I'm sorry, I am just curious.
I was wondering if first-year students tend to ask their friends about what they achieved in their A-Levels/BTECs (or the courses they studied). When I had just started my A-Levels, I was bombarded with people asking what I got in my GCSEs.
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- 24-07-2017 16:35
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No, nobody cares about that stuff anymore once they get into uni. It might crop up in discussion about meeting/missing offers for the uni in the first week or so, but beyond that nope.
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- 24-07-2017 16:45
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I'm sorry, I am just curious.
I was wondering if first-year students tend to ask their friends about what they achieved in their A-Levels/BTECs (or the courses they studied). When I had just started my A-Levels, I was bombarded with people asking what I got in my GCSEs. -
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I'm sorry, I am just curious.
I was wondering if first-year students tend to ask their friends about what they achieved in their A-Levels/BTECs (or the courses they studied). When I had just started my A-Levels, I was bombarded with people asking what I got in my GCSEs. -
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I'm sorry, I am just curious.
I was wondering if first-year students tend to ask their friends about what they achieved in their A-Levels/BTECs (or the courses they studied). When I had just started my A-Levels, I was bombarded with people asking what I got in my GCSEs. -
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(Original post by Cholesterol)
I'm sorry, I am just curious.
I was wondering if first-year students tend to ask their friends about what they achieved in their A-Levels/BTECs (or the courses they studied). When I had just started my A-Levels, I was bombarded with people asking what I got in my GCSEs. -
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- 24-07-2017 17:13
If it comes up and you're not happy disclosing your grades then (as with any other situation where people are asking personal questions you're not comfortable with) lie.
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- 25-07-2017 19:10
I've talked about it with a few people at uni over the first year. Nobody really judges here.
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- 26-07-2017 09:14
People have mentioned the subjects they've studied, but I've never heard grades discussed.
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- 26-07-2017 09:16
I think that's a Freshers' Week conversation only - the student equivalent of 'turned out nice again!' Once you start get to know people, no-one really cares.
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- 26-07-2017 12:42
Nah.
1) Nobody really cares
2) It dawns on most people that it's totally irrelevant what grades everyone received as you all ended up at the same place regardless
3) A lot of people you'll speak to during Freshers (+housemates) will likely be doing different courses to you/did different A Levels to you anyway and therefore see point 1. -
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(Original post by Cholesterol)
I'm sorry, I am just curious.
I was wondering if first-year students tend to ask their friends about what they achieved in their A-Levels/BTECs (or the courses they studied). When I had just started my A-Levels, I was bombarded with people asking what I got in my GCSEs. -
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- 26-07-2017 19:32
I was asked a couple of times, but it was just really in freshers week, and in the first seminars where you had to 'get to know' the person sitting next to you. No one really cares what other people got, it's just an easy way to start talking to people because obviously most people have just finished their A-Levels, so have that in common.
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What does it matter, you're already in Uni, everyone's trying to focus on their own thing now.
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- 26-07-2017 19:37
Many people asked me / I asked many people. I'm curious
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- 26-07-2017 19:37
I remember the question being asked time and again during Freshers week along with where you come from. It got to the point where I just started answering with random A levels and grades.
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- 27-07-2017 04:01
(Original post by Cholesterol)
I'm sorry, I am just curious.
I was wondering if first-year students tend to ask their friends about what they achieved in their A-Levels/BTECs (or the courses they studied). When I had just started my A-Levels, I was bombarded with people asking what I got in my GCSEs.
It just depends. Some people are curious to know. It doesn't mean they want to brag about their top grades or belittle someone with lower grades than themselves.
It was a "omg you got AAA and you're at THIS **** uni?!" or "I got DDD cause I didn't revise and they still let me in lol". It's all just a conversation starter during Freshers and it's forgotten in a minute or too.
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- 27-07-2017 11:58
some people talked about what A levels they did but I don't think anyone mentioned their grades
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- 27-07-2017 12:32
During freshers, the subjects you did often comes up, as a get to know you kind of thing. People don't tend to be interested in the actual grades you got though
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