[Results day] Discussion thread MKIII - 15 August 2013

Kent. I will call back. If i dont get a clear answer, should i ask to be rejected so i can get into clearing ASAP? It is quite ridiculous. If i ask to be rejected that might take them even longer and i will miss out on so many places.

Wow, well done! I got a B in chemistry too: my ISA dragged it down unfortunately (those damn ISAs ). And I got C for S1 which is a miracle seeing as I got a U in the mocks :P

Sorry but I don't understand grade boundaries haha, got a C in sociology which I'm a bit disappointed about but what did raw mark and ums mark did you have to get to get an A? & to get a B? Have they raised the boundaries for sociology? Seems a bit dodgy this year from what I've heard with other people who've got C's who were expected a bit better

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Yeah just show them up with Further Maths

It depends on how organised you are and how you can manage your time with AS and A2 resits. Resits tend to be easier the second time around because: 1) you've learned new content and 2) you can apply the skills you learn in A2 to the AS exams (analysis, evaluation skills, etc, improve so this can really help).

If you decide to continue, you need to determine what your predicted grades are and if you're going to university, or if you'll apply with your A-level results which means taking a gap year. Also, you can drop a subject and I wouldn't consider it necessary to resit it if you can get good grades in the others.

Have you considered starting again if you're concerned about overloading yourself next June?

Nicely done! They must've been nice with S1 this time, I really can't fathom how on earth I managed a B for it :O I was 1 UMS off an A in the chem ISAs haha, gutted, but got a B in F322 so it was a B overall anyway S1 was horrible wasn't it!

Don't feel too disheartened, even if you were expecting better, AAB is still really good and you must've worked hard. Are you going to your insurance or clearing?

3 A's in Maths Chemistry and Geography, off to Loughborough University Came from BBC at AS so don't give up

Will an ACC at AS hurt my chances of getting an offer from the course I want to do which is ABB?

I hate ISAs, I'm actually rubbish at them haha! You got a B for S1? Well done I didn't like stats in the first place, thought it was boring! But next year we do mechanics, which I'm looking forward to do

Not at all. I got BBBD at AS and applied for 2 AAA and 3 AAB. I got offers from four of them and accepted a place on the AAA course. I got A*AA in the end, AS isn't the end of everything.

KCL here i comeee !!!!!!!!!!! whooop thank you TSR, you have been one of the best helps to me, forget tutors its all about TSR

I know, I always seem to be off A or B grades by a few UMS; it's either that or a few UMS in, never solid, slap-bang-in-the-middle grades
And yeah, I'm also aiming for A*s/As next year: going to work my arse of in Year 13!

If you ask to be rejected that will usually force their hand to accept you if they're going to or to let you go without delaying you for days.

Last year there were about 5 people kept waiting well over a week - and 2-3 of them were then rejected.

It's a horrible way for any university to behave to basically treat you like **** while they wait to see if they can get anyone with higher grades in clearing.

Hi. I got a C too and I'm really disappointed as I was only 5 raw marks away from a B >.> you needed 56 raw marks for an A and I think that is the equivalent of 96 UMS. they raised the grade boundaries by one or two marks this year... not that it really makes a huge difference. Did you do the crime and deviance unit? How many UMS did you get?