Advice for worried acceptee

thats just harsh jigglypuff, it means that he did bloody good at his interview and is a reli good talker. And a person who always complains when people got accepted on low grades will be more likely to be shunned. Just step down, he is just trying to help mickeymouse123's friend gain some confidence.

No, I failed them all. At A2 I might do a bit of revision to get an A, but who knows what tomorrow brings.

I scraped a B, nearly C. On the subject I'm taking. Hell, on all but one of them. And yes, for someone who can not only get into oxford, but can get into oxford with such **** grades, that'll be a fail.

A friend of mine recently got in to Oxbridge after being pooled and although I know he deserves it and is super-clever, he doesn't seem to think he can hack it. He is very worried about what it will be like, and I would like to know what I can tell him to make him feel better about it?

I wasn't saying he didn't deserve a place (though I can see that might be how it looked). What I was trying to say was that it's all he seems to talk about. I got a C in one of my AS levels, so I'd hardly be shunning him anyway, but the difference is I don't feel the need to talk about it all the time or make a signature about it.

It was just a joke, but if you look through his previous posts you'll probably see what I mean. It's as if he wants a medal for it. Yes, it's appropriate for him to mention it on this particular topic as it encourages people to be optimistic, but he's a bit OTT.

I dislike fake modesty. Not only is it disingenuous, but I actually think that it's another form of arrogance.

and rather strange arrogance at that, because what he's really boasting about is being relatively dumb. nice one!

and he'll still have to get As over all this summer...

Yes, but I'm not saying he should fake modesty, am I? I'm saying he should shut up about it completely.

For me it's the chance to study with experts that's the appeal. I have a problem though. My interviews went well and I was so pleased to get my offer for History at my first choice of Oxford College, without the stress of being interviewed anywhere else. The trouble is the AAA grades needed. Two of my A2 subjects are fine and I got 270+ in them at AS, but for the other I only got ten marks over an A and I've just discovered that we're doing the Geography Practical Skills exam rather than the coursework. I have a disability and have to write (allowed) and do graphs etc on computer ( not allowed in the exam, but it is in the coursework equivalent), which means that more than 60% of the paper is inaccessible for me. I've contacted AQA and they won't budge. Even if I get full marks on the other two modules, I can't now get an A at A2 in Geography, no matter how hard I work. People who do the coursework have a massive advantage as they can use Excel to produce their charts, graphs etc and can re-draft as often as they like. I simply cannot do this in a timed exam. I think this may be discrimination.
Do you think there's any chance that if my Head of Sixth Form wrote to the College to explain, they might let me in with a B? I just don't know what to do. I can't believe that I went through the HAT and the interviews totally ignorant of the fact that it is impossible for me to get AAA in this situation, but we only started work on this module this week. I have AAAA at AS, am taking another AS as well (predicted A) and was predicted AAA at A2 by my teachers. They have known me since I was eleven and are fully aware of my difficulties. Obviously I wish I'd taken a different AS to A2 now.
Maybe I can persuade them to let me do the coursework instead, although it's a bit late now. Any suggestions?! HELP!

I've been given an offer from oxford, feel totally undeserving. There's never really parties everyday? Really? Every day...? I'm hearing the opposite... like, life at Oxford will be work work work. I want my uni years to be fun, don't know if i'll be able to relax and enjoy myself at all if i choose oxford.

The work can be pretty heavy, but so can the play. If you want to work hard but also play hard it just means not sleeping very much. That can be caught up in the holidays though. Last week I managed to do all my work but still go out 5/7 nights. If you're willing to sacrifice sleep you can have the best of both worlds. I reckon people at Oxbridge have as good a social life as they would at any other university, it's just if you are going to do that, there is less time for having lie-ins or lounging around doing absolutely nothing. It's intense, and not very relaxing no, but fun all the same.

Definitely contact the college. Chances are they might make an exception. If they don't, maybe start to consider taking AEAs or maybe an A-level in something like Critical Thinking- if you have the natural ability for something like that, you could pick that up quite easily. Even though it might not be included in your offer, it's still something they might consider if you miss your grades. But contact the college first- from what you're saying, I'd be surprised if they didn't reconsider the conditions of your offer. Good luck

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Thanks for the advice and support Jigglypuff. My teacher has just kindly agreed that I can enter for the coursework. It will mean extra marking for him and I'm six months behind everyone else, but I think it's the most positive option given the circumstances. No idea what I'm going to investigate yet, but hope I can collect some data at Feb Half Term. Wish me luck! If it all goes wrong I'll certainly contact Oxford as I sooooo want to take up my place there.