Go Uni &amp; become private A level Candidate.

Right, when I missed an exam they said I had to accept/decline the overall mark for the subject as it wa sthe end of my second year so had a full A Level.
You will not be going to Uni and retaking the exam. As soon as you accept the offer from Uni you have also accepted your grades for A Level. I am somewhat sure you cant retake exams after you have accepted the grade, which has to be declined within a week after you receive the results.
However at GCSE I retook and exam two years after doing it.
The bottom line is just drop it. You need to concentrate on Uni.
In Uni you have no second chances, so if you fail anything then the retake is capped at 40%.... so your A level results are insignificant. You got a place.
To get a centre to accept you as a private candidate then you normally have to attend the college etc, for them to get money out of you (via Local Education Association). I am finding it hard to explain...

Basically your grades are there to stay unless you retake year. You can not go to Uni and retake these exams.

Reply 22

I know one guy who said he taught himself A level Law but no one would submit him for the exam as he did not go to the college.

Reply 23

you can do it without the lessons, but the college has the right to charge more. Its not worth it really.

Reply 24

The person needs to get someone to submit him fo rthe exam - so school/college and which college is going to do that without money the few grands they get from LEA? It is not going to happen.

Reply 25

Schools are generally more accepting. There used to be specific centres for the exam boards that private candidates could sit exams at, set up by the exam boards... wonder if they still exist...

Reply 26

Fevernova

How much is it to retake? Per module?
Also - Becky_Sheffield are you sure that you have to decline the grade a week after you get your results? IE, this Thursday? I heard it was much later - maybe sometime in September.

And in response to OP. I spoke to my head of 6th form who verbally agreed I could do reatkes in Jan if i so desired. So your college is probably your best bet. But sounds as if though the Uni won't let you going by other people's responses.

Reply 27

if retaking at the same centre expect at least £15-20 a module to resit... although it could be more. Isn't it a week to consider a remark?

Reply 28

BeesKnees

16

^ I think you have until around September 13th to decline grades. At my college anyway.

Reply 29

I cant remember was a few years ago.
The original poster will be allowed to sit in the exam hall of the local school, gym etc, but he needs to be entered for the exam by an educational insitution like a college or school, he can not enter himself.... as far as I know. As i said before thats what some guy I knew said.

Reply 30

Private candidates can enter themselves, thats why they are private candidates.

Reply 31

DimiTheBrave

For me it would cost £37.90 per module at the college I went to with AQA :s-smilie:

Reply 32

double the normal cost it would seem - thats probably cheap by the way. I think my college charged closer to £100.

Reply 33

Purple

15

I done 14 exams and it cost around £500

Reply 34

Purple

15

Original post by f&#8467

I can understand what everyones saying when they say to leave it, but what i dont understand is when i decline my grades & if i resit modules again & say that i dont get higer marks i get lower marks for eg, wouldnt my first marks still apply?

I have always been told that when you resit its always the highest mark that counts.

Reply 35

kirstinx

I done 14 exams and it cost around £500

wow! about £35 a piece then?

Reply 36

Purple

15

Yea, they made a big profit on me :p:

Reply 37

you had to do what you had to do i guess.

Reply 38

~Kirsty~

Private candidates can enter themselves, thats why they are private candidates.

I am sure an educational insitute has to enter you - like a college/school or someone like ICS .... which charge about £400.

O.P why not go and ask your college?

Reply 39