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resitting year 12?

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as year 12 comes to an end and mock results are being released, ive realised that mocks were indeed a cruical part of year 12 as they are what unis look at when applying. i can hardly apply to medicine with Cs (maybe Ds not sure yet) and do not meet the requirements for a foundation year.
i highly doubt the teachers here will raise my grade from a D/C to and A which i know i can achieve if i try hard enough.
i asked about resitting year 12 and my teacher said that its not possible to resit it unless there si a very good reason which in my case there is not- i just couldnt revise over the Easter break due to Eid. does anyone know if there is a way to resit year 12 without a genuine reason? what else can i do to convince my teacher to move my predicted grade to an A?

Reply 1

McGinger

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Repeating Year 12 is totally up to your school - talk to your Head of Sixth Form asap.

Reply 2

StormyInk202

OP

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by McGinger

Repeating Year 12 is totally up to your school - talk to your Head of Sixth Form asap.

i talked to my head of year and careers pathway teachers they both said that you need serious out of school circumstances to be able to resit year 12 and since i dont they said i cant resit it. not sure if that is tru?

Reply 3

madina008

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Original post

by StormyInk202

as year 12 comes to an end and mock results are being released, ive realised that mocks were indeed a cruical part of year 12 as they are what unis look at when applying. i can hardly apply to medicine with Cs (maybe Ds not sure yet) and do not meet the requirements for a foundation year.
i highly doubt the teachers here will raise my grade from a D/C to and A which i know i can achieve if i try hard enough.
i asked about resitting year 12 and my teacher said that its not possible to resit it unless there si a very good reason which in my case there is not- i just couldnt revise over the Easter break due to Eid. does anyone know if there is a way to resit year 12 without a genuine reason? what else can i do to convince my teacher to move my predicted grade to an A?

my school only allows u to repeat yr12 if u fail two subjects, im failing chem rlly horribly no matter how hard i study, i have mocks in 2 weeks and i also failed bio, so i might have to resit lol, i wanna do midwifery at kings so bad but i dont think they like ppl who stayed in sixthform for 3 years.

Reply 4

TMiz12

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Original post

by StormyInk202

as year 12 comes to an end and mock results are being released, ive realised that mocks were indeed a cruical part of year 12 as they are what unis look at when applying. i can hardly apply to medicine with Cs (maybe Ds not sure yet) and do not meet the requirements for a foundation year.
i highly doubt the teachers here will raise my grade from a D/C to and A which i know i can achieve if i try hard enough.
i asked about resitting year 12 and my teacher said that its not possible to resit it unless there si a very good reason which in my case there is not- i just couldnt revise over the Easter break due to Eid. does anyone know if there is a way to resit year 12 without a genuine reason? what else can i do to convince my teacher to move my predicted grade to an A?

Hi I can help please dm me

Reply 5

turbidite

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My sixth form offered me the chance to resit yr 12 with new courses because my Dad had just died.

However, I said no and I applied to a new college entirely to redo yr 12 because I needed the change of scene. I got in without having to explain my reasons, but I needed to take different courses because the government can only fund each course for one person once, not twice. Restarting yr 12 on the same course would be like taking that course twice.

So as far as experience goes, you can resit the entirety of yr 12 by either having particular circumstances in your existing college with new courses, or you apply to another college and apply for new courses.

BUT IMPORTANT (yes lots of caps) you cannot redo the same courses, even if its different exam boards. You have free education to an extent.

(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 6

fatima_197

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Original post

by StormyInk202

as year 12 comes to an end and mock results are being released, ive realised that mocks were indeed a cruical part of year 12 as they are what unis look at when applying. i can hardly apply to medicine with Cs (maybe Ds not sure yet) and do not meet the requirements for a foundation year.
i highly doubt the teachers here will raise my grade from a D/C to and A which i know i can achieve if i try hard enough.
i asked about resitting year 12 and my teacher said that its not possible to resit it unless there si a very good reason which in my case there is not- i just couldnt revise over the Easter break due to Eid. does anyone know if there is a way to resit year 12 without a genuine reason? what else can i do to convince my teacher to move my predicted grade to an A?

OMG How did it end up working for you?

I'm in a similar position and I would really appreciate if you have any advice?

Reply 7

iqrAaaaaa12233

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Original post

by turbidite

My sixth form offered me the chance to resit yr 12 with new courses because my Dad had just died.
However, I said no and I applied to a new college entirely to redo yr 12 because I needed the change of scene. I got in without having to explain my reasons, but I needed to take different courses because the government can only fund each course for one person once, not twice. Restarting yr 12 on the same course would be like taking that course twice.
So as far as experience goes, you can resit the entirety of yr 12 by either having particular circumstances in your existing college with new courses, or you apply to another college and apply for new courses.
BUT IMPORTANT (yes lots of caps) you cannot redo the same courses, even if its different exam boards. You have free education to an extent.

hey i really need to apply to a new sixth form for september how did u do it i really would love any help! i had a lot of family issues going on and im moving houses so i would love to restart year 12

Reply 8

iqrAaaaaa12233

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Original post

by StormyInk202

as year 12 comes to an end and mock results are being released, ive realised that mocks were indeed a cruical part of year 12 as they are what unis look at when applying. i can hardly apply to medicine with Cs (maybe Ds not sure yet) and do not meet the requirements for a foundation year.
i highly doubt the teachers here will raise my grade from a D/C to and A which i know i can achieve if i try hard enough.
i asked about resitting year 12 and my teacher said that its not possible to resit it unless there si a very good reason which in my case there is not- i just couldnt revise over the Easter break due to Eid. does anyone know if there is a way to resit year 12 without a genuine reason? what else can i do to convince my teacher to move my predicted grade to an A?

hey i would love more information has to how u applied ro another sixth form and how they accepted you as a re sit as i had a lot of family complications and im moving house so i would love to know how u did it please help me i need to move to a new sixth form before september

Reply 9

turbidite

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by iqrAaaaaa12233

hey i would love more information has to how u applied ro another sixth form and how they accepted you as a re sit as i had a lot of family complications and im moving house so i would love to know how u did it please help me i need to move to a new sixth form before september

It's as simple as applying to a college that does 16+ education and starting a discussion with them upon enrolment.

Reply 10

H e l l o

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I'm in a similar situation, but I'm ill. Really ill. And it's no excuse, but I have really bad attendance because of it. I'm in extreme pain basically. So it's almost the end of November and I've been given the option to resit year 12 in next September.

I'm already 17, though, and I just feel like I'm being left behind. I have missed a great deal of the first 3 months of college, though, and if it keeps up, I don't know if I'll even have grades at the end of year 12.

So, should I resit? Will it affect my chances to get into Medicine at Manchester Uni, provided I get 3 As and sufficient extra curricular? The MAP programme?

Or should I just, I don't know, try harder? Keep going and see what happens? It's just it feels better to resit year 12 than mess up A levels and have to resit them privately?

Oh and I'm trying to take Biology, Chemistry and Psychology, so any tips there will be much appreciated.

So, if anyone has any advice or real life experience with this sort of thing, please reply!

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