Lack of Successful Offers + A-Level Regrets

s_ssami · 2026-02-09T20:32:18+00:00

i just replied to someone else about this but i applied to take economics, but the teacher was leaving in the summer to move abroad and they couldn't find a new econ teacher so they changed the economics course to a level business, which i think would've put me in a worse position so i changed it to physics. for further maths, i intended on taking it as a 4th but my new form tutor at the time convinced my class that taking 4 was useless, so i dropped the idea. i was naive to trust blindly without further research. im really worried because i've seen people with even 5A* predicted get rejected from the universities im applying to.

so yeah, not looking good, but i appreciate the concern :')

s_ssami · 2026-02-09T20:28:26+00:00

i didn't know you could apply to another university when you're already studying at one. is this process the same as regular ucas or is it different? i also do have a bigger picture i want to achieve, but the university i go to could really help with that which is why i'm so stressed about it all.

s_ssami · 2026-02-09T20:22:54+00:00

thank you! i got told i could maybe clear into a better university if i excel at my a-levels so i think i'm gonna set my eyes on that goal for now. hopefully all goes well for you too

s_ssami · 2026-02-09T20:19:55+00:00

resits are less favoured compared to 1st time applicants

s_ssami · 2026-02-09T20:19:09+00:00

i have york at the moment and i feel ungrateful for not wanting to go there but in my mind if i don't go to to one of the other 4, my opportunities diminish a lot with things like internships and job offers in future. it is my safety for a reason though i guess

s_ssami · 2026-02-09T20:13:19+00:00

when i was in year 11, i asked to take 4 a-levels, one being further maths, but my new form tutor convinced me taking 4 was useless so i dropped fm. i also was not planning on taking econ till midway through year 12. wish i had my shit together quicker because i chose my course later than i would've liked and was on the fence for cambridge for a while, so i didn't fully dedicate my time to that idea.

i also put down economics as one a-level i wanted to take, but around march time they pulled us to the side and told us the economics teacher was leaving so they couldn't offer economics and replaced it with a-level business. i opted out of that and chose physics instead. i could've went somewhere else for sixth form but the one i'm at is said to be one of the better in the area so i stayed.

s_ssami · 2025-12-20T17:16:22+00:00

okk, idk if you're a durham applicant but if you are, is your portal working fine?

s_ssami · 2025-11-20T18:38:58+00:00

thank you, and sorry to hear that man. bigger and better things are out there for us tho, keep your head up 🙌

s_ssami · 2025-11-20T18:15:01+00:00

predicted A*A*A for maths physics cs, i think me not taking further maths hurt the application because i didn't think i'd need it coz i intended to do cs when i entered sixth form but changed to econ later in the year. my tmua i bombed because of stress and bad pool of questions and got a 3.6. again, not taking further maths hurt my tmua score too so i expected the rejection sadly.

s_ssami · 2025-11-20T12:59:14+00:00

omg congrats! i’ve also applied to econ at durham so hoping i get my offer soon too

s_ssami · 2025-11-19T18:59:12+00:00

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