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Whats the lowest grades you can get into uni with?

Hayley_2k4

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Just wondering in case my plans don't go to plan, lol, and I up failing, need a back up plan! :tongue:

wow...I just reliased that made no sense whatsoever :rolleyes:

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TheWolf

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Hayley_2k4

Just wondering in case my plans don't go to plan, lol, and I up failing, need a back up plan! :tongue:

wow...I just reliased that made no sense whatsoever :rolleyes:

3 Us

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Hayley_2k4

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Pencil Queen

You can get in with no grades onto a foundation year course...or onto a standard course if you're a mature student with the gift of the gab.

In theory though the minimum entrance requirements onto a degree course are 2 Es.

Which subject(s) are you interested in?

ICT - hopefully at a degree level :rolleyes:

Reply 3

AT82

Hayley_2k4

ICT - hopefully at a degree level :rolleyes:

The lowest I have seen for ICT is TVU and Bolton both want 160 points. However a lot of people will tell you that Botlon will offer places much lower than 160 points, I can't comment on TVU though.

ICT is not always the easiest course to get onto though because of demand. I think you may be better suited to a foundation level degree to see if you can cope first. Degrees can get very hard especialy in the 2nd and 3rd year.

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TheWolf

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Hayley_2k4

ICT - hopefully at a degree level :rolleyes:

id rather not go to uni than go to unis with requirements of e.g.3Es..etc!Q

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suspicious_fish

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Pencil Queen

You can get in with no grades onto a foundation year course...or onto a standard course if you're a mature student with the gift of the gab.

In theory though the minimum entrance requirements onto a degree course are 2 Es.

Which subject(s) are you interested in?

Yeah, the minimum for mainstream unis (including ex-polys) is 80 UCAS points which is 2Es or 1C, though I'm not sure if you could get in anywhere with just one subject.

Reply 6

AT82

TheWolf

id rather not go to uni than go to unis with requirements of e.g.3Es..etc!Q

Yeah the same here, my course was 220 points and that seemed very low, as a result some people on the course cannot really cope.

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Hayley_2k4

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amazingtrade

The lowest I have seen for ICT is TVU and Bolton both want 160 points. However a lot of people will tell you that Botlon will offer places much lower than 160 points, I can't comment on TVU though.

ICT is not always the easiest course to get onto though because of demand. I think you may be better suited to a foundation level degree to see if you can cope first. Degrees can get very hard especialy in the 2nd and 3rd year.

what exactly is a foundation level degree?

Reply 8

AT82

The problem with the computing industry is there are a lot of very good graduates in this sector. So if you have weak A levels maybe its better to get these sorted out before going to unviersity with little UCAS points where you may find the UCAS points put employers off.

Quite a lot of IT jobs say mininum 20 UCAS points which is 240 points.

Reply 9

AT82

Hayley_2k4

what exactly is a foundation level degree?

Its the same as the old HND and is more vocational than a degree. You may actually find it easier to get a job with one.

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Hayley_2k4

OP

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amazingtrade

Its the same as the old HND and is more vocational than a degree. You may actually find it easier to get a job with one.

sounds good then :biggrin:

Reply 11

AT82

Does BTEC (edexcel) moderate/award the foundation courses or is this now done by the university itself? Also the top up course is that adwared by the university or by an external body?

Reply 12

fifi53

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i have one A at alevel... then 4 AS levels ranging from A to E and 11 A* gcses. in theory i had over 100 more points than the 160 university wanted, but when i rang up and asked if theyd let me in with 1 alevle and the rest AS they said NO. they said that they never make exceptions for students under 21 and i'd have to do an HND instead... a tad unreasonable if you ask me. i rang a few other unis out of interest and they all said you have to have 2 full A2s at E to get onto a degree, with 1 you have to start on HND and possibly switch later.
lucky for me i had an A at AS which i hadnt caried on to A2, so i applied for the A2 exams, didnt turn up, and bingo my AS is an A2 grade E by default!? how dumb is that?
an A @ AS is worth the same in terms of UMSmarks as an E @ A2
an A @ AS is worth more UCAS points than an E @ A2
you can just change an AS to an A2 by ringing up the exam board...
so why do universities who only want 2 Us make such a fuss about it!?!

Reply 13

LH

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Pencil Queen

Well to get a job in ICT a large number of recruiters don't even ask you to have a degree in computing - so even if you verge off into another subject that interests you you'll be in a strong position to get a graduate IT job when you finish (providing you get a good degree, get good marks in problem solving type tasks and use the opportunity to learn everything you can about the industry even if you aren't studying it directly).

Courses like this (http://www.soton.ac.uk/prospectus/ugc/G560.html )don't have particularly high entry requirements but are vocational in a way that standard "computing/computer science" degrees are not. :smile:

Or if you were interested in a more technical course a foundation year which progresses onto a standard degree (so a 4 yr course) like this one http://www.soton.ac.uk/prospectus/ugc/H008.html (sorry to use Soton examples but they're ones I can find quickly) would be worth looking at.

PQ earning her wage from Southampton, I see :biggrin:

Reply 14

[-David-]

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Teeside require 140 points

I'm applying to there because they're practically the only unit that will take me in with my 18 unit AVCE alone =\

plus its ranked quite high in one of the two main university league tables