Just 10 days left to go people!
Who else is eagerly awaiting the envelope of doom? What do you need to get in, and where will you be off to?

Eeek its scary but exciting at the same time! :D :help:

I've been trying to keep my mind off it for the past few days, but with just 10 days to go, Its back at the forefront of my mind... eek!

I am waiting for my results but I won't be getting them personally because I will be in Newquay dressed as a pirate.

Wilf

Originally posted by BrainThrust
I am waiting for my results but I won't be getting them personally because I will be in Newquay dressed as a pirate.

Wilf

Riiiiight :suspect: What do you need, pirate boy? :hihi:

Originally posted by caprice
Just 10 days left to go people!

If you get what you want, caprice, where will you go off to?

If I get what I want, I'll be staying in Sheffield, doing LLB Law at SHU. If I get my insurance offer, I shall be doing Law and Criminology at SHU also.

*crosses fingers*

Well, since I was lazy I decided to apply for somewhere I knew I would always get in for.

So i nee DDE to get on the course I wanna do (which is a good course at a uni that is good in the media field but let down by the resat of the uni).

However, I may already have an automatic E so all I need is an A in media (which I was set for).

the other variable is if the automatic E doesn't count, I need an E in psychology, which I might have.

If my media grade drops to a B, I need a D is Pychology, which I might scrape, just.

Wilf

I'm waitin for my as's and i'm absolutely crapping myself we get get on the 17th, fingers and toes crossed everyone!

I don't know what on earth I'll do with myself on the 17th... I shall be beside myself! I think I'll have to ask for a double shift at work.... lol!

Urgh I knew someone would mention it

I'm hoping for BBC form my 3 A-levels to go to Leicester Uni.

I'm getting through these days by putting it at the very back of my mind.

You'll all be reight. Just don't over-do it on the celebrations afterwards ;)

Heck, even if you fail you can goto Alton Towers for free:

http://www.towersnerd.com/parkitem.php?id=60

So the A level results are 18th are they?
Does anybody know when the GCSE results are out?

Originally posted by muddycoffee
So the A level results are 18th are they?
Does anybody know when the GCSE results are out?

Last year they were the 26th - so it's a safe bet it'll be around that time.

They'll be out a week after the A level results (as Alex says) so that'll make it the 25th if the A level results are due on the 18th.

Originally posted by RPG
You'll all be reight. Just don't over-do it on the celebrations afterwards ;)

Heck, even if you fail you can goto Alton Towers for free:

http://www.towersnerd.com/parkitem.php?id=60

That's if you get U grades isn't it?

I'm fairly sure I won't get those!

Originally posted by IanMitchell
That's if you get U grades isn't it?

I'm fairly sure I won't get those!

it doesn't specifically say, technically you could fail by not doing as well as you'd hoped... for some people that might be getting AAAB and not getting straight A's lol

I hated results day for A levels, I was wound up so tight i nearly burst... then I did worse than I expected and nearly cried thinking I'd end up at some crappy Uni, cant even remember what my backup plan was... thankfully I got a letter from Hallam welcoming me onto my course... yay

I still think I only got onto my course due to my beaming reccomendation and lot of prior knowledge in the area of my studys cus I was extremly low on marks compared to what I was supposed to get...

think i had 160 marks and I needed 220 :?

damn failing maths!

If A-Level results are out soon then that means freshers week is just round the corner too :D To be honest im not a student any more but I still enjoy that week ;)

Last week of September, first week of October.

Originally posted by xafier
it doesn't specifically say, technically you could fail by not doing as well as you'd hoped... for some people that might be getting AAAB and not getting straight A's lol

I hated results day for A levels, I was wound up so tight i nearly burst... then I did worse than I expected and nearly cried thinking I'd end up at some crappy Uni, cant even remember what my backup plan was... thankfully I got a letter from Hallam welcoming me onto my course... yay

I still think I only got onto my course due to my beaming reccomendation and lot of prior knowledge in the area of my studys cus I was extremly low on marks compared to what I was supposed to get...

think i had 160 marks and I needed 220 :?

damn failing maths!

When does this letter arrive? IE would it arrive in Thursday 18th's post? (So I'd know if I was in before I'd found out what I had got)...?

I know that Uni's know before you do, so that they can work out how many places they have for clearing etc...

My offer is surprisingly low - BBB for Birmingham Uni, which is getting a rep for high offers, so I'm lucky.

I'm still ****ting myself over it of course.

Originally posted by noseyrosie
My offer is surprisingly low - BBB for Birmingham Uni, which is getting a rep for high offers, so I'm lucky.

I'm still ****ting myself over it of course.

You're bright - you'll do well.

:)

Morning people!
I'm nervously waiting to collect my results! I can't believe I have to wait until 10am!!!!! :rant:
I'm so nervous... I woke up feeling numb.... but then I got the butterflies so I know that my body knows what day it is! :gag:

Fingers crossed for you all today... Hope you get what you want!
(and get the results posted on here cos I am soooo nosy and just HAVE to know... even though I've never even met any of you guys... lol)

Off out tonight then guys, either way?! lol

The best of luck to all of you who are receiving A level results today. Don't let the likes of Prof Alan Smithers [a professional idiot] tell you that A levels are getting easier - that simply is not true and it demeans all of your hard work.

Anyway, that aside I wish you all the very best. Make sure you open a bottle of champagne to celebrate.

Good Luck everyone!

Can't beleive its a year since I got my results already! Exams aren't getting easier - teaching is getting better hence the better results. Hope you all get what you need to get to the uni of your choice - even if you miss by a bit it's worth ringing them up to find out - i got CCD when I needed BCC but still got onto my first choice course...

Fingers crossed everyone :)

if teaching was getting better how come so many employers complain that many graduates and A level students have such poor basic literacy and numeric skills.

Most students now would really struggle with the old 'O' levels and the associated 'A' levels of that era.

If 'A' levels were so fantastic there wouldn't be moves to change them to something more resembling the french system.

Let's all get real about this, 'A' levels and GCSE's are becoming more "mickey mouse" every year.

Originally posted by sheff_minx
Good Luck everyone!

Can't beleive its a year since I got my results already! Exams aren't getting easier - teaching is getting better hence the better results. Hope you all get what you need to get to the uni of your choice - even if you miss by a bit it's worth ringing them up to find out - i got CCD when I needed BCC but still got onto my first choice course...

Fingers crossed everyone :)

I see the point about literacy levels being lower - as a teacher I am often surprised at how this manifests itself in upper school, and definately separates the A/B kids from the C/D borderlines, which is a shame - but needs to be addressed in the lower key stages.

I don't think the exams are getting easier, I think think they are possibly getting easier to take. So many A level courses are modular now it just takes the pressure off. Back when I did my A levels (ooooh 8 years ago) I sat 4, all essay based, and had 2 years worth of stuff to cram into a handful of exams over 4 weeks and i guess it was that little bit more intense.

People will always work hard, and will generally get the results they deserve - be it an A, B or a U and people will always beat themselves up for not getting what they wanted - my B that let down my other 3 A's felt like the end of the world at the time but I got over it.

I was still cursing my choice of degree 6 months in though!!!

My 2 pieces of advice to peeps getting results today:

1. Go away from home to Uni (my biggest regret to date)
2. If you don't like your course have the guts to change (second biggest regret to date)

BEST OF LUCK!!!

Good luck today everyone!!! I hope you get what you want!!! And if things don't turn out as good as you'd hoped (I know that feeling) don't be defeated- I got an E in A-Level History, having been predicted a B, and I seriously thought it was the end of my academic career, it was the lowest mark I'd ever had, things looked so bleak, all my friends got exactly what they wanted... luckily my 2nd choice accepted me and I'm doing an MA now, so keep on chasing what you want!!!

Fingers crossed for you all!!! :) :) :)

woooooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooo

4 A's and a B!


wicked or wot!

yay go biggan!!! Well done!!! Fingers crossed for Caprice, Noseyrosie and everyone else!!!! :clap:

WOW Biggan - Well Done!!! :thumbsup: Presuming you got into uni (or are continuing to A2 - whichever applies!)

I guess you'll be out partying tonight :)

Good luck to all the others - keep results coming - you know how nosey we all are! :)


And as for exams being "mickey mouse" Big_Dipper - go down to your local sixth form college now and say that to the students and we'll see whether you survive them!! I would agree with absynthfairy that the modular exams are easier to take, which has to be a good thing. Why are you belittling those people who have worked so hard to get their A-Levels? The people who sit the full A-Levels are still in a minority of the population and have worked bloody hard to do so. Lets congratulate them on doing so well instead of telling them that they don't deserve the grades they get

Originally posted by biggan
4 A's and a B!

wicked or wot!

Well done, Positively evil, [grade higher than wicked]:clap:

Originally posted by sheff_minx
WOW Biggan - Well Done!!! :thumbsup: Presuming you got into uni (or are continuing to A2 - whichever applies!)

I guess you'll be out partying tonight :)

Good luck to all the others - keep results coming - you know how nosey we all are! :)


And as for exams being "mickey mouse" Big_Dipper - go down to your local sixth form college now and say that to the students and we'll see whether you survive them!! I would agree with absynthfairy that the modular exams are easier to take, which has to be a good thing. Why are you belittling those people who have worked so hard to get their A-Levels? The people who sit the full A-Levels are still in a minority of the population and have worked bloody hard to do so. Lets congratulate them on doing so well instead of telling them that they don't deserve the grades they get

This really annoys me. Whenever someone says exams are easier they are accused of all sorts of nasty things like 'stop demeaning my efforts','you are cruel'. I wish people would realise it is possible for pepole to work very hard and be very clever and at the SAME time acknowldege the exam system has changed over time and it may well not be for the better in all subjects.

That said, I hope everyone on here gets the grades they need to do what they want!

Yes the system has changed, I acknowledged that in my last post. The changes however, as I said before, have made the exams easier to take, not made the course content easier. The new system takes the pressure off as exams are sat in 4 sessions over 2 years, instead of in one block at the end of the 2 years. I think this is for the better in most subjects and cannot think of an example of where the modular system is not beneficial? I don't want to distract from the nature of this thread though - its for people to celebrate/comiserate their exam sucesses, not for me or others to argue about why they have got the results they did.

i havnt got mine yet coz ive recently moved so they would have been posted to my old house, hopefully the new tenants will be in for me to pick them up tonite!

so nervous........
cant concentrate at work either!

Originally posted by KookyKoo
yay go biggan!!! Well done!!! Fingers crossed for Caprice, Noseyrosie and everyone else!!!! :clap:

thanx!

got into LLB Law at Sheffield Uni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they are much easier, just face the truth. If the school leaving population had just suddenly become so much more intelligent then we'd be going through something of an industrial revolution, and we aren't, a few years ago there was a significant step change in those getting higher grades and everyone naturally became very suspicious.

I've done "A" levels and have 3 degrees and the modular stuff is pi$$ easy by comparison.

Sure it's not your fault, but it also demeans people who got 4 "A" grades a number of years ago when the exams were a LOT harder. Standards really have dropped and the reputation of what an "A" level stands for has plummeted.

Originally posted by sheff_minx
WOW Biggan - Well Done!!! :thumbsup: Presuming you got into uni (or are continuing to A2 - whichever applies!)

I guess you'll be out partying tonight :)

Good luck to all the others - keep results coming - you know how nosey we all are! :)


And as for exams being "mickey mouse" Big_Dipper - go down to your local sixth form college now and say that to the students and we'll see whether you survive them!! I would agree with absynthfairy that the modular exams are easier to take, which has to be a good thing. Why are you belittling those people who have worked so hard to get their A-Levels? The people who sit the full A-Levels are still in a minority of the population and have worked bloody hard to do so. Lets congratulate them on doing so well instead of telling them that they don't deserve the grades they get

Originally posted by Big_Dipper
they are much easier, just face the truth. If the school leaving population had just suddenly become so much more intelligent then we'd be going through something of an industrial revolution, and we aren't, a few years ago there was a significant step change in those getting higher grades and everyone naturally became very suspicious.

I've done "A" levels and have 3 degrees and the modular stuff is pi$$ easy by comparison.

Sure it's not your fault, but it also demeans people who got 4 "A" grades a number of years ago when the exams were a LOT harder. Standards really have dropped and the reputation of what an "A" level stands for has plummeted.

This is already being discussed on a thread started a few days ago...I think this thread is more about people getting their results than on exam standards.

Sorry not to post earlier...

But I got a B and 2 C's so I'm in!!!!
Just missed out on an A so I'm miffed, but hey I'm in uni, doing my first choice course of LLB Law, so thats all that matters! :D

yay congrats Caprice!!! Woooo hooooo!!! Have a drink for me :clap:

Originally posted by KookyKoo
yay congrats Caprice!!! Woooo hooooo!!! Have a drink for me :clap:

Haha I certainly shall do! No work in the morning so I can afford to have a good few... WATCH OUT SHEFFIELD!
:clap:

BF's been a really sweety... Upon my arrival home, I was presented with some beautiful red roses from M&S, a MetoYou bear, a card and some chockys!!! I'm soooo spoilt! Not to mention the meal and bevvies we'll be having tonight... Aww he's the best and I'm just on top of the world! :clap: :D

I got BBB and I'm in at Leicester University doing Contemporary History :D

WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO :hihi: ;)


My girlfriend also got in at Cambridge :thumbsup:

Just a perfect day :D :clap:

What a way to spend a birthday!!!!

I got my AS's today and got a b in geography, c in business studies and u in french. Gutted!

Be rate though cos not only have I got a year to kick my are into gear, i can resit them and I'm much better at French now than i was when i sat the exam for the first time.

I still hate exams though! A-Levels are by no means getting easier. I would have accpted those results if I hadn't done any wokr but I know that I prepared so much for these exams and then i suppose i must have just had a bad day or something! Arse!

missed out on a lot of college cause of having my baby, but got my As results for the subjects i managed to do... got a B in sociology, A's in the 2 units i did in graphics + an E in 1 english language exam.. but i guess they could have been worse

congrats to everyone!!!

Originally posted by IanMitchell
I got BBB and I'm in at Leicester University doing Contemporary History

WTG Ian, Nice to see someone choosing a course with a bit of theoretical rigor.

Ill be a late person then.

Although i got my results 2weeks ago.

My course was a btec national diploma (which means no exams, all coursework)

I got overall merit, which is same a 3 C's at a level.

Got into 1st choice of criminology and sociology @ Leeds Met.

Originally posted by steelcitybab
Ill be a late person then.

Although i got my results 2weeks ago.

My course was a btec national diploma (which means no exams, all coursework)

I got overall merit, which is same a 3 C's at a level.

Got into 1st choice of criminology and sociology @ Leeds Met.

However one of the eighteen units would have been assessed by Edexcel.

Good work - :)

Did everyone have a good night last night? I just went to a few bars on West St for a few... The number of kids out last night was ridiculous, especially in bar S1... I Felt OLD!

Originally posted by caprice
Did everyone have a good night last night? I just went to a few bars on West St for a few... The number of kids out last night was ridiculous, especially in bar S1... I Felt OLD!

I was in S1 also... about 9ish.
it was dead and yes a lot of people did look young.
I was expecting town to be really good, but it wasn't
made up for it last night anyway. :clap:

well done everyone................:thumbsup:

Hey hey i got my results via a phone call whilst in barcelona - absolutely scared ****less but no need because I got...

A in Sociology
A in RS
B in History
A in General Studies

Hell yeah!

Off to Brum for me!

Just got my results this evening after I got back from Newquay, I was a little apprehensive despite knowing it was an outside chance I'd really mess up since i needed DDE

I ended up with an A grade in Media, which is the subject I liked the most and did some actual work for. What made me happiest about this was that i got full marks on 2/6 modules one last year and one this year, both modules being based off individual research and a project you pick yourself.

I got a C in Psychology and was 7 marks off a B. This was the shock result of my grades as I was expecting an E or a D if I was lucky. I guess I underestimated myself there and it was the thing I'll be celebrating the most come Monday night for my post exam Sheffield based party.

I got an E in ICT which I was expecting. You may laugh at the E grade but I guess you have to bear in mind that of the 6 modules I was supposed to do, I only handed in 4, deciding that my other courses were far more important and thus I prioritised them to the point of ignoring the subject for 3/4 of the year.

All in all, one or two pleasant surprises and nothing to make me upset. I'm glad I've finished and am possibly the proudest I've ever been when I think about my Media grade, I worked hard for it and got the grade I felt I deserved.

Hope everyone else did great and don't let those who say it is getting easier get you down, I don't agree with that. I think that exams are looking for rote learning more and more and it is a direction that some people have a problem with, as it can be argued it isn't 'real' knowledge of a subject, it is like intellect without wisdom. I can see the point of that argument but I still feel that there are those who really stand out in grade because of their ability to know a subject inside out, not just being able to repeat a quote parrot fashion.

Wilf

hey what did evryone get for their AS results? just got bk from hols today and got the letter.

got an e for art
C for photography
C for english language
D for media

knew i wudnt get a gud grade for art cos i dint try hard enuf but just missed out on a c pass for media so gutted! but am glad about english lanaguge tho and photography which are more important!

Originally posted by Ditz


C for english language


knew i wudnt get a gud grade for art cos i dint try hard enuf but just missed out on a c pass for media so gutted! but am glad about english lanaguge tho and photography which are more important!

You got a 'C' For English Language ?
!WOW!

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53359

Originally posted by spyro2000
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53359

ta...merged :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Lindseyw
You got a 'C' For English Language ?
!WOW! [/QUOTE

Yeah ! after that effort above you'd have got an F from me..


Originally posted by Ditz
knew i wudnt get a gud grade for art cos i dint try hard enuf but just missed out on a c pass for media so gutted! but am glad about english lanaguge tho and photography which are more important!

Oh I've just got it..

very very funny .. :clap: :thumbsup: