A-Level Results.

da_mic_1530 · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:28

tbh i would rather be 19 than 18 starting uni, but il be 18, meh

starting to look forward to this a lot now (going to uni that is)

lemonkettaz · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:29

da_mic_1530 said:
tbh i would rather be 19 than 18 starting uni, but il be 18, meh

starting to look forward to this a lot now (going to uni that is)

why?

da_mic_1530 · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:31

lemonkettaz said:
why?

dinar, might just give the impression of a little more life experience and maturity

BaZ87 · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:31

lemonkettaz said:
im 19 starting.

im not bothered. whats a years difference?

a lot of money in tuition fees

lemonkettaz · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:34

BaZ87 said:
a lot of money in tuition fees

how if we are starting at the same year

BaZ87 · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:37

lemonkettaz said:
how if we are starting at the same year

If your 19 now and chose not to start last year.
Tuition fees (IIRC £3000 a year) have gone up for people who start from this year onwards, if you started last year you only have to pay the fees from when you started (£1200 a year).
So starting this year will cost you an extra £5100 in fees

lemonkettaz · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:39

BaZ87 said:
If your 19 now and chose not to start last year.
Tuition fees (IIRC £3000 a year) have gone up for people who start from this year onwards, if you started last year you only have to pay the fees from when you started (£1200 a year).
So starting this year will cost you an extra £5100 in fees

oh yeh, i just thought you meant there was a difference in costs between 18 and 19yr olds

yeh i shouldnt of wasted my first year at college really

oh well

Beansprout · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:40

BaZ87 said:
If your 19 now and chose not to start last year.
Tuition fees (IIRC £3000 a year) have gone up for people who start from this year onwards, if you started last year you only have to pay the fees from when you started (£1200 a year).
So starting this year will cost you an extra £5100 in fees

If you have a deferred entry from last year fees are still £1200

Tommy B · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:41

da_mic_1530 said:
dinar, might just give the impression of a little more life experience and maturity

Yep, although the down-side is for those who don't have a great social life before uni.

lemonkettaz · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:42

Tommy B said:
Yep, although the down-side is for those who don't have a great social life before uni.

recluses?

benjo plz. · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:43

Tommy B said:
Yep, although the down-side is for those who don't have a great social life before uni.

Pffft. Just get some alcohol in them and they'll be fine

Tommy B · 19 Aug 2006 at 20:57

I'm sure most will agree that your social life "slightly" improves at uni

benjo plz. · 19 Aug 2006 at 21:02

Tommy B said:
I'm sure most will agree that your social life "slightly" improves at uni

slightly being a rather large understatement

, although apparently you do get the odd person who stay in their room 95% of the time.

Nitefly · 19 Aug 2006 at 21:33

Tommy B said:
It is easier. All my mates who also do maths got As in Geog. History is the really difficult one.

No I did C1,C2,M1 and next year due to do C3 C4 M2 and (M3 I think)

Where I did both and my oppinion doesn't matter despite getting A's in both subjects? Likewise, I know people who claim history is a doss, and people that also claim it is harder than chemistry. Its just down to your personal preference as I said...

And yes, C1 = Core maths

Tommy B · 19 Aug 2006 at 21:53

Nitefly said:
Where I did both and my oppinion doesn't matter despite getting A's in both subjects? Likewise, I know people who claim history is a doss, and people that also claim it is harder than chemistry. Its just down to your personal preference as I said...

And yes, C1 = Core maths

You have to do C1 or you won't get the A level :confused:

I actually scored MUCH higher in C2 so that's saying something about how crap the exam board is.

EDIT - And no I don't want your "C1 is easier" BS because they are very different.

Nitefly · 19 Aug 2006 at 22:04

Tommy B said:
You have to do C1 or you won't get the A level

I actually scored MUCH higher in C2 so that's saying something about how crap the exam board is.

Whilst you do 'Core' maths, it used to be 'Pure' or 'P' maths. c1-c4 = p1-p3 so arguably those that took 'P' maths had to sit an extra unit... (S2 or M2).

But hey, I didn't take both so who am I to judge

I scored higher on M2 than M1, its just to do with grade bounderies. 'On an easier exam, you are expected to do better' therefore higher grade bounderies sort of thing, I think.

EDIT - And no I don't want your "C1 is easier" BS because they are very different

Rofl.... *WOOOOSH* Maybe you should listen to what you say here a bit more carefully

Personally I don't want your "geography is easier" BS because they are very different

Tommy B · 19 Aug 2006 at 23:11

Nitefly said:
Rofl.... *WOOOOSH* Maybe you should listen to what you say here a bit more carefully Personally I don't want your "geography is easier" BS because they are very different

You're right. With geography you can learn pretty much all the answers. Maths requires on-the-spot thinking.

Nitefly · 19 Aug 2006 at 23:30

Tommy B said:
With geography you can learn pretty much all the answers.

You are joking right.....?

Your lack of knowledge of what the subject requires is your let down here. For a start, for one of the papers I took I was given a 10 page booklet on random information about the proposed South Downs national park. Including traffic volumes, sites of new housing, the income from tourism, possitions of a horse race course and the amount of people that visited each of the races there, the type of rock the land was based on, the views on proposed bypasses, activities taking place on the park, comments from MP's and different viewpoints (Liberal / conservative), the amounts of visiters per year and what time, just to name a FEW things from the top of my head.

The paper required two essays on ANYTHING to do with the information given over 2 and a half hours. How can you possibly say that has anything to do with learning the answers? You sir are talking absolute rubbish!

Is intergration easy because it just requires learning the intergrals of things like secX? No, because you have to apply what you have learned in the exam. Don't make such ridiculous sweeping statements.

Edit - If you have only done AS level, I can understand why your view might be this way. I assure you the jump from AS level to A level is absolutely enourmous for geography, far more so than maths.

Killerkebab · 20 Aug 2006 at 00:23

Tommy B said:
You're right. With geography you can learn pretty much all the answers. Maths requires on-the-spot thinking.

I disagree here, geography requires more on the spot thinking than maths does, with massive proportions of exams relating to case studies which the student isn't familiar with, in which you have to apply your knowledge.

Phil99 · 20 Aug 2006 at 00:36

Alchemy said:
I havn't read this topic in any detail so I don't know if this has already been discussed, but -

Is anyone here going to do their A-levels again this year? Is 19 a good age to start University? (providing I get the grades this time round)

Someone said to me "19 is too old, Uni is for 18 year olds" in a not so serious way, anyway I still felt I had to reply him. I said that many people go to Uni when they are 19 as they have taken a gap year after their A-levels. If I decide on a gap year then I would be 20.

No way is 19 too old.

a lot of people will be turning 19 early on in the year anyway. I'll be 19 when I start this year after my gap year (I was always one of the youngest in the year) and after a year of "real" work I'm definitely ready to go and now have some savings & work experience behind me which can only be an advantage.

A friend of mine will be 20 when he starts University and he's not at all concerned about the age differences as far as I'm aware.