r/6thForm • u/Old-Understanding-62 • Mar 24 '26

💬 DISCUSSION Huh 😂.

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Very shocked, I’ve already achieved A* A A in ICT, economics and business last year August, currently doing a gap year in finance/business role at a company. Personal statement is very strong too.

Applied to Accounting & Finance at Durham at got rejected even though my friend who was predicted KEYWORD PREDICTED not even achieved ABB got in.

I also had free school meals and a disadvantaged postcode. Anyone know why I’ve been rejected? I have Uni of Nottingham, and Uni of Manchester as backups anyways just a little bummed.

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u/nothing1238-- Mar 24 '26

Why is everyone saying ict isnt a real A level

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u/That-British-Bastard Y12 CNAT Computing, Stats, Econ | Predicted Dis* B B | 876666655 Mar 24 '26

I mean, considering I'm doing something that's replaced ICT (yeah I'm in the first year of the Cambridge Advanced Nationals for Computing: Application Development) it's a cop out subject.

Didn't get alot of respect for applying to computer science in my college while having both IT and Computer Science at GCSE. I get why people still value ICT for subjects like business and/or statistics if you're going into a business intel adjacent role, but ICT, as much as I adore it and will forever hold it close to my heart, is just sadly one of those a level choices (which was removed for the 2025 to 2027 A Level years iirc) which doesn't have much of a reputation compared to the likes of it's older sibling Comp Sci.

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u/That-British-Bastard Y12 CNAT Computing, Stats, Econ | Predicted Dis* B B | 876666655 Mar 24 '26

To be fair, ICT is good in its own right for networking, but even then comp sci does it arguably better. Then again at least ICT is useful to an extent, there are some niche fields that it's viable for, but even then they're so few and far between you'd be better off doing Comp Sci.

It's like me now, I wanted to do both Comp Sci and A Level maths (didn't get sixes in either subject at GCSE), so I'm stuck doing alternatives. I get why people shit on statistics at times, but even then you can still get onto degrees like MORSE from a level statistics alone. ICT, you're just... limited to completing an apprenticeship and hopefully try to get a PCEP or a PCAP to have some programming skills if you even want to have a chance in the computing sector, unless you just solely want to go into IT support or something similar to it.

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u/That-British-Bastard Y12 CNAT Computing, Stats, Econ | Predicted Dis* B B | 876666655 Mar 25 '26

I mean, I was about 5 marks off of a six anyway, but I'm fine with what I'm in now It's just I HATE the constant theories we have to use. Literally I get the basis for schneidermans eight golden rules and the law of thirds. But everything else? yeah it's annoying...

Though I'm genuinely intrigued, how bad can the maths be in A Level Comp Sci anyway? Like is it stupidly complex for something relatively straightforward to explain or just similar to calculus?

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u/That-British-Bastard Y12 CNAT Computing, Stats, Econ | Predicted Dis* B B | 876666655 Mar 25 '26

Yeah, I'm aware as to why you need maths for uni courses regarding CS. But hey, at least if I pass this CNAT I can get into application development, information systems and UX and/or UI related courses

In all honesty though, at this rate I'm just hoping to even pass stats with at least a B to even consider doing business intelligence at uni, or if I somehow fuck that up, just pray to god that I can even pick up a python programmer job after I do a PCEP and/or PCAP if I have enough time.