That sick exam feeling

Rikki

studentphil wrote:

What exams is he doing?

AS re-takes before the A levels in the summer.

studentphil

aurora_borealis wrote:

DD2 had a place in med school and missed it by one point

I am sorry to hear that! But maybe it will not be the end of the world as there is huge shortage of posts for young Doctors and she might well have ended up with tons of debt and no job sadly!

studentphil

Rikki wrote:

AS re-takes before the A levels in the summer.

It sort of matters then!

What are his uni offers?

apoorstudent

studentphil wrote:

At least the thing with University exams is if you muck up and you don't get the grades you want it is not the end of the world. With things like GCSEs and A levels if you miss your grade then it can really damage your dreams.

What do you mean by this? I would have said it was the opposite... with A levels you get as many chances as you need to resit modules, where-as on my degree, even if you miss a single piece of work, you fail the entire module! Hence I'm not even bothering to revise for one of my modules for this reason. I'm gonna concentrate on my English, and screw the extra module (which I abhor and intend to drop anyway).

I'm in my first term and thus far I'm doing okay... haven't had a first for anything yet though, which I'm a little annoyed about I really do believe that us English Literature students have the biggest reading list of all subjects! And considering that I hate reading, it's even worse... Sometimes I wonder why I'm even doing English literature

aurora_borealis_2

studentphil wrote:

I am sorry to hear that! But maybe it will not be the end of the world as there is huge shortage of posts for young Doctors and she might well have ended up with tons of debt and no job sadly!

Thanks, but she's going to do postgrad entry.

... I will be soooo poor

studentphil

aurora_borealis wrote:

Thanks, but she's going to do postgrad entry.

... I will be soooo poor

You better get a night job then too!

I hope it works out well!

Rikki

studentphil wrote:

It sort of matters then!

What are his uni offers?

Still waiting for confirmation letters.

studentphil

apoorstudent wrote:

What do you mean by this? I would have said it was the opposite... with A levels you get as many chances as you need to resit modules, where-as on my degree, even if you miss a single piece of work, you fail the entire module! Hence I'm not even bothering to revise for one of my modules for this reason. I'm gonna concentrate on my English, and screw the extra module (which I abhor and intend to drop anyway).

I'm in my first term and thus far I'm doing okay... haven't had a first for anything yet though, which I'm a little annoyed about I really do believe that us English Literature students have the biggest reading list of all subjects! And considering that I hate reading, it's even worse... Sometimes I wonder why I'm even doing English literature

That is true that you only get one go. As long as you are passing your modules then that is good. Really the level you get is like getting some gold on top.

studentphil

Rikki wrote:

Still waiting for confirmation letters.

Have you got a rough idea what he might need?

aurora_borealis_2

Revising students -

leave this thread and get on with it!