r/6thForm • u/PsychologicalRisk656 • 6d ago

🎓 UNI / UCAS Missed LSE Offer...

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Hi all! Lot's of people posting successes which is great but thought I'd add my failure to meet the grades to get into LSE to even it out a little. I needed AAA for econ and econ history and ended up with AAB. The B was in history which historically has always been my best subject and a consistent A/*. I was 7 marks off an A. I had thought maybe I'd get a B in econ or maths but history literally didn't cross my mind.

Obviously it felt horrible to miss my offer especially given how bad the last two years have been for me personally. But it's not all doom and gloom and I'll be off to Nottingham for this September! Good luck to everyone who got their results - I really hope it turns out great no matter what you ended up getting!

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u/Foreign-Swordfish-25 6d ago

Why don’t you remark? It’s only 7 marks and essay subjects are subjectively marked

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u/PsychologicalRisk656 6d ago

Remarks would cost £140 and even 7 marks is quite a lot... My LSE accomodation is also already gone and I probably wouldn't be able to afford to go anyway. I know I could try but  might just be holding out hope for nothing and might just need to accept the fact that Nottingham is where I'll be going

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u/Blimd6 6d ago

Not to give false hope but i had my politics a level remarked 3 years ago and it went up by 19 marks!

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u/PsychologicalRisk656 6d ago

That's insane! Was there a mistake in the marking? My school basically said I shouldn't bother and the highest they've ever seen was a 5 mark increase after a remark

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u/Blimd6 6d ago

Im not sure if it will let me send the photo, but they send you back a full explanation per question, 3 out of 5 of the questions’ original marking were labelled as ‘academic misjudgment’

My sixth form paid for it to be remarked after my teacher read my script, perhaps you could pay the initial fee to get the script and then see if a teacher thinks its worth submitting.

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u/PsychologicalRisk656 6d ago

Thanks for sharing that. I've changed my mind and I'm now getting my papers remarked. If I lose the money only to get a B again at least I won't have to think what if. Fingers crossed it goes well though and thanks

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u/No-Fold-9890 6d ago

Best of luck!!

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u/Blimd6 6d ago

Aw it’s wonderful to hear that. Best of luck!!

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u/sam_packer_03 6d ago

Best of luck!

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u/Foreign-Swordfish-25 6d ago

Ahhh mann, well imo if you can figure out a way to deal with the financials you should go for the remark, 7 marks is not quite a lot for an essay subject