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As I'm sure many of you know, today is the day AS and A2 level students in the UK get their results.

I'd like to inaugurate this thread for the purpose of back-slapping and discussing of the exams process here in the UK. Anyone?

P.S. - This will only be relevant for a little while, but for a sneak peek at your reuslts, you can check http://www.ucas.ac.uk/appenq/index.html to see whether you got in or not (and therefore have a vague idea of your grades), though they may not have processed everyone's yet.

Hmm.. I can't really comment on the UK results, but I did just get my 'mock' results back. I did pretty average really. Except for mathematics where I did very well. Anyway, good luck with the important results.

Eek, just 1 1/4 hours to go...

I'm guessing these are very important?

I'm guessing these are very important?

very much so, what Uni you get into depends on these

very much so, what Uni you get into depends on these
Oh I see.. Shit, important indeed.

Yay. Three B's at A-Levels. I'm going to Birmingham Uni!

I got a letter from UCAS this morning, a letter that seemed very, very much like a confirmation letter. But I haven't gone to go get my results yet, but I'm optimistic. So really, if this turns out the way I hoped a great weight would be lifted from my mind - I've been stressing over this something awful.

Oh I see.. Shit, important indeed.

yes

very much so, what Uni you get into depends on these
is it really so important your past carreer?
I mean: if you don't get a good degree you couldn't go, say, to study in Oxford?


I'm very ignorant, 'cause in Italy we have not such a discrimination! We have some schools of excellence, but you have to pass a selection exam to get in those Universities, and your past carreer isn't interesting for them

3 A Grades. :D :D :D. Got into Warwick University:)

is it really so important your past carreer?
I mean: if you don't get a good degree you couldn't go, say, to study in Oxford?


I'm very ignorant, 'cause in Italy we have not such a discrimination! We have some schools of excellence, but you have to pass a selection exam to get in those Universities, and your past carreer isn't interesting for them

yep, our universities take into account past exams but there is no selection exam. In fact the A levels could be considered a standard selection exam for all universities, the great results go to the best universities in their chosen feild and the not so good ones go to the worse universities

so in the UK there's someting like what you see in USA movies and serials: you send your "signing demand" to some Universities and then wait for them to accept you or not?


mmmh, maybe it's surely a better selection for "good brains" than a single exam like ours, but it seems to me a bit unfair...

pretty much, im too young to have done it yet (GCSE results in a week :eek:)

well don

English Communications: C (c) :D

English Language: D (d) :)

ICT: E (e) (Have to retake this....) :(

Not bad- i knew i'd do well in Comms and i knew i'd struggle in English since i have a bad time in the exam hall (if it's any consolation i got a B in the coursework. And ICT... well, an E is a pass and i'm 1 of 8 people who passed.

Not bad results although they could be better.

Good luck! ;)

I remember getting my A level grades... I was a grade too low to get into uni (supposedly) but they let me in anyway :D

Haha, I have a friend who dropped out of 6th form because he was getting all U/Es, so he just decided to leave and do nothing for several months. He's going to college this year though.
And I am really screwed next year, because I haven't really applied for 6th form I don't think; it's so confusing. I applied for college, but kept missing interviews and now, apparently, if I want to get in, I have to wait for someone else to drop out! :confused:
hooray...:rolleyes:

My congratulations / commiserations to all in getting their results. Anyone coming to the University of Kent ? If so see you next year !

I'm realy nervous. I'm going into get My Chemistry AS resalts after lunch. Get back to you then.

Congratulatins to those who have got theirs.
Good luck to those who havent got theirs yet.

pretty much, im too young to have done it yet (GCSE results in a week :eek:)
I thought you were older than that! My brothers getting his next week too. Good luck!

Funny, yesterday the Leaving Cert students in Ireland, incl my younger sister got heir results.

wooooo!!!
I got 3 A's!!!!!(politics philosophy and history)
I really thought I was going to fail!

Well done everyone!!!(and comiserations if you didnt do so well)

My brother got 3 Bs in his AS, so we're all pretty happy for him.

Rather evilly, I was hoping he would do well, but not as well as I did in my AS's (A, A, B, C)....mainly because there would have been mucho bragging on his part if he'd done better...

I haven't got my media result yet but I got 2 E's and a U. Which is fairly typical of my 6th form.

Oh great. I thought this might have something to do with Irish Leaving Certificate exams. I got mine yesterday and I'm not too happy. You're lucky you only have to do 4 subjects. We've got to do at least 6, though most do 7/8 and some uber-swots do like 10.

Well done to anyone who did them though. I hope you got what you worked for.

Over here, you can choose your university if you succeed at the exams of the end of what might be circumscribed as our variant of a grammar school. Except if you study medicine, since there's a cap on the possible number of students. Those guys have to take a selective test. Other than that, no one at university will ever care for your marks before you got there :) As for application, you fill in a form and pay a few hundred bucks per semester when they send you the bill.

Lets all get ready for the "OMG A levels are so easy" from the media, loads of comedians saying how dumb we are and how easy the tests are and the education board claiming to be making them more difficult next year.

Over here, you can choose your university if you succeed at the exams of the end of what might be circumscribed as our variant of a grammar school. Except if you study medicine, since there's a cap on the possible number of students. Those guys have to take a selective test. Other than that, no one at university will ever care for your marks before you got there :) As for application, you fill in a form and pay a few hundred bucks per semester when they send you the bill.

Well, here, there's such demand for nearly all courses that they have to take into account past academical achievement as some sort of means of sorting through the applications, and whittling them down to the number they can accomodate.

Okay.. I am officially the world's jammiest bastard. Lancaster offered me BBB to do Politics & International Relations. I go into school and find I got BDD... BUT Lancaster still lets me in, 'cos the course is really uncompetitive, or they liked my personal statement (find that hard to believe) or something.

Being lucky means me feel really guilty, but y'know, I'm in to Lancaster! My life has direction for the next three years!

Well, here, there's such demand for nearly all courses that they have to take into account past academical achievement as some sort of means of sorting through the applications, and whittling them down to the number they can accomodate.

We have quite some demand, too. Courses relating to economy, for instance. I think there were over 700 students in some courses. In the beginning of the semester, some people would sit on the stairs in the lecture hall, although at the end of the semester, there are even a few free seats.

In the first couple of semesters (before people fail at exams, and before you can be more selective about your courses), however, a video cam would transmit the lecture to a screen in another lecture hall.

I got my AS results today:

Politics - B
Business Studies - C
Geography - C
English Literature - D ( damn you Betjeman!!! One mark off a C)

Anyway what pees me off is how so many people say that A - Levels are easy. I want those people who conduct the research to work for a year ( for AS) or two ( A2) and then take the paper and realise how much hard work we students put into the end result. Why can't they accpet education and learning is getting better? Why?!

The AS levels reward system adhering and effacing mediocrity. Academic ability ought to be defined not by the proportion of points one makes, as defined by an examiner from a comprehensive school, and with no expertise in the specific subject, but by ingenuity and natural flair. Not that I should expect too much from a Labour implemented examination system....

so in the UK there's someting like what you see in USA movies and serials: you send your "signing demand" to some Universities and then wait for them to accept you or not?


mmmh, maybe it's surely a better selection for "good brains" than a single exam like ours, but it seems to me a bit unfair...
We call them applications.

I got my AS results today:

Politics - B
Business Studies - C
Geography - C
English Literature - D ( damn you Betjeman!!! One mark off a C)

Anyway what pees me off is how so many people say that A - Levels are easy. I want those people who conduct the research to work for a year ( for AS) or two ( A2) and then take the paper and realise how much hard work we students put into the end result. Why can't they accpet education and learning is getting better? Why?!

Because it isn't.

My AS-levels read;

English Literature; B
French; B
General Studies; B
History; A
Classical Civilisation; A

The fact that my academic course equate, by utilitarian bilge, to the twaddle "...... studies" course, notwithstanding, I achieved the above with sod all revision. You might revise, but neither my friends, nor I, revised a jot, and subsequent to retakes, A good proportion of us will get into Oxbridge.

The examinations are, to a mediocre and pliant mind, easy. They oblige no ability, independant thought or initiative, only for one to adhere to a codex of regulations like automaton.

The concluding point may as well be this; Prior to the installment of the AS-levels under New Labour, the examination board who dictated History were, to a fellow, Oxbridge dons. Subsequent to 2001, the examination board fails to avail itself of such talent, instead installing the more "accessible" comprehensive school teacher, to set the exams.

A good proportion of us will get into Oxbridge.
Pfft. They're turning people away with 3 A's at A level. It's a lottery to go there these days, with ticket prices based on how foreign you are and how rich your Daddy is.

Pfft. They're turning people away with 3 A's at A level. It's a lottery to go there these days, with ticket prices based on how foreign you are and how rich your Daddy is.

Nah. I'm applying to Lady Margeret Hall, I have help from an ex-student who read history at LMH, I correspond with Clive Holmes (admissions tutor and interviewer), and have reasonable interview technique.

Nah. I'm applying to Lady Margeret Hall, I have help from an ex-student who read history at LMH, I correspond with Clive Holmes (admissions tutor and interviewer), and have reasonable interview technique.
Sorry, but I think you're about to learn one of life's hard lessons; you don't always get what you want. But don't worry; there are plenty of other good universities in the country.

Sorry, but I think you're about to learn one of life's hard lessons; you don't always get what you want. But don't worry; there are plenty of other good universities in the country.

Watch me get in. I go the most prestigious Grammar school in the sodding country. That alone is a considerable advantage.

Watch me get in. I go the most prestigious Grammar school in the sodding country. That alone is a considerable advantage.
Before you disappear completely up your own arse...

...good luck to you if you do get in. But - especially for a course like History, I'd say - Oxbridge is not the be all and end all.

Care to make a bet on whether you get in? ;)

Watch me get in. I go the most prestigious Grammar school in the sodding country. That alone is a considerable advantage.
Well, feel free to come back and say 'I told you so' if you do. But with A level results as they are, I'd be surprised if you got past the desk of the first admissions tutor. You need AAA, minimum. If you don't have it these days, you're behind an awful lot of people.

But there is no reason you can't get into a decent university with your results. Just be realistic with your expectations.

Before you disappear completely up your own arse...

...good luck to you if you do get in. But - especially for a course like History, I'd say - Oxbridge is not the be all and end all.

Care to make a bet on whether you get in? ;)

Yep. 20 cookies.;)

So, are A-levels equivalent to IB/AP grades, or are they harder?

So, are A-levels equivalent to IB/AP grades, or are they harder?
They're the same level as IB, yes.

Well, feel free to come back and say 'I told you so' if you do. But with A level results as they are, I'd be surprised if you got past the desk of the first admissions tutor. You need AAA, minimum. If you don't have it these days, you're behind an awful lot of people.

But there is no reason you can't get into a decent university with your results. Just be realistic with your expectations.

Firstly. RESITS.

Secondly, most other applicants are coming from an environment in which intellectual thought, a pre-requisite for history, is dispensed with in the interests of results. CRGS instills independant thought in history students.

They're the same level as IB, yes.
Oh, neat. So their basically college courses you take ahead of time to see if you have the right stuff for college.


Anyway, as of my junior year I can roughly equate my AP scores into Alevels (ha, and we get them in july too)

US history - A
Calculus AB - A
Biology - A
Environmental science (whishy washy) - A
Physics - A

Yep. 20 cookies.;)
I was thinking more that you'd throw away the thesaurus, but whatever.

Incidentally, trying to blame exam shitness on New Labour won't fly. They were already going downhill way back in the time of the Tories. Education is something both parties have fucked up pretty comprehensively.

Oh, neat. So their basically college courses you take ahead of time to see if you have the right stuff for college.
Well, no then. That's what AP is as I understand it. Some A Levels - Further Maths (and the Maths course in general) are examples - are like that, but most are pretty much end of school exams.

Secondly, most other applicants are coming from an environment in which intellectual thought, a pre-requisite for history, is dispensed with in the interests of results. CRGS instills independant thought in history students.
Promise me you'll spout that sort of shit at interview, please.

I was thinking more that you'd throw away the thesaurus, but whatever.

Incidentally, trying to blame exam shitness on New Labour won't fly. They were already going downhill way back in the time of the Tories. Education is something both parties have fucked up pretty comprehensively.

Education, unequivocally yes.

AS-levels; no. They are Labour's baby.

Firstly. RESITS.
You think Oxbridge is going to take someone who has to struggle to get the top grade over someone who did it first time?

Secondly, most other applicants are coming from an environment in which intellectual thought, a pre-requisite for history, is dispensed with in the interests of results. CRGS instills independant thought in history students.
You're dreaming. I realise that accepting the fact that you're not going to achieve everything you've thought is a very hard thing to do, but it's a lesson we all have to learn at some point.

You will not get into either Oxford or Cambridge, and that's a fact. They're spoilt for choice with people with far better grades than yours, and you're deluding yourself if you think that none of those people are capable of 'independant (sic) thought'.

Look at other universities. Oxbridge is far from the only place to go, and there are many places that will provide you with just as good a degree.

Firstly. RESITS.
Secondly, most other applicants are coming from an environment in which intellectual thought, a pre-requisite for history, is dispensed with in the interests of results. CRGS instills independant thought in history students.

That I agree with and I'll taking as well but the second bit. You can't judge other places without experiencing them yourselves. Plus the Grammar School bit. I go to one and so do thousands of others. Remember every other student no matter what school from is your competitor

AS-levels; no. They are Labour's baby.
True. I think one of their most stupid policies is the introduction of the blanket right to resit, thereby allowing tards with sub-par grades to boost themselves out of proportion to their ability.

EDIT: And hang on a fucking second. If you just got your AS results today, why are you on the PC at 11pm?

You think Oxbridge is going to take someone who has to struggle to get the top grade over someone who did it first time?

When, assuming you did, did you apply to university? UCAS forms profile predicted grades, not UMS totals, hence no univeristy is appraised of AS results.

You're dreaming. I realise that accepting the fact that you're not going to achieve everything you've thought is a very hard thing to do, but it's a lesson we all have to learn at some point.

You will not get into either Oxford or Cambridge, and that's a fact. They're spoilt for choice with people with far better grades than yours, and you're deluding yourself if you think that none of those people are capable of 'independant (sic) thought'.

Look at other universities. Oxbridge is far from the only place to go, and there are many places that will provide you with just as good a degree.

I guarrantee you I get in. I have a better chance than any, and I genuinely mean this, any, comprehensive school student.

Quite simply, AS grades are irrelevant to UCAS. The personal statement is of more relevance.

Firstly. RESITS.

Secondly, most other applicants are coming from an environment in which intellectual thought, a pre-requisite for history, is dispensed with in the interests of results. CRGS instills independant thought in history students.
...


Shit, I thought I was arrogant. And hell, if you can get into oxbridge, I might as well try considering my grades blow yours out of the water. :)

When, assuming you did, did you apply to university? UCAS forms profile predicted grades, not UMS totals, hence no univeristy is appraised of AS results.



I guarrantee you I get in. I have a better chance than any, and I genuinely mean this, any, comprehensive school student.

Quite simply, AS grades are irrelevant to UCAS. The personal statement is of more relevance.

Pfft tell that to the thousands of comprehensive students that attend Oxford and Csmbridge, Sorry to say but if I were the admissions officer I wouldn't let you in because you seem so up yourself.. You have to remember its not all about grades anymore. Its also how you come across to the interviewer

True. I think one of their most stupid policies is the introduction of the blanket right to resit, thereby allowing tards with sub-par grades to boost themselves out of proportion to their ability.

EDIT: And hang on a fucking second. If you just got your AS results today, why are you on the PC at 11pm?

Driving lesson. I couldn't drink all afternoon, and I'm meeting my mates in London tomorrow for our piss up.

When, assuming you did, did you apply to university? UCAS forms profile predicted grades, not UMS totals, hence no univeristy is appraised of AS results.

I guarrantee you I get in. I have a better chance than any, and I genuinely mean this, any, comprehensive school student.

Quite simply, AS grades are irrelevant to UCAS. The personal statement is of more relevance.
Well, I can't argue with the delusional. Like I say, feel free to come back and say 'I told you so', but I feel quietly confident in my assertions. I'm well aware of how the system works, and you simply do not fit the requirements.

You can either face this fact now or when the rejection letter comes through the post, but it is something you are going to have to accept at some point.

Driving lesson. I couldn't drink all afternoon, and I'm meeting my mates in London tomorrow for our piss up.
Ok.

Well, put it this way. On my History course at a plebeian non-Oxbridge university, I'm surrounded by public school and grammar school types with the right accent, and the right grades - and they're actually genuinely clever, too. One of my classes, I think almost everyone (but me) in it had both 3 As, and a rejection from Oxbridge.

Don't set yourself up for a fall: at least admit that it can be a lottery, and even if you think you should get in, it's possible you won't.

Pfft tell that to the thousands of comprehensive students that attend Oxford and Csmbridge, Sorry to say but if I were the admissions officer I wouldn't let you in because you seem so up yourself.. You have to remember its not all about grades anymore. Its also how you come across to the interviewer

I have a different interview technique, shockingly. Incidentally, and bluster all you will, a school ranked 11th in the country overall, and 1st for state schools at A level, is a marked advantage over any student from a concrete block.

At interview, and having conducted practice interviews, I am told by Oxford graduates I come across exceptionally.

Ok.

Well, put it this way. On my History course at a plebeian non-Oxbridge university, I'm surrounded by public school and grammar school types with the right accent, and the right grades - and they're actually genuinely clever, too. One of my classes, I think almost everyone (but me) in it had both 3 As, and a rejection from Oxbridge.

Don't set yourself up for a fall: at least admit that it can be a lottery, and even if you think you should get in, it's possible you won't.

I've been told repeatedly I should get in. I am aware its a lottery, and any number of factors influence the admissions, however I simply am sure that, given the intricacies of the UCAS procedure, and the fact I have a published historian as an endorser, I have a bloody good chance.

I have a different interview technique, shockingly. Incidentally, and bluster all you will, a school ranked 11th in the country overall, and 1st for state schools at A level, is a marked advantage over any student from a concrete block.

At interview, and having conducted practice interviews, I am told by Oxford graduates I come across exceptionally.
All of this is fine. But I went to a first division school too, and I know of several people in our Oxbridge group who were told all that, and all but bought the college scarf...and still got rejected.

You are talking about thousands of applicants with perfect personal statements, interview techniques, grades, and so on. It's a lottery, and if you're unwilling to accept that, you're only more likely to be hit hard when you fail.

I've been told repeatedly I should get in. I am aware its a lottery, and any number of factors influence the admissions, however I simply am sure that, given the intricacies of the UCAS procedure, and the fact I have a published historian as an endorser, I have a bloody good chance.
I'm not saying you don't have a good chance. I'm saying you're not guaranteed.

And for the record, several people from my school were repeatedly told they'd get in, and didn't - including a guy with a published professor of anatomy (he was applying for medicine) as a reference (and this guy was good, really good).

Well, I can't argue with the delusional. Like I say, feel free to come back and say 'I told you so', but I feel quietly confident in my assertions. I'm well aware of how the system works, and you simply do not fit the requirements.

You can either face this fact now or when the rejection letter comes through the post, but it is something you are going to have to accept at some point.

UCAS is an odd thing, but it genuinely is easy to exploit.

Indeed, who on earth should I listen to? Philosophy, or Oxford graduate history teacher with nothing but praise for my ability?

Indeed, who on earth should I listen to? Philosophy, or Oxford graduate history teacher with nothing but praise for my ability?
Both. One's trying to instill a little realism in you; one's trying to instill a little confidence in you. Nothing wrong with either, in moderation.

All of this is fine. But I went to a first division school too, and I know of several people in our Oxbridge group who were told all that, and all but bought the college scarf...and still got rejected.

You are talking about thousands of applicants with perfect personal statements, interview techniques, grades, and so on. It's a lottery, and if you're unwilling to accept that, you're only more likely to be hit hard when you fail.

I accept it readily, however our sixth form gets 30+ students in each year. Am I, i must therefore ask, amongst the top 30 students in the year? Results, omitting AS levels with mitigating circumstances that I neglected to apply for, would suggest so.

Good luck to you all!!

Hope you get the results you want and deserve!

UCAS is an odd thing, but it genuinely is easy to exploit.

Indeed, who on earth should I listen to? Philosophy, or Oxford graduate history teacher with nothing but praise for my ability?
Pride come before the fall. And you're setting yourself up for a big fall.

Do you honestly think you're the smartest person who ever lived, ever? You don't seem to realise the simple facts; you are going up against thousands of people who have perfect records, perfect grades, perfect references and, I daresay, have also been 'praised for their ability'. And against this competition, what do you offer? B's, and a lot of arrogance.

Like Gruenberg says, go to any top ten university in the country and you'll find them packed full of people with much better records than yours, all of them holding their Oxbridge rejection letter.

I accept it readily, however our sixth form gets 30+ students in each year. Am I, i must therefore ask, amongst the top 30 students in the year? Results, omitting AS levels with mitigating circumstances that I neglected to apply for, would suggest so.
Ah, but I don't think it's like that. People applying for something like Medicine, PPE or English will have a lot harder time getting in than someone for Theology, Classics or Anglo-Saxon. History I would place at the harder end of the spectrum.

YAY!!! AS levels!!! :p

Maths: A
Philosophy: A
French: A
Modern History: B

I'm also taking Further Maths but I don't get that result 'til later. :(

The good news is that three As mean I can realistically apply for Oxford. :)

*dances happily*

YAY!!! AS levels!!! :p

Maths: A
Philosophy: A
French: A
Modern History: B

I'm also taking Further Maths but I don't get that result 'til later. :(

The good news is that three As mean I can realistically apply for Oxford. :)

*dances happily*
Congratulations!

I have a different interview technique, shockingly. Incidentally, and bluster all you will, a school ranked 11th in the country overall, and 1st for state schools at A level, is a marked advantage over any student from a concrete block.

Hills Road? :confused:

Pride come before the fall. And you're setting yourself up for a big fall.

Do you honestly think you're the smartest person who ever lived, ever? You don't seem to realise the simple facts; you are going up against thousands of people who have perfect records, perfect grades, perfect references and, I daresay, have also been 'praised for their ability'. And against this competition, what do you offer? B's, and a lot of arrogance.

Like Gruenberg says, go to any top ten university in the country and you'll find them packed full of people with much better records than yours, all of them holding their Oxbridge rejection letter.

Meh?

You genuinely fail to appreciate that my CV is actually quite impressive, hence I offer any university more than just results. Furthermore, AS levels are not recorded. Predicted grades are. Thus, given that I will be predicted 5 A's, since I genuinely screwed the As's up, and had two funerals to attend inbetween exams, I have a bllody good chance for LMH, and a guarrantee to anywhere beyond Durham.

Congratulations!

Thanks. :)

Oh, and congratulations to all the upper sixes who got their Uni grades; have fun guys. :fluffle:

a guarrantee to anywhere beyond Durham.
Sorry to keep dogging you, but don't go to Durham - it's shit for history.

Warwick, York, UCL (of course :D), LSE or Manchester do much better courses.

Oh, and a tip to anyone else who's applying to a University next year: if your sixth form has a debating society, join it!

Universities seem to love debators: of our five upper six debaters one got into Oxford, two into Cambridge, one into Durham (after getting knocked off the Cambridge reserve list) and one took a gap year.

Sorry to keep dogging you, but don't go to Durham - it's shit for history.

Warwick, York, UCL (of course :D), LSE or Manchester do much better courses.

UCL? Never!!!!!!!:D

Kings for me.;)

St. Andrews and York do medieval history, so they'll be joke.

Oh, and a tip to anyone else who's applying to a University next year: if your sixth form has a debating society, join it!

Universities seem to love debators: of our five upper six debaters one got into Oxford, two into Cambridge, one into Durham (after getting knocked off the Cambridge reserve list) and one took a gap year.

Could we sing the happy song for you?

Or perhaps thank you for pointing out the patently self-evident?

I don't think St Andrews is reckoned to be especially good, but the York history faculty is pretty highly regarded - it has an RAE of 5* for a start.

Could we sing the happy song for you?

Or perhaps thank you for pointing out the patently self-evident?

Has it occured to you that not everyone knows how popular debating societies are with Universities? At my college I doubt anyone outside of the club has a clue.

Anyway, 'night all.

I don't think St Andrews is reckoned to be especially good, but the York history faculty is pretty highly regarded - it has an RAE of 5* for a start.

It does have a high quality of teaching, however the campus looks like the left overs from the National Theatre.

It does have a high quality of teaching, however the campus looks like the left overs from the National Theatre.
So? Who gives a fuck what the campus looks like?

But, if you just want to go to a pretty, rather than a good, university, then full steam on to Durham.

Has it occured to you that not everyone knows how popular debating societies are with Universities? At my college I doubt anyone outside of the club has a clue.

Anyway, 'night all.

Awww.

Not really.

So? Who gives a fuck what the campus looks like?

But, if you just want to go to a pretty, rather than a good, university, then full steam on to Durham.

It is a consideration.

Not a pressing one, but a consideration nonetheless.

It is a consideration.

Not a pressing one, but a consideration nonetheless.
Well, if you want to fritter one of the more important decisions you'll make away on irrelevant inconsequentialities (see, I can use big words too!), then it's your life.

Because it isn't.

My AS-levels read;

English Literature; B
French; B
General Studies; B
History; A
Classical Civilisation; A

The fact that my academic course equate, by utilitarian bilge, to the twaddle "...... studies" course, notwithstanding, I achieved the above with sod all revision. You might revise, but neither my friends, nor I, revised a jot, and subsequent to retakes, A good proportion of us will get into Oxbridge.

The examinations are, to a mediocre and pliant mind, easy. They oblige no ability, independant thought or initiative, only for one to adhere to a codex of regulations like automaton.

The concluding point may as well be this; Prior to the installment of the AS-levels under New Labour, the examination board who dictated History were, to a fellow, Oxbridge dons. Subsequent to 2001, the examination board fails to avail itself of such talent, instead installing the more "accessible" comprehensive school teacher, to set the exams.

Ah, it is quite gratifying to see someone who goes to the "11th best school in the country" do worse than me, someone who went to one of the aforementioned grey block comprehensives.

The establishment maketh not the man. You might do well to remember that.

Sorry about the lateness. jolt wouldent let me login. foe those of you who still care. i got an A in the as level chemistry exams I took.

Ah, it is quite gratifying to see someone who goes to the "11th best school in the country" do worse than me, someone who went to one of the aforementioned grey block comprehensives.

The establishment maketh not the man. You might do well to remember that.

Nope. However, what options did you take? Any ........ studies, law, psychology or other such courses are twaddle.

Incidentally, you do read don't you? Resits and the dynamics of the UCAS procedure render AS-levels inconsequential in any case.

Ah, it is quite gratifying to see someone who goes to the "11th best school in the country" do worse than me, someone who went to one of the aforementioned grey block comprehensives.

The establishment maketh not the man. You might do well to remember that.

The establishment defineth the man.
Not being in the right one means that, socially, one cannot be said to exist at all.
Unless it be in connection with a page 3 girl.

*sly dig at Macca*

I thought you were older than that! My brothers getting his next week too. Good luck!

really? Thanks for the luck, im gunna need it

Sorry about the lateness. jolt wouldent let me login. foe those of you who still care. i got an A in the as level chemistry exams I took.
Hey, well played :)

Argh GCSE results in a week, I'm really rather nervous...

Predicted 11A*s, but I know full-well that I'm about to get a whole load of Cs and Bs (still, that's good enough to get into college, I suppose).

Hey, well played :)

Argh GCSE results in a week, I'm really rather nervous...

Predicted 11A*s, but I know full-well that I'm about to get a whole load of Cs and Bs (still, that's good enough to get into college, I suppose).

same for me, not quite so many A*'s though, just about 6

The A Levels: 3 Subjects. Students can pick which ever they want.

The Leaving Cert: 7 subjects. Must pass Irish and Maths to get into university. Irish, English, Maths and a foreign language are mandatory.

While I congratulate all who did their A Levels and got their results. Be thankfull ye're exams could have been a lot harder.

Nope. However, what options did you take? Any ........ studies, law, psychology or other such courses are twaddle.

Incidentally, you do read don't you? Resits and the dynamics of the UCAS procedure render AS-levels inconsequential in any case.

It is a good thing that I already have A2 Levels then, is it not? Rather good A2 levels as well - 4 As and a B (precisely the same as my AS Levels).

My subjects were:

History (A)
English Literature (A)
Law (A)
Accounts (B)
General Studies (A)

Why you think Law is twaddle is somewhat mysterious. I thought it was considerably harder than both History and English Literature, both of which only require the candidate to write a marginally competent essay. But then, you do not do the subject and so can hardly be described as qualified to judge it.

ABBC :D

I'm going to Sheffield to do Russian Studies, the best department thereof in the country. :D

Also, to Chris: Are you referring to John Mat, or possibly Clarky?

ABBC :D

I'm going to Sheffield to do Russian Studies, the best department thereof in the country. :D
In Soviet Russia, Sheffielf studies at you!

Congrats!

In Soviet Russia, Sheffielf studies at you!

Congrats!
Cheers.:D

4 As: Music, Maths, Physics, Computing

And I have a place at Cambridge to do Music.

4 As: Music, Maths, Physics, Computing

And I have a place at Cambridge to do Music.

1) Cambridge :eek: thats stunning

2) Extreme Ironing is a legendary sport

Why you think Law is twaddle is somewhat mysterious. I thought it was considerably harder than both History and English Literature, both of which only require the candidate to write a marginally competent essay. But then, you do not do the subject and so can hardly be described as qualified to judge it.
I reckon he called Law twaddle because a lot of Law schools are against the A-level. Something about having to reteach it properly, or something.

I got my first year uni results back in July. They don't mean anything though, seeing as it's all first year. :( However, I get to tell my friends the story of how the university managed to fail me for the first year even though I got a 76% average.

It is a good thing that I already have A2 Levels then, is it not? Rather good A2 levels as well - 4 As and a B (precisely the same as my AS Levels).

My subjects were:

History (A)
English Literature (A)
Law (A)
Accounts (B)
General Studies (A)

Why you think Law is twaddle is somewhat mysterious. I thought it was considerably harder than both History and English Literature, both of which only require the candidate to write a marginally competent essay. But then, you do not do the subject and so can hardly be described as qualified to judge it.

It is certainly characterised as inconsequential, since, purpotedly, it merely instills false knowledge for the purposes of a law degree.

ABBC :D

I'm going to Sheffield to do Russian Studies, the best department thereof in the country. :D

Also, to Chris: Are you referring to John Mat, or possibly Clarky?

J Mat. I fucking hate Clarky. With a passion.

Comedy Andy nearly killed my AS-level.

As it is, I got an A, and a damn high A, through using Matusiak's notes....:D

1) Cambridge :eek: thats stunning

2) Extreme Ironing is a legendary sport

1. Thanks, I personally had no expectation of getting in, and didn't, to my first college, but got offered a place from another college. I know several people that applied, and in my mind are 'cleverer' than myself, but didn't not get places. In the end its dependent on how many other people have applied to the same college to do the same subject as you, your grades and interview could mean little when there are 40 others of similar or better standard going for 3 places.

2. Indeed it is.

J Mat. I fucking hate Clarky. With a passion.

Comedy Andy nearly killed my AS-level.

As it is, I got an A, and a damn high A, through using Matusiak's notes....:D
Not as bad as Mckevitt. She's the only reason I got a B, I swear. Thank fuck she's leaving.

Not as bad as Mckevitt. She's the only reason I got a B, I swear. Thank fuck she's leaving.

Oh good. when?

We're supposed to be having her for coursework.......

Have you just left then?

Oh good. when?

We're supposed to be having her for coursework.......

Have you just left then?
I have. And I'd heard she was leaving a couple of days ago, yeah.
Don't know how they're going to cope with the new syllabus and being one teacher down, even if she does just use Andy's notes.

Also: check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Matusiak

I have. And I'd heard she was leaving a couple of days ago, yeah.
Don't know how they're going to cope with the new syllabus and being one teacher down, even if she does just use Andy's notes.

Also: check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Matusiak

Oh dear god. Thats brilliant:)

Who actually spent time writing it?

I still hate Mr.Clark with a passion.:mad:

If you don't my asking, who are you?

It is certainly characterised as inconsequential, since, purpotedly, it merely instills false knowledge for the purposes of a law degree.

Srsly. You should read history of the english speaking people.

ABBC :D

I'm going to Sheffield to do Russian Studies, the best department thereof in the country. :D

Also, to Chris: Are you referring to John Mat, or possibly Clarky?
Another CRGS student! Yay! According to the Guardian's (possibly unofficial) ranking today, CRGS was the top non-private school in the country when it came to A Levels. Glad to see you're not letting it down. Anyway. JM is a legend. And both you and TbC are right in declaring Clarky an idiot. Have fun at Sheffield. It's a great city.

Srsly. You should read history of the english speaking people.

You should read Richard Pipes:p

Another CRGS student! Yay! According to the Guardian's (possibly unofficial) ranking today, CRGS was the top non-private school in the country when it came to A Levels. Glad to see you're not letting it down. Anyway. JM is a legend. And both you and TbC are right in declaring Clarky an idiot. Have fun at Sheffield. It's a great city.

Follow Saxnot's link to JMat's wikipedia biography, and then follow that to Clarkeys. It's complete twaddle.

You should read Richard Pipes:p

Pardon my lack of interest in babbittry.

It seems you need to also.

Read it. It was teh awes0m3r.

Pardon my lack of interest in babbittry.

Babbittry? Pipes?

*walks off in a major huff*

Follow Saxnot's link to JMat's wikipedia biography, and then follow that to Clarkeys. It's complete twaddle.
:D That's absolute genius! The man seriously is a legend. I cited him about a dozen times in my dissertation.

:D That's absolute genius! The man seriously is a legend. I cited him about a dozen times in my dissertation.

Really? I hope they gave you 100% immediatly.....:D

I do object to comedy Andy being a "noted academic historian".

Babbittry? Pipes?

*walks off in a major huff*

Maybe you should go to an american university then. It would probably suit you.

Really? I hope they gave you 100% immediatly.....:D

I do object to comedy Andy being a "noted academic historian".
Nope, they gave me 47, the bastards. Though admittedly it did only take me four days to write. But I got a 2:1, so I'm not complaining.

Nope, they gave me 47, the bastards. Though admittedly it did only take me four days to write. But I got a 2:1, so I'm not complaining.

Congratulations then.

I hope you sent a note to the Matusiak to tell him they dissed him.:D

Maybe you should go to an american university then. It would probably suit you.

Why?

Why?

You like Pipes. Ergo teh american university is probably your prefered milieu.

You like Pipes. Ergo teh american university is probably your prefered milieu.

Perhaps. A tad to far to travel, however.

Perhaps. A tad to far to travel, however.

I was also against the ending of concorde service.

Only 6-8 hrs tho'; depending upon where you live.

Congratulations then.

I hope you sent a note to the Matusiak to tell him they dissed him.:D
Hmmm, maybe I should...

I was also against the ending of concorde service.

Only 6-8 hrs tho'; depending upon where you live.

No no no. I might take a gap year in the USA at any rate.

Hmmm, maybe I should...

He'd hunt them down Terminator-esque fashion and "persuade" them otherwise.....:D

No no no. I might take a gap year in the USA at any rate.

You should. I find people in the UK are generally misled about what it is really like here.