Results day

[swansonj]

Spot the difference.

% pupils getting A or A*:

The subjects my daughter has just done:
English 21
History 24
Music 21
Biology 27

The current % in the subjects I did a number of years ago:
Maths 38
Further maths 47
Physics 30

 

[robjh]

Colleagues here who have 18 year olds getting their grades this week reckon that the universities know the results before the candidates do. Can that really be true, or are they just quicker off the mark when the results are released electronically, eg. with automated systems matching real grades with offers and sending out emails overnight?

 

[summerdays]

Colleagues here who have 18 year olds getting their grades this week reckon that the universities know the results before the candidates do. Can that really be true, or are they just quicker off the mark when the results are released electronically, eg. with automated systems matching real grades with offers and sending out emails overnight?

Schools get the grades I think the day before, as a friend who is a head of department has told me. Universities get them I think the weekend before. They need to go through them work out which have met their grades, then look at how many places they have left or the candidates that they decide to take who haven't met their grades I think.

 

[swansonj]

Schools get the grades I think the day before, as a friend who is a head of department has told me. Universities get them I think the weekend before. They need to go through them work out which have met their grades, then look at how many places they have left or the candidates that they decide to take who haven't met their grades I think.

This. Universities make their decisions about places available to pupils through the UCAS website. So it's quite common for a pupil to arrive at school at 9am already knowing that their grades have secured them the place they wanted but not actually knowing what those grades are yet.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Our daughter got a B in English Language/Literature a B in History and a C in Psychology, She's happy with that but not too sure about going to university this year.

Happening a lot this year, although our offers are up on last year which is making everyone very happy.

Colleagues here who have 18 year olds getting their grades this week reckon that the universities know the results before the candidates do. Can that really be true, or are they just quicker off the mark when the results are released electronically, eg. with automated systems matching real grades with offers and sending out emails overnight?

We get A level results the Saturday before but are under very strict rules about who can see them and when we can tell students they are in (officially 8am yesterday) breaking the rules has serious implications and not having access to them would be catastrophic so even the head of the department wasn't allowed to check her daughters grades the year she was looking at Uni. I don't know if we get them all or only ones associated with our Uni. It's so we can work out how many places are likely to be fulfilled straight away and what we can offer to others. The general ebb and flow of results also helps set expectations for points levels when offering Clearing spaces. We get fined for ending up under subscribed or over subscribed so getting the numbers just so is important too.

 

[Cheddar George]

My youngest had his Btec results a couple of days ago with enough merits and distinction to get his university of choice.

So in September we will have two at university.

 

[summerdays]

This. Universities make their decisions about places available to pupils through the UCAS website. So it's quite common for a pupil to arrive at school at 9am already knowing that their grades have secured them the place they wanted but not actually knowing what those grades are yet.

My eldest didn't check and waited till they had the results in hand before checking on Track, middle child checked on track about 7.20 so we knew they had got their uni place whatever the result.

 

[summerdays]

We get A level results the Saturday before but are under very strict rules about who can see them and when we can tell students they are in (officially 8am yesterday) breaking the rules has serious implications and not having access to them would be catastrophic so even the head of the department wasn't allowed to check her daughters grades the year she was looking at Uni.

My sister works in the IT department of the Uni my eldest is at, and she was tempted but resisted the temptation apparently to see if she had been allocated an email address.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

My sister works in the IT department of the Uni my eldest is at, and she was tempted but resisted the temptation apparently to see if she had been allocated an email address.

I'd be surprised if that was allocated that early, they aren't really students until they've registered and that's next month. We always lose a few before Registration.

 

[summerdays]

I'd be surprised if that was allocated that early, they aren't really students until they've registered and that's next month. We always lose a few before Registration.

It's a couple of years ago so I may have forgotten exactly what she said, but she did imply the information was heavily guarded.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

It's a couple of years ago so I may have forgotten exactly what she said, but she did imply the information was heavily guarded.

That it would be. UCAS are also cracking down on it this year apparently as some Uni's have been pushing their luck,

 

[swansonj]

That it would be. UCAS are also cracking down on it this year apparently as some Uni's have been pushing their luck,

it's called free enterprise. I blame Thatcher. Oh, sorry, wrong thread.