A-Level results day tomorrow

GWillow said:
He hasn't done anything yet. Does he have to reject the foundation year offer before ringing around (Uni's or clearing?), can he ring his second offer (which he still failed to meet the requirements) directly or does he have to go through clearing. For some reason he has his heart set on his first place (Leicester).

Apologies for the questions, I know absolutely nothing about the university system.
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LEICESTER :D
(I live there)

He can ring around, doesn't have to reject it as of yet I believe
On UCAS Track he will have a clearing number. On university sites there will be dedicated clearing and adjustment phone numbers he can ring and get an "informal offer" which is an offer but does not have to be accepted yet
Make sure he has his personal statement handy when he does this and also knows a bit about the course he is asking about - will make him seem more enthusiastic to the person on the telephone who is essentially interviewing you
 
physichull said:
Not really true. I got terrible A levels but still got into uni (15 years ago now), got a BSc, went on to get an MSc, but despite getting good degree results I still got asked why my A level results were so poor at job interviews. It wasn't a problem really and most of the time as I was honest and said that I simply didn't put the work in at the right time (but that I got my act together during my degree). Very often, the interviewers said something like "oh yeah, my son did exactly the same thing..." Didn't stop me getting any jobs, but to say they are irrelevant isn't true.
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Well the results are irrelevant as you just proved...
 
Let us not forget that going to university is not the be all and end all as we need people to do those jobs that the rest of us find so difficult these days, basic DIY which now needs a tradesman to do, serving our overpriced brown stuff otherwise known as coffee, people to remove the massive amounts of recycling we now all have given the ridiculous amount of packaging used by so many companies these days.
 
Kronos said:
Let us not forget that going to university is not the be all and end all as we need people to do those jobs that the rest of us find so difficult these days, basic DIY which now needs a tradesman to do, serving our overpriced brown stuff otherwise known as coffee, people to remove the massive amounts of recycling we now all have given the ridiculous amount of packaging used by so many companies these days.
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Alright I will sack off my 2 years of hard work to get into a reasonable uni and become a handyman requiring completely different qualifications - sounds good

:rolleyes:
 
I think what he is saying that celebrating success in A-Levels is all well and good, but ignoring those that don't do them, or do badly that then go on to do other jobs within our society should also be noted. Non-institute educated lives matter.
 
Gigabit said:
Well the results are irrelevant as you just proved...
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No they aren't.

I am trying to make the point that A-Levels should not just be considered as stepping stones. You WILL get asked about them later down the line, and like me, you WILL have to defend yourself about them.
 
physichull said:
No they aren't.

I am trying to make the point that A-Levels should not just be considered as stepping stones. You WILL get asked about them later down the line, and like me, you WILL have to defend yourself about them.
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I am saying, the grades themselves are irrelevant as you have proved. If you've got a degree in the field as you said, they're hardly going to say no because the degree is a much higher level than the A Levels.

I should have said A Level grades, not A Levels themselves.
 
physichull said:
No they aren't.

I am trying to make the point that A-Levels should not just be considered as stepping stones. You WILL get asked about them later down the line, and like me, you WILL have to defend yourself about them.
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I only ever got an E & D I think in A levels and would say my email address choice gets asked about more than my results.
 
physichull said:
No they aren't.

I am trying to make the point that A-Levels should not just be considered as stepping stones. You WILL get asked about them later down the line, and like me, you WILL have to defend yourself about them.
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I never went past GCSE level education (d-c grade), left school and became an apprentice and now am A 40% tax payer earning more than all but one of my friends who went to uni

Grades and qualifications aren't everything as someone above mentioned no one ever even asks about my school grades!
 
NoobCannon said:
I never went past GCSE level education (d-c grade), left school and became an apprentice and now am A 40% tax payer earning more than all but one of my friends who went to uni

Grades and qualifications aren't everything as someone above mentioned no one ever even asks about my school grades!
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I only went to college, didn't bother with uni as I knew which direction I wanted to go in life. I had crap GCSE's too, mostly D's and E's.

I also earn more than all my friends who went to uni but the main reason is because I have the motivation to keep on archiving higher. They seemed to have stopped soon as they got a degree and settled for a low/mid core job.
 
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