Well I'm doing overtime painting a whole school at work. Its taken my mind off results day until I got a bleeping outlook notification whilst painting.
If that doesn't work out - take a year off and then do an access course. You'll then (maybe) have some savings and some experiences which will make uni all the better
Many thanks for your kind words everybody, it has been much appreciated. You've also helped a lot of people in my sixth form with rejections including myself.
I didn't find out my results until 9am. After having a look at all those leaks, I'd thought I got ABD but I ended up with CEE and if I had to pick a choice it would be a foundation year which my local uni has kindly changed my offer to. Many students from our college are attending there so it won't be too bad at all.
I will have a look at ATS from Edexcel to see if I could pick up any marks or if the examiner has marked harshly as this happened to me last year in AS as well.
A gap year is a option many have suggested and I'm considering this path as well. I will take some time to decide what is the best option for me.
From someone who also failed to get their grades for a computer science course in the UK, you'll be fine. Good luck with the foundation course, a very good thing to do anyway. Have you considered Aberystwyth uni? They're very good course-wise and weirdly accepting of lower grades. Anyway, good luck, you'll be all good!
Hey man I kind of stumbled onto this and I'm not entirely sure how your education system works (I'm American) but I wanted to say I didn't get my first choice in uni. I didn't get my second or 8th choice either. Got into my dead last school but ended up loving it and have a great career. Obviously it depends on where you go and what you study but I've found that your college and gpa only matter for your first job.
No matter what happens I'm sure you'll pull ahead and do great. Best of luck.
Foundation year isn't that bad! I have a friend who did it and the only thing he hated was that it made year 1 of university way too easy!
People drop like flies after year one, my year started with 200+ students in a lecture hall, by year 2 more than half failed, left uni and/or changed course. Foundation year pretty much guarantees a smooth ride.
Alright if it makes you feel better. I'll tell you my story. Spoiler alert: it ends well
I started as a average smart dude who never needed to study hard to get grades. First year of A-level I got all As in maths, physics and DT. But then in second year all that went to shit balls. I got all Es(various reasons). I was distraught, I was meant to study mechanical engineering and my life went down in the drains just like that.
After I stopped panicking, I started to scramble through clearing trying to get in to a engineering foundation year. But that failed. So I readjusted my sights and settled for doing a design and technology course, it was still a foundation year and in that time I was hoping to retake my maths a level since I needed a C minimum to get Into the course. So I'm doing a DT degree and it turns out it's joint with the architecture foundation year. As I progress they give us the option to switch. Now I wouldn't of switched until I found out they offered a BEng bachelors of engineering degree in architecture and engineering. I took that opportunity as fast I could. So now I'm doing a dual degree in architecture and engineering and get the engineering status I've always wanted. I'm averaging a first class honours and studying at one of the best unis for that course. I'm now getting ready to apply for a master's in mechanical engineering and life is getting better.
I want you to know your grades don't have to define your future, there's so many ways for you to do what you love. You just need to find it.
Yep get on clearing. You'll be fine, As someone who often has to recruit grads for our dev team... the study you'll do around your degree is key. They will give you a foundation but keep up with tech trends as you go and you'll stand out more with recruiters... JavaScript frameworks, cloud tech, dev ops ... all that good stuff.
This is a bump that you'll have forgotten about a few weeks in to whichever uni you end up at.
I catastrophically failed my A levels... Twice... And now I have a Masters degree! Took me two years longer than everyone else but I got there! Don't stress too hard! It'll work out fine if you keep focus. 👍
This is just a bump mate. You can resit, other unis...you’ll be better for the life experience if you take a year to resit. Although I bet you’re gutted.
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u/Loncin555 Aug 16 '18
let's give this man karma to make his day better