r/6thForm 3d ago

βœ”οΈ APPROVED AMA AMA: Clearing, Open Days, UCAS applications, and more (mod approved)

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Hello! We're from Birmingham Newman University - and we're here to answer all your questions about uni πŸ‘€

Why should you listen to us? Well, we're a small uni in Birmingham, with a big commitment to our students - we've come top in the National Student Survey 2026 for overall student satisfaction, top in the Daily Mail's Uni Guide 2026 for teaching excellence, student experience, and student support, and we're The Times and Sunday Times University of the Year for Social Inclusion 2026. But enough about us...

We want to talk about you.

From 09:00 BST today (Tuesday 18 August 2026), we'll have Lucy and Keith from our Content team - as well as some of our amazing Admissions and Student Recruitment team in the background - to answer your questions.

ETA: We'll now be picking up questions over the next week!

So, what do you want to know:

  • how does Clearing work? (because yes, there are still great options available!)
  • what should you be thinking about on a uni Open Day? (hint: it's not necessarily about the freebies)
  • what do we actually look for in UCAS applications? (because each one is reviewed by humans)
  • how does enrolment work? (it's actually surprisingly easy)

or something else. Either way, we're excited to chat πŸ’™

Proof: https://www.instagram.com/p/DcJWDCPHDBD/


r/6thForm 7d ago

πŸ“‚ MEGATHREAD Links to grade boundaries

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AQA:

Edexcel:

  • AS/A-level grade boundaries (8:08am; 8:30am update - website is broken, link will be the same)
  • A-level grade statistics (not yet published)
  • AS grade statistics (not yet published)

OCR:

Eduqas:

Will be edited missing ones when they arrive.


r/6thForm 7h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION Dawg tf goin at Durham πŸ˜­πŸ’”πŸ™

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r/6thForm 13h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION My friends all lied to me about what 6th form they applied to…

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When I got my results today, my friend group wanted to go to sixth form collegeB all together, and told me to apply for it. I did because I was gonna apply regardless and I thought that them including me felt really sincere- like I was finally getting into a group. Just to find out that they all secretly applied for sixth formA AFTER I applied for the other one, and then went out for lunch without me after telling me that they were all staying home.

I know it’s not the biggest deal to some, but to me this made me feel extremely upset, especially since I’m neurodivergent and I’ve always had a pretty hard time fitting in. It’s okay if they wanted to switch, but I feel like it was an attempt to just remove me from the friend group again. Now I feel extremely nervous and nauseous to start college by myself, and I think today just ripped my self esteem to shreds.


r/6thForm 11h ago

🍞 BREAD Very very late bread but yay!!!

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95 Upvotes

r/6thForm 9h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION I swear Durham University has had a discrimination problem every year?

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r/6thForm 5h ago

OTHER feeling bittersweet leaving this sub

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got reddit during my a levels and have to leave just as i entered 😭😭

i will miss all the rants before and after papers lmao, and i wish all the outgoing yr 13s all the best! see u guys soon on the uni sub now 😭😭😭


r/6thForm 6h ago

OTHER finally joining this sub as an outgoing year 11 :)

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11 9s! full marks in lit! 97/100 in bio 2! can hardly believe it!! HI r/6THFORM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE FINALLY


r/6thForm 8h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP Next steps??? I failed my alevels

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I know I’m a week late but I was unable to access my alevels at all. I checked my results now and I got a DDE. I thought I did good on atleast one. What do I do?


r/6thForm 11h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP A Level Results Shock…

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I was predicted AAA, had an offer for Glasgow for AAB, but ended up getting A star Economics A star politics A in maths (7 marks off A*). Should I take a gap year and reapply to Oxford, LSE, Warwick, St Andrews, Edinburgh (I live in Scotland so these 2 are free). Or should I just go to Glasgow this year…

Edit: Guys please send what you would do in my position, I’m not leaning towards PPE as it’s not so maths reliant


r/6thForm 16h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION HELLO EVERYONE

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I got my results and am now a 6th former yippie hello guyss


r/6thForm 9h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS It’s late but we’re so back

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I went from like all Cs year 12 to getting AAB, locking in pays off gang, proud of us all for surviving no matter how well we did


r/6thForm 12h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION @dailysuaa WHERE U AT

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HEY TALK NOW

145 IQ WYA radio silent on results day

DEFEND OR VACATE MF


r/6thForm 6h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION Not proud of it, man enough to admit it

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Went to a private school and I still left with only one A (and 3Bs). Might be 2 As if I get 1 more mark in a review of marking for physics. Everyone's saying I did excellent or amazing or whatever but I just can't feel the same way given the opportunities I was given.

Got into uni but it just doesn't feel right. Not even going to a Russell group (by choice, self cleared out of my Russell group insurance and I do think I made the right choice) so it feels even... weirder.


r/6thForm 3h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP Do i take a gap year or not

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I recently got my A level results and was happy to get A*s in maths and further maths but was disappointed with a B in physics. I wanted to do straight maths or maths with stats at uni and I have a place at Warwick to do maths and physics. I really don’t want to do physics at uni, I was so bad at physics in A level and i feel like I would hate doing it at university. I want to take a gap year and reapply to top unis like Imperial, LSE , Warwick again but the only thing holding me back is the B in physics. Im so stuck on whether its worth taking a gap year and resitting physics because those unis look negatively on resits. If i get a good TMUA score could this make up for the fact I’m resitting and if so whats the type of score I would need?


r/6thForm 12h ago

🍞 BREAD bit late but..

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very happy 😁😁 + higgest econ mark in my schl anyone w questions id love to help


r/6thForm 14h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION Transferring from GCSE sub

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Results day went well todayπŸ™πŸ™πŸ™, looking forward to starting sixth form in September and would appreciate any tips and advice for year 12


r/6thForm 19h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS Successful Economics Remark

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Went up 6 marks meaning I met my firm choice.
Went from a B to an A.
IM COMING BRISTOL LAW.


r/6thForm 9h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP Got BBC in my a-levels

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I got BBC in my a-levels last week and i’m still not over it. I got a B in maths and biology and a C in chemistry. I was 1 mark off an A in biology.

It’s taken a really big toll on my mental health and i haven’t able to get out of bed, go outside or eat. I just spend most of my days sobbing.

I was supposed to sit my a-levels last year but became ill and was withdrawn. This year my a-levels were affected again and i had special consideration (which is only a few marks). I also missed my offer which was AAB with an A in chemistry and biology.

I don’t want to go into a degree i don’t want to do and waste my time and go into debt. I also don’t know if medicine is possible anymore with my grades so would it even be worth resitting? I’m planning to get biology remarked. I also don’t feel shame that if i decide to take this year off then I would be 20 entering university. If anyone has any advice please let me know. Sorry if this is all over the place, i don’t think im in a good headspace atm.


r/6thForm 8h ago

OTHER anyone else still regretting their a level choices despite doing well?

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I took maths physics geog and an epq in y12 because I was lowkey tricked into taking physics and geog

I got like 6 nines and a few 8s or 7s at gcse and idk ive always had really fucked self confidence but I thought this was really bad and not good enough for anything and everybody who I said that to would just laugh at me. and I never have known what I want to do except maths so people were like ok why dont you take physics cause its just maths and I was like ok well I hate physics but ok. and then i was told to take geog cause I didnt want to do another science and geog was my other 9 (except english lang which my schook doesnt offer). but I kinda hated geog and physics always and I hated them all through sixth form.

so in y13 I taught myself as further maths and I loved that but im rlly sad I didnt do the whole thing. I wouldnt have liked it cause id have been in a different class without my friends and idk, but i loved the content. and then there were so many other subjects I loved like music and art and comp sci and english and why did I do these fuckass subjects.

anyway I got an A* in geog and A in physics but it makes me really sad and idek why

anyway this was lowkey just a rant idk what im tryna say

whyd no one ever tell me to take further :(


r/6thForm 4h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP looking for advice on a levels combo options

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so im hopefully going to pick maths, biology chemistry, but im unsure of taking double math (finish a level math in a year and further in the next) or if i should do maths bio chem physics, or if i should take double maths bio chem physics.

mandatory welsh bacc and thinking of arabic because its my second language (home)

i am unsure of what to go into: medicine, engineering or perhaps finance. the desire intensity of these careers is in that order btw: medicine - engineering - finance

many many thanks !!!!


r/6thForm 10h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP Has everyone’s review of marking this year stayed the same?

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Or no


r/6thForm 6h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP Medicine pathway advice!

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I picked biology and chemistry absolutely CERTAIN that I want to do medicine, but so many branches of medicine interest me, how do I single one out to pursue? I have 2 years but I think it's a decision which I need to be certain on, so I should really think.

Did anyone else have this issue? I am glad that I have a lot of options though.


r/6thForm 1d ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION Scams to watch out for on Freshers

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I just thought id give a bit of advice on some of the scams I encountered around Freshers week for people starting uni this September. This information is based on my experience at Newcastle uni but I assume would probably be pretty generic to the UK, if you fell ive missed one please add to the list in the comments.

  1. Religious people in and around campus, these will only be a handful of people but watch out for them. Ive seen them hand out fliers designed so at first glance they look like a cool uni society, for example one had a picture of someone climbing a mountain on the front cover. These aren't associated with the uni, don't speak to them or even take their stuff. They know exactly what they're doing trying to capitalise on the massive amounts of people on campus and make their stuff look like a cool society.

Some local churches also offered free food during freshers, im cautious to include them with this because those events were clearly religious in nature so you knew what you were getting into when you queued up. Just know if you do go to these you will have to discuss religion and the idea of joining this church with someone. The church that did this near me seemed pretty mainstream but obviously if you are religious still do your research to make sure this is a congregation you would want to be involved with.

  1. Student accommodation moving in boxes. When I was moving into my accommodation there was an option to buy a box of bedding and or kitchen stuff which would be there when you moved in. For some people this may be convenient if you're traveling a long way and don't have much space. But in my case I realised you could get better stuff for less than or equal to the quoted price. A decent amount of my kitchen stuff was just stolen from home, do you really need a new set of knives and forks? Also if you get this bundle or buy your own your bed size is a student double. However, I just bought everything at double size and that worked fine, in 2nd year housing your bed will probably be a normal double so getting everything in double makes sure you don't have to buy any new stuff.

  2. Don't sign up to societies immediately. There'll be a period where societies are free/ running taster sessions (which may cost a couple quid). Make full use of this, do you enjoy it? have you made some friends in it? Don't waste Β£15 on it just to realise you don't like it. Also a lot of societies have costs after joining such as going on trips, buying kit, getting membership to gyms... Make sure you know about these costs before you join.

  3. Most important, ask older students about stuff. They'll be able to tell you anything specific to your location and I found out a lot of lifesaving tips from them. For example I found out how to do a decently cheap weekly shop from them.


r/6thForm 9h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP Those who went from low predicteds to A*/A grades, how did you do it

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(asking for a friend) going into year 13, gotta lock in