and get at least 6.5 overall

Reply 24

faldarell

Gabyte

Hey people,

I just want to make sure, if Aberdeen doesn't require IELTS or similar tests?? I mean, others uni do..

Depends. E.g. I know they do not ask for it if you have gotten a certain grade (equal to the British B) in English in the German Abitur. So it might be they don't ask for it if you have got good grades in English.

Reply 25

WhereIsMyMind

bozhkov

We'll.. get to that later :biggrin:

Baby if you give it to me. I'll give it to you.

:blushing:

(Tuneeeeeeeeeee!)

Reply 26

lastplace

bozhkov

Yep, the entry requirements should not bother you much :smile:

I also got relatively low-condition-offer, but the one thing that concerns me is that Aberdeen is, well, way up-North, even for Scotland and I'm not sure about the weather.

Aberdeen isnt that far North. Head on up to Thurso. Now that's North

:P

EDIT: I got in with Highers at AABBC if anyone is interested.

Reply 27

Laura_f_1990

My entry to uni was at BBCC, but that was a different uni and a DISTINCTION pass in first year to transfer

Reply 28

bozhkov

When the Scottish students get their exam results?

Reply 29

james1312

The times online University guide says that Aberdeen University students have an average of 365 Ucas Points.

Question answered

Reply 30

RamocitoMorales

I had a dream about Aberdeen last night.

Reply 31

kaaavya

RamocitoMorales

I had a dream about Aberdeen last night.

Pray tell

Reply 32

RamocitoMorales

kaaavya

Pray tell

Some things are better left unknown. :shy2:

Reply 33

lastplace

bozhkov

When the Scottish students get their exam results?

All of our results come out on the 5th August.

Reply 34

Greig_R

I accepted aberdeens offer if i achieve my grades this year aberdeens overall offer to me wud be BBBC but i would already have 2 sciences and English so maybe the offer that you recieve also depends on the subjects you take, i.e if i had taken P.E and home ec then my offer would probrably require higher grades than physics and biology. :smile:

Reply 35

acas13

I think it takes quite a lot of confidence and belief in your own decisions to pick a university with lower entry standards if you have grades way over what they ask for.

I got 5 A's last year and people assumed I would want to go to Edinburgh (I didn't get in, but the point is I didn't want to go there) also, many people where very suprised when I decided to apply to Dundee and not St. Andrews, and when I eventually chose to go to Aberdeen, and not Glasgow.

My point I guess is that choosing a university for it's entry standards (whether they are high or low) isn't a good idea, but it is expected of you. Ultimetely I went for the university where I thought I would be happiest, where my course was taught well, where the facillities were state of the art (Suttie Centre) and where I thought I would feel at home.

/rant

Reply 36

0404343m

Aberdeen's entry standards, in terms of average UCAS points, is about 370 or so. Given that CCC is 240 points, you can see that it's actually significantly higher than that. A point that is almost always forgotten about on TSR, is that most Scottish students have less UCAS points than their English counterparts.

For example:

A Scot with AAAAA at highers gets 360 points for this, 3% of Scots get this grade or better.

An English/Welsh/N.Ire student with AAA at A2 also gets 360 points, 11% of students get this or better.

Ergo, to be in the best 10% of Scots, you need substantially less than AAAAA, but as a result you'll have less points than someone in the top 10% elsewhere in the UK. Students there aren't less intelligent- it's more about the exam system. The result is places like Aberdeen with 80% Scottish students or Glasgow with 70%, are going to have marginally lower entry than an English university, or even a Scottish university like St Andrews with only one in three students coming from Scotland.

You will find lots of very good students at Aberdeen, especially Scots on the four year degree. The different exam system and the lack of demand outside of Scotland means they have lower offers, but first year of a Scottish university can be repetitive for those who've did well in English exams, since their degrees are three years. I really wouldn't worry about CCC- that wouldn't have put me off going (I didn't, but my uncle and aunt did in the mid-90s), and it's a nice place. Having lower entry is one of the criteria that league tables are built on, so that handicaps Aberdeen to an extent as well. If you consider the overwhelming majority of people at certain Scottish universities, of which Aberdeen probably warrant inclusion, are in the top 5% of their class- then if you were to compare it with an English university with the same sort of applicant pool- probably somewhere like UCL, then you'd find a much higher average UCAS score, which partly helps a better ranking- or again, a Scottish one with not many Scottish students (Edinburgh and St Andrews, take note).

Ultimately, tables are meaningless, but it's hard to convince people of that, especially when they're at school-leaver age. Employers don't take much notice though, luckily.

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I want 2 be a clever girl

When I decided to take a law degree in Scotland (I've spent most of my life in England) most people assumed that I would go to Edinburgh or St Andrews (even though it doesn't offer law). Why they assumed this I don't know. Edinburgh (in my view anyway) is highly overated based on its overall reputation that it attracts English students from Public schools, thus making it appear "superior". Aberdeen, on the other hand, seems "inferior" compared to places like Edinburgh simply because it has higher grade boundries. Why is this? Why can't the uni raise its boundaries up? The main reason why I chose ABBA was because it has the best reputation for law in Scotland (based on the Times Uni Guide) and that its also an ancient uni. The lower grade boundaries is just a bonus.

Reply 38

ClaireEd10

The entry requirements shouldn't be in mind tbh when thinking about which University to reply too, however, although ABDN have relatively quite low entry requirements, it lacks nothing in the aspects of what most students look for in a Uni! I've accepted an Unconditional offer to study an MA in Religious Studies come September while I have A*A*B*B already in Scottish Highers and predicted A*A*B in another two highers and an Advanced Higher so to answer to asserted question, students who go to ABDN Uni aren't one's who fail to get in anywhere else, (I myself got unconditionals and conditionals from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling but felt ABDN was better, and more welcoming) they just love to atmosphere, surroundings, impressive Uni exterior and interior as well as the city of ABDN.

Reply 39

scottishGirl

Hey

I honestly wouldnt worry about the grades for aberdeen i think he reason the entry requirements is lower is because as someone else stated, the university is the furthest away north and therefore aberdeen has to compete with places in the central belt to get people to apply.

Grades of people who go to Aberdeen

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