Sunday, 23 August 2009

I'm in.

I'm in, I did it, I'm on board, I've got my shot at the big time, and any other clichés and idioms you wish to add at this stage...
Don't dwell on that for too long, as the rest of this entry is one I hope you enjoy.
At this point it may be a good idea if I uncover the mystery to what I'm actually ''in'' on, that my friends is Bangor University; as I obtained enough UCAS points to be given the chance to study there. Hurrahs and hurrays are in order!

I will note here that I needed 260 UCAS points, and got 260 UCAS points. The reason for me saying that is so that you know I'm not going to be all high and mighty; the fact is I could have got higher in terms of both grades and therefore points. For example I know I was really close to a 'C' for English Language, but one or two bad exams gave me a 'D' overall; before anyone goes, ''oh well, he isn't very good then (at English Language)'', the fact is I like English Language and I am good at it, that is to say I understand the course content, and can speak about it well in the realms of the classroom this being said when it comes to actually writing in the exam itself (for whatever reason) I must do things slightly differently, because they usually come out lower than my practice runs. Although I did a resit in English which went from an E to a B, so I was chuffed as hell with that.

Just so you are aware for my other A levels; I got an E for French, I did really well (for me) in my coursework and oral exam, had my 'reading, listening, writing' paper been A LOT stronger who knows, I may have ended up with a D...
I got a D for General Studies, a C for Psychology, and this combined with a E for my AS Graphics 'ta da' 260 UCAS points, place confirmed; not exactly ''passing with flying colours'' by any means, but a place confirmed nonetheless.



Enough about that though, important thing is I'm going to Bangor University (in Wales) to study English Language and Linguistics (hence the bit about my English Language A level) and nobody can take that away from me; it's in my hands to decide where I want to take it.

Another pretty good thing is that my girlfriend (Vivien) got into Swansea Uni to study Egyptology and Classics, so I'm really happy for her :u).

I did visit Bangor the day after my A level results were revealed and my place confirmed at Bangor; I'll talk about the visit in my next blog.

I think this is a fairly short one, hope you enjoyed regardless.

Callum

1 comment:

  1. Good point about your D grade, I got two D's (Business Studies and Critical Thinking) and people would usually go well your crap. But the course I know, business theory and stuff like that, I know! The exams are crap, and are more like elaborate English exams with some annoying technical language that doesn't make sense to anyone but the chief examiner!!

    Btw, I'm flowing you on twitter, im adamm255 :P

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