{"id":249,"date":"2014-02-09T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mytutorweb.co.uk\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2021-08-18T13:55:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T13:55:50","slug":"advice-on-entering-the-sixth-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/blog\/students\/advice-on-entering-the-sixth-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice on entering the Sixth Form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Get 1 on 1<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mytutor.co.uk\/view-tutors\/A-Level\/\"> tutoring for AS and A Levels<\/a> at MyTutor<\/p>\n<p>The transition from GCSE to AS Level is tough and daunting \u2013 but you already know this. Secondary school teachers these days seem to do everything they can to prepare their students for the difficulty of AS levels \u2013 at the risk of completely putting them off. The first year of Sixth Form is a learning curve and, for most people, the disappointing grades students often receive at the end of the year is the wakeup call needed to change their attitude before things get serious at A Level. My AS year was typical of most, so I\u2019ll share it with you and hopefully you can avoid making my mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>I did pretty well at GCSE without having to try too hard. So when it came to AS levels, I saw no need to change the habits that had served me pretty well so far. I attended most lessons, did the occasional bit of homework and a couple of hours\u2019 revision before each exam. I wasn\u2019t that fussed about my grades to be honest, I\u2019d spent a year believing the hype of \u2018AS levels don\u2019t count \u2013 universities only look at A Level grades\u2019. I got AAB at AS Level and I was thrilled. That is, until I went back to school after the summer holidays and found out that I could no longer apply to the universities I had planned to, because they only considered students with an AAA prediction at A Level and my AS grades didn\u2019t suggest that I would get that.<\/p>\n<p>Being told that my college wasn\u2019t going to help me apply to Oxford was gutting, but it got even worse. I applied to five universities, three required A*AA, two AAA and one AAB. Of these five, I only received offers from two \u2013 from the others I received emails informing me that my predicted grades were too low for it to be worth giving me an offer. Durham university took a chance on me, but that was pure luck; another day, another exams admission officer reading my application, and I may not have gone to university at all.<\/p>\n<p>The lesson I learned was this: It\u2019s not enough to know that you\u2019re smart, that you deserve a place at a great university and that you\u2019ll work really hard <i>next year. <\/i>You have to prove it, and the only way to do this is with good results. Universities will accept or reject you based on you AS grades. So get your head down and work like your future depends on it \u2013 because it probably does.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Katya Sikuade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Get 1 on 1 tutoring for AS and A Levels at MyTutor The transition from GCSE to AS Level is tough and daunting \u2013 but you already know this. 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