Results Day!!!!!!!!

[accountantpete]

Lancaster wouldn't let me in so it must be a good uni (- copyright G.Marx)

Well done.

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Well done Montage

 

[ChrisKH]

Well done Montage! I think I would exchange a restless night for admission to Lancaster (I daresay you did some work for it as well).

 

[dellzeqq]

phew! The Kid is going to Goldsmiths!!!!

Well done Monty! We expect cycle rides in the Lakes with proper geological insights on the subject of roches moutonnees!

 

[e-rider]

Well done in advance for getting yourself £20,000 in debt!

I haven't paid back a penny of my student loan yet and it's increasing at £100 per month from the interest - I now need to pay back an extra £5000 in interest plus what I borrowed! At the moment I'd say it wasn't worth it but things might work out in the end.

Good luck to you though - some graduates manage to land decent jobs at the end of it - you will probably have a good time for 3 years too!

 

[theclaud]

Well done Monty!

 

[ColinJ]

Congratulations!

There is a lot of great cycling countryside within range of Lancaster - the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and Forest of Bowland.

 

[montage]

Thanks for the well dones.

The results weren't bad
A* in geography, A in politics, B in geology (oops), C in history (apparently our college is going to complain about dodgy marking but I couldn't care less!)

 

[e-rider]

you can get A* now at 'A' level?

 

[longers]

Ooh! Can you sign us in please?

Well done Monty, and well done to The Kid too.

You don't even have to travel as far as the Lakes, Dales, Trough for good cycling near Lancaster but they are very easy to get to from there.

 

[mr_cellophane]

You might wish to read this before fully committing yourself

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10926532

 

[dellzeqq]

You might wish to read this before fully committing yourself

http://www.bbc.co.uk...cation-10926532

very interesting - the Guardian had a similar article yesterday.

if the Kid lands a decent gig while she's studying she'll simply go to Goldsmiths and say 'I'm taking time out' - which they, apparently, will wear without difficulty.

 

[montage]

you can get A* now at 'A' level?

A bit annoying really...but yer you can. 60% = C, 70%=B, 80%=A, 90%=A*

 

[ChrisKH]

You might wish to read this before fully committing yourself

http://www.bbc.co.uk...cation-10926532

Yes, I did that, sort of. Started a four year Accountancy & Finance degree and then my parents started making noises about not being able to afford it. So after a year I opted into a four year training contract as a Chartered Accountant. In retrospect I wish I had done a different degree (business studies or economics) and done a three year training contract after that. I'm afraid graduates do get recruitment points/work kudos for that piece of paper regardless of the University. So I would just like to thank my parents for their support and say I will never do the same thing to my kids............


...................question: why are so many of them opting to do AAT with relatively good A-level results? Can they not go straight to ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA anymore?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Well done, Montage!