A and AS Level Results Almost Here!

[Kaiowas]

congrats to everyone

[DaveVII]

he, thought i'd make an appearence for this thread. I got 5 As for my A2 levels and am going on to bath to do mechanical engineering next year! So happy!

[Kaiowas]

i was only allowed to do 4 back in my day (only 4 years ago before any wise guy cracks a joke)
5 is huge

[Bazza]

Congratulations guys, and 5! well done!

I got the BCC that I needed to get into Queens. It's for the insurance offer though for computing and information technology. I emailed Queens when applying ages ago and was told that if I applied for the Meng in computer science (BBB) and I fell short, I would still be considered for the Beng (BCC). I haven't had a chance to talk to anyone at Queens as the lines are busy but my UCAS track says I have been unsuccessful with computer science and that I have been accepted onto computing and information technology. I am assuming I will get a formal letter in the post maybe tomorrow or the next day regarding my unsuccessful application for comp science and it should tell me about the alternatives ie. comp science Beng. I would hope so because Queens led me to beleive that I might as well apply for Meng as I will get the Beng if I get BCC anyway.

[Simon]

Dam it really is true that results have gone up again this year!

Well done brainy boxes


Now use your first year of uni wisely, i think it suks after that as it gets haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard

[Kaiowas]

Bazza, have a chat with queens as soon as possible, few of my mates got the course they wanted with not high enough grades

[Bazza]

Cheers, you wouldn't believe it but I've been redialling all day since I got my offers to try and sort it out and just as I was typing this reply I got through. All should be sorted now, I just had to send an email.

Thanks Kaiowas and everyone who helped.

[Kaiowas]

well done fella, enjoy the life!

[Jon]

Bazza once you get your foot in the door of the uni, if you work hard im sure you can pursade your tutor to get you put on the Meng course, at a guess id say most of the content in the first semester will be similar for both courses so should be easy to swap, if work hard of course

Well done to all with their results

[Amos]

I know that for the engineering courses, the content in the first few years is identical irrespective of the course being masters or bachelors. Similarly, you can even switch between the disciplines during the first year, so the whole thing seems to be fairly leniant.

I have read at many places that students who perform well enough in the first year or two can transfer to a masters degree. As Jon said it shouldn't be a problem

As for me I got into my first choice, Southampton, for electronic engineering. Grades AABBC. I've submitted my maths for a remark since I was one mark off an A and if it is boosted to an A I will get a £1000 scholarship for having three A's!! Here's to hoping...

[Kaiowas]

frig me i got 4 As and i never got offered any dosh

[Bazza]

Congrats Amos and I hope you get that A.

Yea Jon thanks. I had read up on it all when I was applying, it did say you can transfer to the Meng at the end of year 2 if you perform well and are picked so that's what I will be doing for sure. I can't wait to get to uni now and do a subject I actually like! One day when my Chemistry teacher was shouting at me she said she would be thrilled if I got a C, and I did and it was almost a B so I couldn't be happier.

I can't help but think sometimes that all the work in the three sciences was wasted because I could have done subjects I liked like ICT, PE or business studies or something and no doubt gotten way better grades. Ah well, I suppose it does help to have A-Levels in the three sciences and I got on my course after all.

[Jon]

well the sciences along with the maths are the traditional "hard" a levels, well thats what my Mum said (I got BBBC - physics, maths, further maths, IT)

Im sure the uni will bump you up a course sooner than the end of the second year if you prove yourself

[Bazza]

Originally Posted by Kaiowas

frig me i got 4 As and i never got offered any dosh

I was told at an information day that if you got something like all A's you get £1000 for my course.

I forgot to say, if my application for digs at Queens Elms Village goes through I will have unlimited broadband in my room so you'll be seeing a lot of me on eXceem for years to come whether you like it or not! I will be using the quiet time at uni to get a lot of my studying done (had to do all studying and work for school in a house with 9 people including a baby), but I'm sure I will have time for eXceem

Edit: Forgot to say I repeated all my AS maths modules because I didn't like the look of a D as my only AS grade. I got it up to a C too so I was pleased about that.

Those are good grades you got Jon too!

[Kaiowas]

meh i missed out then! that would have been a nice freebie!

[Bazza]

Originally Posted by Kaiowas

meh i missed out then! that would have been a nice freebie!

With the cost of accommodation etc now I'm sure it wouldn't last very long anyway. Mine costs around £3000.

[Kaiowas]

aye, a grand is a grand though!

[Lexus11180]

Originally Posted by h2w

Dam it really is true that results have gone up again this year!

Well done brainy boxes

Get ready to change that when the GCSE results come through on the 23rd

[Stigmatized]

Got BBC so happy with that and got into my Uni in Gloucestershire Well done everyone.

[chigley]

Congrats all!