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resits and remarks

i got ABD in a-levels and missed my firm and insurance, I was predicted A*AB and my firm was AAB. they accept resits and i think i am going to take a gap year and resit. i did have quite significant extenuating circumstances very close to a levels. i am not sure whether to retake just chemistry (D) or biology as well (B). i do struggle with chemistry and if i just retook it i would have to get an A, but then id only concentrate on chemistry all year. I was also 5 marks off an A* in psychology, do you think it would be worth a remark?
Original post by student7483
i got ABD in a-levels and missed my firm and insurance, I was predicted A*AB and my firm was AAB. they accept resits and i think i am going to take a gap year and resit. i did have quite significant extenuating circumstances very close to a levels. i am not sure whether to retake just chemistry (D) or biology as well (B). i do struggle with chemistry and if i just retook it i would have to get an A, but then id only concentrate on chemistry all year. I was also 5 marks off an A* in psychology, do you think it would be worth a remark?

I would suggest just retaking chemistry as you will have a whole year to focus on it. However if you don't think you can get an A retake both.
Original post by student7483
i got ABD in a-levels and missed my firm and insurance, I was predicted A*AB and my firm was AAB. they accept resits and i think i am going to take a gap year and resit. i did have quite significant extenuating circumstances very close to a levels. i am not sure whether to retake just chemistry (D) or biology as well (B). i do struggle with chemistry and if i just retook it i would have to get an A, but then id only concentrate on chemistry all year. I was also 5 marks off an A* in psychology, do you think it would be worth a remark?


Are you planning on doing anything else in your gap year or are you solely gonna focus on schoolwork resits.
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If you got ABD in a-levels and you need at least AAB, then you need to resit both Bio and Chem.
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Original post by ellawheeler
Are you planning on doing anything else in your gap year or are you solely gonna focus on schoolwork resits.

i’d like to work part time too
Reply 5
Original post by McGinger
If you got ABD in a-levels and you need at least AAB, then you need to resit both Bio and Chem.

thank you, i thought so. do you think it’s worth the remark for psychology for being 5 marks off an A*?

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