JennyJen asked:


The university i have accepted as my firm choice to do geography want 3 Bs at A level. The one i have accepted as my insurance choice want 220 UCAS points. I know that is lower than Bs but what grades is 220 points equal to exactly? Are AS levels included?

Also, i did 3 AS levels last year, but dropped one of them (business) because i hated it, and got an E. I took up a different AS level this year and carried on the other 2 AS levels i did last year to A level. I got the gut feeling that two AS levels make up an A level, am i right? Problem is they’re two seperate subjects, the one i did last year and the one im doing instead this year (business and biology). Does that not count? The first university want 3 Bs at A level, yet im only doing 2 A levels, and they’ve still offered me a place…any ideas why? They wrote me a note on a letter saying they are confident ill get the grades they want, yet in the end ill have 2 A levels and 4 As levels….im confused!

GUESS asked:


I took a gap year to improve my grades by doing a couple of exams (external student), i did this as i changed my mind of doing law! so i applied through UCAS again and i have conditional offers from:

firm choice – Manchester university – BA international business, finance, and economics – AAB

insurance choice – Nottingham University – BA Finance, accounting, and management – ABB

Manchester uni is definitely my 1st choice, its the only place i want to go to! now am just wondering what happens if i actually get ABB, am i going to be able to beg my way into the degree? its my first choice and, yeah, just need help in sorting out my hell when August comes! i don’t know how the exams went but am so scared!
and what should i be doing now in this long summer? feel lost and clueless on what i should do with my future!
if theres any students who’s doing the same course, do you know anyone who actually did study in manchester in the end?

thanks!