2025 A Level Results Day and Sept Uni Starters - All Welcome

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I couldn't see board specifically dedicated to results day for our DC who have sat A levels this spring. And I know some of us STILL have questions about Uni starters.

DS has Liverpool as his first choice and Notts Trent as his insurance - both to study History. Anyone who recognises me from previous boards might remember the hell we went through with DD a couple of years ago, so DS has applied quite a lot of caution to his choices - perhaps too much, perhaps not enough. Neither of us have any idea what to expect with his results. He has genuinely fluctuated between a D and an A in some of his mocks....

I still haven't done anything about accommodation which is one of the reasons I am starting this thread.

But mostly, it's for nail biting, relief, tears, support, advice and all the other things needed to get us through the next few weeks.

Welcome :)

No grades here yet either.

First choice here too (dropped a grade from his offer). We’re very relieved.

Ah my son was the same, (got an interview at Cambridge but no place offered), didn’t do brilliantly in his STEP so awaiting Warwick’s answer but his insurance is Durham. This is for maths.

This was my son last year. He's just about to start second year at Lancaster. Its a fab uni and he loves it there 😀

Sorry to hear of that. Hope whatever happens turns out ok 💐

Exeter has a beautiful campus and is a lovely city, I think he will love it. My son got his insurance last year, a lowlier uni than his first more aspirational choice, but it’s been a brilliant fit for him.

DS got his place at Bath 3A* and A. Both happy and relieved. Good luck to everyone else.

@PennywisePoundFoolish I’m sorry to hear your DS just missed out on his first choice. What he has achieved is amazing, even more so with the hurdles he has had. I hope that the understandable disappointment fades soon and he can get excited abut the brilliant opportunities he’ll have at his insurance choice.

@Skybluegreen STEP sounds so difficult and it’s really hard to have a moving target. Congratulations on the Durham acceptance!

DC1 has met the offer for her first choice. She dropped a grade from her predictions, but weirdly not the one she thought she would! She’s really pleased, and accommodation there is loads cheaper than her insurance, so I’m happy as well

DD got her first place offer and is very happy. Her grades where ABBB (yes she did 4, mad child).

A question though she is one mark off one of her subjects being an A. Is it worth having it regarded? I think we probably will as being so close to an A it can't drop to a C surly?

C,D,E for my ds and hes disappointed and doesn't want to go into college to collect them :-(

Out of interest- he was going to apply next year for Uni. Can you look at clearing this year and defer until next?

No - clearing is just for 2025 places.

he’ll have to do a 2026 application once the process opens.

BBC here It's enough for their first choice uni but they are disappointed and expected to get 3 Bs at least.

Yes you can do this @Alevelsarehere82. My son did this 2 years ago. Didn’t end up going in the end though! Sorry your DS didn’t get ehat he wanted. :(

Our school doesn’t open further results until 10am! Only AS levels for us this year but I’m sure next year the late start could be irritating, and potentially a bit of a disadvantage for people needing to go through clearing.

Quick question - if offer grades are met, why would ucas say uni are still deciding? Very stressed here

Good luck to everyone.

DC has two offers one through UCAS and another from a reserve list.

We have accomodation for both. One through the university can just not be accepted if he decides to go to the other one (phew).

The other one we would have to find an alternative suitable student to take over.

Supporting DC through university is all so expensive. Very challenging for ordinary people to support. Almost prohibitively so.

They are off for results and have a big decision to make.

DS is also into Bath!! Oh, the relief.

DS2 is off to Liverpool to study Civil Engineering.
So very proud, relieved and exhausted.
Off to get results now.
Well done to all 😊

@WhiteRosesAndCandles
Yes, DS2’s loan will only cover about half of his rent.

DS got his his insurance choice. He's slightly disappointed in missing his firm but liked both. Very relieved he put down an achievable insurance and is not in clearing. Put in an accommodation request straight away.

Can't access his grades as the college portal just keeps crashing but it's fairly obvious from missing the firm they won't be quite what he was hoping for.

It's all good though and I think he will enjoy Uni a lot more than A levels.

Congrats to everyone else who has an outcome their YP is happy with and fingers crossed for those looking for alternatives.

Same here @PennywisePoundFoolish . Needed AAB, got AAA, so missed out on firm but has got his insurance. Then an excrutiating 40min wait for the grades email. He's gone into college to (hopefully) see the scripts and get advice. Personally, I think that he'd do really well at his insurance but he's too annoyed at missing the A to see that yet. I'd have sold a kidney for those results back in the day! 😲

Congratulations to everyone who got what they'd hoped for and 🤞 to anyone in Clearing.

I don't think so although I guess it's always worth ringing and asking?

I guess they would expect him to apply next year grades in hand?

No idea why it's randomly bold. Shoukd say wanted A-star, A-Star, B and got A-star, A, A.

I used to work in the Dept of Chemistry at York and it is a lovely department. Congratulations to your DD - it’s a great uni and city.

How annoying!!

Is it worth looking at Clearing just to make sure his insurance is still what he wants? With those grades he's not going to be sure of offers!