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Offline dan.kl

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Retaking a year in 6th form
« on: March 18, 2010, 07:09:10 pm »
im not sure if this has been discussed already but i looked and couldnt find anything

im doing my second attempt at year 12 cause i fucked it up first time round
will it affect my chances of getting into uni? and if so, to what extent?

Offline hamzamirza

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Re: Retaking a year in 6th form
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 11:40:42 pm »
im not sure if this has been discussed already but i looked and couldnt find anything

im doing my second attempt at year 12 cause i f**ked it up first time round
will it affect my chances of getting into uni? and if so, to what extent?
it will, to quite a large extent too. Loads of reasons behind it.

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Re: Retaking a year in 6th form
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2010, 07:29:59 am »
Never heard of this one. Will phone a couple to ask.

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Re: Retaking a year in 6th form
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2010, 10:29:37 am »
General opinion seems to be that it will. Most unis will ignore one retake but if you retake a year, you should change your subjects. Then it will not affect you at all.

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Re: Retaking a year in 6th form
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2010, 04:42:53 pm »
cheers people!
its quite annoying though... i didnt exactly fail the first time - i got CDD, but theres loads of reasons as to why i chose to resit the year
but i guess when applying to uni i cant explain that to them lol