A Level U turn

[Jargo]

Holy shit, now based on teacher predictions.

This was meant to be in chat.

I am really worried about this though. What happens to those who cannot now get into universities because there is no spaces left?

Fantastic news!!!

What a total Fuck Up.

I mean the news about the u turn.
Just a week too late!

Is it really though? Because up to 60% of people may now receive grades lower than they were given last Thursday (only 40% of grades were downgraded).

I think those with grades and no places might have to defer if they want their 1st choice, which will presumably mess up places available for next year.

Please remember that the CAG predictions and the UCAS predictions may be different!

It’s CAG or moderated grade, whichever is higher. They won’t reduce the grades given out last week, only raise those lowered.

No fucking clue what it means for uni places though

What happens to those that did better than predicted?

Jargo surely the teachers predictions were a better indication though. Hopefully those that lost out will get their places.

@Jargo

Is it really though? Because up to 60% of people may now receive grades lower than they were given last Thursday (only 40% of grades were downgraded).

They've said you can keep your CAG or your moderated grade, whichever is higher. So what they've actually achieved in all this fucking about is increasing grade inflation further, the one thing they were apparently desperate to avoid...

Ah, ok, so basically it's going to be a very exceptional year.

Unis are going to be absolutely stuffed - I can't see how they will be able to support a higher volume of students given the pandemic either.

It's not teacher grade its the centre assessed grade so there may be a discrepancy between the two

No idea what will happen to university places though, I'd imagine a good chunk of places have been took up!

@Jargo

They can choose the higher grade.

Good news, but I wish they just postponed the exam

Jargo surely the teachers predictions were a better indication though.

I don't doubt they were in some cases, but doubt they were in all cases. Several reports of teachers over inflating grades etc and it all does depend on whether a teacher likes/supports and individual student as well.

I sincerely hope it somehow works out as best it can for the majority but I just cannot see how that can possibly happen.

There’s a cap on student numbers that was expected to be lifted at the same time as this announcement so that unis could accept more students, however this announcement hasn’t been made. So no idea if that’s coming later, or if those who lost out on offers are screwed.

This is great news for the affected students' long term future.

but it's presumably come too late to stop many missing out on their first choice (or any choice) university place. It's been several days, good universities will be full by now.

and it all does depend on whether a teacher likes/supports and individual student as well.

Those CAGs weren’t just one class teacher ranking their class from favourite to least favourite. They would have had lots of scrutiny and amending from higher up before being sent off.

They've said you can keep your CAG or your moderated grade, whichever is higher. So what they've actually achieved in all this fucking about is increasing grade inflation further, the one thing they were apparently desperate to avoid

Absolutely

noble but if they lift the cap, where will all the students live?? They can't instantly build new halls/colleges. Especially if they'll never be needed again. I assumed caps were to do with how many could be accommodated per year, not taught?

@noblegiraffe it's not just about the University cap though. It's about the support provisions, the financial support, the counselling support, the health care support, the size of tutor groups and access to good quality research labs for dissertations etc.

Only about 2% were upgraded by the process. I guess they will just let them be. Ironically causing even more grade inflation (slightly) than if they'd not tried to adjust them!

What about people who got uni places and now don’t have the grades? Do they lose their place

Dish no one’s grade will have gone down as a result of this decision - if their moderated grade was higher they can keep it.