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my main point, which a lot of people understood, was that you aren't going to get straight into a decent degree with A-levels as described above,

Lets not get into the debate about vocational A levels on this thread, all I know is that universities like Manchester appcept them and the pass rates are much lower than tradionational A levels.

ps Vladek I do have a job actually. Vocational subjects are anything that can be directly applied to a job, so medicine, engineering are all examples of vocational subjects.

Woodwork is just an example of a vocational subject.

God knows how Marabarah thinks they are vocational subjects.

I can't believe that people are saying some predicted AAA won't get onto a decent degree, sure those subjects won't set you up for a career in investment banking or medicine but there are so many more career paths and degrees available.

That's because AAA doesn't mean much nowadays if it's not in decent subjects, whether thats right or wrong, it's just the way it is.

You mean having AAA is percieved to not mean much by some people on this forum. Getting AAA will still, more often than not, get people onto the degree course of their choice.

Many people on this forum are so obsessed with grades and elite institutions. They are so wrapped up in it all they think anybody with lesser qualifcations can't suceed.

I can't remember the exact statistics but it was somthing like 1 in 1000 of 18 year olds who will achieve those grades and thats any subjects.

Many people on this forum are so obsessed with grades and elite institutions. They are so wrapped up in it all they think anybody with lesser qualifcations can't suceed.

Exactly AAA is a tremendous achievement.

I consider degrees in politics and theology as decent degrees.



Please explain to me how Politics, Sociology and Religion Studies are more 'aligned' for going into work than say Maths, English and Science?



There is nothing alleged about it, it was just a misuse.



I think it would be difficult to say that the prospects of this particular student are poor.

I can't remember the exact statistics but it was somthing like 1 in 1000 of 18 year olds who will achieve those grades and thats any subjects.

Many people on this forum are so obsessed with grades and elite institutions. They are so wrapped up in it all they think anybody with lesser qualifcations can't suceed.

if one of them is General Studies, its just two As

Many people on this forum are so obsessed with grades and elite institutions. They are so wrapped up in it all they think anybody with lesser qualifcations can't suceed.

maybe, I should have called them crap A-levels for uni then

Btw ppl, RS isn't considered a dossy A-level, isn't it meant to be reasonably rigorous? Or am I thinking of philosophy?

LMAO .... the minute RS turns to a rigorous a level is the day is the day physics turns into a doss subject

if his aiming is in earning a big fat salary straight after his degree, yes they are

Not really. I know plenty of people who have taken those A-levels and studied one of those subjects at university who are doing quite well in the city.

If you get good A-level grades you can get into a good institution and you have the intelligence to get at least a 2:1 from that institution - that's what counts in the job market nowadays.