2Ds and a C. Really...
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Just heard some school pupil on the radio. He was awaiting his A-Level results to see if he got the grades he needed to get into uni.
The university entry requirements were 2 Cs and a 1 D.
He got 2Ds and a 1C, he is now hoping his second choice will have him.
Is it just me or is that a piss poor entry requirement for a university course.
FFS
Surely a D is a fail ?
The university entry requirements were 2 Cs and a 1 D.
He got 2Ds and a 1C, he is now hoping his second choice will have him.
Is it just me or is that a piss poor entry requirement for a university course.
FFS
Surely a D is a fail ?
Plotloss said:
him_over_there said:
Surely a D is a fail ?
It used to be that E and up was a pass at A-Level.
(Factor in the undeniable slippage of standards I'd guess that getting an E is probably as easy as spelling your name correctly and remembering to breathe until the end of the exam ... )
Oli.
i see the OP's point but it has less of a bearing on uni success as you'd imagine. i know one guy who got CCD in maths,physics and something else, yet got a very strong first in his architecture degree. also lived with a guy with similar results who attained a first in aerospace engineering, because he worked his arse off for it whereas a lot of straight A students rested on their laurels and were chopped.
tbh, i would have thought that guy on the radio would have made his first choice, with those grades as entry requirements they can't be that stringent!
tbh, i would have thought that guy on the radio would have made his first choice, with those grades as entry requirements they can't be that stringent!
AyBee said:
It's all down to the gubberment wanting more people to go to uni. I really don't think uni is for everyone though....
oh i agree 100%a friend i know took american studies for a 3 year course, including american history, which ironically was as long as the course...
Edited by _Batty_ on Thursday 20th August 11:30
You used to get offers based on how much the place wanted you after interview. My reserve offer was 2 Es I think. Could be he went for an interview and they relaxed the "normal" requirements.
Music Colleges, for example, couldn't care less what A level results you get if you have been for audition/interview and they like you.
Music Colleges, for example, couldn't care less what A level results you get if you have been for audition/interview and they like you.
him_over_there said:
There was another girl who needed 3 Cs to get in a geography course.
She read out her results. 2 Cs and B. So she will get in.
BUT. She got a C in geography!
If she can't get an A or B in geography at A-Level I would question whether she should be allowed entry to do geography at uni.
Well my sister got a D in Geography at A-Level but was accepted onto her course at a very good university. She graduated with first class honours, won some sort of prize for her work and had the second best results in her entire class. So I guess she could still have done a little better, but not a bad effort from her.She read out her results. 2 Cs and B. So she will get in.
BUT. She got a C in geography!
If she can't get an A or B in geography at A-Level I would question whether she should be allowed entry to do geography at uni.
him_over_there said:
There was another girl who needed 3 Cs to get in a geography course.
She read out her results. 2 Cs and B. So she will get in.
BUT. She got a C in geography!
If she can't get an A or B in geography at A-Level I would question whether she should be allowed entry to do geography at uni.
Sounds like the people wanting to maths at uni and got a C at A level, they dont realise how much of a hike in difficulty it is.She read out her results. 2 Cs and B. So she will get in.
BUT. She got a C in geography!
If she can't get an A or B in geography at A-Level I would question whether she should be allowed entry to do geography at uni.
So glad I did my degree in computing and finished it 8 years ago and now playing in london at being a city boy again after a 8 month abscence....
Oh and A-levels mean jack s
t, I got 20+ UCAS points and as soon as uni finished people wernt interested in them to prove that I could work (even tho the 4 years at uni were a fking long piss up)... its just to get your foot in the door then you may as well bin them.Got asked once what my A levels were for a job and got refused due to them being not 'good' enough, strange thing is that I got an interview to be the technical lead of the person who needed the better A levels a week later... WTF...
Dupont666 said:
Oh and A-levels mean jack st, I got 20+ UCAS points and as soon as uni finished people wernt interested in them to prove that I could work (even tho the 4 years at uni were a fking long piss up)... its just to get your foot in the door then you may as well bin them.
Have they changed the system or something? When I went to uni (course started in 2004) I needed to get 360 points to be accepted?t, I got 20+ UCAS points and as soon as uni finished people wernt interested in them to prove that I could work (even tho the 4 years at uni were a fking long piss up)... its just to get your foot in the door then you may as well bin them.AyBee said:
It's all down to the gubberment wanting more people to go to uni. I really don't think uni is for everyone though....
I didn't do particularly well at school yet I did do well at Uni.I think a lot of people who did get lots of good grades at school are surprised to find that they need to do a lot more than just learn and remember texts to do well at degree level.
Much of it is down to freedom of thought, creativity and improvisation.
Not something schools are particularly good at recognising or rewarding in my experience.
KB_S1 said:
AyBee said:
I think a lot of people who did get lots of good grades at school are surprised to find that they need to do a lot more than just learn and remember texts to do well at degree level.
I found the opposite - my degree was a walk in the park on the whole, compared with A-levels. Certainly the first 2 years. The final year was probably on par with A-LevelsNyphur said:
Dupont666 said:
Oh and A-levels mean jack st, I got 20+ UCAS points and as soon as uni finished people wernt interested in them to prove that I could work (even tho the 4 years at uni were a fking long piss up)... its just to get your foot in the door then you may as well bin them.
Have they changed the system or something? When I went to uni (course started in 2004) I needed to get 360 points to be accepted?t, I got 20+ UCAS points and as soon as uni finished people wernt interested in them to prove that I could work (even tho the 4 years at uni were a fking long piss up)... its just to get your foot in the door then you may as well bin them.It was 10 for an A, 8 for a B, so on and so on.
For AS levels it was half points.
Naturally Oxford wanted 30 points (only counted 3 grades) and then it was based upon exams.
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