Education A-level Results and uni places- Good Luck!

Thanks for the kind words Krikkit, and everyone else.
I've decided I'm going to re take the exams and apply again next year, since I won't be happy unless I'm at Bristol! Only downside is that I'll need to retake ICT too, because they're upping the entry requirements to AAA next year.

 

I know a few people who were rejected outright by Bristol for just missing grades, with no plea bargaining

I totally recommend you try again though, it's a fantastic place!

 

Good luck to you stompy - if you know that Bristol is the only place for you, go for it.

 

Whoa, I feel like such a douche for what I wrote about Bristol earlier... sorry guys

in my defense though - I have never heard of this university before applying last year, and the requirements were said to be within 33-37 IB points range for me, with upper bound being already UCL/LSE/Oxford region, and whilst all these rejected me, bristol gave me 37 point offer which was very high for what was supposed to be a backup choice.

Also it was too easy getting in there, given that I got 43, I guess I just cannot appreciate where I am going, but I hope this will change

 

*ahem* Naturally...

I had my exam resit today, thus concluding my first year of uni. Went swimmingly. Spent at least 4hrs a day on BiT the whole week leading up to it

I'm the worst procrastinator I know, honestly. I somehow manage to get by, though. Touchwood.

/touches wood (lol)

So begins my real holiday of absolute bugger-all-ery...cept tomorrow, when I'm doing my CBT again! Yay!

 

Right now I am trying to transfer Universities and playing the "Give us your transcripts from the last 24 months for EVERY test you took and EVERY extracurricular, and Etc." I am already out about 200 in transcript fees alone on 1 uni

 

6 A3's, 1 B, 1C and a D

Thank you for asking

Grats to all of those who got into uni. I just finished at Edinburgh and am going to do postgrad at Cambridge next year, woo!

 

Might see you about. Which college?

 

My missus has just graduated this year with a first, is off to Leeds to do a master's in environmental geochemistry and she's 35 this year (I think, I 'm proper rubbish with birthdays: even my own).

She was contemplating a Phd, but couldn't face being about 40 when she finally finished Uni.

I had to drop out last year 'cos we couldn't really afford 2 Uni students in the house so I went back to work.

Being a mature student is a bit wierd, but you'll find it's quite fun: you'll probably have the right kind of work ethic too, which is to pretty much treat it as a 9-5 job, but with you paying for it. A lot of people going straight into advanced education from school treat it like school education, which it's not: you don't have to go, so they don't. They get drunk and copy their mates notes a few days later.

Pretty much what I did when I first went in '97.

Anyway, congrats peeps: Have fun, but not too much. Remember, you poor sods are paying through the nose for this. You may as well come out with an actual degree.

 

people are doing 4 A-levels now? when did that happen?

Also: congrats all!

 

I did six last year. That was fun.

 

I did 3.

 

I'm going to be doing 3...

 

so, 3 is the standard and smarter people take 4-6 (you crazy people), i take it. I "only" took 3. Got straight As though

 

Congratulations for all the successful results in A2. Hope you for the Bright future ahead.

 

People at my school have taken 7.

Anyway, if anyone wants to know my GCSEs I got:
Physics - A*
Chemistry - A*
Biology - A*
Mathematics - A*
Electronics - A*
English - A*
English Lit - A
Geography - A
ICT - A
French - A
German - C
Latin - D (Taken 2 years ago)

German was odd since I had a low-A/high-B going into the exam from CW which is 50% of the marks and the exam seemed like it went pretty well. I also scored A*s in Geography and ICT in my mocks as well but nevermind.

The two of my friend's I've spoken two got 8 A*s, 3 As and a B and 9 A*s and 2 As which was a bit of a hit to my ego.

 

Well done.

The BBC had an article a couple days ago that the GCSE scores were the highest ever. You guys are taking education seriously!

john

 

They're the highest they've ever been every year.

And people said A-levels were too easy

 

Don't worry, nobody cares about GCSEs anyway

 

tbh, GCSE's are mostly sixth form/college (UK college, not US college) entrance exams, and are quickly forgotten >.>