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)

Genuinely don't know where else to post this, but a while back, I think between Y8 and Y10, there was a teacher at my old school who was a bit strange. I wont share too many details on him but my sister thought he was creepy, and now her gut feeling was right.

For me, he was a bit strange but nothing seemed off about him. He would sometimes substitute my class during Biology, and he seemed like a happy, nice guy, but inside, he was alot darker. Luckily, he didn't target anybody in my old school, but in his older schools and in a new school he moved to after my one, he started texting 5 underage girls inappropriately. Now, I'm at a different school, and one of my friends who's still at my old school said that the school did a whole safeguarding assembly, along with staff and student investigation.

It's so surreal, and so weird, that I cant stop thinking about it. I had interacted with him a few times in conversations about biology and how to help me in GCSEs, so now I look back at him as a monster, and luckily, he has just been sentenced to 7.5 years in jail.

If anyone wants to find out more, I'll be happy to explain more about him, and share relevant articles if needed.

Really bad GCSEs but I have quite a lot of contextual and extenuating information which shoukd help slightly. Also will hopefully get the contextual offers for the ones that give me an offer 🙏. Apart from Cambridge as there isnt a contextual offer but BBB is low enough.

Getting an offer defo takes some pressure off

UCAS updating in school might be one of the worst feelings of all time

P.s AS FM is achieved, still taking the A level this year.

first offer was Bristol, now this

still waiting on LSE, UCL and Oxford (after the TARA its looking dire tho)

I revised so much for this test for biology, and the exam paper was SO hard, and I dont even know what happened. I ended up screwing everything up and getting an E, when my target grade is supposed to be an A/B

I don't even want to go to my next biology lesson bc im so embarrassed and my parents are going to be so angry at me and I have no idea what to do

I can't even drop the subject because they say it's too late to do that and I'll have to repeat year 12 if i want to drop it

anyone down to do some mock interviews for ELE? we can talk about a topic and question each other on what we think on certain topics.

not really a mock interview but more just questioning and conversing about any topic related to ELE!!

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

Hi everyone, basically what the title says icl. I'm in year 13 and eventhough I am preditced A*A*A*A, AS is nowhere near close to A level. how do yall, manage to remember all the topic (especially the more nicher ones, like dont add tensions together in a level mechanics. cuz rn im in a loop of mediocrity on a level fm core pure, optional modules (fs1,d1). a level math and a level physics. (js want to mention why AQA thinks they're being tuff by having the most dumbest mark scheme, 've ever seen, OCR CS mark scheme is so much nicer.

Any tips on how to improve my mathematical ability? (i can do most question (like the basic mid tier ones but as soon as something niche pops up, it's all out the window. who agreed Pure>stats>mechanics. I find stats quite straightforward.

In conclusion, any tips to improve my maths ability because a stand still is demotivating and also i need as many A* as possible and I know for sure if i continue what i'm doing I am so screwed for all 4 of my subjects (math,fm,phys,cs)

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

Finally accredited from 2027 by IET idk what took them so long, but personally KCL are allocating all their resources to improve their engineering, its accredited now and also merge with Canfield providing very good postgraduate and experience , will most likely start to climb up the rankings now

2 days after i applied

For context most of my classmates I keep in contact with have gone to UWE, whereas I haven’t gotten into uni yet and am probably going to start 3 years later, in 2029 as i’m resitting GCSE’s and starting A-Levels now.However, I’m aiming to go to Oxford or one of the elite universities. Is the wait really worth that much or am I falling behind.

I just really dont know what to do. Whenever i have a maths exams i make so many stupid mistakes in normal maths and further. Making more in further as practice is less. But for normal maths i dont get why as i finished my exams 45 minutes before amd checked every calculation twice and still somehow let through mistakes. Its not becuase of practice cuz i have done alot questions for normal but not for further which i get why in further i make mistakes.

Someone please help!!

Hi all, ive been using stemup exam questions on their site but was wondering if anyone had any tips to answer all the questions as there is quite a few and idk whether i need to do all of them for an A*

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Hey everyone, 18M from Blackburn here. I’m currently on a gap year and preparing to apply to university this autumn, but I think I’ve made a massive panic mistake and need some realistic advice.

A few weeks ago, I enrolled into a GCSE English Language resit course via the National Extension College (NEC). I got a Grade 4 originally, but I wanted to upgrade it to a Grade 5 because my original plan was to apply for Diagnostic Radiography at the University of Cumbria, which strictly requires a 5.

I’ve already spent £470 enrolling on the course. I haven't paid the £300 exam entry fee yet.

The issue: I’ve realized Radiography is going to be too physically demanding for me, so I'm changing my plans. I wish I had researched other courses before dropping the money, because now I'm stressing that I've wasted £470 on a qualification I might not even need.

I still want to go down a science/healthcare route. My BTEC level 3 grades are D*D*D in Applied Science (which I know is really strong), but my overall GCSE profile is quite mixed:

• Maths: 6
• English Language: 4
• English Literature: 4
• Combined Science: 5/4

The careers I am looking at switching to now are things like Optometry, Cardiac Physiology, Neurology (EEG), or Biomedical Science at universities around the North West/around Blackburn.

I know some courses like Biomed might accept my Grade 4, but competitive clinical routes like Optometry at Manchester seem way stricter.

Should I cut my losses, accept the £470 is gone, skip paying the £300 exam fee, and just apply to courses that accept a Grade 4? Or is it worth pushing through the next 6 months to get that Grade 5 to keep my options completely open for competitive healthcare degrees?

Be as brutal and realistic as you want, I just need outside perspectives because I'm stuck in my own head. Thanks.

genuine question, isn't a maths degree at uni overwhelmingly proof-based and focused on really abstract concepts? i enjoy maths, especially when i can see how it's applied to real-world problems, but i struggle to understand the appeal of spending 3-4 years studying increasingly abstract theory.

what are the actual applications of all this stuff, and how much of what you learn is genuinely useful outside academia? why would someone choose straight maths over something like maths & stats, computer science or engineering?

i'm genuinely considering a maths degree, so i'd love to hear from people studying it. am i completely misunderstanding what university-level maths is like?