Hey everyone!
I need some help or advice or anything really.
(I need to have 5 subject grades overall, not 3 as A-levels.
5 (best) -> A,
4 -> B,
3 -> C,
2 -> D,
1 -> F )
First of all, I'm an EU student, I applied to study at Uni of Leeds
Computer Science (firm choice). I got a conditional offer of
5,5,5,5,4 (
AAB), but then they lowered it to
5,5,5,4,4 (
ABB). They said I need to achieve these grades with
5 in Computing with
80%. Well, at the end I overachieved and got
5,5,5,5,5 but Computing was only
77% and they rejected me because of that
3%.
I really don't know what to do now, since I really wanted to go there not only because it is (was) my dream uni, but because I asked them about a scholarship and they said I needed to achieve a
first and then sent me the equivalent of that which is
5,5,5,5,5 and that means I am still eligible for that
1000£ scholarship (that's what I was aiming for in the first place since I'm coming from a low/average income family).
I have a conditional (conditional because I haven't sent my results to them yet, but I'm sure I'd get in) offer at another uni which was my insurance choice. They only asked for
4,4,4,4,4 (
BBB) and I clearly overachieved here as well.
My first question is
can I use adjusment as an EU student? The second is
should I use it? Is it worth it?I cannot risk rejecting the other uni and enter into clearing. It is too unsure and I cannot risk not going to uni, gap year is a no go for me. (for UK/EU students the course is full and heavily oversubscribed, the uni told me and there is no Clearing place for the CS course atm only for internationals)
Another thing which might be important. During the Computing exam my computer stopped working and the teachers were trying to fix it with no luck and it took 30 minutes of my time and I had to sit to another computer. After I finished the exam and saw the results I assumed they did not correct my programming task correctly, since it was really low. They "forgot" to give me
+18 points (out of
45 points) lol. not 1 or 2 which would be understandable because well we're humans and make mistakes etc etc. No, it was 18 points so I had to appeal and they gave me
+16 points at the end, but I cannot appeal twice so that was my final result and I am still not sure until this day if I got the right result at the end. So overall, I had a really ****ed up situation during and after the exam which affected my result, I believe. I don't know if I should tell the uni about this or if they even care about it at all.
Sorry for this loooong post, but I thought if I ask for advice you should all know the whole situation and why I'm confused and disappointed.
Any advice or suggestion is very much appreciated, thank you in advance