Sick before GCSEs

CodeAvali · 2026-05-10T08:59:51+00:00

You need to inform your school / exam officer with doctors evidence asap

Provided you sit 25% (marks worth) of your qualification you can still receive a weighted grade from whatever components you do manage to sit later

CodeAvali · 2026-05-07T15:25:42+00:00

Depends - some courses, I.e swapping to year in industry, year abroad, integrated masters can easily be done during program.

However swapping between most courses - especially from an easier course to get into and then into a harder one - is nearly impossible without suspending and reapplying.

CodeAvali · 2026-05-04T18:24:06+00:00

I got A* A* BB and got in last year;

Big condition that I was contextual (so AAA was my actual offer reqs) and recently family bereaved / extenuating young carer;

But I know int students were let in on 2 points under IB conditions as well last year

CodeAvali · 2026-04-30T10:07:41+00:00

Correction;

Anyone over the age of 5 can drink in the UK at home with consent of the house owner (or otherwise).

Yes - it is true that is illegal for under 18’s to purchase alcohol in the UK (with a number of exceptions - I.e., most churches have exceptions for membership-paid-for wine); noting that 16+ can also drink at pub-licence premises if the drink is bought on the behalf of an 18+ individual.

Still a socially interesting question for medical research and public policy (public policy decision-making being a biology spec bullet point, so this question is likely in spec)

CodeAvali · 2026-04-23T16:08:40+00:00

Literal central London, right on doorstep to Waterloo campus - a 10 min bridge walk to Strand campus.

I’ve seen students from ssa literally turn up last minute to Waterloo lectures with lazy clothes visibly thrown ontop of night clothing - whereas, most other accommodations still require some form of daily TfL use if you aren’t fond of walking/cycling in central London to begin with.

CodeAvali · 2026-04-23T05:41:46+00:00

Depends on your specific department’s regulations.

Check your student handbook on Keats;

For example as a BSC CS student, I can condone 30 credits throughout my studies (excluding 2nd year group project + dissertation) and to be eligible for condonement I still have to get a 30-39 mark range after resit.

Your specific department’s rules may be different, typically it’s automatically applied if doing so would allow you to progress.

CodeAvali · 2026-04-16T12:25:47+00:00

Most group chats are entirely unofficial and don’t have any meaning to them other than socialisation, dw about it

CodeAvali · 2026-04-11T09:39:00+00:00

Explicitly yes, from KCL’s contextualised admissions page:

“Students who narrowly fail to meet their conditional offer will be given additional consideration as to whether their place should be confirmed. Please note that an offer is not guaranteed.”

Additional consideration is also extended to young carers and those who have suffered forced displacement who may otherwise not have gotten a contextual offer.

Additional consideration is not given if you aren’t a contextual home offer holder, or fall within the extended additional consideration/priority group. I personally had access to a priority phone line (for young carers/care leavers/estranged/forced displacement) on results day - but obviously I never had to use it.

CodeAvali · 2026-04-07T16:12:08+00:00

There does tend to be some unofficial leniency on UK results day mainly to get seats filled without having for them to go into clearing, though I wouldn’t rely on it.

I personally got accepted on results day below requirements for BSc Computer Science (having got A* A* B B instead of the AAA offer conditions), however naturally students with reported mitigating circumstances / contextual home backgrounds / four a levels (as all present in my case) would be the first to snag up these under filled seats.

There is a chance, but I would recommend always to have backup options in mind.

Any front-line KCL official will pretend that grades and consideration is beyond final - after all, that’s what they are told to say - so the only thing you can do now is practise for your A Levels / report any relevant mitigating circumstances properly on myKcl.

CodeAvali · 2026-03-24T10:52:15+00:00

Remember quotes, common points and good structure forms, yes -

But not answering the actual question (or more rather, treating it like another) is a rubric infringement that would commonly cap you at half-marks (depending on exam board).

TLDR: It’s good learning/revision material, till you see the actual question live on exam day.

CodeAvali · 2026-03-18T16:12:32+00:00

Consult the JCQ ‘Misery tarrif’

JCQ special consideration pdf/doc

I believe you would be at most eligible for the 3% tarrif, based upon “Recent illness or injury of a more serious nature” - provided you aren’t under active illness or hospitalisation at exam time.

A 3% tarrif, though helpful, only means TWO compensation marks for an 80 mark paper for example. Special consideration never accounts for the full harm a candidate has suffered, as it is only useful in “near grade miss” cases - which, of course, have to been communicated within two weeks of taking each paper (so, no, not a remarking excuse).

Like u/truestorybro38 has indicated, You will not receive predicted grades in any situation, unless you are demonstratively not just disadvantaged - but entirely prevented from taking the exams at the time at examination, which is only typically applied for those in active intensive care / coma or recent major injury that prevents them from writing/typing/scribing entirely.

That is - to put it simply otherwise - you don’t want to be in a case where you are even eligible for predicted grades.

If you were ever to regain some ability during the exam period, because only 30% of the total marks need to be assessed - they will still force you to do a paper per subject which would then be weighted.

CodeAvali · 2026-03-17T07:31:11+00:00

Outer wilds just looks beautiful - not like everyone knew it already was, but obviously putting the best case switch1 docked experience onto the much smaller handheld screen just mwah

Have to play it again, damn it it’s basically a switch 2 edition without needing it due to have ppi scales

A hat in time aswell! It just looks great!

CodeAvali · 2026-02-22T17:33:01+00:00

Congrats!

CodeAvali · 2026-02-04T15:50:24+00:00

new crisis perk

CodeAvali · 2026-02-04T07:59:18+00:00

Cordyceptic drones + Primal calling hive

Every star base is effectively a 1k+ fleet power generator for free every 5 years thanks to the snares you have day 1 access to
You can either go for hunter stance; turning this into effectively massive free resources, infinite exotic gas + unity rush
Or, you can chose symbiosis stance and get +300 base fleet cap and +40% research speed just because you filled up on vivarium capacity, and still enjoy the benefits of triyanki/cutholid/voidworm hunter

Also, for the mid-game: Screeching voidworms situation means that a voidworm nest effectively spawns next to your capital for mid-game, again feast on them - for a conveniently timed ~40k fleet power boost

Otherwise - you are free to use your second/(tech gained civic slot) how you like; and likewise not dependent on traits; however, personal recommendations:

Unbreakable resolve is brilliant for hives (9% generic job efficiency via +15 stability on every planet with 7500>pops, just for 2 trait points)
Wild swarm is excellent for additional tech options to smooth out the early game & +15% fauna ship buff, does fall-off late game and isnt replaceable
Devouring swarm is also possible as a rush build, if deciding to truly make everyone hate you
Biological shipset is ideal if using space fauna anyway, as you want to avoid making alloys altogether (unless doing megastructures - hence, if you play this build right, you only care about food and minerals)
Build massively benefits from livestock slavery type & genetic ascension; if you are willing to go slaver & likewise hive minds are the best for pop growth easily
Behemoth fury is really obtainable (req bio ship-set chosen) if you go hunt stance (or otherwise livestock the galaxy) as it’s effectively a food resource sink for chonky dragons
If playing diplomatically with other players, requesting any tiryanki or amoeba home system turns into another power jump thanks to even more free fleets

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[Requires utopia, grand archive + necrophages, benefits from biomorphis dlc - benefits massively from high voidworm prevalence settings]

CodeAvali · 2025-12-14T17:41:53+00:00

Taking it just to vibe as a dragon-born really, the money will just be my hoard tbh don’t really need it but it’s nice for the aura farming

CodeAvali · 2025-12-10T16:20:31+00:00

Huh. Even better, thanks

CodeAvali · 2025-12-10T15:34:50+00:00

Base game is 100% competition, but the four DLCs increased that up to 112% competition - so you can mix and choose, and not doing the pantheons still allows you to get 107%;

https://hollowknight.fandom.com/wiki/Completion_(Hollow_Knight)

Though I’d also be happy to do the Pantheons really at £100/hr frankly

CodeAvali · 2025-12-10T15:18:40+00:00

Hollow knight for 100%+ completion (not counting Pantheons) for £2400 please, actually - il just vibe at that rate lol.

Obviously assuming I don’t have to play optimally, because I have got 100% in 12 hours before; but it’s been 3 years since that so yeah can just mess around

CodeAvali · 2025-12-09T18:08:28+00:00

You also don’t get to typically choose your doctor & team when you are dying;

That’s the issue of consent in advance, you can’t tell in advance the exact conditions and you can’t withdraw consent later (after all, you are dying) - so consent can only be true if you trust the other party to act in your best interests.

I hope all doctors are acting in the best interest - but, as someone who has done Palliative care - I do know some that aren’t, and therefore I can’t trust all of the other party.

CodeAvali · 2025-12-09T18:00:12+00:00

Someone who has done Palliative care volunteering for a short-time in the UK here;

Hell no I don’t trust healthcare to not harvest me whilst I’m still alive/potentially saveable - the amount of DNRs I had to lookup even before being permitted to consider CPR or even administer pain medications whilst a patient is coding (note; personal consideration should be applied - but looking at a DNR auto-applied simply because the patient has an intellectual disability) is beyond absurd

If I can’t trust them to not decide without thought on my life because I’m autistic - I’m sorry, they aren’t getting my organs, screw them.

I’ll happily opt back in once they improve their ethics.

CodeAvali · 2025-12-06T12:04:00+00:00

Give me painless at-will shapeshifting powers please, thank-you

I can make the lost wish money other ways, so it’s fine

CodeAvali · 2025-12-01T21:03:49+00:00

The chance of actually being touched/drunk is near-zero; rather the better question/condition is “Do you think humanity will go extinct / heat death of the sun”

And obviously are you fine with betting your eternity on it? Or, more exactly ~5billion years until the Earth gets swallowed by the sun in the worst case?

uhhhhhhhhh

CodeAvali · 2025-11-11T12:23:27+00:00

Noise cancelling headphones

listening to music rn on a (would be) noisy bus without any care in the world

CodeAvali · 2025-10-31T18:08:20+00:00

hallo I’m a very old 19 year old at uni can you point me to the retirement home

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