The business of going to University.

Within the next few months...

I should be going to Bangor University to study English and Linguistics. Great, no problem there.

My problem lies with those sort of people who seemingly have taken only easy subject, and can walk their way into University. The thing is, I believe some people try damn hard with hard(er) subject, Sciences, Languages etc, and may only come out with a C (for example) however there may be someone who takes comparably easier subjects however gets three A grades at A level. So, the former of the examples may miss out on Uni, whereas the later may get in, and it may even be onto a course that requires no previous experience, with three As, only because they took easier subjects. No trying to take anything away from the 'easier' subjects, they do their job, but at the end of the day some subjects will be harder than others. It's just the way it is.

Sorry if anyone is shocked/offended by my last statement, but if you take Media Studies and place it next to Chemistry, Chemistry would win in terms of hardness.

My point simply, if you haven't truely understood my rambling, is that well...I'll explain with the following...

I have spoken with a few people who agree with an idea I had. That being that some subjects (somehow) should be valued higher than others, thereby assisting some people with getting into Uni. Now I can hear cries of, ''but if they don't get As for (e.g.) Chemistry that's their problem, you can't blame those who do Media (e.g.)'' - However it must be taken in to consideration that some people may really want to do a science/language at a University, and nothing should stop them (same for all others subjects) but may not be fully 'there' at A-level, but do have the potential, but may not be the best at exams, so they fall down.

After some thought, I proposed the following;
(this is based on the current UCAS points system, and thereby ONLY points based offers are touched here, I'm not too sure as to what would be done for a grade based offer...)

• For extremely hard subjects +20 UCAS points.
• For those not as hard +10 UCAS points.
• For those subjects valued as easy, OR which have a high intake of students NO points.

The idea (which I know would need reviewing) is something I think would encourage people to think more when they pick their A-Levels, With many of my friends, we've discussed ''If we could turn back time, what would we pick...'', had someone said ' X subject banks you 20 crucial UCAS points, I may have considered X subject'. I believe it would just be a good system to enforce so you would have more people doing a foreign language...something I feel stongly about but I feel that it's something for another blog.

Anyway let me know your thoughts.Hope you enjoyed.

Callum