A levels

[di marco]

i didnt really think of them til about 2 weeks before then it seemed like a long time

[Abbie]

I go on holiday for 2 weeks and come back 2 days before the results so maybe it wont be that bad

[Kim]

I'm trying not to think about them. I kind of want to get them this year though to help me make a final decision as to what I want to apply for at uni. I want to do a combined honours at the moment but if I've done badly in one of the subjects then probably not. I will come to dread getting them though, especially as they go down on the UCAS form with predicted grades.

[Kim]

Im the same, although my dad always brings it up, he is the most annoying person ever!

My dad forgets about them :lol: In March I told him in the morning of the day that we were getting the results that I was getting results that day. When I rang him to let him know what I got he had completely forgotten.

[Hannelene]

When do you all get your results?
And what is everyone hoping to go on to do after?

[DaVeyWaVey]

20th August are when the AS/A Level results come out. GCSEs, the week after.

I am hoping to go to Aberystwyth University at the end of September to study English Literature and Creative Writing, though I want to change my course slightly and just do English Literature on its own.

[Hannelene]

I hope that you get the results you need to head to uni. I work with someone who is from that part of the world and went to uni down there and it's supposed to be a beautiful place to study and to live

[Kim]

When do you all get your results?
And what is everyone hoping to go on to do after?

I've just started A2 (the second year of A Levels.) I want to go to uni after that; at the moment I want to do combined Business and Psychology. My results are on the 20th August too.

[di marco]

I am hoping to go to Aberystwyth University at the end of September to study English Literature and Creative Writing, though I want to change my course slightly and just do English Literature on its own.

hopefully youll get to change your course, its not a drastic change so you should be alright. otherwise you would probably be able to change to just english after your first year, i know a lot of people who have changed like that

[DaVeyWaVey]

I am hoping to go to Aberystwyth University at the end of September to study English Literature and Creative Writing, though I want to change my course slightly and just do English Literature on its own.

hopefully youll get to change your course, its not a drastic change so you should be alright. otherwise you would probably be able to change to just english after your first year, i know a lot of people who have changed like that

Do you think I could change on Freshers week when I get there? Or maybe after a few weeks into the course I could just switch? This is what I hope to do.. as you say it isn't a drastic change, so I hope it isn't much of a problem.

[di marco]

I am hoping to go to Aberystwyth University at the end of September to study English Literature and Creative Writing, though I want to change my course slightly and just do English Literature on its own.

hopefully youll get to change your course, its not a drastic change so you should be alright. otherwise you would probably be able to change to just english after your first year, i know a lot of people who have changed like that

Do you think I could change on Freshers week when I get there? Or maybe after a few weeks into the course I could just switch? This is what I hope to do.. as you say it isn't a drastic change, so I hope it isn't much of a problem.

if you definitely know you want to change id try and change it asap as sometimes they might be a bit funny changing halfway through. if youre not sure so wanna try it and see, they might let you change after a few weeks. otherwise does your first year count towards your final degree? if not it might not be too bad if they wont let you change til after the first year. do you need the same amount of points/grades for both?

[Trinity]

It depends a lot on the structure of the course, and also whether or not the class size is near capacity.

When i was at Uni, granted probably before you were born, I changed my Nat Phil class to General Physics after one lecture. I just knew that my maths wasn't up to Nat Phil.

I would contact your course director/advisor of studies as soon as you get your results.

It doesn't sound like an issue at all - you are just dropping something, not asking to replace it with another class?

[DaVeyWaVey]

I don't think my first year will count towards my final degree. I got an unconditional offer from the university and a Merit Award (£1000 funded towards my first year of study) as I passed two entry exams - one for English Literature and one for Creative Writing, so my A Level results don't matter too much, opposed to if it was just a conditional offer.. so maybe I should contact them now..

Thanks for the advice. Yep, that's all I want to do Trinity. I want to do a full honours in English, opposed to doing the joint honours in English and Creative Writing.

[Kim]

If I remember correctly from prospectuses I've been reading, that's the wording for a Joint Honours Degree. So it's no Creative Writing lectures and all English Literature. I'm looking at combined honours and it sounds like you have some lectures with those doing the single honours course anyway; hopefully there would be space to allow you to change.

Don't you have an unconditional Dave? One of my teachers was saying to some people in one of my classes that often the entry requirements for combined honours are lower than those for single honours. So I'm not sure on whether it would affect the offer.

Ignore half of that lol, I didn't see that you had posted.

[DaVeyWaVey]

They say you have to get 300 points to do the joint honours and 280 points to do the full honours English Literature, so hopefully I should be ok.

[Trinity]

I would definitely contact them now, if only to put your mind at ease.

For joint honours at my Uni you need to meet the requirements of a single honours in both subjects, but I guess different places have different rules and although I work in a university it is a fair while since I have had any direct contact with students. I am 100% research admin now.

[Kim]

I would definitely contact them now, if only to put your mind at ease.

For joint honours at my Uni you need to meet the requirements of a single honours in both subjects, but I guess different places have different rules and although I work in a university it is a fair while since I have had any direct contact with students. I am 100% research admin now.

That sounds like a good system. I think that the only reason they are often lower now is because fewer students want to do the courses, as there are so many different subjects that can be combined. So I guess unis just want to fill up the places on as many courses as possible, while ensuring that the student's abilities are appropriate for the course.

[Hannelene]

When do you all get your results?
And what is everyone hoping to go on to do after?

I've just started A2 (the second year of A Levels.) I want to go to uni after that; at the moment I want to do combined Business and Psychology. My results are on the 20th August too.

Good luck and I so hope you get the results that you need :)

[Abigail]

Lots of people swapped courses in the first few weeks. Some changed their whole course (Forensic science to forensic investigation, two completely different things) and some went from joint to single honours.

It shouldn't be too much of a problem to go from a joint to single. Are you doing Lit with creative or lit and creative? You might get to choose an extra module depending on the course you've applied for and the one you want to do.

[di marco]

I don't think my first year will count towards my final degree. I got an unconditional offer from the university and a Merit Award (£1000 funded towards my first year of study) as I passed two entry exams - one for English Literature and one for Creative Writing, so my A Level results don't matter too much, opposed to if it was just a conditional offer.. so maybe I should contact them now..

Thanks for the advice. Yep, that's all I want to do Trinity. I want to do a full honours in English, opposed to doing the joint honours in English and Creative Writing.

seeing as youve got an unconditional offer, id suggest that you contact them now to change your course if you are definitely sure thats what you want to do as the sooner you do it the more chance you have of getting it changed, i dont think itll be too much of a problem though. good luck with it all :)

[di marco]

For joint honours at my Uni you need to meet the requirements of a single honours in both subjects, but I guess different places have different rules and although I work in a university it is a fair while since I have had any direct contact with students. I am 100% research admin now.

at my uni the joint honours courses requirements are a lot lower. thats why loads of people do joint then work really hard in the hope of being allowed to transfer to single in the second year. i had to audition for my course but the people who did joint honours didnt have to

[DaVeyWaVey]

Lots of people swapped courses in the first few weeks. Some changed their whole course (Forensic science to forensic investigation, two completely different things) and some went from joint to single honours.

It shouldn't be too much of a problem to go from a joint to single. Are you doing Lit with creative or lit and creative? You might get to choose an extra module depending on the course you've applied for and the one you want to do.

I'm doing Lit and Creative. I emailed the English department at the university a few hours ago, saying that I wish to change so hopefully I will hear something back.

[Abbie]

Im the same, although my dad always brings it up, he is the most annoying person ever!

My dad forgets about them :lol: In March I told him in the morning of the day that we were getting the results that I was getting results that day. When I rang him to let him know what I got he had completely forgotten.
My dad teaches at the college I go to so I cant really get away from it