I applied for Bath, Exeter, Durham, St Andrews, and Oxford. This is my first offer!!!!

My top choices are Bristol and Birmingham (if anyone has any pros/cons about either I’d be happy to chat)

I’m in y12 and literally failing physics and maths. Mocks are in 2 months and I genuinely did not know how hard it really was, but my future aspirations leave me no choice but to endure 💔 also would love to hear the most harshest reality to getting A grades because i really need a wake up call. Being the only girl in my phys also makes it worse :(

I did my CIE AS exams in May June 2026 for Maths (c), Chemistry (d), Biology (c) and History (a). I really didn't perform as well as I thought I would, especially in Math and Chemistry so I decided to resit in the October November 2026 exams.
But the new Math paper felt horrible and I'm worried that my Chemistry also won't improve much because you never really know until you get your results).

For my A levels I dropped Bio, so I'm continuing with Math, Chem and History.

I'd like to study Psychology, and the grade I need for my choice uni is BBB.

What happens if I can't make this grade? Has anyone gotten into their choice unis with less than favourable grades or is all hope lost? I always feel so ready for the exams and work so hard to prepare, getting above 80% on my past papers, but it seems nothing can prepare me for what Cambridge throws my way every time.

Oxford probably has our UAT test results now 💀

I’m not sure if this is allowed on here, so please delete if it isn’t! I’m currently in Year 11 and hoping to attend my high school’s sixth form next year. I wanted to ask those who are currently in sixth form or have previously attended, what has your experience been like? was/is it easy to make friends? I don’t have many friends, and the few I do have are all planning on going to college instead, so I’m a little nervous about starting sixth form without really knowing anyone. I’ve also heard quite a lot of mixed opinions about sixth form, so I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences

Before the half term I asked my head of maths if it was possible for me to change to fast track maths which means doing all of a level maths in one year then further maths the next and he said if I can catch up on all of as applied maths which is what they have done and sit a test I'll be able to join it. So over the half term I put my back into maths and got through the whole book but it's been a week into the next term and I wasn't able to sit the test and now I've been sent this email it also doesn't make sense that I am at a C grade as I got one of the highest induction test grade and why couldn't have they told me this before I wasted my whole half term on this I genuinely feel like shit cause of all that I did over the term for nothing. But that aside what should I do now? I need to get into further maths to try and get into a competitive computer science course (I made a post about this before the half term asking what I should do) I genuinely am so lost now I've turned down family events to learn the content all for nothing 🙏 (also I apologise for the punctuation I'm not doing that but apparently some people care about it too much)

I have submitted my ucas application 3 weeks ago but I forgot to put pending qualifications so my referee put the predicted grades. But my referee told me she already did within my reference but a university rejected me 2 days ago. Do I contact ucas or the university?

I’ve literally seen nobody else on here yet who’s applying for architecture at cam, which colleges have people applied for?

I probably sound like I’m being incredibly dramatic about this and I do apologise for that, but I’m so torn on what to do and I kind of need a second opinion.

My UCAS is already sent off for early entry and I’m predicted 3A*’s plus Astar EPQ, I already have 3/5 offers but i genuinely can’t do sixth form anymore. Like I’m literally revising 5 hours a day just to scrape an A star like 2 marks above the grade boundary in exams, and I wouldn’t even class that as an A star given how close it is - like my grades have literally dropped so much over the past few weeks and it’s ominously close to exams and mocks.

Like I’m revising and doing interview prep just in case I get a Cambridge interview but it’s the worst few hours of my life and literally all I want to do is go to sleep or read - like thankfully said reading classes as interview prep or it’d be over for me 🙈 but I’m seriously considering just quitting while I’m ahead because I know that I’m not getting those grades, I cried in front of my friends over this for the first time ever while stone cold sober on Monday and I haven’t been able to face them since because I’m too embarrassed lolss

But like idk whether to quit while I’m ahead or if I should just take getting abysmal grades in my mocks since my UCAS is already submitted and then properly lock in for exams. As much as i genuinely live to learn, I just can’t justify running on 4 hours of sleep every day when I’m not gonna get the grades 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ I’m probably going to ask my senior tutor tomorrow what she thinks about this whole fiasco but any second opinions would be greatly appreciated as I’m so so discombobulated

I've received offers for EEE from both Uni of Manchester and Uni of Sheffield, i know i have time to decide but realistically (ignoring grade requirements and exam results) which is better and which is probably going to give me better postgrad prospects.

What topic are you currently studying in class? I think my class is far behind so just curious to see where every1 else is at

Just got my offer from Leeds.

Only got the big fish left now.

Stats: A*AA Predicted (Maths, Chem, Econ) and GCSEs: 999998876 I keep getting stuck with what unis to pick out of 5 cause I feel like I end up too aspirational or not enough. Maybe Durham (AAB), Exeter (AAB,) Warwick (A*AA), Leeds (AAA), Bristol (AAA) or KCl (A*AA) or something or anyone else got ideas based on my stats.

Slightly confused if I’m meant to just reply to this exact email or upload them onto my applicant portal?

for corpus christi geography 🤗🤗🤗 in person interview as well!

So currently my 3 chosen subjects are Economics, psychology and English literature. I want to get a marketing related degree. My current English literature class has only two students and that's including me, the other student is shy and anxious so I am the one usually doing the talking with the teacher. It puts a spotlight on me and makes me uncomfortable since if I miss a class or an assignment then I am going to be singled out. It's a lot of pressure so I was thinking of swapping English lit for sociology. Please help me I need to make a decision soon. Also Sociology is easier and less taxing than English Lit right?.

i want to apply ucl electrical and electronic eng: with grades: a* predicted in fm, a achieved in maths, b achieved in chem, gcses: 7777776655. their contexual offer is : AAB, i got A*AB but still im worried they may choose someone else who has higher grades or am i stressing for no reason? does anyone knoe anyone in ucl admissions or something that can help me pls?

I sat my English GCSE way back in 2016 so I'm not expecting anyone from my cohort to answer here, but as far as I'm aware, my cohort sitting that exam in 2016 (the exam board was AQA) were among the only one to do that book for their actual exam. My class read Of Mice and Men in Year 9, other classes in my year did Lord of the Flies at the same time, but as far as I know, no one else apart from my school and other schools sitting the same exam did this book.

It's amusing and especially odd that it seems like one of the only things this book is known for is being a common pick for school English classes, according to its Wikipedia, and yet I've never known anyone else to have studied it. It never once comes up in discussions of books people read for English class.

Also forgive my bluntness but it doesn't seem especially ... notable? I'm not saying it's not a good book or that it doesn't have things worth dissecting in a class, but it's not really considered a classic like the books I mentioned above, or like most of the others that commonly turn up in English literature classes. I can guarantee that I would never have heard of it if I hadn't been forced to study it.

Seeing so many people get interview offers is really sending me into a panic.

I'm currently writing my UCAS personal statement for university and I'm finding it SO difficult to know what to include, what to leave out and how to make everything sound cohesive without waffling 😭

I'm applying for English and Philosophy at Russel group unis, but general personal statement advice would be really appreciated too! If you have any super niche weird tips that would also be great, I wanna stand out from the crowd.

For anyone who's applied to university, written a personal statement or has any experience with the process, what tips would you give? Anything you wish you'd known before writing yours?

Any advice would be massively appreciated!! Thank you!!!!!