Pearson edexcel are a mess and made me miss my offer

I see.

My suggestions would be to investigate getting a remark for chemistry and complain to Pearson about the lost paper.

Whilst this is going on it may be worth ringing unis in clearing to see if they might offer you a place that you prefer to Birmingham?

Rather take a gap year and get into a world class uni instead x

I’m worried about going to the press as maybe it will make them not change their choice

This is not Edexcel's fault necessarily as it could have gone astray in the post or a number of other places ie in your school. They have applied the rules as they stand for dealing with this. Ask for copies of your scripts [Edexcel are free] and get your teachers to check the marking tomorrow.

How exam boards distribute/collect their exam papers is entirely up to their discretion and thus their responsibility.

This is not Edexcel's fault necessarily as it could have gone astray in the post or a number of other places ie in your school. They have applied the rules as they stand for dealing with this. Ask for copies of your scripts [Edexcel are free] and get your teachers to check the marking tomorrow.

No it’s edexcels , the college has proof my papers were sent off. I can’t get the scripts as I don’t have an exam to mark....???

How can they prove your paper was in the pack? Surely all they know is the pack was posted/collected?

They can remark the other two surely?

Right so I had an offer for imperial college London for a*a*a, I achieved a*aaa. With a* in maths and a in fm,chemo and physics. With an a in chemistry being 4 marks of an a* . Why I am extremely upset and angered is my a in physics. The exam board had lost my papers and had to make an average (anyone who did edexcel physics would know paper one was ridiculous, I got a b in paper one and a high a* in paper 3) . They had lost paper two which I believe I absolutely smashed 75-80+. But as the exam board have lost my paper it is now only an a grade and I have missed my offer. College have been in contact with Pearson but I fear the worse. Imperial said they will let me in if my grade gets changed before the 31st of August to an a* but Pearson themselves have said they may not be able to change it, if at all before then. So due to Pearson edexcel I have missed my offer. What I am asking is does anyone have a similar experience or heard of anything similar as it is a first for my college and for imperial. Just to try to help me feel abit better/ less anxious.

Nah man, that ain't right.

I'm sorry if I sound rash, but this is unacceptable from the exam board. They can't be playing around with students' futures like that.

If it were me, I'd take it to the press and find out which examiner lost that paper. I'd get everything about that and fully understand the situation that I'll now have to deal with to get into the firm I want to go to.

I've read this over 4-5 times throughout the day and still feel for you. You don't deserve this at all.

I don’t think you’re understanding. Pearson themselves have apologised it’s pearson not my college...

Imperial should have let you in, Did you explain to them that Edexcel lost your paper and show them proof of the letter
Report to ofqual and they should fine Edexcel.

That's a standard response - if it arrived it would have been scanned. What about getting hold of the other two papers? That's the first step.

I don’t need the other two papers.... I don’t think you understand I got a* in those and the paper which was lost , and estimated was not marked as a*

I’m worried about going to the press as maybe it will make them not change their choice

Going to the press? Really? You have lost the plot.