retaking a levels?

Hi,

I was a bit disappointed with my A level results last week and I know they weren't completely awful and I do have a place at university. I don't think I'd have got in with my grades if I didn't have an unconditional offer. Would it be worth redoing one of my A levels after my first year at university? Or would that even be possible?

Hi,

I was a bit disappointed with my A level results last week and I know they weren't completely awful and I do have a place at university. I don't think I'd have got in with my grades if I didn't have an unconditional offer. Would it be worth redoing one of my A levels after my first year at university? Or would that even be possible?

If you got into uni don’t worry about it.

What grades, course and university?

I got in to Birmingham to do biological sciences with study in continental Europe - that's a fancy way to say biology with German. I had an unconditional offer (I think Birmingham gives quite a lot of those out) but otherwise the course requirement would have been AAB.

I ended up getting ABB. A in German, B in biology, B in chemistry. But I did an A level early and got an A* (hopefully that still counts for something).

I know my grades this year weren't awful but I was disappointed (I was predicted quite a lot higher) and I was considering retaking biology after/during my first year at university.

I'm not really sure what I should do :/

Well, would you be happy at Birmingham? Personally, I didn't want to go there (just received my A level results of AAA) and I missed my firm offer, so I'm taking a gap year and reapplying

Birmingham was my favourite out of the ones I'd applied for and I do want to go there. Nowhere else really does my course :/ I was more worried about jobs in the future etc.

And well done on your results! That's amazing!

Hi!

In your second year you probably wont even give a levels a second thought. If you really, REALLY still want to by that time, just make the decision then. For now, enjoy your new life!

Thanks, you did well too! I wouldn't suggest resitting if you're 100% happy with the course, only if you wanted to reapply next year, as I'm sure you'll be pretty busy at uni