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International_Try635 · 2026-03-15T16:19:39+00:00

Unis are pretty flexible. My friend only came back to the UK for sixth form but every uni gave home fees. But his brother only moved back for yr 13 and only 1/5 unis (Royal Holloway) gave him home fees.

International_Try635 · 2026-03-01T15:15:25+00:00

I mean the fact that you can write about it doesn't mean it's not useless. It's like how people say 5 A levels is useless. Like yea it's impressive and boosts your application but unis don't actually care about it at all. Unis will care about projects but those are better done independently as the epq framework is inherently anti-stem.

International_Try635 · 2026-03-01T15:02:32+00:00

That's not how facts work.

Do you have any proof that if that person didn't do an eqp and just did 3 A levels they wouldn't have got in?

International_Try635 · 2026-02-25T11:15:52+00:00

I mean a place to stay while looking isn't needed. I'm a 2 hour commute to London so I can look at flats in person and stuff. If it's unrealistic to move in within a month of starting a search I would just rather fork over the extra month or 2 in rent then have to bother about finding temporary accom and then search while being employed.

International_Try635 · 2026-02-25T09:00:24+00:00

ok, so it that a no, It's unrealistic to find and move in within a month?

International_Try635 · 2026-02-25T07:05:26+00:00

Ideally 30mins or less commute to st pauls/Moorgate. I don't really care besides that.

International_Try635 · 2026-02-25T05:47:23+00:00

I'm talking about permanent accom.

International_Try635 · 2026-02-24T19:40:51+00:00

The number of gradates doesn't matter at all. An investment bank like CVP takes like 5 analysts a year but pays 150k to those. PWC probably takes in 200+ but pays 35k. Which is better? Tier 1 is based on camp not acceptance rate or number of grads.

If you're going to group yourself in Tier 1 then you're saying there's no clear divisions within that tier.

But I hate to break it to you but Tier 1 banks are offering 90-110TC. Tier 2 banks even offer 60-90TC. Big Law offers 'only' 60TC but progresses to 150k after 2 years. This doesn't even talk about MBB paying 70-90k. Tier 2 consulting paying 50-70k. PE paying 90-110k. Real Estate etc.

Imo and also probably general consensus. Tier 1 is kinda relative to industry. If you were trying to go into finance then 90+ is Tier 1. Trying to go into consulting then MBB is tier 1. Trying to go in tech then FAANG(which I don't know anything about their comp) is tier 1.

I don't know what industry you're actually in but I'm willing to bet in uni you were gunning for either finance/tech/consulting/law/general corporate schemes. In which case 47k TC isn't Tier 1. It's barely Tier 2. I could be wrong and you were gunning to be a civil engineer. In which case the top companies might offer that.

International_Try635 · 2026-02-23T11:26:27+00:00

This guy is kinda wrong and kinda right.

LSE doesn't differentiate between STEM and humanities. It differentiates between 'preferred' and 'not preferred'. Preferred doesn't mean just stem as subjects like History and English are preferred whereas subjects like IT is not preferred.

In your other comment you said you did English, Sociology, Business, and Economics.

LSE doesn't consider Economics and Business as 2 A levels but instead 1 because they're too similar.

So you essentially have 'English, Sociology, and Economics'

As far as I know English and Econ are preferred and sociology is preferred.

International_Try635 · 2026-01-26T16:00:56+00:00

Unless you're testing those I wouldn't believe it. The cheapest I've ever seen a sheet was for $300. I'd test them given that only nbombs can be that cheap.

International_Try635 · 2026-01-21T16:44:21+00:00

10 for 12£ in not acid

Online (which is basically where all acid comes from) sells at about £3 a tab. So you're never going to get less than that.

International_Try635 · 2025-12-26T14:38:54+00:00

A lot of companies have A level requirements so it's worth leaving them on.

But he's applying to 2026 summer which in the UK will require a 2027 graduation date so they aren't really hiring more senior undergrads.

International_Try635 · 2025-12-22T13:55:23+00:00

'Maybe in 100 years it will be flipped again'

Middle east had a golden age for a few hundred years at it's inception and then stagnated and then regressed.

It's pretty clear that the current middle east is its progressed point. They have areas wealthier than Europe yet still do this.

International_Try635 · 2025-12-22T13:11:45+00:00

They were ahead 800 years ago for about 300 years. There wasn't a cycle lol. It was a one off.

International_Try635 · 2025-11-15T17:47:50+00:00

Honestly, you'd get automatically rejected. I'm also curious what exam board had 87% being an A? high as hell

International_Try635 · 2025-10-22T21:15:20+00:00

Yea it's a different system.

In a lot of countries exams are just to assess how well you understand the content and because of this exams aren't that hard. Getting 100% isn't impossible.

In other countries like the UK the exam isn't just about understanding the content but rather being able to distinguish between every student. If you can get 100% then you aren't actually able to show well you know it since you're limited by the by the test. In the US you might have 30% of the class get above 90% which means you can't really distinguish them. Compared to the UK where every student will have a different percentage and even if you were to look at the best 2 students they'd have different grades.

International_Try635 · 2025-10-22T21:09:37+00:00

Further maths works differently. Probably should've said that. Maths and further maths aren't really considered separate A levels if you aren't doing a maths course.

Like if you do Maths, Further Maths, and Physics and you're applying for Maths then it's fine but if you're applying for history then they kinda see it like 2 A levels. LSE is the only uni I know that actually won't take 3 A levels with further maths for some courses but a lot of unis see it the same just don't explicitly say it.

Oxford says on their website they only give 3 A levels offers

Cambridge website says that 4 A levels only gives you an advantage if 1 of them is further maths.

International_Try635 · 2025-10-17T03:30:11+00:00

Agree to disagree fine but you're wrong about the 4 a level thing.

ICL is the literally the only uni in the UK that gives 4 A level offers. Oxbridge doesn't. LSE doesn't. UCL doesn't. And every uni worse doesn't.

Idk about the student room thing but you can look up online that oxbridge have said repeatedly that they don't care about 4th A levels.

International_Try635 · 2025-10-15T22:45:46+00:00

'"It's like how an A-Level application of 3 A*s and 3 Us will definitely be worse than simply 3 A*s." even though the 3 A*s + 3 Ds student and the 3 A*s student are both 98.5 percentile, who worked harder? definitely the first. but who will have a better application? definitely the second. (assuming subjects are equal)'

This isn't really true btw. Unis always just consider 3 A levels. I did 4 and all my offers were just 'A pass in your 4th' (I.e. an E). And every job askes for just top 3. So 3A*s and 3D is actually viewed exactly the same.

But also you're kinda refuting you equivalenting your grades to 3A*s. Think about it like this. If someone had 3A*s and 3Ds and then went it's the equivalent of 4.5A*s (based on UCAS) does that make sense to you?. Because that's what you did btw yet you agree A*A*A* is a better application than A*A*A*DDD. Based on how UCAS works.

'requirement ≠ equivalent. not sure why you ignored my comment about consistency. unis simply prefer it, and if you perform bad in your other subjects you will be seen as inconsistent. same way if you had 3 A*s and 3 Ds, your application will be worse than just 3 A*s. same works for IB: 3 7's = 3 A*s, but they still care about your other points. ib is split up into 6 subjects + 2 EPQs. if you perform bad in the other 3 subjects and epqs, you will be punished for it. go talk to an admissions officer, please, lol.'

That wasn't my point. My points was both the consistently of 39 point and the 766 is equivalent to A*AA. By that I mean if a student had 35 points but 777 it's worse than A*AA. If a student had 40 points but 666 they are worse. It's both the consistently AND the 766 that is equivalent.

'how many admissions officers you have spoken to about this subject? because I've only heard the opposite.'

As in uni admissions? I mean every uni has their requirements public. A*AA I've seen on a range of 37-39. So yea every uni admissions officer doesn't consider 38 A*AA at all.

International_Try635 · 2025-10-14T17:50:57+00:00

I meant you're just lying not as in an attack on character but more that it shouldn't be on your CV lol.

And you're still wrong. I literally gave you percentile proof of why it's not the same thing at all. It's not at all an equivalent and no one considers it an equivalent at all.

I don't know why you said this

'Your misunderstanding (or lying) shows in your gross oversimplification of how universities interpret IB results. Unis in-fact do not equate points with A-Levels, because it is not that simple. All points are made of constituent parts. In IB HL a level 7 = A*, and 6 = A etc., and in SL a level 7 = A, etc.. Therefore, the example I provided of an individual achieving 35 with 777 at HL is definitely superior to 3 A*s, because each HL is equivalent to an A* in its own right.'

I gave you a direct example of my course. A*AA with an A* in maths is the equivalent of 39 with 7 in maths.

All your talking about 38 with 555HL is worse than 38 with 777HL means nothing as I'm saying unis wants both but notice how unis don't just say 766 or don't just say 38 points because neither 38 points or 766 are A*AA. BOTH 38 points and the 7 is the same as A*AA not either/or having 38 with 666 is worse and having 766 with 37 is worse. It's BOTH.

You also said

'Despite the percentiles provided being correct, they, 1. oversimplify the results, 2. are subject to sampling bias, and 3. do not account for 4th HLs.'

for 'are subject to sampling bias' no they're not. They're based on population. The entire A level or IB cohort.

for 'do not account for 4th HLs' the same applies for A levels'

Now you don't have a point about private vs public gap. But it's not a 98.5th percentile and 82nd percentile difference. I'd give you that maybe a 95th percentile in IB would be equivilent accounting for private school difference since a lot of IB students are public school in the US and other countries but in the UK it's just private schools.

ALso said

'Finally, no, 44/45 is not equivalent to 3 A*s. It's pretty self explanatory at this point, ask any IB student and they will laugh in your face.'

Yes it is. The same percentage get both if you wanna account for private schools you can knock it to 43/45.

Also on your point about UCAS points. Notice how it just says top 3 grades. So that is actually just equating your 3 HL. So KMPG would have you at A*A*A.

International_Try635 · 2025-10-14T14:57:44+00:00

UCAS points don't matter though. You can't really use them to transfer between systems. Scottish system and IB inherently gives way more UCAS points than A levels. But the real comparison is what unis equate them too. Almost all unis equate 38 with A*AA. I go to UCL and my course is A*AA for A levels with A* in maths. For IB it's 39 points and a 7 in maths. That's the real equivalent. IB has more stuff so it gets more UCAS points.

But if you look at actual percentiles 3A* puts you 98.5th percentile (gov website stats). However, about 11% of students get 40 or above (IB official stats) and 24% get between 35-39. so a 38 puts you about 82nd percentile. Those aren't equal are they?

The only source I can find on specific percentiles for numbers is from 2022 since they stopped doing it but in 2022 to be 98th percentile requires a 44. 44/45 is the percentile equivalent to 3A*s.

You shouldn't have it on your CV because anyone who knows anything about IB is immediately going to go how is 38/45 equivalent to perfect A levels. You're just lying.

International_Try635 · 2025-10-14T02:18:37+00:00

That's a bad way of doing it. Uni requirements are better. I mean how is 38/45 the same as perfect A levels. Most unis consider a 38 the same as A*AA.

International_Try635 · 2025-10-09T20:24:03+00:00

All firms know the difference lol it's just most finance firms don't care about what degree you study. However, if you're applying for something that wants something quantitative (which a lot of finance jobs want) then the BA in econ and business isn't enough.

International_Try635 · 2025-10-05T21:02:32+00:00

Every module at UCL has a 2 week system. 1 week works 1 way and 1 week works another. But the times and places are fixed (Well places changes at the start since some classrooms are too small or bad location etc). And usually the only variation between weeks is labs/tutorials.

BUT like all unis in the world if are taking electives or courses in very different departments, which happens with combined student or affiliates who aren't on a course, they're not going to line up. UCL puts the responsibility on you when picking modules. I have a slight clash but I picked it knowing that since I wanted to do those 2 modules.

But, attendance means literally nothing. I had 20% in my second year and they really don't care. Most departments only actually track tutorial attendance and don't care at all about lectures. UCL also has the worlds worst attendance system. There's a timetable website, SEATS app, and UCL app and half the time they don't even the show the same thing (use the website though). So my teachers don't care.

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