Anybody get results today?

Hi guys Just wondering if anyone picked up any A/AS level results today?

I got my AS and got an A in geography, C's in history chemistry and general studies and a D in Maths and critical thinking So overall pretty darn happy!

Bit delayed in posting on this but I got mine (A2/A-Level)..
B - ICT
D - Psychology
D - Business Studies

I was really annoyed with Psychology and Business cause I was only a few marks off C's Aswell as not many marks off an A in ICT

Well done!!

I got an A in English I've just found out that I got an A in RE (I took Eng and RE a year early) too which is kinda a miracle as we have the worst teacher in the history of bad teachers! I basically taught myself the entire syllabus in a physics lesson 2hrs before the exam!! One of the chaplain's is trying to get her sacked though

Awesome results guys

Lets go eat cake!

My mum bought me a cake!!
I was like 'I'm expecting a massive one next year!!!'

She also took me to see Kerry!

Cool,was Brian May there?

I wish!!
Kerry and Mazz Murray were pretending to be cars and police officers in a middle of a song though..

ok...

Very delayed lol

Business - A
Economics - A
Psychology - A
English Lit - C. Got a D in the exam unit, oops!

Kim wrote:

Very delayed lol

Business - A
Economics - A
Psychology - A
English Lit - C. Got a D in the exam unit, oops!

ooo look at miss smarty pants haha! just kidding

Faye wrote:

I wish!!
Kerry and Mazz Murray were pretending to be cars and police officers in a middle of a song though..

Change of topic here, but I saw a video of that, and it was so funny!!
But I think this one wins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8x1wUNHZw

DANCE OFF!!
I have watched that a ridiculous amount of times!!

Congratulations Kim!

Anyone getting any tomorrow? I don't want to know Had 2 exams on the same day and screwed them up badly.

Yup i get 5 tomoz critical thinking (not sure how i have done and not bothered xD) Geography (EASY!),History (Epic FAIL) and 2 chemistrys which im not too sure about!

4 for me:

- Business coursework (the moderation was slightly dodgy last year but hopefully it's not enough to make me lose a whole grade on it. Hope not anyway as we finished it in a rush for the deadline so it could have been better anyway.)
- Business exam - Should be ok, although it was a bit weird that I finished most of the paper in less than half of the time. Teacher also asked me after the exam how to work out a 12 mark calculation question, so if she didn't know I guess most the class didn't. If that's general across the country then I should be fine.
- Psychology - Not too sure about this, the amount that had to be written in the time was horrible and the organisation of my answers could have been better.
- Economics - FAIL. Section A was hideous and it had the same number of marks as Section B.

Need AAB for uni They recommend no resits of the Psychology and Economics I've just done

haha i need ABB , where you wanting to study? I want to do geography at lancaster uni, i only need a grade D in my last exam to get an A over all!

My only problem is getting a B in History! Thats not happening! AT ALL

Business & Management at Aston uni. I've heard a figure thrown about for it that only one in fourteen get in.. better not miss the grades then, I'd guess there's absolutely zero leniency there! I've also got an offer from them for Business & Psychology for ABB but the Psychology woman at the open day put me off that a bit Love the uni though so will probably have it as insurance.

My problem is my erratic grades in Economics. I have a 14% difference between Unit 1 and 2 and it's so much harder this year. Resitting Unit 1 I think but if I have to do Unit 3 as well it won't be such a smart idea, with Unit 4 still to do.

Is this the last exam you're waiting for with Geography? Do Lancaster not count your critical thinking? I thought it was only general studies they excluded?

i have checked and for geography they dont except critical thinking or genereal studies darn it! but nottingham trent, my insurance does! As for economics i cant quite help you there as I dropped maths last year! aha couldnt hack anything to do with numbers

It's not that mathsy, although the latest part that is I can't understand for the life of me. We had this homework where the countries were meant to specialise to produce a welfare gain and we had to calculate how much and which countries specialised in what and I don't know what I did but I came out with something like a 37% net welfare loss lmao. My brain just doesn't like the micro side, which is encouragingly what the one coming out tomorrow is.

That's annoying. What grades do Nottingham Trent want?

CCC which is a problem for me ... as the course might not be as good :/ but hey i cant wait for uni life!!! please tell me what results you got tomoz !

Will do. Not looking forward to it especially as we have to collect them from the deputy head of 6th form's office, who also happens to be my Psychology teacher. If he frowns at me when he gives me the envelope I'll know I've messed up

Good luck

Can anyone tell me what general studies or critical thinking is about because i have to choose one of them next year

Go for General Studies, no-one ever gets good grades in either, but Critical thinking is extremely hard.

If you're looking for what's easier, General Studies without a doubt. Part of it is multiple choice which is easy. Good grades in it are possible, but it doesn't often happen due to the lack of good teaching, so students have to answer the essay questions without really being taught the content, which isn't easy.

The problem with it is the lack of respect for it by universities, which contributes to low results as students reason that it is more worthwhile to devote time to the subjects that they've actually chosen. Critical Thinking isn't as well respected as an A Level you'd actually choose, but more universities will consider that as opposed to General Studies.

From what I've seen though, General Studies does have some content, whereas Critical Thinking is more about constructing and analysing arguments.

So, if you're happy that you can get into the uni that you want (if you want to go that is) without an extra A Level on top of the ones you're choosing, go for General Studies. If you think you might need extra, Critical Thinking would be better although as I've said, not all universities will include it, especially Russell Group ones. If there's one that you're more interested in than the other though, that might be better, as would General Studies if you want to avoid long essay writing to an extent.

Yeah.. What she said