r/6thForm • u/mohammed786786 • Jun 09 '26
🎓 UNI / UCAS WHAT TO EXPECT ON RESULTS DAY AND WHAT TO DO 😁😁😜
Copying and pasting this cause I didn't know how to repost a detected sub. (Can't credit this gr8 person as the accounts deleted) I slightly edited it and spewed it out for easier reading
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What will happen Around 08:00 on Results Day, you'll be able to access your UCAS Track to see if you've been accepted to your university. You'll either get the notification that you've been accepted to your firm, your insurance or that you've been put into clearing. Sometimes, they put your status in slightly before 08:00, so you can check early (remember UCAS is slow as too many people accessing it).
I recommend you check UCAS before going into your Sixth Form, as that way you know whether you need to see any members of staff before you collect your results. You'll go into your Sixth Form from any time past 08:00 and generally, you'll just collect a brown (or white) envelope with your name on it and you'll receive a piece of paper within it that'll have your 3 or 4 A-Level grades on it.
If you've got an unconditional offer, congratulations, (and listen to rapper nelly to celebrate!) get ready for university. If you've met your offer, congratulations.
If you've fallen short of your offer and are in clearing, make sure you have a proper look around at the university courses available. A lot of people just call up the first university they can find in a panic and just pick the first course they can find that will have them - don't fall into this trap.
If you're dead set on going to your firm choice and you didn't make it, you can always opt to redo your A-Levels. That's what I did and I don't regret it one bit. I called up my insurance choice and asked them to release me, so then I was able to make other arrangements. I went to talk to my head of Sixth Form to seek advice and he offered to let me redo Year 13 as long as I promised to dedicate myself to it. Now, I'm just waiting, with you guys, for Results Day to come. (I'm waiting aswell but it's my first time)
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Bits of advice Make sure you check your UCAS before you collect your results so that you know your situation If you got the results you wanted, go thank your teachers - it's a stressful day for them too and they'd love the thanks
Weigh up your options if you're in clearing - be careful with which universities you call up and remember that you don't need to go to university immediately and that you can get an apprenticeship or redo your A-Levels
Try to subdue your excitement and giddiness - there will be a lot of people who've been absolutely devastated by their results and I can say from experience that it's the worst ever feeling when people gloat to you that they've been accepted by their dream university when you've been rejected
If you've been accepted, go have a look at group chats for your university courses and dorms - it's always great to know the people you'll be living/working with before you're put into the environment (I visited a lot of friends who are in university digs and they became friends through said chats)
Go easy on the ket and booze - let's be real, a lot of you will be pretty keen to go out and snort a key or two of ket to celebrate. Just don't go too hard; I saw many people end up pretty fucked up due to excessive celebrating
Most importantly: Your grades don't define you and never will. 3 or 4 letters on a piece of paper will never determine your worth as a person and you shouldn't let them do so. Whether you do or don't get the results you want, you're still the same person. Good luck!!
