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

Discussion in 'General' started by Sir Digby, 20 Aug 2009.

  1. Bufo802

    Bufo802 Minimodder

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    I'm applying for chemical engineering via engineering next term, and doing A-level further maths and biology and pre-u chemistry and physics next year.
     
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  2. dragontail

    dragontail 5bet Bluffer

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    On the right tracks :) Further maths is a great choice btw, it's more rewarding than standard maths and it'll fairly manageable, especially after STEP.
     
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  3. Bufo802

    Bufo802 Minimodder

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    Are you at Cambridge atm then? What course are you doing?
     
  4. knuck

    knuck Hate your face

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    I have no idea what you guys are talking about with your A-Results thing and all the rest, but I want to be part of the happiness

    I just paid my tuition for my first semester at École de Technologie Supérieure to study IT Engineering. This university is very underrated and has won the NASA Systems Engineering Award Competition two years in a row vs universities from around the world
     
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  5. boiled_elephant

    boiled_elephant Merom Celeron 4 lyfe

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    Grats to all who've achieved things in academia and work lately. I just submitted some coursework and am doing an exam resit on monday, but other than that I'm pretty much on holiday 24/7...
     
  6. knuck

    knuck Hate your face

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    I would take it for a few weeks... let's say a month
     
  7. roblikesbeer

    roblikesbeer Bindi's sex slave.

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    I realised this morning it was 8 years since I got my A-level results :eeek:

    Congrats to all, if you're going to uni then I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I did :cooldude:
     
  8. ShakeyJake

    ShakeyJake My name is actually 'Jack'.

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    Hey, Im sitting in a flat staring at your business school. I'm a Newcastle 3rd year, but all 5 of my flatmates are 2nd year Video Games Design. :D
     
  9. itazura

    itazura PAWAA GURABU DAISUKI, YABAI DESU YO

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    same, haha. i feel so old.

    congratulations to everyone who got what results they wanted :D
     
  10. BenK

    BenK Minimodder

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    All A's and off to Oxofrd for Engineering/Physics. Couldn't believe the marks I got given how worried I was. :eek: (That said, I know people who got full UMS marks even having missed out the back page of the exam paper)

    Hope everyone else gets what they need :)
     
  11. Valo

    Valo Minimodder

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    got 43 points in IB diploma, but the applications didn't go well, rejected after interview from Oxford, rejected from LSE, UCL and St. Andrews, only got place in Bristol and I guess I will go there, for a year at least...
     
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  12. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Have you been to Bristol? It's a wonderful place, a great uni and I'm sure many people would kill to get there. Including one person in this thread.
     
  13. jhanlon303

    jhanlon303 The Keeper of History

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    I have 40 since my first College degree. 1969 - summer of Woodstock. The Mankz would have loved the 60's.

    john
     
  14. Ending Credits

    Ending Credits Bunned

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    A in my Add-maths. But I still have to wait 7 days until my GCSE results. :(
     
  15. stuartpb

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    Is anyone else here going to Uni as a mature student? Or am I the only old(er) codger here?
     
  16. smc8788

    smc8788 Multimodder

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    From what I've heard uni applications are up quite a bit this year (14% for my course - apparently this is first year they've not had to go through clearing to fill all the available spaces) due to the recession (not really sure how that works), so places are generally harder to come by all round it seems.
     
  17. PLM728

    PLM728 What's a Dremel?

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    Congratulations to all those who have now obtained their results.

    I too had heard that university applications had risen. This could as bad as this sounds lower the appeal and employability of those with degrees as the "job market" if I wanted a better phrase will be overwhelmed with "generic" degrees so the pressure in a sense is increased to obtain a 2-1 or a first.
     
  18. dragontail

    dragontail 5bet Bluffer

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    3rd year chemist :) Though technically still part of the natsci tripos.
     
  19. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    People from college think there are no jobs -> go to uni for 3-4 years until the market picks up. No struggle for uni places really, there's always something you can do.
     
  20. docodine

    docodine killed a guy once

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    Are these scores anything like the ACT and SAT tests in the states?
     

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