vapordave's resit diaries

following! super excited about the gyg blog!

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@vapordave!

Wishing you all the best for your A-Levels. Stay focused, stay positive, and believe in your abilities – you've got this!

I'll be following this GYG.

Shyleen

Good luck! I will be

Hey, sorry for asking, but I'm a bit curious . Why did you choose Philosophy as the replacement for Computer Science?

I was originally planning on studying Computer Science, which switched to Physics which switched to Physics and Philosophy which switched to Computer Science and Philosophy to Maths and Philosophy to just Philosophy. It's mostly because I would like to examine things like the ethics of technology and AI and the nature of the Information Revolution through rigorous thought, and Philosophy is pretty much a toolkit in rigorous thought

hi. I'm resitting so I'm going to log progress and try and keep myself accountable here. I have a blog already so this will be light on prose, just keeping myself on track basically!

achieved: Computer Science (C), Physics (D), Maths (E)
(re)sitting: Philosophy, Physics, Maths

I'm swapping Computer Science out for Philosophy because I can't sit my Computer Science specification as a private candidate, and also because I'm probably going to study it at uni.

extra: I'm taking an entry-level Welsh course from September to May, so I'll log study for that here as well!

If I may ask... what happened, how did you underachieve that much and achieve CDE? Before https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7150932 you aimed for 4A*.

What grades are you aiming for? https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/super-curricular_suggestions.pdf to put something in your PS. Because CDE to 4A* is a huge, huge gap.

Thanks for pointing that out, I wasn't aware.
The reason is undiagnosed ADHD, poor mental health etc. with a disaster of an exam season to top it off.

I don't really have an aim, as it were. The best unis for my subject are AAA, the unis I like the most are ABB and I have a BBB I like as a backup.