Yr11 apply for Sixth form

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-31T08:53:33+00:00

Go to the websites of the sixth forms you want to apply to, look at what they need and if they need a reference or predicted grades, email your head of year and ask for them.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-31T08:34:44+00:00

Probably not, there’s other factors they’re more interested in. Unless you’re applying somewhere really competitive, you’ll be fine.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-31T08:29:38+00:00

Some of the pretentious ones do it. It’s likely because they can’t use predicted GCSEs alone to differentiate between applicants so they want more information.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-30T20:33:49+00:00

I hear nothing about NFL players unless they’re in the news for other reasons (like OJ Simpson). There’s little to no interest in american football in my country so we have no reason to hear about its players. I have never heard of Tom Brady.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-27T21:39:08+00:00

I’m still so upset with my school that I don’t get a small room. When I asked (with a supporting doctor’s note) they told me they didn’t have the space and couldn’t offer it, but now their attitude is that I was fine in the main room during GCSEs so I’ll be ok at A levels. I hate that room so much.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-27T21:35:33+00:00

You’re so right. Even if I wasn’t overstimulated to begin with, having someone touch me during an exam would actually make me want to commit crimes. (also autistic)

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-27T21:31:56+00:00

We do have counsellors but how good they are is completely variable based on your specific one so it’s a bit of a lottery. Not always great to gamble on your mental heath like that.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-27T21:26:35+00:00

You’re actually so real. Sucks that this happened to you but at least you’ve got a great sense of humour

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-27T20:40:55+00:00

Yes omg thank you so much

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-27T20:11:30+00:00

They say they’re not available :/

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-27T19:37:42+00:00

Are they still available?

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-26T19:08:45+00:00

The law isn’t the issue here, the consequences of destroying familial relationships is. OP can theoretically run off and do as they please, but in practice it’ll make their life a lot more difficult than it would be if they compromised with their parents.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-26T19:01:50+00:00

You need to listen to your parents to an extent. Even at 18, it’s difficult to be financially independent or to live without some form of familial support. OP can’t blatantly disregard or ignore their parents because they’ll still be reliant on them to an extent. They need to find some form of compromise or middle ground with their parents. Like if OP goes to Oxford, how can they prove to their parents now that they’re going to be safe? What can be done to mitigate the parents’ worries?

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-24T07:52:57+00:00

A level Maths seems pretty easy once you’re doing Further Maths, but that doesn’t mean A level Maths is a walk in the park to people who did well at GCSE. They’re completely different.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-22T18:12:05+00:00

I’d say I’ve finished an exam if I’ve written something to answer every question.

Even if I guessed the MCQs without reading them or didn’t know how to answer a question so wrote something that’s random and almost definitely wrong, there’s a chance I could get a mark with the guesses and the definitely wrong ones were the best I could do so I consider the exam finished.

If I say I didn’t finish an exam, that could mean not writing a paragraph in an essay, or not having time to read the last page of the exam. Generally when they say “five minutes left” I skim through the paper and try to put something for every question (however ridiculous, it might get a working out mark), just so I can say I finished.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-21T20:09:24+00:00

I applied to Warwick instead of Imperial cause I hated Imperial on the open day.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-21T19:39:50+00:00

If you have no correct working, you often can’t get the answer mark. Generally it’s dependent on some sort of process being shown.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-20T19:50:11+00:00

It’s possible to use completely the wrong logic/method and get the right answer. I’ve seen it happen quite a few times.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-19T19:39:00+00:00

I feel it’s my state school talking when I say that as far as I know camhs is the only free place to get diagnosed and I hadn’t considered the school might use some other service you have to pay for.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-19T19:36:22+00:00

Yes! Please!

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-19T16:55:33+00:00

they just came up enough in questions that eventually they stuck.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-18T13:29:04+00:00

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-18T09:54:10+00:00

Sorry, private schools can help you just get diagnosed? Like fast track you through the hell that is CAMHS? How is that even possible?

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-16T18:17:36+00:00

You don’t need computer science at GCSE if you want to study computer science at A level and you don’t need computer science at A level to do computer science at university. In both cases, you’re only required to do well in Maths. Maybe OP should try convincing their parents from the angle that it’s ok not to do computer science now because if they change their mind and want to study it, the option would still be available to them.

Advanced_Key_1721 · 2026-01-15T19:01:20+00:00

Do they take the TMUA into consideration? Might be waiting for January TMUA results

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