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Aug 2020
9:59am, 13 Aug 2020
50,592 posts
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Dr PhFleecyD
Well done Megalet teen 2! An A* in art is fantastic
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Aug 2020
10:00am, 13 Aug 2020
50,593 posts
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Dr PhFleecyD
That’s great that he got a deferred offer Stu! Not great on the D, was his mock better than that? A definite uni place is more important than the actual grades though
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Aug 2020
10:01am, 13 Aug 2020
39,728 posts
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LindsD
Congrats and hugs where appropriate. Such a stressful time.
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Aug 2020
10:02am, 13 Aug 2020
50,594 posts
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Dr PhFleecyD
Congrats KatieB! A place at Bath is excellent! Good to hear of offers despite slipping grades. Ds1’s friends have all slipped a bit so waiting to hear, must find out the latest gossip
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Aug 2020
10:04am, 13 Aug 2020
1,385 posts
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Grast_girl
StuH, there are some graduate employers that still look at A-level results (although they may be changing that given the situation). I'd probably advise a resit for the D if it won't interfere too much with whatever else he's doing.
Congratulations to those who have got what they wanted/deserved. Commiserations to those who didn't. It's a really awful situation, and the amount of downgrading seems astonishingly high. It would be interesting to go back to past years' predictions to see if teachers are usually "out" by this much.
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Aug 2020
10:08am, 13 Aug 2020
7,820 posts
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CStar
I don't think any grad employers will look seriously at 2020 A Level results. I think they'll be written off as 'that Covid year'
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Aug 2020
10:12am, 13 Aug 2020
8,213 posts
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KatieB
Hugs and commiserations Stu and CStar...hard to understand how it must feel isn't it? What a strange year this is...
Glad your teen is ok with all her grades, Meglet, and an A* in art is super hard, she must be very talented.
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Aug 2020
10:13am, 13 Aug 2020
21,171 posts
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Meglet
You'd hope so. You'd put '2020' in bold tomato sure they knew!!
StuH, I remember Teen 1 being very disappointed at missing her grades, despite the fact she still got offered a place at her second choice. However once she was settled in at uni it became unimportant (mostly as many of her friends were also at their 2nd choice!)
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Aug 2020
10:16am, 13 Aug 2020
7,294 posts
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WA
[I like the sound of a bold tomato  ]
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Aug 2020
10:17am, 13 Aug 2020
50,595 posts
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Dr PhFleecyD
Ds1’s friends: one slipped by one or two grades but got his place at Southampton for computer science. The other one slipped by 3 grades I think and Southampton offered him electronic engineering and AI instead of computer science. He could take it and transfer in second year couldn’t he? It’s still the same department. His heart was set on the place rather than the course so he should probably take it I think
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