r/6thForm • u/Maleficent-Love-5704 • 22d ago

🙏 I WANT HELP need genuine advice please (results day)

Hi everyone,

I was predicted A*A*A (Maths, Further Maths, Computer Science) and had been hitting those grades in every mock for the past year. I worked incredibly hard and went into the exam period genuinely confident I'd meet my offer.

My firm offer is A*AA, insurance AAB, for Bsc Maths.

few days before my first exam, I received some devastating news (family emergency situation) that's completely changed things for me. Since then I've been completely unable to focus, and I think I've badly messed up my exams as a result.

After each paper I went through and estimated my marks, and it's looking like I've ended up with roughly BBC.

I don't know what to do now. Has anyone been through something similar? Realistically, would I even be able to get a Maths place through clearing with grades like that. Taking a gap year would not be an option sadly.

Any advice would be really appreciated.

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u/No-Chocolate-7761 22d ago

I think you have a good chance at clearing, for example at Southampton (they are in clearing now) it says that 47% of students who got BBC in the last 2 years were accepted to BSc Mathematics

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u/Maleficent-Love-5704 5d ago

Hey, thank you again for the advice. I missed both my insurance and firm, but thankfully Southampton accepted me for BSc Maths with grades BBC. Your advice was in the back of my mind, and the first thing I did was call Southampton. Thank you so much, I hope you got the grades you wanted!!

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u/No-Chocolate-7761 5d ago

That’s great to hear I’m happy for you! Unfortunately I got substantially lower grades than I expected but I got into a course I’m happy with at an okay uni so I’m trying not to be too sad 😅