Hi. This is more of a vent than a question, but let me know if you are in a similar situation.
I finished my A-levels in June. I did four subjects (I know, but I enjoyed the workload and was well-organised, plus one of them was English Language which barely constitutes a real subject imo) and an EPQ, and was predicted A*AAA with an A in my EPQ, but I had been consistently working above that all year in 3 of my subjects. I revised my ass off for exams, but on results day I was told that I'd got AAAA with a further A in EPQ. That's not bad by any stretch of the imagination, but in a normal year I would have got at least 2 A*s, if not 3 (depending on whichever year's grade boundaries you used). In one subject, I was 20 marks over the previous A* boundary, and in my opinion the exam was much of a muchness in terms of difficulty. I had already decided to take a year out to teach English in France, and am now looking to reapply for Law with French Law, only to realise that I'd be auto-rejected from most unis for not having an A*.
How is that fair? I know so many people who have been ****ed over this year. Is the government just expecting an entire year of people to be stuck underperforming in unis they could have well out-performed? There was no need to be so harsh on grade boundaries- our year was still significantly impacted by covid, even if it wasn't during the A-level period. Is there anyone else in a similar situation?