Should I hide A grades on my UCAS form?

It would really suck if I had to put in my average grade because got almost only 15s in my last semester which equals an A+ and I got an overall grade of 1,0 in my A-Levels which is the best and if I had to put in my overall grade, which isn't very accurate since, as I said, it can mean 3 different grades, I feel like it wouldn't really honor the effort I put into my grades

Does this help?

https://qips.ucas.com/qip/germany-zeugnis-der-allgemeinen-hochschulreife-abitur

Not really unfortunately, as it doesn't tell me what grades I have to enter exactly and there's also some false information on there. I guess I'll message them and tell them what you guys told me and go from there. It'd be really unfair if they tell me otherwise and I got disqualified for doing what they told me so I wanna double check
But thank you anyway!

The Abitur is what you leave High School with in Germany, isn't it? You have (or will have) some sort of Certificate which will show the subjects taken and the grades achieved. When you go into your UCAS application and select 'Abitur' from the list provided, you should find that the format lends itself to being able to enter the individual subjects and the grades achieved. If you don't have your final grades yet, you will need to select 'pending' and your referee will enter predicted grades for each subject as part of doing your reference.

You can't enter any grades achieved 'along the way' unless you have a formal certificate for them, but your referee can mention them in your reference.

The Abitur is what you leave High School with in Germany, isn't it? You have (or will have) some sort of Certificate which will show the subjects taken and the grades achieved. When you go into your UCAS application and select 'Abitur' from the list provided, you should find that the format lends itself to being able to enter the individual subjects and the grades achieved. If you don't have your final grades yet, you will need to select 'pending' and your referee will enter predicted grades for each subject as part of doing your reference.

You can't enter any grades achieved 'along the way' unless you have a formal certificate for them, but your referee can mention them in your reference.

I think they are referring to the GCSE equivalent stage, but I could be wrong....

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Yes I did that and that's why it's so confusing to me. I'm not sure if they mean the average grade I received in each subject or the last grade (as the UCAS adviser told me) and if I have to enter the grades of the classes I dropped back in grade 10 ( I received a grade for them at the end of the school year, just like every year)

Yes I did that and that's why it's so confusing to me. I'm not sure if they mean the average grade I received in each subject or the last grade (as the UCAS adviser told me) and if I have to enter the grades of the classes I dropped back in grade 10 ( I received a grade for them at the end of the school year, just like every year)

It will be the final grade, which is what (presumably) is shown on your certificate. The subjects that you dropped and didn't take as part of the final Abitur don't need to be included; school grades without a formal certificate don't count as qualifications.

Thank you, that's very helpful!!

Good

What happens at 16 in Germany? Is it just assumed that you will carry on for a further two years and get the Abitur? What if you decided not to, would you end up leaving school with no certificates at all?

I just tried to read up on how long you have to go to school to but I'm not 100% sure if it's correct.
Apparently you have to go to school for at least 9 years, however, if you're not 18 years old by that time, you're required to attend a "Berufsschule" (I think it's called a vocational school?).
When you're done with elementary school, you have 3 options: You can attend the "Hauptschule" which you attend until 9th or 10th grade. This is the lowest kind of secondary school and if you simply graduate from this type of school (and only do an apprenticeship) your chances of getting a good job are practically 0, however, you have the chance to still get your Abitur by attending another secondary school. I don't really know much about this but i know my cousin went to a Hauptschule and after doing an apprenticeship he decided to go back to school and is now working on his Abitur. I don't know exactly which types of school you have to attend for that though.
The second type of school is the "Realschule" which you visit until grade 10. Upon receiving your Realschul-certificate you can either do an apprenticeship or you can visit a "Gymnasium" and receive your Abitur. As far as I know you will attend the "Gymnasium" until year 13.
Lastly there's the "Gymnasium" (as i already mentioned), that's what I did. It's the fastest route if you want to receive your Abitur since, at most schools of this type, you can receive your Abitur after 12th grade. If you do not manage to accumulate at least 300 credits during your last 2 years of school you fail though (and won't receive your Abitur, but I think you still have the "Mittlere Hochschulreife", which is the qualification you receive upon passing the "Realschule".
As you can see, in Germany it's really difficult to end up with no qualification at all. I'd say most people receive their Abitur here and it's what's most common as far as I know (take this with a grain of salt though, I mainly know people who went to the same type of school as I did. My sisters attend the Realschule, one of them graduated this year and she also decided to attend a Gymnasium afterwards and from what she told me, that's what most of her classmates are doing).
As much as I'm starting to dislike Germany due to the current political events, I think their system of education is really great, to be honest.
I hope that answers your question and I hope the reply isn't too long!

Well can I hide my Free Standing Maths Qualification in Add Maths then? Saying 11 A* and a C isn't the best haha, and it's free standing so surely?

Nope, you have to include it, but it won't be a problem so don't worry about it.

Are you sureee

It wasn't a GCSE either, it was an OCR board FMSQ half our year did so I am not really sureee

No. You have to declare all of your grades

The first rule of declaring grades is:
You MUST declare ALL qualifications you hold - yes, even that random NVQ you took 3 years ago or that GCSE you took early and you did really badly in. It doesn’t matter if you think it’s not relevant. That’s up to the university to decide. Hiding grades and pleading ignorance later is a really bad idea. It can result in you losing your place even after you’ve enrolled at uni. You won’t be rejected - even by a top ten uni - just because of one anomalous poor grade.

All the following must be entered in the Qualifications section of the UCAS form:

In reference to you saying yay have to declare AS grades even when you e taken the full A-Level - Does this apply even when it doesn't count for 50%?

Let's say, right now I've got an A at A2 Psychology. But, a D at AS. It counted for nothing, but I sat the exams. I have to declare the AS grade?