A/AS results

I remember when exams results were a thing that mattered to me because at that time in your life they are important and they can shape what you do and who you become.

Hope it all works out for you :)
 
I remember a mate applied for Computer Sciences at Sheffield uni, got the grades BBD. They wanted AAB and still gave him an offer. Just goes to show that all unis want is money from students.
 
Gammawolf said:
I remember a mate applied for Computer Sciences at Sheffield uni, got the grades BBD. They wanted AAB and still gave him an offer. Just goes to show that all unis want is money from students.
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Most Universities entry requirements are set due to competition, more so than the difficulty of the course. CompSci is not a popular course, even at top Universities, so they can afford to take in students who achieve below the entry requirements. Not that I really agree with it, someone who needs AAB but ends up achieving BBD at A-Level is, most likely, not going to do well in the degree.
 
lukeharvest said:
Most Universities entry requirements are set due to competition, more so than the difficulty of the course. CompSci is not a popular course, even at top Universities, so they can afford to take in students who achieve below the entry requirements. Not that I really agree with it, someone who needs AAB but ends up achieving BBD at A-Level is, most likely, not going to do well in the degree.
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I don't agree with your view that people who get BBD will likely not do well at uni. Most of the time it's a completely different course to what they did at A-Level and so may spark better interest or they may just get to grips with it better than they did when they got a D in German. The lower grades may even give them a kick up the backside and they may feel lucky to have gotten on their chosen course and don't want to **** up the opportunity they've been given.
 
King Damager said:
Not from my experience...

I needed a 2:1 and 2 C's in Maths and English at GCSE....

That was on top of a brutal application process mind...

The top firms seem to care much more about you getting through their own application process rather than anything else...
kd
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That's a very blanket statement.....it's really not as simple as that.

A lot of top firms do have minimum UCAS points requirements.....from memory mainly in finance/accounting, so A-levels are important.

On the flip side other big companies don't.

It very much depends on the role and company.
 
Moothead2 said:
I don't agree with your view that people who get BBD will likely not do well at uni. Most of the time it's a completely different course to what they did at A-Level and so may spark better interest or they may just get to grips with it better than they did when they got a D in German. The lower grades may even give them a kick up the backside and they may feel lucky to have gotten on their chosen course and don't want to **** up the opportunity they've been given.
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I sort of agree, but I'd say this was less true with science/maths subjects where someones ability to understand theories/complex ideas/equations tends to carry through from A-level to university.

However that's not to say someone with a large interest and keeness in a science subject can't succeed even though their technical ability may not be the greatest.
 
G-MAN2004 said:
Am I stupid choosing Sheffield Hallam over Nottingham Uni entirely because of the location? I live in Nottingham now and I'm completely and utterly bored of it. I also dislike the location of the business school and I've never really enjoyed it every time I've been. Sheffield on the other hand, I love the place, but Hallam of course is nowhere near as good as Notts uni. Despite this, I'm going there September.

Sheffield uni didn't like my maths GCSE grade (I knew I should have concentrated more back then) so that's out of the question.
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Well, remember it will be totally different living somewhere as a student than living in a town at home! The thought of studying and living with my parents makes me feel physically ill, but if you moved to halls it would still be fun!

I'd always run away from my home town... but not to somewhere I considered 'naff'.
 
G-MAN2004 said:
Oh I'd never live with parents whilst at uni. :p It would have been halls for both locations, however the thought of another 4 years in Nottingham kills me! I guess that means I made the right choice.
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Part of going to uni is to shape you as a person, letting you understand what independence is all about and probably for the first time actually making your own decisions about everything. Just don't be one of the people that went home every other weekend with the washing, I really despised though people and thought they were weak.

How much better is Notts than ShefHal anyway? I hardly doubt it will hurt your employment prospects. Also a trend with these old polies is that they are going up the leader boards each and every year. Oxbridge will always be top so that leaves the redbrick universities where can they go? When you can't go up the only other way is down. By the time you leave in 3 years time it could be top 25.
 
Moses said:
The only rankings I'd look at are the QS Rankings (out of interest, to see how a university might be perceived internationally) and the RAE rankings. Nottingham being 74th in the QS Rankings... Hallam not being on there.
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Haha never heard of this, Bristol is 30 and I'm a right royal tard :D

I wouldn't worry about it too much gman, it's all apples and oranges. They will all given you different experiences in life.
 
desires said:
A-Levels are very important, especially if you're not doing a scientific degree. A lot of people go to uni and drink for 3 years and get a 2:1 in psychology for example, firms want to see a-levels to make sure you've been consistantly good.
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Graduate schemes basically ask for good A-Level results as a subtle way of reinforcing the C.V. filtering techniques they quietly employ, anyway: i.e. Russell Group or 1994 Group universities only. They ask for '320' UCAS points I believe, or something to that effect, I'm not sure on the figures now (being nearly 5 years after I took my own A-Levels)... but that pretty much works out as AAB, minimum. AAB is considered the minimum 'benchmark' grades for entry into the UK's top-tier universities, the top30 or so institutions that will ask for minimum AAB/AAA, and which will most likely all of them accept candidates with an average nearer AAAA/AAAa (because of intense competition for places).

So basically if you're aiming for graduate schemes and big company work, go to a top-tier university. Otherwise, your A-Level results are still fairly meaningless.
 
InKursion said:
So basically if you're aiming for graduate schemes and big company work, go to a top-tier university. Otherwise, your A-Level results are still fairly meaningless.
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Well I know a 2 people with 'poo' A-levels and 'average' universities that have recently had interviews at google....!
 
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