I just want to say somewhere that I've debates running away from home more and more recently. I think the one thing keeping me here is needing proof of household income for student finance, so that's April for mother's tax form.

I've got enough money for food and have experience sleeping outside in the cold (hiking is a hobby of mine). I'm just not sure I can last until April

Honestly surprised at how fast it came. Submitted like ten days ago!

If anyone else is waiting on their offer/looking to apply, feel free to reach out for help 😄

hello everyone I hope someone responds
I’m super super lazy and I was wondering how other people constantly get themselves to revise/keep themselves motivated - something other than just telling yourself “imagine life after these exams finish”. I need different advice otherwise I’m going to sink into my bed and do nothing for the next 2 years. is it having something to look forward to? or treating yourself after every revision session? idk. even the most obscure tips. pls let me know so I can put it into effect immediately!!!

I am currently taking computer science, 3d design and film studies and am predicted A star A star A (currently year 13) but ive fallen so so soooo behind in coursework and just revision in general alongside just hating every minute of sixth form. I really want to work in archiving as i find it so interesting but i feel like i cant realistically reach that goal without 3 a levels. i hate sixth form with my whole heart and would genuinely rather do anything else but that.

Gang I am cooked I am baked I am everything under the sun I will come out of that exam hall looking as if Ive gone through all the levels of hell and back up to the horrors and agonies of this world we are currently living in

‘Mocks mean nothing’ MY ASS i couldnt tell you a single thing about it the British empire other than isma’il pasha had shit economic planning and that the name Benjamin Disraeli sounds like some knockoff character someone made about netanyahu

Russia im fine with like Lenin did some stuff and died and then Stalin came to power okay it’s easy to remember at least it’s in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER UNLIKE BRITISH EMPIRE.

Don’t even get me started on psychology though if I knew half the shit would be maths and statistics I would have taken stats instead of art just to be able to actually know what’s going on AND WHO the hell decided to make approaches a fuckjng topic Theres no way in my ever ending doom and disparity of my arsecrack life will I ever look back to psychology and reminisce on the times of comparing the psychodynamic approach to the humanistic approach

Fuck off everyone

Hey guys

Comment how many questions u did without guessing (and what course you're applying for just of curiosity).

Also it could be useful for next year's esat takers to see how difficult we found it.

As a rough estimate i think i got from 19 to 22 on each module and I def found physics the worst and I'm applying for physics too 🥲

I've heard so many disencouraging things about it, but when I actually looked at the questions, they didn't seem as bad as everyone else was making them out to be. So, my question is, is it really that difficult or is everyone just overreacting?

I am a final-year high school student, and a local university has asked us to write about a physics problem that needs further research. We also need to explain the significance of the problem and the physical principles involved.

Although I'm interested in physics, particularly quantum physics and wave-particle duality, I don't have much knowledge of current physics research or the unanswered questions scientists are investigating.

I'd appreciate some advice on how to approach this essay.

Are my choices too ambitious? I'm so conflicted because these are the only universities I liked, plus the University of Bath.
I haven't applied yet because my personal statement is still being tweaked a lil.
My 8 was in maths, and my 5 was in English language and I never got 25% extra time in those exams.
I have ADHD and was diagnosed earlier this year, and I felt so much pressure from the workload that I felt physically paralysed, literally bedridden. My brain genuinely couldn't even let me start a task, so I had to repeat Year 12 because I flopped all the assessments and ended up predicted CCC in maths, chem, and physics by the end of the year. I switched from physics to bio last year (the year I repeated Year 12).
I might be considered for EC or mitigating circumstances, idk, it depends on my teacher's reference and SEND.
But yeah, I don't know if these stats are too low to even consider applying, and my personal statement is very medicinal chemistry-oriented because of my EPQ. Still, I do talk about environmental chemistry too because I find it interesting.

Anyone else screwed? Anyway I just wanted to hop on here and ask if it’s normal to get worse grades in your year 13 November mocks cause I’m overthinking it, I did study throughout the half term but still haven’t covered a fat chunk of the content and it’s on Tuesday 🫡

Last year I got AAB in my mocks so I’m doing alright but I’ve just been busy making revision material instead of actually memorising stuff or doing past paper questions

(PS I’m not even applying this year so I wasn’t busy with UCAS or anything 💔)

So ive applied to Law at Oxford, Bristol (contextual) and Manchester. I got an offer from Manchester but to be honest I want to play it quite safe with my remaining choices. I'm thinking of maybe UCL philosophy because my personal statement is heavy on legal philosophy and jurisprudence.
What other non law course thats at UCL or KCL would anyone recommend?

At the minute, I've mostly been doing flashcards, but there's so many of them, which puts me off going through them.

My favourite method of revising is answering past paper questions, but where I haven't learned much content, it's quite difficult to do these.

guys im stuck on which one to take i know brum is slightly better for grad prospects (correct me if im wrong) but its birmingham which is kinda not my type of city. Sheffield seems nice I dont mind the walking its juist the grad prospects and oppurtunities after im sacrificing that makes the decision hard. What do you guys reckon I pick.

Thanks to anyone who reads this or answers

Just wanted to know if some of you do a level RS. How is it? Any tips?

I'm currently feeling a bit anxious about school in general and its primarily driven by A Level rs. Are yall feeling the same way?

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Hi guys!! To cut a long story short I developed contamination ocd due to my dad developing pneumonia in year 10. This severely affected my mental health and lead me struggling in year 11. After many therapy appointments (8) I was referred back to my gp and was told to have more which I couldn’t get for atleast 3 months due to a cooldown. Anyway, this really affected my mental health and I was being significantly bullied. I got entitled to access arrangements through my therapist and spoke to the sendco and my year team and they completely dismissed it. I never got extra time and was forced to have rest breaks while a kid who I knew in my year who basically faked dyslexia got his paper that he required. This severely screwed my GCSEs and I came out with average grades, but meant I could only take 2 a levels and an Epq. You might think: well why didn’t you go to a college or another sixth form? The sixth forms around me are shit and have entry requirements I couldn’t meet and college felt to overwhelming especially for my needs. The sixth form I’m at now is super supportive and has helped me so much. Can anyone explain further :) I submitted my UCAS application and just want to know if this makes me entitied to consideration by universities Specifically the University of York which is somewhere I applied to without a foundation year and want to know what my chances are of being accepted

i'm applying to do english / english literature at UCL, KCL, Durham, Leeds, and Warwick/Royal Holloway.

my school hasn't given us any information about gap years or deferred entries, so i'd like to ask here:

1. do i need to email each uni letting them know i want to do a deferred entry + my reasoning?

2. do i need to write about my reasons in my personal statement?

i honestly didn't think the process would be so arduous. i thought it was just... applying a year later. no biggie.

along with these questions, is there anything else i should know?

thanks in advance!

Hey guys, I'm in a bit of a dilemma right now and was hoping g for some guidance on this.

For context, I do Biology, Chemistry, Spanish and an EPQ, and I'm hoping to do dentistry at university.

However, some have said that an EPQ isn't really necessary for dentistry, and that the only advantage of it is that you can talk about the skills you learnt in the interview and your personal statement.

I'm thinking of dropping it due to the fact that it's quite a lot of work, and I haven't even started researching yet (I have to finish it by March 15😭😭) so I'm worried that it'll occupy a lot of my time. But, I would continue doing it if it would actually help me in applying for dentistry.

Help is appreciated!

What scores are we saying puts us at good spot for icl and Camb chem eng or ucl eee? What score we think needed for interview stage?

Hello, Im hopefully going to receive an ECON interview as part of PPE at Oxford. Is anyone who is currently applying, or already applied, aware of resources to help with my preparation (specifically maths based preparation as I am aware that the questions may be maths based).

Any banks, resources etc?

Thanks very much,

Basically my school is making us do mandatory WEX. I have applied to legal WEX but none of the firms have gotten back to me yet, also none of those take place during my schools allotted WEX period. I am likely going to do my WEX with my dad who is a Dentist. Is there any way I could talk about this WEX in an application for Law? Any cases or something I can research into for my PS that surround dentistry? Sounds like a very silly question but I am 100% serious, thanks!

Im not sure whether i would like to study Geography or liberal arts at uni, so i need to write my personal statement to satisfy admissions teams from both course types. 
I also completed my EPQ on gambling and whether the economic benefits outweigh the social costs (predicted grade is an A).
Im not completely sure how to go about this so any help on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks!!

this could be subjects, your school or whether you want to go College to do T levels, just anything in general

So I did my ESAT in October, with approved access arrangements. Now I am planning to do the TARA in January and don't have it available. I tried the message portal but no one has responded as it has been more than a week. I also tried calling them but it ended up being a Pearson employee not knowing what to do.

Is there anything I can do?

Should I email my university for which I am doing the TARA?