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2021 A/AS Results Day Countdown: today is the day - well done everyone!

Results day is looming and TSR tradition means we have to have a countdown thread for everyone to get to know each other, talk about their hopes/fears and generally relax (as well as sharing advice and information before the big day). We'll update this post with pointers to advice and support soon but for now introduce yourselves :biggrin:

Introduce yourself
1. AS or A level?
2. What subjects?

For Yr 13:
3. What university is your firm/insurance?
4. Which subject?
5. What grades are required?
6. Going to uni this year or taking a gap year?

For everyone:
7. What grades are you predicted?
8. How are you feeling about results day?
9. Anything else to add?

FAQs

RESULTS

When can I collect my results from school/college?

That depends on the arrangements your school/college make and is likely to be different this year - if you don't know the details then ring them up on Monday the 9th (there should be someone in that day) and ask.

How do I collect my results online?

Again, this depends on your exam boards and/or your school/college. If you don't know then ask them directly.

When do unis get our results?

UCAS get the results from the exam boards approximately a week before results day. They spend a day or two matching them to your applications and then send them on to universities either overnight Wednesday or Thursday.
Universities then spend Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday MANUALLY comparing every offer to the results to decide whether applicants have met their offers or not (and if not whether they can be accepted with lower grades).

I've change my mind about the course/university I want to go to - what do I do?

See this article https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/university/apply/changing-your-mind-about-your-firm-or-insurance-choice

Track on Results Day

When will Track update?

Track will go live AFTER 8:30am on results day. UCAS say 8:30am (and 8am for Advisers) - it used to go live a little earlier, but the embargo time that UCAS and universities work to has been pushed back from 6am to 8:30am this year so it WILL NOT be before 8.30am. The embargo agreement is between UCAS, Universities, SQA and A level Exam Boards - no one is going to risk getting in trouble by releasing information early.

It WON'T go live at midnight.

Once it "goes live" EVERYONE will be able to see any decisions that their universities have sent to UCAS. Just because it's live doesn't mean it will update for everyone. About 100,000 people every year don't get a clear answer from Track first thing on Results Day - they have to collect their results and then ring up their firm/insurance uni.

My Track didn't change - is it worth hitting refresh until it does?
NO - once Track goes live again it then gets re-frozen in that state (because UCAS need to handle everyone and their dog hitting refresh constantly). Track WILL NOT CHANGE between 8am and midday. Hitting refresh just slows things down for everyone else.

Give yourself some good karma - get off Track and go and have a look on UCAS course search, get together your contact numbers for your unis, top your phone up with credit (and charge it) and get your results from school/college.

what will Track show?

It depends how quick your universities are. There's a lot of scenarios. The post below gives an idea of what might show,what that means and what you need to do about that. Use the flowchart at the end of this post as a quick reference :smile:

Track scenarios

Original post by PQ

Ok let's break it down Firm is X, insurance is Y
X -CF, Y-CI - neither has decided ring firm
X-CF, Y-UI - insurance has accepted but firm not decided. Ring firm
X-CF, Y-R - insurance has rejected, firm not decided. Ring firm.
X-UF, Y-CI, firm accepted, insurance not decided. Celebrate.
X-UF, Y-UI, both accepted. You're going to your firm. Celebrate.
X-UF, Y-R, firm accepted, insurance rejected. You're going to your firm. Celebrate.
X-R, Y-CF firm rejected, insurance not deciding. Ring insurance.
X-R, Y-UF firm rejected, insurance accepted. Celebrate
X-R, Y-R both rejected. You're in clearing.
This ignores changed course offers which either university can make. Both universities do their own thing. They don't have time to look what the other is doing.

My Track didn't change! That means I failed!

NO - Universities have to MANUALLY compare every set of results with the offer conditions - even if it's a simple YES or NO for every one of those that means a lot of data input to put in to their database to send through to UCAS.
If Track hasn't changed then that means that either:
a) You've met your offer and your uni knows that and hasn't got round to telling UCAS.
b) You've met your offer and your uni doesn't know that because your results got muddled up so they're waiting to talk to you to check before telling UCAS.
c) You've missed your offer but your uni wants you anyway but hasn't got round to telling UCAS.
d) You've missed your offer but your uni want to make you an offer for a similar but less full course and haven't got round to telling UCAS.
e) You've missed your offer and your uni haven't decided yet whether they can take you or not - they might need to see how many Insurance people they have to take before they know they've got room first.
f) You've missed your offer and your firm uni doesn't want you but hasn't got round to telling UCAS.
In other words - if Track hasn't changed that doesn't give ANY indication as to whether your results are good or bad. In fact in some ways it's good - of those applicants who got a definite answer on results day last year...?....150,000 of them were rejected by both their firm and insurance and placed in Clearing. Being in limbo for a couple of hours is a GOOD thing compared to that.

My Firm place has confirmed me! That means I passed my A levels!

NO - remember - these things are decided MANUALLY....someone somewhere sits down with a pile of UCAS forms and a list of results and ticks off results against offers.

If your firm has confirmed you - well done! You're in! BUT don't go expecting to see a long line of A grades. Just as a lot of unis can be slow in sending decisions to UCAS, some unis are VERY quick and will not only confirm the people who met their offers but will have confirmed a whole BUNCH of people who missed their grades.

Clearing ARRRRGH!

quick guide to Clearing

Spoiler

See the FAQ for more help.

I did really badly - what do I do now?
The lovely @SarcAndSpark will be putting together a thread with information and advice on remakes/remarks/appeals
There will be threads in the applications, clearing and ucas forum for people planning to take a gap year and reapply and help available in the gap years

Results day stats from previous years:

Spoiler

Results Day Flowchart

pdf version

(edited 3 years ago)

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Reply 780

username5814983

Original post by CarolLes828

Gets remarked by someone else and sadly it can go down and you keep whatever they update it too

oh nvm 😭😭😭 at least we get free chicken lol

Reply 781

aliaa03

Original post by abbel joose

oh nvm 😭😭😭 at least we get free chicken lol

😭😭😭😭 pls I remember back in 2019 when I did my GCSEs I went to get the free Nando’s and queue was RIDICULOUS

Reply 782

aliaa03

Original post by abbel joose

aHhHhHhhhHh its tomorrow 😭

anxiety 📈📈📈📈📈

Reply 783

aliaa03

Original post by CarolLes828

Found one of my exam results already :smile:

my teacher emailed it me.
Not sure if it’s allowed or not but she used to invite me over to do extra work in the holidays and bought me pizza so guess we’re close.
Luckily I smashed it but the other 2 I think I’ve failed.

eeeek congratulations !! i’m sure you’ll do amazing in ur other 2 tomorrow as well ! 🧿🍀

Reply 784

$hea

Do we have to pay for the appeals this year?

Reply 785

username5814983

NOOOOOO ITS NOT FREE :cry:

Reply 786

username5814983

they should offer us a 3 course meal after the 2 years of hell we had 😭

Reply 787

username5814983

And make gavin pay for it :frown:

Reply 788

Hedwigeeeee

anyone received their results?

Reply 789

CarolLes828

Original post by $hea

Do we have to pay for the appeals this year?

It depends how far away you are from the next mark. Some educational places such as colleges etc will pay the fee for you if you’re only 1/2 away

Reply 790

$hea

Original post by CarolLes828

It depends how far away you are from the next mark. Some educational places such as colleges etc will pay the fee for you if you’re only 1/2 away

Oh i get it. Thanks.

Reply 791

PS Reviewer

Happy Monday everyone

Today is the day to put some effort into making sure that you are at your best tomorrow and prepared to cope with whatever life throws at you.

Whether you’re celebrating or busy putting plan G in place you need energy.

So:
- Get some fresh air and exercise to help you sleep (or at least rest) tonight.
- Make sure you have credit and data on your phone
- pop to the shops and get some nice food and snacks and drinks that you like for today and tomorrow
- give your friends a virtual hug
- run through plans A-Z and write them down on paper so you aren’t stressing out running over and over them in your head
- spend 10 minutes writing down all the phone numbers you might need and adding them to your phone
- plan your wind down routine for this evening so you can get the best rest possible tonight
- do something nice for the people you live with (good karma! Plus they are less likely to stress you out with an argument about using the hot water or picking up your shoes)
- post in all the TSR golden threads

(edited 3 years ago)

Reply 792

tptp123

Original post by mxx454

Would grade inflation have any affect on students who have conditional offers already? Like say everyone does better this year and too many people made their offers, can unis reject some people?

U won’t be rejected if you had an offer and reached the entry requirements :smile:

Reply 793

Interea

Original post by stressednucleus

I can't believe results day is 2 days away, I feel like I didn't do anything this summer. :frown:

Still a lot of summer left! The latter bit always feels a lot more enjoyable anyway because you don't have the uncertainty hanging over you anymore :yep:

Reply 794

Interea

Original post by medic0817

Can you help me as well plz?

AQA BIO: Topics 6 and 7 Assessment- 75%, Mock Paper 1: 48%. (Average= 62%)
EDEXCEL MATHS: 3 Paper Mocks average to 62%
EDEXCEL CHEMISTRY: mock =70%

Nobody can say anything with enough certainty to actually help you, because they don't know what papers you sat, how much your school prepared you for them, what the average mark was at your school, what sort of grade distribution your school usually expects, what other evidence your school used etc.

At this point there's only a day left, better to spend it relaxing and getting prepared rather than speculating on your percentages! I know it's tough but you're just going to stress yourself out asking everyone for their specific school's grade boundaries, as some will work in your favour and others won't.

Good luck for tomorrow! :crossedf: