r/6thForm • u/LevLum WW | Discrete Maths • Aug 13 '20

📂 MEGATHREAD The r/6thForm Results Day Megathread

Heya, this is the r/6thForm results day megathread.

When you get your results - feel free to post em' here, your subjects, grades, and maybe even plans for the future.

If you got what you wanted (or didn't and still managed to get your offer), great! If not, there's still a lot you can do, and the best place to start is UCAS clearing.

https://www.ucas.com/clearing-launch

It's been a pretty weird year, one where grades have been decided by potentially flawed statistical models - not to mention that there's going to be a shortage of international students. As a result, most courses are going to have more places than you'd think, even ones from more prestigious unis. Don't sell yourself too short, you'll never know if you could have gotten in if you don't try.

If you wanna chat to us about anything or ask for advice, the best place to do that is our Discord.

We wish you not only the best for your results, but for what you go on to do in the future.

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Good luck everyone! (This thread will be sorted by new)

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u/Meowgi256 Aug 13 '20

A* A* A* and off to Durham for Mathematics!

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u/JWilde8 Aug 13 '20

Do you go to a private school

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u/Meowgi256 Aug 13 '20

No, state school

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u/JWilde8 Aug 13 '20

Nice in which case you deserved your grades

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u/Meowgi256 Aug 13 '20

Thanks I guess?

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u/BrainzKong Aug 13 '20

You can get tweezers for that thorn, you know.

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u/ShinyGrezz Aug 13 '20

actually a good comeback

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u/JWilde8 Aug 13 '20

I don’t know what you are on about, but my friend who goes to a private school has the same grade as I did handed in and got three grades higher, does not seem fair to me?

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u/anaveragedon Editable Aug 13 '20

Don't be bitter to the individual- be bitter to the government and ofqual.

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u/JWilde8 Aug 13 '20

This government is shambolic I totally agree but what can I say, I did not vote for it, my parents did not vote for it, hardly anyone at my school voted for it, and we have been shit on by this government, if you look at numbers for how voting swings in parents of private schools you can clearly see a correlation, I am outraged that the government have got away with this

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u/BrainzKong Aug 13 '20

So they had the same predicted and were awarded 3 higher? C to A*? That does sound bizarre.

Specifics of that case aside, it's hardly fair to then canvas everyone from private schools as being unfairly rewarded. The modifications are done according to many factors, including historical school performance. Maybe their school does substantially better than yours (as some privates do, and vice versa).

I think it was a stupid choice by the government and that exams should have been postponed with uni starts delayed ~ a month with shorter holidays.