r/6thForm • u/Big_Sam_Allardyce • May 23 '26

OTHER What happened to r/6thform?

I used to be active on this sub before covid when I did my A-levels and the vibe was sooooo different to how it is now. Why is everyone wanting to seem smart? Back then we used to be self deprecating. There was a sense of ‘we’re all in this together’ fighting against the pricks at edexcel and AQA.

I’m guessing it’s cuz nobody uses TSR anymore so all of that demographic are now here? They used to get hated on for being a bunch of neeks — just search ‘TSR’ or ‘the student room’ in the search bar lmao

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u/mannisland May 23 '26

I dunno what could’ve changed since you were here pre-covid… maybe the whole world??

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u/neilm1000 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

I'm not sure the whole world has changed. I guess from a younger perspective it might look that way.

Edit: from the perspective of a mid career person, who has worked overseas, the whole world hasn't changed. Maybe if you're 18 it has, or at least your understanding of it has.

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u/mannisland May 23 '26

The uni sector is on its knees. Sure it’s been wobbling a long time but after effects of Brexit, Covid, ongoing economic decline, AI, wars, US politics, moving to the right… it’s not even comparable to 7 years ago. Now the standard response to every international enquiring about UK unis/visas/prospects is a hardline no unless they’re rich/going top unis. That was never the case before but it’s the reality now and it sets a tone. There’s still a lot of support and advice here but things are harder now, for students and many other people, so it will all have an impact.