How does repeating year 12 affect you?

Some of the top unis won't accept you and other unis will give you the higher end of their offers.

Not true as it is just like been a mature student...

It should not disadvantage you greatly, unless you want to do medicine and go to Oxbridge. They will expect more from you if you are retaking the same subjects and ask for higher grades. I am retaking year 12, I wanted to study medicine but I don't think anywhere will accept me.

What subjects are you doing?


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I'm doing A2 Sociology, AS Psychology and Health & Social care .You?

Biology, chemistry and maths because they won't let me do 4 AS Levels as I am retaking so I will be doing psychology from home. What grades did you get, if you don't mind me asking?


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Same subjects, what exam board(s) you on?

Advice for someone was in the same spot:
1) Keep a positive mentality about everything
2) Keep up to date with your work - and learn about practicals early in the year. It's a headache but leaving it to the last minute will = U/E grade - Always keep on top of the practical work - actually start from after your January exams, that will help a lot
3) Examiners Reports, Legacy Papers & Exam Questions = best resources
4) Organise notes etc. etc.
5) Listen to your teachers and ask for advice if you need help
6) For maths - use ExamSolutions

Biology, chemistry and maths because they won't let me do 4 AS Levels as I am retaking so I will be doing psychology from home. What grades did you get, if you don't mind me asking?


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Edexcel for everything apart from psychology which is aqa. What about you?


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No,I don't mind.I did AS level General studies and Sociology-got D in those two subjects.And in my other three subjects Geography,English Language and RE I got an E.
What did you get?

I did Edexcel Maths - definitely use Exam Solutions

Does repeating year 12 affect if you get a place at uni?
Does it make it less likely ??

It might do, depending on what university you apply to. I've redone year 12 (not because of bad results, I got AAABB (one of the Bs being General Studies however!)) and I've emailed the universities I'm interested in and Manchester has an issue, and Leeds has an issue with it and they want evidence of the circumstances that made me redo it at a different sixth form (not sure how I can provide this?). So yeah, other people have said Leeds is weird too.

But most other universities said to me it'll be okay (although they want me to explain in my personal statement, but I'm not sure that'd apply to you?)

but yeah they'll still consider you and offer you a place if you fit the requirements.

the ones I looked at all want you to do all your A2 exams in the same year however and seemed to frown more upon resitting year 13 exams :/

I repeated the year
Original results:
Economics - D
Biology - D
Chemistry - E
Maths - U

New results (still could have done better)

Economics - A
Biology - B
Geography - B
Computing - E

I still want to apply to russel group unis though- one of them being LSE for either accounting and finance (maths not required) or Geography
I am going to redo the B's but I am stuck with the E! Will the fact that I repeated my AS levels and the fact that Im stuck with an E in computing prevent me from doing an economics/human geography related course at a top Russel Group Uni?