A- level results tommorrow?

I have results coming in Politics, Biology and Chemistry

if I get AAA (unlikely) I will go to Oxford to study cellular and mollecular biochemistry

if I get BBB (more likely) I will go to warwick to study biological sciences

worse than that? not thinking about it... much

It seems like a real shame to have not worked enough to be half confident of AAA when I spent so much time and effort convincing people at the Oxford interviews (3 day residential!)

I just want 3 b's. Then I will be set
 
ne-waller said:
I have results coming in Politics, Biology and Chemistry

if I get AAA (unlikely) I will go to Oxford to study cellular and mollecular biochemistry

if I get BBB (more likely) I will go to warwick to study biological sciences

worse than that? not thinking about it... much

It seems like a real shame to have not worked enough to be half confident of AAA when I spent so much time and effort convincing people at the Oxford interviews (3 day residential!)

I just want 3 b's. Then I will be set
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Good Luck with the Results ne-waller!

I suffered the loss of a very close family member in my second year of A-levels and my work suffered (infact I only took 2 out of about 6 exams) and ended up getting an E and U :|

In my final year of degree now, though, on course for a 2:1, so it's all good :P
 
good luck with that, my brother just got a 2:1 in computer science, so I know how much work it is.
 
ne-waller said:
good luck with that, my brother just got a 2:1 in computer science, so I know how much work it is.
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Not to sound like a big headed idiot here, but in the two years I've been at university my attendance is probably 10%, due to the fact that 90% of the material we've been taught, I already taught myself in the previous 10 years.

I'm doing multimedia, and most of it (aside from programming languages) is easy stuff, and usually before a lesson/lecture, I check blackboard (the online lesson material), read through, and if I know it, I don't go in.

Learnt that lesson the hard way. In the first few weeks I'd walk the 1.5 mile's to University, only to be sat there twiddling my fingers, for 2 hours + thinking "why did I bother?"

Anyhoo. I bet this year is gonna be hard yeah, so thanks :P
 
well... youre on track for a 2:1 that what counts. lol

I worked FAR harder at GCSE, but I still felt unsure as to what I had got even though I got A's/A*s across the board, there is no way of knowing untill you open that envelope :)
 
Anyone planning to go to Heriot-Watt University In Edinburgh?
 
I have to go pick up my A-Level results tomorrow morning.. :(
 
i'm gonna post them here when I get them, I dont know why.

might help to accept them

I really wish everyone good luck, it pisses me off when they say exams are getting easier.

...rambling
 
Don't you guys, like, have summer off? :O I just got to school today...
 
Can someone explain what an A-level is to an incompetent American? Is it like the EXIT exam for us over here or is it classes?
 
when you are 16 you take GCSE's - General certificate of secondary education. 9-11 subjects you must do technology, science, english maths and a foreign language but gest some choice. are graded from G to A* (only A gets * not other grades) U is ungraded -V bad

alot of people continue school for two more years to take A levels
basically you take usually 4 subjects and continue with 3 after the first year, ie I am studying Politics, biology and chemistry and already have a half A-level called an AS level ("advanced subsidury level general certificate of education" ) in Geography. you get far more choice at A level but it is hard. A-levels are graded E to A

before you get your results you apply to university (like you would to harvard or somewhere in the US) they give you an offer, i.e if you get 3 a's you can study here.
you apply to 6 universities and can accept 2 offers, one as firm and the other as insurance.

so tommorrow everyone finds out what uni they are going to, or if they will just have to ring around for spaces - very messy buisness as you can end up miles away in a godforsaken university.

does this explain it enough?
 
yeah we get summer off, we have been off since the beginning of july sometime ( the last exam at my school was on the first), and most unis dont start untill late september or even october. So actually this is technically the longest period of holiday we willl get untill retirement!

we just have to go in during the holidays to get the results.
 
Good luck to everyone with their results,dont have to sit my leaving cert till next year thank God.
 
their's not to reason why, their's but to do, and die,
into the valley of death rode the nervous looking A-level students

good night.

tommorrow - Results, Driving lesson, Pub, and not nessasarily in that order :)
 
Im waiting... sitting.. waiting til 9:00 and i'll head off for school in the rain.
waiting for English Lit, Biology, Geography, Sociology and General Studies... i hope i got the right grades!
 
I got back about an hour ago with my results:

B -- English Language
B -- General Studies
C -- Philosophy
D -- Psychology

Well, I'm off to Uni to mess around with UnrealEd for 3 years. :D
 
so basically this is the test that determines your entire life?

fun.

screw bureaucracy, folks, make your own path! education is a ****ing formality!
 
CyberSh33p said:
so basically this is the test that determines your entire life?

fun.

screw bureaucracy, folks, make your own path! education is a ****ing formality!
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I agree, our education system is rather messed up, what we call education is actually just remembering as much stuff as possible for a test and then forgetting it all afterwards!!

I suppose the real education starts at University
 
I just got back from mine...got:

Media Studies - A
ICT - D
Business Studies - D

About pretty much what I expected. :cheers:
 
mortiz said:
I agree, our education system is rather messed up, what we call education is actually just remembering as much stuff as possible for a test and then forgetting it all afterwards!!

I suppose the real education starts at University
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true as ever for anywhere, a lot more choice, etc.

I'm pretty much annoyed with the public school system here in california myself.

we have 6 periods a day. what does that mean? we get six classes we take every semester and for those of us on the perscribed "college track" which is oh so goddamn important, that means we get ONE semester of a true elective in all of four years in high school. one class that we choose what we want to learn.

Why do I need four years of english? I have mastery enough over the language that I can spell words better than most people that I know, have grammar that hasn't failed me much, and all this. now why 4 years of english when I want to be a coder? its useless. I understand perhaps 1 year or even 2 of english, but not four.

same with science. I don't think full fledged classes should be given to those who don't want them. everyone should know what cells are and stuff, basic health knowledge, about atoms, but going in depth for everything is so unnecessary.

but sadly none of this matter because at the pathetic school I'm out the furthest programming class is Intro to Visual Basic.

thanks, public education!

edit: well, that was a hell of a rant. glad to get that out of my system.
 
CyberSh33p said:
true as ever for anywhere, a lot more choice, etc.

I'm pretty much annoyed with the public school system here in california myself.

we have 6 periods a day. what does that mean? we get six classes we take every semester and for those of us on the perscribed "college track" which is oh so goddamn important, that means we get ONE semester of a true elective in all of four years in high school. one class that we choose what we want to learn.

Why do I need four years of english? I have mastery enough over the language that I can spell words better than most people that I know, have grammar that hasn't failed me much, and all this. now why 4 years of english when I want to be a coder? its useless. I understand perhaps 1 year or even 2 of english, but not four.

same with science. I don't think full fledged classes should be given to those who don't want them. everyone should know what cells are and stuff, basic health knowledge, about atoms, but going in depth for everything is so unnecessary.

but sadly none of this matter because at the pathetic school I'm out the furthest programming class is Intro to Visual Basic.

thanks, public education!

edit: well, that was a hell of a rant. glad to get that out of my system.
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At least you have a programming class. We have two IT classes to choose from: In one, you learn how to type/use word. In the other, you learn how to use word/powerpoint. Oh joy. I'm working at a D grade, and, even though I got the highest mark possible in the yr10 exam (a C, they wouldn't let us take the higher paper :dozey: ) they just think I'm stupid/lazy, even though I've explained and complained so many times. *sigh*

Actually, it's the same in most classes. In English, whenever a 'new' word pops up (eg. remorse. What the hell?! :angry: ) half the class gets confused and the teacher has to spend 10 min explaining a word which they should have understood in primary school...

Ugh I do not want to go back there ;(

I'm gonna stop rambling now and just wish everyone who's getting their results today good luck! :D
 
SHIPPI said:
At least you have a programming class. We have two IT classes to choose from: In one, you learn how to type/use word. In the other, you learn how to use word/powerpoint. Oh joy. I'm working at a D grade, and, even though I got the highest mark possible in the yr10 exam (a C, they wouldn't let us take the higher paper :dozey: ) they just think I'm stupid/lazy, even though I've explained and complained so many times. *sigh*

Actually, it's the same in most classes. In English, whenever a 'new' word pops up (eg. remorse. What the hell?! :angry: ) half the class gets confused and the teacher has to spend 10 min explaining a word which they should have understood in primary school...

Ugh I do not want to go back there ;(

I'm gonna stop rambling now and just wish everyone who's getting their results today good luck! :D
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I don't even consider VB a programming class. I'm just glad theres a community college near me which lets students take the classes. well, by accident at least. Way I understand is you have to be 16, though I took all my classes before then.yay for red tape.

I'd rather just skip straight to college right now. This sucks.

edit: this kind of sounds like a "my system sucks more than yours" post, don't it? meh, not meant that way. I guess its just bad all around.
 
/me gets a/s results.
:(. Bollocks.

: Geography c ( I was hoping for at least a B)
Physics E ( god knows what happened here I was expecting better)
Ict A, D, C for modules and it fails to tell me what grade i get so f*** ocr
maths : c (wtf, I was expecting an E or something, very odd)

Well anyway im pissed off any hopefully going round mates house to drown my sorrows. I was hoping to go to unis that require an : ABB but well **** that i suppose its impossible.
/me retakes
 
CyberSh33p said:
so basically this is the test that determines your entire life?

fun.

screw bureaucracy, folks, make your own path! education is a ****ing formality!
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thankyou, you made my day :laugh:
 
fat tony - good work with the c in maths, I gave that up after 1 tewrm as it was too damn difficult, my (clever) friend worked all year on it and got.. a U at AS last year.
However I do not understant the geography result - you must have crap teachers. Everyone at my school aces geography because we have an offensively obsessively committed geography teacher

I got my results dah dah dah... :O

A A B :cheers:

A - Chemistry (crikey, i'm pleased with that after having to retake one of the modules which I got a D in)
A - Biology (cant argue with that!) :thumbs:
B - Politics (enough to ensure I can sound more knowlegable than most people and have an air of superiority on political matters

i'm gonna party HARD tonight lol :)


:cheers:

I would have gone to oxford if I got AAA but the course was pants and they dont have an indoor climbing wall /me loves Warwick :laugh:

so off to Warwick to do biological sciences :cheese:
 
Yeah thanks, I was really happy with my maths grade I was expecting a E or something. Geography teachers are great at my school, I think its just because my exam really sucked, I ran out of time + the case study questions were crap. I suppose its not that bad ill just retake and get better grades honestly it was maths that held me down I wish I never took it, im dropping it asap.
 
ne-waller said:
I have results coming in Politics, Biology and Chemistry

if I get AAA (unlikely) I will go to Oxford to study cellular and mollecular biochemistry

if I get BBB (more likely) I will go to warwick to study biological sciences

worse than that? not thinking about it... much

It seems like a real shame to have not worked enough to be half confident of AAA when I spent so much time and effort convincing people at the Oxford interviews (3 day residential!)

I just want 3 b's. Then I will be set
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You smart smart bastard you.........

Oh yeah..well....... I'm starting my 3 semester at junior college next week.

I'm taking massage! (and pilates :| )
 
its 2 in the morining andbn back from my party - the club in my town has been awarded the worst club in britain "award" and I went in there for te first time today, it was terrible, but I stille njoyed myself though
- im slurring my words! lol

im more smashed that ive evr bean : S !
 
I'm sobering up sadly

Remember, tea and beer doesn't mix well... in your stomach
 
ComradeBadger said:
I'm sobering up sadly

Remember, tea and beer doesn't mix well... in your stomach
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we're gonna have to hold an intervention for you :|
 
ComradeBadger said:
I'm sobering up sadly

Remember, tea and beer doesn't mix well... in your stomach
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:P


I'm still processing it, and it seems to be making me flow with this email I'm sending to...someone :o

Anyway, I had a good time and everyone I know got their grades. Although one person who is always depressed (That sounds really...really bad, but he isnt one of those depressed about nothing guys. And hes a great guy, but he just knows whats ahead for most people in their lives and it makes him sad. ANyway, he got two d's which I really think he didnt deserve. He sohuld have got A's all round. His art is incredible, but unfortunately he didn;t stik to the criteria properly :angry: So they marked him down. His understanding of englsih is very good, and I read his coursework which was again amazing, but that also didnt fill all the criteria so he got marked down. Anyway, yeah...I should get a glass of water and go to bed :P The palce I went was packed with students celebrating (Its also student night on a thursday in where I went, which made it doubly popular :O

I bet the amout of alcohol in the UK that is consumed every night, rises by about 500% on results day :)
 
Damn right..

I've been down the pub from 11AM till 11PM

Then at a party till 1 :o
 
:P Yeah...Its all good. I went to a pub at 11:30, stayed till 5 (well, we went to spoons and had a meal) Came home, went back out at 7, and stayed until 1 :)

Im also invited to a party tommorow...Apparenly its a bikini party :o, whatever that means (Yes I know what a bikini is, and no I'm not trying to show off...I'm processing too much alcohol to start making stuff up....really...really :O) I just don't know what it will entail.
 
Sex.

Anyway, you go to spoons to have a meal? :p

I don't :E thats where we were, until we got thrown out cos one of my mates was too drunk ;(
 
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