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Qualification => GCE AS & A2 Level => Queries => Topic started by: dan.kl on March 18, 2010, 07:09:10 pm

Title: Retaking a year in 6th form
Post by: dan.kl 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?

Title: Re: Retaking a year in 6th form
Post by: hamzamirza on March 18, 2010, 11:40:42 pm

Quote from: dan.kl 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 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.

Title: Re: Retaking a year in 6th form
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on March 19, 2010, 07:29:59 am

Never heard of this one. Will phone a couple to ask.

Title: Re: Retaking a year in 6th form
Post by: astarmathsandphysics 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.

Title: Re: Retaking a year in 6th form
Post by: dan.kl 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