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Panic over. I got into my first choice no problem.

Good luck to everyone with A level results today. :)

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Same here :D And they let my girlfriend in too so we're going to be together :D:D:D

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Congratulations!

The University of Life awaits.....

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Congratulations!!:alright:

Whats the plan now both of you?

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Congratulations to everyone who got the results they wanted.......and also got into the university that they wanted too. :theband:

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I'm going to get really really, really really, really really drunk. :)

Well done SamF & SamF's bird :D

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Sounds like a good plan!!
Enjoy!:D

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Hold on. you've got the next 3 years to do that! :D

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Hope to see you in town, providing my gf got in. :p She refuses to look on ucas!

Well done everyone. :D Now remember - your first year you only need 40% ;)

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Four years! Ahh bonny Scotland :D

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Well done to you all, fabulous reslut. Hope you go from strength to strength with your studies and get what you want from life in the future.

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She got in, yay :D

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Its good to hear so many young people get good results, good luck with the next step in your lives

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Well, exams are getting easier!! :p

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Congratulations to all of you!:D

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Congratulations Shaker, and also to everyone else who got the results they needed today.

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Got AAB ... really quite gutted actually - was so close to AAA and would have got £1000 a year scholarship if I had.

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Well done you lot

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Well done to you all....and to those who didn't quite make it...remember it isn't the end of the world!

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well done shaker n the rest, don't turn out like some of the last lot.:D good luck;)

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Absolutely second this, I dropped out of Uni after one year, I now look back on it as a high point of my education as it 'kick' started me into taking responsibility for my life. I have a very good well paid job and am more respected for my skills than my colleagues most of whom have masters degrees. experience gained in my years selling Hifi and working pubs stands me in really good stead when dealing with Project Managers, business units, geeks(a bit like drunks only more stubborn :D ) etc

if you didn't get the results this time you can resit or even take it as an opportunity to re-evaluate what you really want to do with your life. I went to Uni for the wrong reasons( that I had no real idea what else to do) and wish I'd taken a year out to travel etc before deciding what I want to do.

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Well done everybody who completed their A levels successfully. You'll find out when you actually get to uni that the actually grades aren't important at all, unless of course you could've got the scholarship ;)

I have had some disappointed people texting me today but I keep reminding them that it isn't the end of the world, and you can always try again or try a different route to what you want to be, or even something entirely different to what you planned.

I'm just working out my timetable for next year and it is lost of rubbish 9am starts and 6pm finishes, so I hope you have better time tables than me!

What are you all going to study and where at!?!

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Hi im new to accringtonweb, i got AAA so im very happy!

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Congratulations Ginger!!
Welcome to the madhouse!

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well done to you all :)

Shaker so who is going to sit on the floor playing with pots and pans with Emily now???? :(

Good luck for the future guys and gals

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Well done everyone and good luck with your future studies..

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Let's not forget the excellent work done by the teachers in helping students achieve these results. :D

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A girl on the radio yesterday who'd just got her A levels was asked what she thought of this view and she said 'people say that, but I'd like to see how they would do on the exams'

How many people who say this could really get straight A's on the exams with no problems?

I wouldn't contend that GCSE is easier than O level, but A level is a different ball game I think, and it really isn't fair to dub down the hard work that is put into studying for A levels at all.

I did rubbish in mine so I'm not trying to stick up for my own efforts at all, but I have a lot of respect for those who get straight A's.

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I have a really really, really really, really really sore head.

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I don't think you deserve any sympathy :p

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Hmmmm... sense of humour bypass I think.

But while we're on the subject, why do you think they're introducing an A* at A'level?

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Do remember the Masters at my son's school saying that 'A' levels were the hardest work and that he would find University studies much easier .... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> :D

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congratulations Shaker

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Hey Tosh....My lamps don't do yellow...what does that say?
Got it now on a blue background..........agree.

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Think it is great that 18 year old's are passing their 11 plus exams:alright:

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Says it all I rest my case:hehetable

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Because sixth forms are spoon feeding infomation of how to pass exams to students rather than really teaching them the information, so more students are getting A's but aren't really analysing what they are actually saying.

An A* would demand that kind of work, therefore it wouldn't be so easy to be spoon fed the information and it would divide the brightest from the bright.

I always had a problem with being spoon fed information, I found it really patronising. I guess that is why I am doing well at university on a course that is 3 parts self study 1 part lectures and seminars. I don't think I could ever do well at college because I don't really like the lazy methods used.

I think A level results get better and better each year because they don't change, so you can question spot. Not a good habit to get into though if you actually want to succeed in the long run.

Obviously I am not a teacher or part of an exam board or something, so I can only give my viewpoint from when I was actually at college studying A levels myself.

I once asked a question in history about WWII, think it was relating to the actual war itself and the planes used, type of thing anyone might find interesting, only to receive the answer that it wasn't going to be on the exam so I didn't need to know it. In other words, you aren't learning the subject when you go to college to do A levels, you're simply learning the exam and I found that quite disheartening on a personal level.

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Just like to add to this thread, congrats to my 2 boys...Nick - Biochemistry & Scott -Clinical Psychology, both at Manchester. Really proud of you two!

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CONGRATULATIONS Shaker.

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Thanks Anne :)

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Uni of or met ?

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What he's really asking is ...are they going to the proper one? :D:p

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Uni! :)

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Oi you cheeky bastard - I'm going uni of but my gf is going met - met is a top uni for the vocational courses - the red brick ones don't do courses such as physiotherapy and its annoying that people's immediate reaction is oh your going to met you must be thicker than a plank of wood when in fact the course has a BBB requirement which is a higher requirement than a lot of "decent" unis.

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:D
I know, that reaction is an old one from when the non-red-bricks used to be polytechnics.

Just a side note though - entry grades are due to demand, not linked with standard of courses at all.
So if many people want to go to Manc Met or Leeds Met because of being close to home/the nightlife/whatever, the grades go up because the demand is high, not nevessarily because the course itself is sought after.

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For instance, I'm going to Aberdeen which ranks higher for my course than University of Manchester. However, because the demand is low at Aberdeen due to it's out in the sticks location, the entry grades were CCC compared to Manchester's AAB.

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Aberdeen is booming at the present, ‘bout the only place not feeling the effects of a looming recession.

Have a ball but take yer balaclava, it's always bloody cold there :):D

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Thanks very much Bonnyboy :)

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think ya will love it up yon shaker, people are ace, good place to be, but as B.B. says n he knows far better n i its a bloody cold hole, good luck.:);)

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Unless of course it is Southampton Solent... then the grades do actually reflect the negative aspects through and through :p Higher grade standards are also set to attract the bette quality students rather than all the rabble. It'd be wrong to say it is all on demand for the location of the uni, but of course that is a part of it.