Young Enterprise Exam

magiccarpet

is it worth anything, other than a measly 20 ucas points? what does it show? and anyone who did it, do you know what we get? ive heard getting distinction means you get a medal. is it true? do you know when we get the certificates? and how does it rate against gen studies? cos i gave up 2 yrs of gen studs for YE! and noone knows anything about it

I did YE last year but didnt do the exam. I wanted to, it's a long story but basically we didnt get the letter about it until it was too late. I think it probably is better than GS

Reply 2

magiccarpet

OP

WHAT!?!?!?! my school forgot to enter us for the 2003 exam so we took it the following march. its now sept and i dont know my results and havent got my certificate. do you all have yours?

Reply 3

Yeppers. Distinction :cool:

Reply 4

LH

I haven't got a certificate yet, I'll get that in October, but the exam's piss-easy but looks very good, so it's certainly worth doing.

Reply 5

Any know if we should include the YE exam in our PS? Or should we just put it in the qualification section?

Reply 6

lost_in_cyberia

Ellie4

Any know if we should include the YE exam in our PS? Or should we just put it in the qualification section?

i did the exam too
i wonder is there any limitations i.e.word limits for the qualification section in the ucas form?

Reply 7

rednirt

deianra

(i) You don't get UCAS points for it.
(ii) It shows a lot...way better than GS!
(iii) Distinction does not get you a medal :tongue:

(iv) You'll get the certificate in late June of the year you sat the exam in.
(v) YE rocks absolutely. You can develop so much - leadership, communication, determination, teamwork. Meet new friends. Earn lots of money...and get into the newspaper lots of times :smile:

it did bugger all for me - when I filled out my ucas form online they hadn't actually added it to a list of recognised qualifications outside of A levels, GNVQs etc etc... it was fun at the time though, and they did get results quite quickly back to us

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magiccarpet

OP

rednirt

it did bugger all for me - when I filled out my ucas form online they hadn't actually added it to a list of recognised qualifications outside of A levels, GNVQs etc etc... it was fun at the time though, and they did get results quite quickly back to us

NO!!! youre wrong!!! MUST GO ON UCAS!!! i put it on the PS and on the qualifications; distinction always looks good in the qualifications but in the PS talk about ways it helped you learn more about the course you wan to do, or just put eg 'i gained teamwork skills/communication skills/as IT director i became adept at using new software' general skills you learned

online go to add qualification and theres a bit you can add it in seperately - its OCR Certificate of Enterprise. module 1= individual contribution -passed; module 2: running a YE company - dist/merit/pass

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magiccarpet

NO!!! youre wrong!!! MUST GO ON UCAS!!! i put it on the PS and on the qualifications; distinction always looks good in the qualifications but in the PS talk about ways it helped you learn more about the course you wan to do, or just put eg 'i gained teamwork skills/communication skills/as IT director i became adept at using new software' general skills you learned

online go to add qualification and theres a bit you can add it in seperately - its OCR Certificate of Enterprise. module 1= individual contribution -passed; module 2: running a YE company - dist/merit/pass

So we should put it in section 7A (or whatever the completed qualifications is called), and not mention it in the PS?

Reply 10

mobb_theprequel

Two groups entered this out of my whole year: a tuck shop, and some people flogging knock of CD-Rs at lunchtime. They both stopped after about a month.

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When I did it I think it was worth something, but now because so many schools offer it, I don't think it's worth wasting PS space over; unless you did especially well.

Reply 12

mobb_theprequel

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ROFL, for some reason, I laughed when reading that. :biggrin:

It was maybe a little tongue-in-cheek, but the point that I was trying to make is that most people were too lazy to either a) bother with it, b) take it seriously. Much like work experience - for which there was some prize for filling in the folder (keeping a daily log, answering copious questions, getting a report from the employer etc.). About six people handed their folders in.

Reply 13

deianra

Er, I've dedicated a whole paragraph to it... :redface:

Thus, I must disagree.

It's mainly due to the business aspect of it, as that was the main decider for me in favouring E&M over Cambridge Economics. YE confirmed for me that I did want to study management and that E&M was the degree to apply for. Our company did pretty alright, but I wouldn't class it as "especially well" - we missed out on the National Finals. But I was MD, thus showing a lot of skills which could be valuable in a student - determination, excellent communication, organisation, time management, leadership, et cetera, so I think this is quite justified?

I've tried to make the academic side of my PS shared between business management (well, about 35%) and economics (65%), as I'm more interested in micro (shush! Micro does rock) and my ideal degree would be Economics and Business/Management (and maybe Politics too). Therefore, I don't think the huge amount of space I've give to YE is all that wasted.

For you it comes under work experience as well as extra curricular activities, that probable means it's worth spending a bit of time over. As for doing well , you've only got to consider the amount of companies that get absolutly nowhere to see how good getting to a regional or area final is.

Reply 14

LH

deianra

Er, I've dedicated a whole paragraph to it... :redface:

Thus, I must disagree.

It's mainly due to the business aspect of it, as that was the main decider for me in favouring E&M over Cambridge Economics. YE confirmed for me that I did want to study management and that E&M was the degree to apply for. Our company did pretty alright, but I wouldn't class it as "especially well" - we missed out on the National Finals. But I was MD, thus showing a lot of skills which could be valuable in a student - determination, excellent communication, organisation, time management, leadership, et cetera, so I think this is quite justified?

I've tried to make the academic side of my PS shared between business management (well, about 35%) and economics (65%), as I'm more interested in micro (shush! Micro does rock) and my ideal degree would be Economics and Business/Management (and maybe Politics too). Therefore, I don't think the huge amount of space I've give to YE is all that wasted.

If you held a Functional Directorship it's definately worth mentioning because there are definate skills YE helps with.

Reply 15

deianra

MD: Does all the work of the company, including work for various other directors. But gets limelight also.

Aint that the truth!

Reply 16

Сossack

I was Personnel director for my company (basically meant taking the register - which i stopped doing after the first week)- and then i eventually got kicked out of our company for non-attendance :biggrin:

- still got a distinction in the exam tho - its a piece of piss if you've ever done Business Studies or Economics

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I was Finance Director and I didn't do anything; saying that, there wasn't really much to do.

Reply 18

username9816

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BazTheMoney

I was Finance Director and I didn't do anything; saying that, there wasn't really much to do.

There should be a position for group motivator. He/she could make food and drinks for the group, do motivation sessions and this could inspire the group to do better things.

This would satisfy the group members much more, according to Maslow's Hierachy Of Needs, as motivation is highly regarded and hence it's one of the "upper layers" in Maslow's hierachy.

This is a cost effective method of improving the group's overall performance.

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