Bad AS grades, worth applying for uni?
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it depends.
Does the course you want to do require you to have certain AS grades? Also, some universities don't like you resitting modules or retaking an entire year
Does the course you want to do require you to have certain AS grades? Also, some universities don't like you resitting modules or retaking an entire year
Zactly what I was wondering
You know you can retake the AS exams but if your not willing to commit there's probably no point.
Initially I was hoping for medicine, but looks like a no no,now looking at biomedical science or biochemistry, grade requirements range from BBB-AAB So should I start writing my statement
When your applying through UCAS you don't need to enter your AS grades, was my schools policy to advise everyone not to enter them. This has no effect to your application, unless the uni's your applying to specifically ask for your AS grades
You need to be brutally honest with yourself: what caused the bad grades? Apathy? Depression? Stupidity? Lack of concentration? Sick of education? Home life?
Work out what the root is and then grow from there. If you're apathetic, forcing won't help. You may be best off working for a little bit (a bit hard in the current economy) and enjoying life away from college and return when you're a little older, wiser, and emotionally stable. If however, simply being at home is the problem then that's something you need to work out for yourself, but bear in mind: going kicking and screaming through your a-levels now when you could get better grades two or three years from now will only be selling yourself short. You obviously won't realise this at your age, but there's no rush and it's not a race. Sit back, work out where you want to go, what you need to get there and then quietly go about putting the pieces into place. If you're too apathetic, take the time out and do something else while you grow up a bit more.
Work out what the root is and then grow from there. If you're apathetic, forcing won't help. You may be best off working for a little bit (a bit hard in the current economy) and enjoying life away from college and return when you're a little older, wiser, and emotionally stable. If however, simply being at home is the problem then that's something you need to work out for yourself, but bear in mind: going kicking and screaming through your a-levels now when you could get better grades two or three years from now will only be selling yourself short. You obviously won't realise this at your age, but there's no rush and it's not a race. Sit back, work out where you want to go, what you need to get there and then quietly go about putting the pieces into place. If you're too apathetic, take the time out and do something else while you grow up a bit more.
If you decided to move onto A2 and resit your AS levels then prepare to work your arse off, if you slack or mess about then you'll end up with even worse results. If you put the effort in though you can improve those grades and star looking at Uni.
I got DDU in my AS year, DDE at A2 plus a B in a new subject I took to replace the failed one, and decided to do resits and got my grades up to CCD.
I applied to low requirement Universities in my third year, and I actually got an unconditional offer from one based on my DDE A2, and B AS grades and realized I had pretty much wasted a whole year (I ended up with CCDE at A2 in the end).
The Uni itself turned out to be great, and my major (Biology) got reviewed by Ofstead while I were in my second year, got a maximum rating, and automatically validated to run for 10 more years without requiring any more reviews.
I applied to low requirement Universities in my third year, and I actually got an unconditional offer from one based on my DDE A2, and B AS grades and realized I had pretty much wasted a whole year (I ended up with CCDE at A2 in the end).
The Uni itself turned out to be great, and my major (Biology) got reviewed by Ofstead while I were in my second year, got a maximum rating, and automatically validated to run for 10 more years without requiring any more reviews.
Says who? Uni is far easier than A levels are. I had two Chemistry teachers during my A levels who both had gotten D's in their A level chemistry, but back in their days that was enough to do a Chemistry degree.
One of them actually told us that A level requirements are completely unrealistic for university courses these days, and the high requirements only exist because there are too many students applying now, and not enough spaces, plus far too many more people getting high grades because of how much easier A levels are getting.
You got DDDE so unless you miraculously turn yourself around you can forget about medicine as it will only get harder after Uni. You can still resit the AS in the second year but be prepared for some hard graft in the second year, I ended up with ridiculous amount of examinations as I went down that route.
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I got DDDD for As, I know i didn't put all of my effort in to the first year and was pretty sure I could improve.
I went on to A2, re-sat a few modules and dropped one subject. This freed up more time to work on the 3 subjects rather than the 4. I put in a lot more effort in the second year and in the end it paid off and I came out with BBB.
It all depends on you, what went wrong (lack of revision, no motivation, distractions etc) and whether you can change that.
I went on to A2, re-sat a few modules and dropped one subject. This freed up more time to work on the 3 subjects rather than the 4. I put in a lot more effort in the second year and in the end it paid off and I came out with BBB.
It all depends on you, what went wrong (lack of revision, no motivation, distractions etc) and whether you can change that.
I can't begin to describe how woefully wrong that is, or at least how wrong it should be! Studying subject X at a decent University is far, far more difficult than studying for subject X at A-Level.
I need to rephrase, sorry, I am NOT retaking the year BUT I am resitting the modules in january and june.
You want to do medicine but only managed those grades...
OP is either trolling or is delusional.
You can go away, I am not trolling and this a serious discussion.
If you are not going to help then you can leave.
As for what went wrong, it was my practicals, got E's and U's in them, but got C's in the actual exams.
I think at one point I was a bit depressed and I had no motivation for a month or two.
Be practical then. If you're genuinely depressed, don't fanny around - go to the doctor and speak to a professional.
You could decide to work your backside off this year and really mean it but end up just doing exactly the same thing of not doing anything if you're depressed as it sucks that from you. If you know you're not depressed, then don't blame depression for failings and address your lifestyle - work harder. It's as simple as that to get good grades. Don't come home and put it off until tomorrow or next week, or the week before your exams. Study now.