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Kings College uni concern/help !!!!

I must start this off by saying im at the point of desperation to move out of my house this year.
I did Physics, Maths and Literature for A level with ucas grades A*AA and A*A*A*A*A*A*AAAAA grades at gcse. However, im under the impression that I have not met the ABC offer ive been given from Kings to study physics. Results day is in less than a month and I have a really good accommodation booked that could potentially solve my problems (extremely toxic/abusive household). I am willing to ask Kings to do a foundation year with my course if my grades are too low this year, however does that revoke me of my accommodation I've secured?? I'm extremely worried as I was under serious mental health issues due to my household that caused me to underperform. Do I email Kings now? Or send an email on results day? I probably got an A in english but Physics was horrible, im so worried about my grades and its worse than it sounds. Please anyone help me with this, im desperate to get into kings with this accommodation, regardless of if im doing a foundation year or not.

Reply 1

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Reply 2

"im under the impression that I have not met the ABC offer ive been given from Kings to study physics."

Meaning what.
No-one has their results yet.

Reply 3

If it's any consolation, there's people on my degree course (not at Kings) who were offered & did a foundation year as their grades didn't meet entry requirements for direct entry. Regardless, you haven't received your results yet - I wouldn't worry about this until results day comes around. If your results do end up being lower than needed, just contact admissions and see what your next steps would be (e.g: doing a foundation year).

Reply 4

Original post by McGinger
"im under the impression that I have not met the ABC offer ive been given from Kings to study physics."
Meaning what.
No-one has their results yet.

Meaning i'm worried i've underperformed. Im being realistic. And I worry for it because the consequences of not getting into university this year is beyond academics, and turns into more of a domestic issue, so I'm more pessimistic.

Reply 5

Original post by Jvbittt
If it's any consolation, there's people on my degree course (not at Kings) who were offered & did a foundation year as their grades didn't meet entry requirements for direct entry. Regardless, you haven't received your results yet - I wouldn't worry about this until results day comes around. If your results do end up being lower than needed, just contact admissions and see what your next steps would be (e.g: doing a foundation year).

is it worth contacting admissions before results day? I'm just concerned that it would be too busy on results day for them to communicate with me.

Reply 6

Original post by Anonymous
is it worth contacting admissions before results day? I'm just concerned that it would be too busy on results day for them to communicate with me.

The decision will have been made by the Uni days before Results Day and its final, whatever it is - and no Uni will be interested in you phoning them to 'plead' at that stage.

Reply 7

Original post by McGinger
"im under the impression that I have not met the ABC offer ive been given from Kings to study physics."
Meaning what.
No-one has their results yet.

Happy to tell you what they let in last year

Reply 8

Original post by Anonymous
I must start this off by saying im at the point of desperation to move out of my house this year.
I did Physics, Maths and Literature for A level with ucas grades A*AA and A*A*A*A*A*A*AAAAA grades at gcse. However, im under the impression that I have not met the ABC offer ive been given from Kings to study physics. Results day is in less than a month and I have a really good accommodation booked that could potentially solve my problems (extremely toxic/abusive household). I am willing to ask Kings to do a foundation year with my course if my grades are too low this year, however does that revoke me of my accommodation I've secured?? I'm extremely worried as I was under serious mental health issues due to my household that caused me to underperform. Do I email Kings now? Or send an email on results day? I probably got an A in english but Physics was horrible, im so worried about my grades and its worse than it sounds. Please anyone help me with this, im desperate to get into kings with this accommodation, regardless of if im doing a foundation year or not.

listen here my slime; king's a pretty lenient when it comes to results day. last year i had two of my boys two guys that i know who went kings for biomed the offer was triple a and got in with abb alright.
besides you will never even know; maybe you didn't even do as bad as you thought my bro. trust me. it always happens; especailly when it comes to exams that you perceive not to have went well. physics was dreadful this year (in particular, are you talking about aqa ?)– now I didn't personally do it myself but people at school and on reddit who said, especially the physics paper 2; that it was "sham-bolic". it was tough; and, from me, hands to you man imho i think that is the hardest a level; no cap. and i do maths economics and further maths; dropped physics as a fourth at AS lol. with physics, again, it will be relative; everyone would've felt that, still, trust me bro. what so all a level physics takers will not enter their firm choice of university? of course not, because the boundaries will be lower for this; to incorporate and accommodate, for this. many people with imperial engineering offers require a* physics, and they're worried to; the boundaries will come down for everyone cuz, alright. you should be calm. don't panic. you will be fine my guy, honest. wishing all the best to you bro. and hopefully i can get into kings as well (for ppe).

Reply 9

Original post by JVorJrose
listen here my slime; king's a pretty lenient when it comes to results day. last year i had two of my boys two guys that i know who went kings for biomed the offer was triple a and got in with abb alright.
besides you will never even know; maybe you didn't even do as bad as you thought my bro. trust me. it always happens; especailly when it comes to exams that you perceive not to have went well. physics was dreadful this year (in particular, are you talking about aqa ?)– now I didn't personally do it myself but people at school and on reddit who said, especially the physics paper 2; that it was "sham-bolic". it was tough; and, from me, hands to you man imho i think that is the hardest a level; no cap. and i do maths economics and further maths; dropped physics as a fourth at AS lol. with physics, again, it will be relative; everyone would've felt that, still, trust me bro. what so all a level physics takers will not enter their firm choice of university? of course not, because the boundaries will be lower for this; to incorporate and accommodate, for this. many people with imperial engineering offers require a* physics, and they're worried to; the boundaries will come down for everyone cuz, alright. you should be calm. don't panic. you will be fine my guy, honest. wishing all the best to you bro. and hopefully i can get into kings as well (for ppe).

thank you for this

Reply 10

Original post by Anonymous
thank you for this

you are most, welcome; also I made a small typo that should say king's is* in the first line, and damn I just noticed I didn't even spell "especially" right– so much for ppe I can't even write sentences coherently😭😭😭 my daysss lol.
don't mind mcginger he's some moody guy still icl lol. we got this alr, maughan library here we come lol. trust me when I say that you will get in, mums you will, dw🙏
edit: just thought I might add about physics since I just came across this as well on reddit about physics last year which was also hard; someone said this:
Screenshot 2024-07-27 214239.png I am more than sure you'll make it still💫💯
(edited 9 months ago)

Reply 11

Original post by Anonymous
I must start this off by saying im at the point of desperation to move out of my house this year.
I did Physics, Maths and Literature for A level with ucas grades A*AA and A*A*A*A*A*A*AAAAA grades at gcse. However, im under the impression that I have not met the ABC offer ive been given from Kings to study physics. Results day is in less than a month and I have a really good accommodation booked that could potentially solve my problems (extremely toxic/abusive household). I am willing to ask Kings to do a foundation year with my course if my grades are too low this year, however does that revoke me of my accommodation I've secured?? I'm extremely worried as I was under serious mental health issues due to my household that caused me to underperform. Do I email Kings now? Or send an email on results day? I probably got an A in english but Physics was horrible, im so worried about my grades and its worse than it sounds. Please anyone help me with this, im desperate to get into kings with this accommodation, regardless of if im doing a foundation year or not.


I’m really sorry about what’s going on I hope things get better at uni 💗

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