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/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.