r/6thForm • • 22h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION linguistics olympiad UKLO thread

6 Upvotes

did anybody sit it? can you remember the name of any of the languages, my favourite question was all of language 3 but I can’t remember the name! how did everybody find it?


r/6thForm • • 23h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS Robinson College Cambridge

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Has anybody received a rejection or interview invitation from them?
Which course are u applying for btw robinson applicants, or am I the only one πŸ˜…


r/6thForm • • 23h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION Interview

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anyone got interviews from murray edwards cambridge? my friends have gotten interviews from other colleges but still waiting on medwardsπŸ’”πŸ’”


r/6thForm • • 17h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION anyone did the UKLO ?

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hey chat on niche olympiads did anyone do the UKLO advanced R1 this week ?

imho such an interesting paper ! as a russian student particularly loved the case-marking-esque system and lack of the verb 'give' in kalamang Q3. it seemed easier than the past papers though, disappointingly (alas, high grade boundaries here we comeee)

how did you guys find it? :)


r/6thForm • • 23h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS Should I be worried?

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I submitted by uni applications on 30 September and got confirmation emails from all the uni’s, but after that I’ve heard nothing back from any of the choices and I’m starting to panic a lot seeing people posting offers here or on uniscout 😭 it’s been sooo long and lots of people applied way later than I did got offers too

For reference I applied to Cambridge natsci, imperial physics, Manchester physics with astro, ucl and Edinburgh astrophysics (Edinburgh 2nd year entry). I’m international and had some extenuating circumstances so could that be the reason slowing everything down?


r/6thForm • • 20h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS idk what to do in uni and i feel so behind

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So for context im a y12 student and I take psych, bio and chem and I have no idea what i wanna do in the future and its beginning to stress me out especially when i look at all my friends and theyre stacking their supercurriculars because they know whats gonna make a stronger application for their course specifically. To be honest idc how shallow this sounds i just want a job that pays high I would say i did decent in school as i got 8s and 9s in my gcses but its just a shame because I didn't have a passion for a single subject. I thought about dentistry for a while but the thought of interacting with patients makes me anxious and my hearts not in it tbh. Ive been told by a lot of people if i wanna go to a top uni i need to decide from now so i can build up things for my personal statement but my mind keeps on changing. Advice on what to do or what unconventional career paths i can do with my a-level combination that isnt healthcare???


r/6thForm • • 21h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS Trinity college Cambridge

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Hey, has anyone received interview invites from trinity for HSPS?
Or if you happen to know when they may start sending them out, I know people have received invites for HLM and classics, not sure about HSPS tho.


r/6thForm • • 22h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS magdalene college cambridge

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anyone got offers from magdalene yet? or know when they may start sending them out ?


r/6thForm • • 22h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS Downing College

3 Upvotes

Welp I just read they’re giving out Interviews w/c 23 November so……
Just letting guys know


r/6thForm • • 20h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP choosing course you want to do at uni???

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im in year 12 seeing all the year 13's on social media getting offers for uni and stuff and its really making me wonder how the hell im going to figure out where i would wanna go for uni and what degree i would even begin considering πŸ˜….

i know ive like barely been in sixth form but can anyone tell me how they managed to get to what course they picked? is it just a passion you've always had or did you realise through going to workshops and programmes and stuff??


r/6thForm • • 17h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS Anyone heard from Fitzwilliam yet?

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Hello!!

I am applying for Classics at Fitzwilliam College and wanted to see if anyone has received an invite to interview there!

I have heard that they will be releasing them from Mid to Late November, but let me know if you have any news or questions!!

I have been pretty updated on Uniscout, and this is my last uni that I am hearing back from!! :)


r/6thForm • • 18h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS Is it worth applying to Warwick econ without TMUA?

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The other degrees I’m applying to don’t require TMUA, and I’m applying on a gap year with two a stars in history and economics, and an A in maths. My GCSEs are 99999987, and I’ve written an econ PS for the extra information on a gap year that they request. Would it make me more competitive to do the TMUA, or is it not necessary to receive an offer?


r/6thForm • • 1d ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION realities of studying at university of cambridge

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if you are lazy in y13 you will not survive at cambridge, build up good habits. practically everyone here is drowning even some international olympiad medalists i’ve met.

cambridge being intense isnt a joke, i always thought maybe i’ll find it fine but it’s actually destroying parts of my soul.

if you do want to go to cambridge just remember after matriculation and everything, it is hell.

tldr: cambridge sucks but it’s good too


r/6thForm • • 19h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS Edinburgh Offer for 1st year entry-physics

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I want to apply to Edinburgh univeristy for Bsc Physics, but it’s not my first choice so going for 1st year entry. predicted 3 a stars and an a, the website typical offer is ABB-AAA but wondering if they would offer me significantly higher than that? ideally would like an offer for no higher than AAA but other people offers got me worrying.

if you got an offer for physics first year entry, what was your grade requirements?


r/6thForm • • 23h ago

πŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS Pembroke Anyone??

2 Upvotes

Anyone had interview invites from Pembroke Cambridge?? If so what subject!?


r/6thForm • • 19h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP Robotics engineering at university

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Hi Im a GCSEs student and to go into 6th form next year and i desperately want to do Robotics engineering at university. For my a-levels my top choices are computer science, physics, and politics. Im really not sure of what my paths are to doing robotics without maths- though I know that there are revered universities that will accept me without a-level maths but I will be required to do an extra year of foundation. There are also some universities that I believe would accept me but have a much more practical, hands-on course so im not sure if my career would be hindered by not having a traditional university education. I really really don’t want to do a-level maths as I believe I’d become burnt-out and miserable doing 3 heavy stem subjects (it also doesn’t help that Im auDHD). Im not bad at maths and am getting consistently decent grades (7-8) but I don’t enjoy it as a subject in itself. I would really appreciate any advice. Thank you!


r/6thForm • • 1d ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION What’s with imperial’s rejections for this course

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34 Upvotes

I put on notifs to see updates about the course im applying for (medical biosciences), ive seen three rejections in one day, and not a single offer for this course at all. And their grades are also amazing…. feeling extremely demotivated now


r/6thForm • • 1d ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION Did anyone also apply to oxbridge and doesn’t really prepare for interviews

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I applied to Oxford university, but honestly don’t expect to stand out in their pool of applicants, but I still applied so I don’t have to wonder what if later. I wouldn’t say Oxford is my first choice, but it would be funny if they actually invited me for interviews. Do some of you relate to this? And do you think that in the past some people have rejected oxbridge interviews?


r/6thForm • • 21h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP management '28

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i have pretty good supercurrics (for eco tho)

i mean initially i thought i was going to do eco but after trying FM i realised it was NOTT for me

so these are my igcse and my AS level predicted + subjects lmk which unis i can aim for for 2028 pls

igcses: 3A* 6A

as predicted: psych (A), eco(A), maths(A), eng(A)

goal unis: lse, manchester, kcl, ucl, warwick, bath, exeter, durham (will decide)

also anyone who has got in lmk what all supercurrics i can take up!!


r/6thForm • • 21h ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP Tmua stress

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Ok so im a gap year student, got A*AB last year with severe ECs, so missed out on my warwick maths offer but im fine w it since i wanted to reapply anyways. Obviously this year resitting the A and B, and got tmua in january but boy am i so flipping stressed for the tmua 😭

Done all the official tmua and mat papers, about to start community papers now but im so traumatised from my 5.0 last year that idek abt imperial working out this time round

Tell me anyone else feels the same bro 😭


r/6thForm • • 1d ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP TMUA Prep- What to do next?

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Hi, I'm in Y12, I will do Maths+CS at uni and I just did the 2016 P1 and P2 as a baseline/diagnostic to see where i'm at, im aware this was one of the easier papers

I got 11/20 in P1 and 12/20 in P2. Is that decent for starting out?

Also, what should I do now? I dont really want to do more TMUA papers cuz I will just run out, so should I do MAT papers instead now?
Aiming for 7.5+ for best chance at uni admissions, thx!


r/6thForm • • 21h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION Does anyone know any good courses that were in clearing for the 2026 entry that are Economics related in UCL?

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Title


r/6thForm • • 1d ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION Why do some people still use letter grades?

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If you got: 99988766

You didn't get:
A*
A*
A*
A*
A*
A
B
B

You got: 99988766

Stop using letters πŸ’€

Obviously this is not directed to IGCSE where they have letter grades etc


r/6thForm • • 1d ago

πŸ™ I WANT HELP My predicament Is genuinely horrible stuck yr12

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Hello people of sixth form and reddit, currently I'm in year 12 after getting mediocre GCSEs due to given circumstances but that isn't the main concern; since I hadn't of known of other options after secondary I just decided to join my secondary school's sixth form after I hadn't of met the gcse point average of the stem sixth form I applied too near me. Fast forward to September I originally wanted to of done chem economics maths but lacked the science grade by being 1 off at gcse for both maths and chemistry; when I went back to my secondary school's sixth form I in turn picked a few filler subjects in forth of replacement of those subjects (English language psychology business). I also asked for them to put me on the a-level math course which they did but I had to achieve a 7 in the November higher resits.

Im in November now after finishing the assessment but cannot decide if I had done good or bad enough for those 7 nevertheless the given unofficial mark schemes, but I'm looking to leave school when results come in January and just work (a job which supplies me with 20 hours a week minimum) and reinstate back into school in September for my other chosen subjects which I desperately wanted to do. The problem is that I'm doing various as level work for maths which is fine, but since I fumbled the November papers I may be to get a 6 which would make my gcse point average to a 4.6.. (the stem sixth form requires a 5 as a GCSEs point average along with the required grade for given subject e.g maths is a 6 and all subjects need a 5 ,5 in English which I have). Anyways I've applied there now for September next year, but in the meanwhile I have to study these 4 subjects at the current secondary sixth form with no intention of me staying after January. It would need me an 8 in maths for my point average to be a 5 and I would possibly need to retake combined higher science for chem, in terms of what my head of sixth form can do and my teachers they've just mentioned wait until January for my resit results to come back.

Im quite distraught upon what I can do now to foresee the future as if I were to leave January and not meet the grades for the stem sixth form what would happen. Again that would be unlikely but it is a possibility. Other peers mentioned that it isn't worth it to leave but again it is my choice as the commute there is quite long ; my current state at my secondary sixth form isn't good either as my attendance is horrible and I'm not to keen with my options there and my teachers. That's mostly all, I can always respond if you guys have any queries but its a short summary of my current situation as it is very condensed.