HEXUS A-Level and University Thread 2006.

So its exam time of year, and I am sure a few of us are about to embark on our A-Level finials and head off to university after the summer break? I would like to know how any one else in the same position feels about the same thing. I seem the be bumbling through one day at a time the same as I do everything else, the big difference here I feel is when you are stretching yourself.

I'm currently doing A-Levels in Media, Computing and Economics from which I need to extract an A and two B's to get to my firm choice of uni Exeter, to study a politics and economics degree. My Insurance been Essex for Economics needing three B's. I generally try to avoid feeling apprehensive about things, and if it was not for the fact that I would really like to go to university I think I would be quite relaxed about the whole thing, given the wide range of alternatives to degrees today.

Reading the thread about College interviews reminded me of what a hard time I had deciding were I wanted to go and what I wanted to do, all be it stretched out over about 6 months.

As for A-Level exams, this year has gone very fast, and theres not much to do but get on with it I guess :D

What is any one else's past present or future experience of the University application experience? Did you get to your first choice? Where are what sort of Degrees are people on hexus doing at the moment? It would be nice to hear how other people are getting on, and if you are applying have you submitted your UCAS reply yet?

Good luck everyone who will be doing any exams over the next few months. A-Levels, GCSE or Degree.

Well, im doing the final year of my a-levels (a2s) :)

Must admit I agree with basically 100% of what trippledence said, especially the year flying by :(

I'm currently holding offers for UEA and Southampton to study Modern History & Politics, hoping I get the grades to go to UEA. My offers are quite close for both, ABB, even though I am predicted AAB, so hopefully ill be fine :/

The choice of which uni I wanted to go to I found really difficult from looking at them on paper or online, but once I visited I knew immediately :D I chose a mixed bag of subjects at A-level, including History Chemistry Psychology and Economics, though History is my real interest, the one I most enjoyed was Economics - wierd huh?

So echoing Trippledence, good luck all taking exams, regardless of what level :)

Yep, will be doing my GCSE's in May, last one is in June. This year has gone very fast, and I just can't wait to get them over and done with, start college and get a car :D.

Things have been looking better for me since I sorted my sleeping disorder out anyway.

Yeah, good luck to everyone one with their exams this summer.

This year has definately flown right by, can't wait fo the summet and freshers weeks now :)

Doing my A2s in Maths, Physics and Eco. and have accepted offers from Imperial and Loughborough to do Mech/Auto Engineering.

Need to do well in my exams.... :S

I've got my AS exams, got all the Uni offers stuff to come...

Hmm, no idea about this GCSE/AS Level jazz, but here in Sunny Scotland (seriously, it is sunny today! Edit: It *was* sunny) i'm sitting my Highers this year, and a few next year along with Advanced Higher Business Management/Studies and then going to RGU to do "Computer Network Management and Design" which should be cool.

Im a wee bitty nervous about my exams, i'm doing:

Chemistry
Business Management
Information Systems (Grr, hate it!)
Maths (Higher over 2 years, cuz' I find maths really hard!)
English (not doing higher anymore, doing Int 2 - cuz' english doesnt seem to wash with me at all)

So no Uni for me after this summer, but next summer - yay!

Really up for uni - sure its a uni just 20miles or so from me and i'll be staying at home, but it'll still be a fine change of routine instead of the rut im stuck in justnow!

best of luck to everyone!

Cheers,
David

Edit: Regarding time flying by; it kinda has, in that im like "Bloody hell, exams again!" but its still been a hell of a drag for me. Next year should be better though :)

Grrr, school is just exams now - no rest. End of Year 11 - exams. January 2006. Exams. June 2006. Exams. January 2007. Exams. June 2007. Exams.

Still, hopefully I'll get some decent AS grades this year - Maths, Further Maths, Economics and Physics. Quite frankly, if you don't take Maths, you're really missing out. Especially with logs.

Maths
Further Maths
Computing
Economics

...for me. I feel a bit of an idiot for saying exactly what everybody's already said three times, but this year has gone WAY too fast. It really doesn't feel like almost a year since I was panicking about sitting my AS exams. Of course, panicking even more, now; not only does my first choice require three As and two high grades in their entrance exams, but my insurance choice also requires three As. If I don't get them at least, I go into clearing. >.<

I know what you mean about it been a drag, since Christmas i have been doing mostly coursework, and its really been a pain in the ass. When two subjects are taking over and you want to do more of the other, but that all in the past now. And I am feeling alot more positive.

RavenNight, Make sure you stay on top if it, it comes along faster than you can imadgine. I am sure the otheres here will agree with me on that.

I've got:

Graphic Design
English Lit
Media

+ General Studies

In about 3 weeks I will be having three 5 hours exams across 3 days for graphics, which will be fairly taxing, then a couple of media, and a couple of english exams. As well as general studies, but that I'm not too bothered about. For my Uni offers I need to get a B in Media and a B in Graphics to go to Norwich School of Art and Design, and then I have a back up of Falmouth which is unconditional (:D) - Both for BA(Hons) Graphic Design courses.

But like everyone has said, it's going quickly, and since Christmas it really has flown by... It only seems like yesterday I was writing my personal statement. Hehe. I still can't quite get my head around that in Septemeber I may be living in Norwich, and doing a degree.

Good luck to everyone with exams, and I hope you all get your Firm Uni choices :D

I was going through this last year, it was a treat; so many forms to fill in, and the nerves. Still, you've just got to knuckle down and keep it realistic - don't think you can ignore something unless you're confident that you'll get at least the grade you need.

I got offers from Bristol, Leeds, Lincoln and Hull. I only accepted Bristol's offer - I didn't really want to go anywhere else. Perhaps not the wisest decision but it did force my hand as far as performance demands were concerned.

Results day was a complete anti-climax. I got my acceptance letter from UCAS that morning so I didn't really have to bother going to collect my results :\

And now exams are just four weeks away for me, and the first is the worst :( Still, the work may be damn hard at times, but at least it's got a point to it.

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In about 3 weeks I will be having three 5 hours exams across 3 days for graphics, which will be fairly taxing, then a couple of media, and a couple of english exams

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Nasty. The worst I've got is all of my Physics and Economics exams on the same day. I better be feeling well that day!

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Nasty. The worst I've got is all of my Physics and Economics exams on the same day. I better be feeling well that day!

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They broke us in last year with one 5 hour exam, but 3!!

Heh, well, at least I'll actually enjoy it... and it's not in a hall or anything. 15 hours worth of photoshopping, I should make something decent :P

I have Economics in the morning then two Genral Studies exams in the afternoon.. So not really too bad. :D A few pints at lunch should make it a treat.

AS this year in history, ICT and english lit but A2 in maths. help :(

exams exams! I have got my GCSE's coming up fast!! I do graphics (horrribleeeee subject - stay awaayyyy) I didn't take IT for GCSE's as to me it was kind of a microsoft training course - word and acess!! Anyways best of luck for everyone doing exams!!! Ill be gritting my teeth in a few weeks too!!

Wow you're all so young yet you know way more than me about computer stuff :| If you think exams are scary what about us in final year of uni....after we finish this, off into the big wide world ;)

Good luck to you all though, hope you all get what you want and get into where you want!

I've completely destroyed my A-Levels, cept Art, so I may have to juggle a retake during my gap year. :/ :/ Good luck to everyone, seriously, I know how hard it all is atm

Me being sensible, I don't have any AS exams cause I'm doing a software dev national diploma ;)

Yay!

I'm doing my as's in chem, biology, geography, history, critical thinking. Once again, this year has gone far too fast and after working very hard at the start i got lazy and now i only have just enough to time to rescue a few of my subjects, to any of you doing gcses, if you work in your as at the start, by god will you feel happier at the end, its not like gcses where u can kinda screw about and get decent marks. Anyways, the exam timetabler is obviously a psycho, i have 3 days of exams, consisting of 6 hours, 3 and a half hours and then 5 and a quarter hours :eek:

crikey you young 'uns!

4th and final year of my MEng here, gonna spend a year dossing after I finish cos to be quite frank I've had enough of working my arse off non stop and ned to rediscover the Good Things in Life.

Good luck all of you sitting exams and just remember that it's only a game, you only need to know what they want you to regurgitate and you can get back to killing your brain with beer afterwards :D

LOL, sitting here halfway through the second placement of my PGCE, nearly six years after I graduated. If you think your A-levels go fast you ain't seen nothin' yet! Seriously though, I missed out on my first choice grades, but called my second choice, got in and the rest is histiory. All I would say is make sure you put the work in now but try and have something up your sleeve to stand out if you get asked for an extra interview or whatever.

Good luck.

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exams exams! I have got my GCSE's coming up fast!! I do graphics (horrribleeeee subject - stay awaayyyy) I didn't take IT for GCSE's as to me it was kind of a microsoft training course - word and acess!! Anyways best of luck for everyone doing exams!!! Ill be gritting my teeth in a few weeks too!!

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I made that mistake, too. >.<

I was told that my GCSE ICT was actually going to be a new GNVQ specification that would benefit me; they lied. Biggest mistake of my life; I had to spend the next two years writing coursework in Word about how I was able to use Word, or demonstrating how to use bloody VisualBasic (*hiss*) in Excel to make macros. -_-

The ONLY benefit of it was that I didn't have to do one of those ridiculous ECDL things. I think that would have pushed me over the edge; I wouldn't be doing an A-Level in Computing if I couldn't operate a computer. ¬_¬

i am doing my as levels
however i am pretty worried about next year as i am not sure at all what i want to do