For Those Who Are At Uni/Been.. Please Reply.. Thanks :D

Portsmouth give offers of BBB for their journalism courses. So you might not get on too well there. I can't help with the other courses much.

The key is experience. If you have tons of work experience, then you'll stand a good chance of getting offers. If you have none or very little, then you might not.

Hey! I have loads, I used to write weekly articles for a magazine, I did a weeks work experience at a newspaper office Do you think that is enough?

Ohh maybe not Portsmouth then lol Im doing retakes though so hopefully ill bump them up!

Oh right, yeah that should be good. Especially the weekly articles! Some unis will ask for a portfolio of articles, so make sure you get that sorted nice and early just in case!!

TBH, all my offers were BBB/BBC, so do really well in your retakes and hopefully your work experience will carry you a lot. And an awesome personal statement and reference, lol!

Good luck

Hi, thanks for looking for a starters.
Basically; Im interested in doing a Journalism degree at uni, starting in 09. My AS grades wern't brilliant but Ive had a pretty tough year this and it made my grades suffer. But anyway for those who have knowledge of uni's and what grades they want please could you tell me what uni's I should be aiming for with the grades CDDE.. Now obviously next year my grades wont be this low, Im aiming to bump everything up atleast one grade, basically im aiming for BCCC.. I know this is a long shot but I want to get into a good uni and I realised that I ********d up this year..

Im at the moment looking at:
Nottingham Trent
Leceicster DMU
Portsmouth
London Of The Arts
Lincoln

Am I over aiming myself here?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks as when I go back to school a week Wednesday we HAVE to have decided on our choices because our school likes being 'organised'.


Many thanks. **CutiePie**

1.First and foremost RESITS!!!
2.Consider defering and not applying at all this year and apply next year when you also have your A2s, a year out would be a great opportunity to earn money therefore less debt and gain valuable work experience if possible
3. Apply this year have a range of choices aim for at least one uni that asks for a maximum of 300 ucas points (BBB), maybe 3 that as for 240-260, and then your insurance thats less than 240

I had a friend who just graduated from History and Journalism at DMU and is aiming for a career in Journalism. He believes that DMU is one of the top universities specialising in this particular subject.. I also know a few others who've also graduated from Journalism at DMU and have seemed to enjoy the course.

Hope this helps

Well i didn't do very well at AS, i got C maths, C ICT, D Pyhsics and U ICT double. I managed to improve them by resiting quite a few exams in my 2nd year and ended up getting AAB at A2 (dropped ICT double). I wouldn't say aim low. If you work hard you can still get some good grades.

Thanks; I have everything ready;; god im too prepared hehe!
What are you studying? Journalism Im guessing Have you started yet?


And to the other person; as I said, if you had bothered to read; my grades slipped because of personal reasons and what happened during the year. Stop with your stupid comments.

I don't get how ppl with D in English Language could become successful journalists ?! I just don't get it?! If you are to be good, you have to be able to get an A or am I wrong?! It's like being engineer with D in maths or a physicist with D in Physics...

I am not talking specifically about you, There are many others in same situations and I just don't understand what is happening...It's the same here in my country, ppl that cant write and speak prorperly want to become journalists and then the whole country laughs at their incompetence once they "graduate" (get drunk every fortnight) and get a job. I see it's the same with many in UK cause so many ppl apply for such specialized degrees with Ds in the most important subjects and expect to be successful - I can't see how one that can't do well enough in college would do so much better at uni where standarts are certainly higher (unless u go to Kingston, Westminster or some other crap where u only go to get drunk and not study)

I also wanted to become journalist (once upon a time) but I understood I am not any good at languages and just switched to a more appropriate degree for my skills. You should realy have some special reasons that stopped you and got u to Ds and E...otherwise I don't see the point of such degree...sometimes there are truths in life that are to be accepted ;/

Thanks; I have everything ready;; god im too prepared hehe!
What are you studying? Journalism Im guessing Have you started yet?


And to the other person; as I said, if you had bothered to read; my grades slipped because of personal reasons and what happened during the year. Stop with your stupid comments.

For the most part, I don't think A levels show much of anything, apart from a propensity to work to memorise what your teacher has told you to write, or the understanding of how the markscheme works.

I agree that if you haven't grasped the English language (spelling, etc) then you shouldn't bother, but A level grades, and whether you can get 100/100 is insignificant until you get to independant study and don't merely have to jump through hoops

Going to Portsmouth to do English and Journalism