[Official] SQA 2023 Results Day Discussion and Help thread

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Original post by Ashley Hutton

as outlined in the booklet, the changes are complete garbage; I was hoping for them to revert to normal rather than to use this awful system

I see legitimately no reason to do what they have done, aside from screwing over students

Are you receiving results this year Ashley?

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username6323689

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Original post by 04MR17

Are you receiving results this year Ashley?

yes, I am doing my highers

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OP

Original post by Ashley Hutton

yes, I am doing my highers

Best of luck, here if you need any help! :colondollar:

I think this is my 5th SQA results day helping on the site so I hope I can be of some use. :redface:

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username6323689

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Original post by 04MR17

Best of luck, here if you need any help! :colondollar:

I think this is my 5th SQA results day helping on the site so I hope I can be of some use. :redface:

I'm just kinda scared I've done bad and like, I can't appeal or anything, it's just a little worry really

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rhiifuu

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What subjects/levels did you study? Application of Mathematics - National 5
How do you feel about your results? I am worried and anxious. I did study a lot but, I’ve always struggled with maths and struggled with paper 1
Are you changing your plans now that you have officially received your results? Pending
What's next for you - moving up a year, college, apprenticeship, uni, something else? I am going to either study at The university of Glasgow (first choice and conditional) or Edinburgh (second choice and unconditional) for primary teaching.

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rhiifuu

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Original post by username6323689

as outlined in the booklet, the changes are complete garbage; I was hoping for them to revert to normal rather than to use this awful system

I see legitimately no reason to do what they have done, aside from screwing over students

I am confused. What are the changes? I’m not too familiar.

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OP

Original post by username6323689

I'm just kinda scared I've done bad and like, I can't appeal or anything, it's just a little worry really

Very normal, very very normal to feel like this.
It's the lack of certainty, which I imagine has been building since exams finished?
Well, not long now - 5 days to go!

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Original post by rhiifuu

I am confused. What are the changes? I’m not too familiar.

A lot of exam boards (and I imagine SQA are the same) have scaled back the routes of appeal that were open during the pandemic years.
All of SQA's appeal info is here:
https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/SQA-Appeals-2023.pdf

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Hi I sat advanced higher maths and physics this year. I was predicted A's throughout the year but the exams went bad I will probably get B's. I got 6 A's for nat 5 and 5 A's for highers

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Original post by eggbread78134

Hi I sat advanced higher maths and physics this year. I was predicted A's throughout the year but the exams went bad I will probably get B's. I got 6 A's for nat 5 and 5 A's for highers

What's next for you? Are you thinking about uni or something else?

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I hope to go to edinburgh to study a masters in math. But I'm worrying if I get B's or C's this year for advanced highers I'll be rejected even though I have the standard higher requirement by the end of s5

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OP

Original post by eggbread78134

I hope to go to edinburgh to study a masters in math. But I'm worrying if I get B's or C's this year for advanced highers I'll be rejected even though I have the standard higher requirement by the end of s5

What was their UCAS offer for you? :smile:

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I have not even applied. Cause my fee status would be international. So Im waiting for the 2023-2024 ucas cycle to apply.

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Original post by eggbread78134

I have not even applied. Cause my fee status would be international. So Im waiting for the 2023-2024 ucas cycle to apply.

Oh I see. In which case my advice is even easier: Edinburgh would be 1 choice out of 5, apply to them and 4 others. If you are *not* taking further qualifications then you should get unconditional offers or rejections back. :smile:

Wherever you study, Maths graduates are highly prized people. :wink:

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Thanks for the advice.

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jessica099

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I took 5 highers this year (English, maths, mandarin, music and modern studies), I’m really nervous about results day though. I need straight A’s and I’m worrying it might not happen, particularly with English as I was just talking out of my ass for the essay (I panicked and wasn’t sure which essay prompt to use) 😬 music wasn’t great either…

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Learner126

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did anyone else way more studying for Nat5 than higher and is now really nervous?

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