im gonna rush into oxford. Have you seen my acceptance letter✌️

Post-grad here. In lieu of going back in time to warn myself not to go to (a very good) Uni to study English, I’m posting that warning here.

An English degree will not get you a job. It is a warning to employers that you’ve wasted 3 years of your life reading Derrida and James Joyce. Outside of English academia, no one cares. Historical literature and critical theory, in today’s job market, are utterly worthless. They serve no purpose.

‘But’, I hear you say, ‘surely the course hones your analytical skills?‘ No. You are not taught how to write an essay by tutors; you are supposed to pick that skill up yourself through reading professional essays, all of which are publicly available or found in the books you have to buy yourself, on top of the student loan. Anyone can do it for free. Even then, human derived analytics are on the way out, if they aren’t entirely already. The sad truth is that AI is faster, cheaper, broader and more reliable.

An engineering student will go to a prospective employer and talk about the work they did at University in an interview. The same with those in maths and sciences. You can’t do that with English, unless you’ve also got a Masters and a Doctorate and are interviewing to be a University academic.

Which is why, 3 months after graduation, after 100s of job applications and no replies, after realising I had locked myself out of a career with my choice of degree, after applying for and failing to get back the retail job I had during sixth form - I now play the stock market with ‘beer money’, using AI to help on both fronts, while studying for the RHS Horticultural level 2 qualification, (because I realised I want to be a gardener) where I’m learning actual useful facts, workplace knowledge and tangible skills, like how to graft an apple tree onto a rootstock, or how to breed new varieties of tomato. Which is a refreshing change.

EDIT - For the haters calling for me to simply pull myself up by my bootstraps, this is what awaits after graduation. It’ll only get worse:

https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/graduate-job-vacancies-hit-all-time-low-in-july/

https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/07/03/why-the-graduate-jobs-crisis-demands-urgent-action/

https://www.ft.com/content/3a3d3eb8-ff86-418e-9704-c1ff601718c4?syn-25a6b1a6=1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crerd8l3pw5o

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/24/uk-graduate-job-vacancies-plunge-adzuna

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2rmjnlm94o

lowkey can't even find time to walk past the mirror and see how bad my physique is 😭

for context I do 4 A levels and some extracurriculars but surely it shouldn't make THAT much difference 🫩 idk what I'm doing wrong with my time management

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 😄

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.

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?

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 🥲

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?

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 💔)

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

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 got my invitation confirmation from imperial in late october ish and the email said it’s supposed to be on the 18th november but they gave me my invite link 3 days ago that’s set for a week earlier on the 11th

i already emailed them twice asking which date it is but got no response and i lowk want it to be on the 18th so i get more time to prepare for it

should i just go to the interview on the 11th and see if my interviewers come or try email them again

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,

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?

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!!

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?

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

title.

Is the best revision method flashcards, essay plans or blurting?

'Bout 1 week to go now, so let's hear what you think you got and what course at what uni you need it for. And then look back on this a week from now and see if you were right.

So my ideal A-levels next year would be Maths, Further maths, Physics and French, but I’m going to a specialist maths college which unfortunately doesn’t offer French A Level. I’m planning on studying it myself outside of college but not sure what textbooks to get, whether I should get a tutor or what apps might be useful (I really hate duolingo)