A level University Results

I'm into Northumbria university. Jejzbcjfkebshxhfnwnxhcjr I'm so happy hsuxbfjensbve

Edit// which means goodbye 670s and hello 780 lightning in September!
 
Good luck everyone, congrats if you got a place.


Those who didn't dont worry. I got terrible A levels, to the point i couldn't get on any degree due to lack of points. Managed to scrape in through clearing and put the work in.

Now work for one of the big 4 so it's certainly not the be all end all if you knuckle down!
 
physichull said:
Same. Both my AS and A2 levels were pretty bad and I ended up getting a BCD (with a D being my chosen subject for uni!). Miraculously I still got into uni and really pulled my socks up. After getting a 2:i in my undergraduate, I then went on to a top class university to do an MSc and came out with a Merit in that.

I then had interviews for several large companies whom all said that my Uni grades were impressive but without exception they all asked me about my A-level results and why they were so poor. I just had to be honest and say that I did not work hard enough, I thought I could get by with the minimum amount of effort. I then went on to say that I was wrong and pulled my socks up for a massive effort in uni. They all accepted this answer and no more was said. One interviewer (for a huge engineering firm) said to me that he sympathised as his son had just basically done exactly the same thing).

So, in conclusion to that long story, getting poor A-level results is not the end of the world. Whether you learn from these mistakes is what will count in the future. After you have got your degree and start your working career, you will be surprised at how "green" you really are in the real world. It took me a good 3-4 years or so to feel comfortable in what I do now. If I want to move on to another company, then I doubt very much that my A-levels matter anymore (or even my uni grades), my industry experience will prove to be far more valuable now.
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Exactly, same situation except getting a 2.2 :p

Working in my industry now gaining an incredible amount of experience fast, in a few years time it wont matter in the slightest.
 
BBC, got an unconditional from my insurance choice (Aberdeen, who wanted BBB) and haven't really heard from my first choice (Manchester, who wanted ABB). I rang them up earlier to see what was going on and apparently they hadn't responded because they wanted to know if i'd be interested in doing a foundation year. Which i would. Said they'd look into how they were going to get that information to me and call me back, which they haven't.

Oh well, not like i need sleep anyway.
 
I'm pretty happy, got A* in Maths, A* in Physics, A* in Economics, A in history and an A in AS further maths, so I'm off to do economics at Durham.
 
Greeny1994 said:
A* in Electronics, A* in Maths, A in Physics, B in Further Maths and E in Critical Thinking.

Off to Manchester to do electronic Engineering :)
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Damn, why can't my 7 year old A-Level results be retrofitted with the A* boundaries. :(
Well done on the grades, Manchester is a great Uni.
 
B in Maths & Chemistry, D*D* in my BTEC IT's. [D* is the "equivalent" to A*, they suppose...]

MChem at Newcastle here I come :D
 
Good luck, or well done. Apply which best fits :p

I'm hoping to go uni next september at the ripe age of 31, so maybe we'll meet some day :D
 
AJK said:
Indeed. My school had "General Studies", whatever that's supposed to be. Couldn't be bothered with that when I had real subjects to study for!
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I did General Studies, you just turned up and did it, was fairly straightforward and got an A, but yes, as you said it didn't count towards uni, so my BCD was the best I had!
 
BBC, missed out on ABB by about 10UMS but I'm not too bothered. It seems like everything went to plan, I got accepted into my firm and managed to get them to release me into clearing where I picked up a CS course at a much better univeristy. I have a verbal offer, I just need them to update it on track :)

Congratulations/good luck to everyone else!
 
Congrats all :).

Oh and don't pin your hopes on seeing it update on UCAS. I was waiting 3 days for mine, rang up the university and they basically confirmed the place and said UCAS were hopeless. Bear in mind this was about 4-5 years ago when UCAS were suddenly overwhelmed with application numbers. Your best bet would just be an official confirmation from the university.
 
Mat said:
Good luck everyone!

If any of you are coming to Trinity in Cambridge, give me a shout and I'll not disconnect your network on day one :)
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I'm very tempted to post this on the ''Overheard in cambridge' fb group. But that'll give away my identity. Also those dictators over there may not approve of the fact I actually heard it online.
 
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