Urgent advice please??? +rep n that

[Sharon]

ok hi i'm going to try and keep this in a nutshell

i do four as levels. three i'm pretty good in, one i am going to fail. that is law, i just can't grasp it and it's far too late to try and solve in now. i haven't revised for it nor am i majorly going to before the exam anyway. like i have accepted that and have tried harder to ensure good grades on the other three. i am predicting myself an E and at a push a D at law anyway

it has always been my intention to do the exams anyway as it's just extra ucas points cos i know im not carrying it onto a2

one teacher told me that if i worst case scenario get a U it is still ok as i don't have to mention that on uni applications unless i wish to tell them so they will not know

however my law teacher told me today to not do the exam as a bad grade is worse than no grade and that it will appear on my certificate and i will have to explain that to a uni when applying and they 'ask to see my certificate' i wasn't aware that they will do that???? is he doing it to save his arse so it doesn't go down on his record or what

so essentially my questions are

are they going to see it if i do ****???

is it worth doing the exam knowing i'm going to do badly anyway???

[Futz]

Do the exam, you can just not put the AS level on ucas if you dont want to

the teacher would probably prefer you not to do it because it might look as though she's a **** teacher if she has a high percentage of fails

nevermind that

I've just read theres a declaration saying you have to declare all grades

i guess i missed that during ucas

[lemons]

yes do the exam it's ucas points and every little helps

your teacher is chatting a load of **** and just cares about his record

pretty sure certificates aren't given out until oct/nov anyway and you would be at uni by then

[Sharon]

Do the exam, you can just not put the AS level on ucas if you dont want to

the teacher would probably prefer you not to do it because it might look as though she's a **** teacher if she has a high percentage of fails

nevermind that

I've just read theres a declaration saying you have to declare all grades

i guess i missed that during ucas

UGH REALLY

right i really really don't know now **** a duck

[Kardan]

All your grades come on the same certificate from the same exam board.

So for example I have certificates that say my grades for

AS Further Maths
AS Physics
AS Chemistry

all on the same certificate. The question is, does a U grade appear on a certificate at all?

I always got told you didn't have to declare a U, but I chose not to sit an exam because I was going to get a U.


You do have to declare a U.

If we, or a university or college, have any reason to believe that you or your referee have:
left out any information, including any qualifications you have completed, qualifications with an unsuccessful grade or qualifications for which you are still awaiting results,
given false or misleading information,
supplied a personal statement, or parts of a personal statement, that you have not written yourself,
we may take any necessary steps to check with you and other parties whether it is accurate or complete.
We have the right to cancel your application without giving you your application fee back, if we determine or (having carried out any necessary checks) or have reasonable belief that your application contains false information or you have not written your personal statement yourself.
If you have any reason to believe that information we have about you is not accurate or complete, you must tell us.

[Sharon]

All your grades come on the same certificate from the same exam board.

So for example I have certificates that say my grades for

AS Further Maths
AS Physics
AS Chemistry

all on the same certificate. The question is, does a U grade appear on a certificate at all?

I always got told you didn't have to declare a U, but I chose not to sit an exam because I was going to get a U.


You do have to declare a U.

so going from that... i shouldn't!

new question: does not sitting an exam make it a U automatically or will it not appear

[Kardan]

so going from that... i shouldn't!

new question: does not sitting an exam make it a U automatically or will it not appear

I'm assuming you've already been entered for it since it's getting close now. From what I know if you don't attend you get a grade X which means you didn't sit the exam. That's equivalent to nothing. A grade U is that you sat the exam but didn't get enough marks for a grade. So you wouldn't get a U from not turning up. Although if the exam is just one part of the whole course and you've already been graded for part of the course, I imagine you would get a U?

[Joe]

UCAS declare that you shouldn't.

Unless they have exclusive evidence that you've lied by not putting down a U grade, i wouldn't worry at all, as UCAS get thousands of applications each day so going through them all just to ask people if you failed any is pretty stupid.

But that's my personal opinion, if you want to go by the books then its your choice, good luck by the way!!

[AgnesIO]

I'd be surprised if you are not already entered for the exam... so if you don't turn up you're going to be guaranteed a U...

[lemons]

I'd be surprised if you are not already entered for the exam... so if you don't turn up you're going to be guaranteed a U...

actually you get an X