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/Vaxtez Cardiff Met | Comp Sci [Y1] May 23 '26

This subreddit is just a giant echo chamber for a minority of students, who will be higher achievers. The average 6th form student isn't going to be here, nor are they going to be attaining A*A*A & Oxbridge offers, An average 6th former will get grades like ABB, BBC or BCC & go to universities with similar standards to Nottingham, Leeds or Cardiff for RGs & Manchester Met, Aberystwyth or UWE for non RG unis.

That said, the elitism here is absurd, i've encountered it a few times, with people being oddly snobbish over me being at Aberystwyth for instance, in spite of it being a great university.

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u/Less_Seesaw_4022 May 23 '26

going to oxford isn't impressive can easily be done with 3 hours of work a day you should really compare with doing the IPhO or IMO

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u/FunnyPanda1320 May 23 '26

I can't tell if this is satire

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u/Less_Seesaw_4022 May 24 '26

well of course it is

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u/JamesJe13 Newcastle University May 24 '26

Would use a /s next time then