Year 12-13 AS levels and beyond

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Following on from the preparing for AS levels thread.

Hopefully everyone is finishing off AS exams.

So are DDs but her sixth form chose to have them sit all the external AS level exams - same for yours Penguin?

We are still away on hol so it all seems a bit unreal, thank god!

Yes, DS did all the external exams and I think all of her friends did too so probably, yes.

I wish we were away on holiday We've had a difficult year, the end is in sight though thank goodness - not with the AS levels, other stuff.

Sorry to hear that.

Thanks. I suppose it has made life somewhat less tedious, Confuscious (however you spell his name) certainly sent us interesting times, having a boring few days is a blessing :)

DD had one AS linked to her A2 and the other separate. Then another A level with no AS and a btec which just seems to have been an ongoing pain.

She seems to be collecting results for about 5 friends on Thursday, as they all arranged to be in the country on the 11th, the first date we were given.

New to this thread and have skim read (badly). Ds has 2 old style a levels and 1 new. I still don't understand how important these as level results will be. Can anybody give me definitive answer, please? He's getting results for 3 subjects on Thursday. Feel sick btw.

I've been told that most universities will be going on predicted A Level results when giving offers (please correct me if this is wrong). However the sixthforms will use AS results to form these predictions so the AS results are important in that way.

Thank you for the reply but are the marks from the AS level still carried over for final mark? I'm sure they used to be 50% of final grade.

No not on the new style robes

Tobee

Tobee DD has an old style one where the AS counts and a new style one where it doesn't.

FYI my dd only has one 'old-style' A levels where the As level contributes to the final mark.She has other new A levels where she doesn't have As levels linked to her final results ( sciences).Her school have chosen not to do the decoupled As levels whereas lots of schools have.This means that these schools pupils can discontinue these subjects and still possess an As level.Dd's school are forecasting on their results in their end of year exams - not AS levels.I believe references have already been written.Every school seems to be working it differently to be honest.

This is a transiational year. My childre have half their A levels in the old system (yes the AS marks count to the A level) and the other half not - in those they will have a stand alone AS qualification and they debate if the school should really have done it - one thinks they should not have bothered with AS in those and just had a third term of learning for the A2. Anyway it's done now and they will have 4 AS each (if they passed) and half of those will count to A2. I think the school has decided going forwards NOT to do the stand alone AS in a year or two.

The AS grades do matter. One of mine will decide what subject to give up based on the grades. It will also help schools predict A level grades and will help anyone who messed their GCSEs up through laziness but has got their finger out and done better at AS to redeem themselves and there are plenty of people (many boys) in that category.

Thanks for the replies! Always great when our kids our Guinea pigs for a new system, isn't it? I wish they'd stop messing around with everything.

This thread had fallen off my list. DS's results will be on his college website at 6:30am tomorrow, I asked him if he will be up then and he asked me why he would be - he seems very laid back. I am resisting the urge to ask him for his log in details so I can check for him. He has done 2 old style and 2 new style, one of which he is 90% sure he will drop.

Oddboots I'd be saying things like "Have you written down your login details somewhere, so you don't forget them?" Then I'd send him out to the shop and look for them .

I think I'm in denial, because I keep forgetting results are tomorrow !

I have tried to get DD to tell me her plans for next year. I have no idea if she's dropping a subject and I've told her she can start again with new subjects if she really wants to. She's playing her cards close to her chest (and probably basing her decision on her results).

I'm waiting with baited breath for the results, mainly because DS hates one of his subjects (biology) and has made the decision already to drop it. I didn't agree with his decision but supported him as I've got to the point of thinking that he's an adult and he can make his own decisions as long as we discuss it.

I almost hope that he doesn't get a better grade than he was expecting and a lower grade in one of his predicted better subjects so he doesn't regret it but I also want him to get the B and not the C. Not long now!

DD's college told them all they were not listening to any plans last term. They all have interviews on 5th September to discuss what they're doing in year 13.

Less than 24 hours to go - DS tells me the grade boundaries are out but I have no idea what that means. He is waiting for just one result - wouldn't it have been nice to have one year off from this rubbish?

DD has been looking at the grade boundaries. Some were different to what she expected. It doesn't mean much to me, I just want to know what she got.

I have an opinion about which subject she should drop, but I am keeping my mouth shut

The grade boundaries mean nothing to me.
DS's college let them drop a subject when they have done the exam as they start teaching the A2 subjects when the exams are over.

Yes in dd's college it's normally the same, they drop one after the AS exams. She got permission to continue with all four and wait until after the results to choose. She is genuinely undecided, as far as I can tell.

Mine says the grade boundaries are not helpful without the "UMS" which I think is the percentage the board decides will get A*, A, B etc.

aging hopefully it'll be clearer when the results come out. DS was undecided about which AS levels to do and was stuck between two, as it happened he got an A* in one and an A in the other so used that to decide.

Quick log in from holiday it's early evening here and DS has been talking grade boundaries -he's not happy about psychology or biology now ... hus girlfriend is collecting his results so he will have them when we wake up here good luck everyone