r/2027ALevel

edit omg APPLYING to

first of all this post is not me saying that i'm too good for anywhere, i just want to know if im wasting potential by not appling to the MOST prestigious unis!! for context i'm applying for law, and my stats are 999988887 at gcse and predicted A*A*A in history, english combined and spanish a level.

I’m also doing an EPQ and have done quite a few supercurricular things around law so I feel like I have a reasonably strong academic profile, although i know that everyone else applying to the unis i already have in mind probably has similar stats. Oxford has been my dream uni since year 9 however more recently i have been toing and froing over whether i would realistically be happy with the workload there, and rn i'm about 80/20 in favour of not applying.

my current choices are manchester x2, leeds, sheffield and ljmu. i'm deliberately not applying to london unis because unfortunately i'm not in the financial position to do so.

I think i could see myself being happy with the universities i already have in mind but I’m wondering whether I should have at least one more ambitious choice, I don’t want to apply somewhere purely because of prestige if I don’t actually want to go there, but equally I don’t want to look back and think I played it too safe. also my parents are friends with lots of people whos children go to london/oxbridge and they are quite dismissive of my current choices.

i would really appreciate hearing any thoughts or if anyone is facing the same kind of decision!! tysm :)

i do bio, chem nd psych nd i got smm homework nd ive just been doing that all summer but like barely. like 1 piece of homework a week kinda. but i haven’t actually sat down nd reviewed anything from last year is that bad?

Im applying for psychology at Bath, Bristol, York, Cardiff + Southampton. but based on what I liked the most, I’m probably gonna firm Cardiff + insure Southampton. bc I ADORE Cardiff.

For some context im currently in NS and will be doing ATEC in wallaby, australia next year. I took my Alevels in JC in 2025 and didn’t perform well. Hence, I wanted to retake Alevels. With so much uncertainty surrounding NS life, i didn’t dare to take a risk and retake it in 2026. That’s why I’ll be retaking As in 2027 once i ORD. I hope to not retake in 2028 so that i wont waste another year and will get to enter uni with my friends.

i heard from seniors that during ATEC there will be practically no time to study and revise. can someone give me some advice?

i have already started studying but am unsure of whether i should actually retake in 2027.

Hey guys,

I’m a year 13 predicted A*AB, and i just wanted to let you know ive found the best app. It’s called ‘revise track’ sadly only available on the play store (i have it on my chromebook). Tracks time of revision, make to do lists, see all the content, make flashcards, blurt, track past papers, track difficult questions it’s FREE. Honestly a dream app for me. No ads either

This is for both people going into Year 11/12. Genuinely use it. (i’m going into year 13)

Now is also the time to ask me any questions on alevels/college/sixthform/gcses!

applying for law at:

1. oxford
2. lse
3. ucl
4. durham
5. warwick

I just got my results for AS f-maths and got a B and was 1 mark away from an A which is fine - I'm not that upset however it seems that every single exam I sit I'm always 1/2 marks away from the grade I want.

I was 1 mark away from a grade 9 in GCSE maths, 2 marks away from an 8 in GCSE english(I resat and got a 9), 1 mark away from a 9 in GCSE business etc. I dont know what I'm doing wrong with my revision and don't know why I keep scraping grade boundaries in exams cuz my mocks are usually fine.

Is there anyone else waiting for results on Thursday? Please I need someone to talk to! 😭

As RESULTS Day Vent 😞

AS level Results day stress

AS Results day Rant

I just need to vent about something to someone, I don't really have any friends or anyone to talk to about this I don't get on with my family that well.

\\\\# DRAMA

This is probably the only subject I've actually passed, and done well in.

COURSEWORK: my drama teacher told me I have an A in (it could change once moderated but I know I've done well in that)

PAPER: on practice when as I did I got High B's or Low A's. I am hoping to get an A I may get a B.

\\#CYMREAG

COURSEWORK: I chose a bad topic but that was really on me, I don't think I did too badly though.

SPEAKING: it didn't go the best, the teacher didn't really explain how the exam would go. We had about 2 hours before the exam well we could practice in our group from my group didn't even want to practice so yeah....

PAPER: leading up to it the teacher didn't give the most help, even when I asked how to revise she just said make flashcards without actually explaining how to learn the content. One another student asked she explained, more.

On the date of the exam,

\\\\\\\\- a topic came up we haven't been taught.

\\\\\\\\- I was also in a LOT of pain due to the heat, my stress and having my period my chronic pain was extremely bad (I wasn't able to take any medication due to some issues I'm having with it)

I sat down I was in so much pain I couldn't concentrate but if I stood up I felt really dizzy.

I could barely concentrate at all.

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PAPER 1: (Prose and Drama) Prose went well, teacher always gave me good feedback and explained what I had to do to improve so I'm happy with how that went. I did the best I could do and so yeah.

With the drama aspect, it should have been my strength I was doing really bad in it, the only feedback my teacher gave me when she did Mark my work was "don't hand in work with inaccuracies" "improve your SPaG" and similar stuff like that. Despite me getting really low marks, showing that I didn't get the context right, she NEVER gave me feedback on that.

And then on the last past paper we did we did in times conditions, I sent it to her (typed) and she refused to mark it because they were spelling errors

PAPER 2: The teacher was off sick for ages so we didn't have any teacher. (Fell behind schedule)

She would occasionally give dismissive feedback

She also said I just had to "try harder" because I " wasn't trying hard enough"

\\\\# WELSHBACC

\\\\\\\\- only one of the three units has been sent off I think I did okay in that

The other two I have finished first drafts of I have to finish those drafts next year and then I'm done

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NOTE

\\\\\\\\- I have one diagnosed neurological disorder, one of the MOST COMMON effects of it is issues with spelling. (School knows about this)

\\\\\\\\- I am getting my autism diagnosis (since I started it through school I'm pretty sure they are aware, it's also kind of really obvious)

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\\\\\\\\- the reason I didn't go to any other English teacher when two of my three teachers were being like shit to me. Is because when I was in year 11, I was talking to my drama teacher and then one of the other English teachers just having a nice conversation when they asked me how my English group speaking exam was going, because they knew that was coming up and they wanted to talk to me. So I explained that I was really stressed because of various factors (they're not that important for this story but they are also another issue in themselves but yeah). My English teacher of the time found out about this conversation, she got really mad at me, because I was being extremely rude and disrespectful for going behind her back and I was undermine and her teaching.

She also said I was ruining my drama teaches life because I talk to her about my mental health, so I haven't actually spoken to anyone about anything in ages...

She said a lot more in that conversation where she was getting mad at me example she got mad at me that I was upset that she kept moving the date of the nea speaking exam, which is obviously gonna stress me out when it keeps getting moved all the time and I don't get informed until right before the exam is supposed to be especially since I'm autistic, or using my mental health against me (I can't say what without getting flagged but I'm better now) 😅 but that's the basics. That teacher had a lot more issues overall but yeah

At AS A is the highest at A2 A\\\* is highest

If I re-take an exam I would have to pay. , a 2 paper GCSE is approx £72 😭 AS is more expensive, so that will be fun.

Okay... so this might sound absolutely idiotic to a lot of people, but I've known I would write my CIE AS level finals in oct/Nov 2026 since last year. What have I done to prepare? Hardly anything.

I've spent this year being so horrifically sad and lonely and depressed and I've spent all of my energy on just trying to get myself to get out of bed and brush my teeth at least every second morning. I would wake up like 3 minutes before each of my online classes and sleep between all of them, too.

I was too embarrassed of being another year late and too scared to admit to my poor parents that I've hardly even tried this year at all. So I let them register me, and when I saw that total amount, I actually nearly threw up from the guilt and shame.

Now, i have less than 2 months to somehow pass AS Economics, AS Accounting, AS English (9095), and IGCSE French (I already wrote my other AS - Business - in May)

Please tell me how you'd do this? Best study methods? Cramming? Also, where can I fund good AS Accounting resources because there's hardly anything specific enough on YouTube and that the one I'm most behind in.

I know I can just rewrite next year, but I feel so horrible right now. I've been desperately needing to cry, but I'm too shocked to even be able to. And I have no one to comfide in, at least no one who wouldn't be angry at me or judge me.

Please, please give me any advice that you can think of.

Thank you 💌

Hi this is my first ever Reddit post. I’m in year 12 going to year 13 and I am so stressed. I recently just got a wave of impending doom and I am stressing because I haven’t check my course requirements properly. I just checked now and I needed higher grades than what I have and now im stressing so bad because there’s no other courses that would take me and I need this course to go to uni and if I don’t do this course I’m fucked for life.