I've put this in many other threads/forums so here goes::::
Hi so, I don't think I've performed very well in my AS, I seem to have exam stress and it's pretty bad. All the teachers know this and they all know I am also hardworking but a complete stresshead.
For Biology, I'm top of the class with consistent As/Bs
For Chemistry, I had a slight dip but my chemistry teacher thinks I am able to achieve an A at the end of A2 (she told me this herself)
For Maths, I have always put the most effort it, all the maths department have said they haven't seen a student work as hard as me, I've been getting consistent Bs throughout the whole year, even in the mock before my actual exam. Before the night of the exam, I even stayed until 7:30pm at school just to go over all the content with my teacher. My maths teacher said she will still accept me into A2 even if I get a U in the AS exam.
The exams for AS didn't go horrible but i don't think they went to plan, my brain completely froze in maths, I cried after the exam, it was acc awful. Chemistry was decent and I think Biology went well. However, I'm worried about my predicted grades. I've told everybody that I don't care about tomorrow but I am actually pretty nervous since I know AS don't properly mean anything since they are linear courses BUT I have worked hard so it'll be a bit sad to see that go to waste.
I went to speak to my head of year after my AS exams and he said that it doesn't matter what my teachers predict me because at the end of the day he will sit with us and talk with us about our predicted grades. He said to me he will predict me whatever I need for university (I want AAA predictions), I know I am hardworking and I can achieve and strive for these grades, I had unnecessary drama with friends during AS which isn't really an excuse for bad AS grades but I was sidetracked a lot since I thought i should be out partying like them, rather than studying. It is my fault really, I've cut them off now because I've realised that they hold no good impact in my life and that I'd rather study and get good grades and party afterwards, than waste my life and time now.
So after all that context, my main question is, if I get for example, UDD (hopefully not) and my teacher and everybody, including myself, know I can achieve better, Do you guys think universities will still accept my application? Let's just pretend it's based on predicted grades, would they look at my AS of UDD and then my predicted grades of AAA and reject my application since they think I am not worthy when I know I am?
I know my weakness is exam stress so I'm going to work on that a lot and put myself under exam conditions whilst revising/doing past papers so I can overcome that boundary. I'm not thick, I have to work hard to be intelligent but I know I am fully capable of achieving AAA at the end of A2. My teachers know this as well since I went from getting U's in Chemistry GCSE all the way to an A* at the end of my GCSEs in a matter of 2 months, I managed to be in the top 6 of best performing in my GCSEs so the teachers are aware of my capabilities.
Anyway yeah, any advice and help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.