Tracy Simpkin 😊 thank you! I feel so bad for the teachers as well, it feels like their work has gone to waste as the Government have just ignored them! ESPECIALLY when they know us better than anyone! XX

It makes no sense!!! And you’d think they’d take the actual evidence of what the students are capable of into account, for example: the mocks and what the teachers have said! Why would they assume high achievers would automatically perform worse in their final exams?! Crazy! I hope your brother appeals and it gets sorted!!

itsjxylxn Thank you!! I hope everything is sorted with you :)

I know!! Bless him! X

How did the grades change so drastically?! That’s honestly ridiculous!!! I’m so angry for you! Hopefully because everyone is in similar situations, there’s enough people who have appealed to cause an uproar and the government fix this mess and Unis are more considerate (if we’re lucky)

itsjxylxn I go to a grammar school in Northern Ireland where they have downgraded overall grades by nearly 40%. Individually my school was downgraded by a third in grades. Honestly was so confused and flabbergasted myself. I am appealing tho

I’m unsure of my schools exact statistic but let’s just say I didn’t see a single teacher or student genuinely happy with the results. Mostly everyone I spoke to had been downgraded so I felt my school went through a similar process like yours. I’m so glad you appealed, it’s the only thing we can really do right now.

itsjxylxn it’s seems a very inconsistent algorithm they are using, for example a person in my school got all B’s this year and ended up with 2 A’s and a B. Makes no sense. Yeah hopefully the appeal process will bring clarity. I have an unconditional for my 2nd choice but don’t want to go really. Might repeat a ywar

I also noticed in my school students with lower grades in their mocks and lower grades given by the teachers had been upgraded by the system?! And the high achievers were down graded. It truly makes no sense and I’m so angry for everyone. Hopefully they’ve put a bit more thought into the appealing system!

I’m so glad you can understand where I’m coming from! But I really hope they don’t do the same for the GCSE students, but always remember that you can appeal! These aren’t your true results, they’re not a true reflection of what you’re capable of! Thank you for your comment :) Keep me updated! Xx

itsjxylxn Thankyou so much! And I will, don’t worry. I can’t believe it’s been so fast. It felt like days ago we was leaving year 11 and 13 and now it’s like the hell, where’s the time gone? xx

Molly Allen I know right?! Especially because it got cut so short due to the circumstances, I felt like my time was up too soon! X

itsjxylxn exactly, and same here :( it fell like it was for the best option tho as of COVID x

Molly Allen I definitely agree!! But we missed so much the least they can give us are the grades we deserve! X

Thank you so much!! I hope the appeals are smoother than this!💕

I can’t believe how many people who are going through the same thing, across the country, hopefully there’s enough upset for the government to do something! Thank you so much!! X

Hannah Parker we were all surprised😂

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The whole situation was so incredibly unfair but I'm so happy for you that they changed the grades just in time... I know that wasn't the case for quite a few students so I'm really pleased for you! I'll definitely check your video out now :)

Ugh!! You should appeal! X

Eva Donova that’s a huge difference what the hell!? Please say you appealed, you deserve so much more!!

It’s so infuriating because it’s out of your control! Are you going to appeal? X

Thank you so much! You’ve made my day :) x

@@itsjxylxn haha np! i started my channel yesterday, could you maybe check out my first video? tysm! ♥

I've just seen this comment! I'll look at your channel now :))

I really really hope your daughter is pleased with her results - but unfortunately, based on the A-level results there’s no surprise she’s very anxious. I’m hoping there’s been enough backlash from the A-level results that the government will fix the mess they’ve made and approach the GCSE results differently. I have appealed but even our teachers don’t really know what that means or what’s going to come from it. Thank you so much for your comment! We all deserve the grades we would have had if we had sat the exams x

Thank you so much!!!

Henlo Poppy Thank you so much for your comment! I hope it gets sorted too x

Alienocorn That’s exactly what happened in my school, all the high achievers were unfairly downgraded and the lower achievers were upgraded. It makes no sense!!!! I’m so angry for you!! As long as you’ve appealed that’s all you can do now. I hope it gets fixed!

@@itsjxylxn ikr! it doesn't really make any sense. this is messed up. i hope they do something about it and fairly grade us students using the evidence we've provided them instead of blindly grading

I wish you the best!!! Oh my gosh I’ve just googled it😂

itsjxylxn thank youu. ahahah

Wow we really did! How do you feel? X

itsjxylxn I was soo annoyed at English cuz I literally got an A in the mock as well and was predicted an A so I’m going to be appealing English and history fingers crossed ours go up 🤞🏻 xx

shellie seymour I feel the same way because I got an A in English in my mocks too!! I really hope they figure out what to do, keep me updated! X

itsjxylxn yeah for sure and you keep me updated too 😊 x

itsjxylxn inalso got an A in my English mock and coursework and got moved down to a B! X

I can’t believe we are in the exact same position!!! I felt so silly too but tbh we have every right to be upset. Dropping two grades no matter what the person’s predicted was is insane, so don’t feel foolish for being upset! We deserved the grades we were predicted and we proved that we deserved them in our mocks! I hope you’ve appealed and your results change to what they should be x

Thank you so much!! Xx

Thank you so much - it makes me feel so much better knowing that we’re not alone in this! I can’t believe they’ve dropped people two grades... apparently it’s only 3% of people in the UK they did that to so lucky us🙄 If you were predicted A’s I’d definitely appeal, especially because your chosen University depends on it!

Thank you :( I wish you the absolute best and truly hope this doesn’t happen for you guys!

itsjxylxn Thankyou so much! Hope everything works out!💜

As they should!!! X

Muhammad Shah I’ve appealed too, I do hope mine change but if not I’ll find a way to move forward :)

It seemed to be that way, they seemed to have averaged students out by upgrading the lower achievers and downgrading the higher x

You’re so lucky! Honestly, it was the simplest option idk why they weren’t doing it from the beginning

Yeah it doesn’t really make any sense, not only that I got my results 2 weeks early - I think that is more of a mistake than anything else cause we were supposed to get ours same time as you. Then again loads of my mates still haven’t got their grades yet. The whole thing is just a bit of a cock up ahaha.

I’m definitely going to check that video out! I’ve appealed but who knows what’s going happen now?! X

Anonymous Beast Are you going to appeal?

@@itsjxylxn . Yeah for maths. Thanks for asking 💯💯💯.

Good luck!!!

I’m so proud of you! Well done!! I’m so glad the government did a u-turn :)

@@itsjxylxn thank youuu!!

I’m a very new channel so thank you so much for subscribing! Fingers crossed for the appealing process :(( x

Summer Finley honestly, how can you miss a year of an A level and get a C, especially when the teachers put him down for an E😂

itsjxylxn I despise him 😂😩

😂😂 that’s amazing and highly accurate

Aside from the one potentially moved down, I’m so pleased you’re happy!!

Aha thank you! 😊

Congratulations on your results and my condolences on the 'B'. 🤐

😂 thank you, the B🤭 was quite traumatising haha. But luckily everything got upgraded!

@@itsjxylxn That is great news, I wish you the best in future exams. 🎓

She is grateful tho, she’s just saying that because of how much hard work she’s put in that she deserves a lot better, finishing 3 a levels off can be hard enough, not getting the grades you deserved to have can be even more frustrating. I mean look at me, I find out my GCSEs In a week in which I want a 8 in Fine Art, which my art teacher said I will be getting an grade 8 and so did all of my other teachers for other teachers in my other subjects for other GCSEs said I should deserved to get a grade 8. x

I know but keep trying!! You’ll be okay and I need to remember that I’ll be okay too! X

Thank you so much :( I wish you the best of luck for your GCSE results!! I don’t know if you’ve seen my recent video but the government have done a u-turn on the results and how they’re graded - they’re now teacher assessed so hopefully that means you guys won’t be screwed over by the stupid system they originally used!!!

@@itsjxylxn yeah thanks for the good luck! I know this sounds bad but im so glad that a levels went first because if that happened to me id be stressing at least this way I know its pretty accurate and deserved.

m8walsh don’t worry we went through the stress and tears for you!😂

@@itsjxylxn yeah sorry about that but thanks ahaha

Ahh that’s such a relief! I’m so happy you got what you deserved

Thank you so much! :(💕

I know it’s ridiculous! I’ve appealed but I have no idea what’s going to come from it. Thank you though!!

I love that you completely understand where I was coming from with the English grade!!😂 I wish you the absolute best! I don’t know if you’ve seen my recent video but they’ve now said we can get our teacher assessed grades so hopefully the GCSE students won’t be downgraded like we were! X

itsjxylxn hopefully!! But I was in and out of hospital for all of y11... so I’m kinda shitting myself haha!! I hope they do the same with A levels!! x

Abi Pendleton the teachers would have taken that into account I’m sure! I feel that receiving our teacher assessed grades will be more personal to us and more realistic. Lucky for a level students they’re using our teacher assessed grades too! But keep me updated on how your results day goes x

itsjxylxn yes of course! Congrats on your grades btw! I’ll reply in this thread when I get mine 😬😬 xxx

itsjxylxn update: I got all the grades I needed (7,8,9s) - Thankyou for helping me not be so nervous on the run up!! 😘😘 xx

literallyyy, I had to cut most of my crying out omd😂

but i got downgraded in all my subjects and didn't get into my firm choice and its such a mess bc we just have to wait to see what the government do

I know, we have to put all of our faith into a system that doesn’t even look at us and our work as individuals. I wish they had just listened to our teachers!!! I know Northern Ireland are apparently using teacher assessed grades for GCSEs so I hope they do it here for the A level students and for those who are getting their results next week! X

@@itsjxylxn yes definitely ! :(

Yes I did appeal! With appealing it meant they gave me my teacher predicted grades rather than government calculated so my grades went up to what I expected!

@@itsjxylxn Boy, that is such a relief. Congrats! Did you get into your desired uni?

You should ask your teacher whether you’re already studying something equivalent to an AS or A level. If you’re already completing something similar to an AS or A level - there would be no point adding extra onto your already busy workload. But if you aren’t and you feel you already know a lot of the content and have the time and mental capacity, this may also be the best option for you to expand on your knowledge and grades.

@@itsjxylxn oh, that is super helpful! my freshman and sophomore year grades are pretty good, and i think ill do good on my senior exams too, but i really messed my junior exams. and gpa consists of all four. so can i give year 11 as level only and send them instead of my junior from national board? :-(

I’m not sure what the legal requirements are but I assume they’d ask for all of your exams that prove you can accomplish your overall grade, rather than you having the option to specifically just give them your Year 11 A/S level. Again, I’d check that with your teacher because our examination system will be different from yours. However, if you did well in your A/S in your year 11, I’m sure that will average your overall junior grade to be higher. Don’t worry!

@@itsjxylxn thank you, I will check with my councilor. i have a lot on my plate and am trying really hard to manage it all. i am studying for three boards currently. i hope things work out for me soon...

Hard work ALWAYS pays off. I know this must be incredibly hard at the moment but know I am so proud of you and your future self will be so proud of you and thankful for how much effort you’ve put it. I know it must be hugely overwhelming at the moment but don’t overwork yourself. Make sure you give yourself only a few tasks each day - you can’t do everything at once. I find that the more work I do, the more I forgot. So if you’re studying, make sure you break it down because if you’re studying too much at the same time it will all pile on top of each other! I wish you the absolute best, you sound incredibly hard working so I believe you’ll be okay :)

Yes I did, thank you! My method of revising was very much around mind-maps for sociology. For example, with class ethnicity and gender, I would have a mind map on each of those. With gender in the middle, I would stem from that different categories within gender (with titles of said categories and the info underneath). Once I had written out the necessities (because I find my best way to revise is to write out the key info), I’d narrow it down further with a post it note. On the post it note, (that I stuck on top of the specific mindmap), I’d have key words or key sociologists relevant to gender, that would trigger a memory or the rest of the information. If ever I’d forget what a key word meant or what a sociologist said, it would also be highlighted on the mind map and I would be able to quickly read the info and test myself again via the post it. This helped because in my exam if there was a question on gender, I’d quickly write the small list of key words in the top right, that I remembered I had on my post it and as I was writing the essay, I would refer back to the keywords that would trigger my memory. Overtime I realised if I said ‘blank name’ ‘boys intelligence’ my brain would connect the sociologist with the key word and the rest would fall into place. I hope that all made sense, it’s hard not to show you my revision notes visually!

@@itsjxylxn I kind of get what you mean! If you’re okay with it, would you be able to send me some pictures of your mind maps and post it note so I can see how you set everything out? If so, my Instagram is @brodiehurl , no worries if not though! xx

I’ll definitely send over some photos when I find my notes and get them to you ASAP. I may actually make a KZfaq video on it so I can go more in depth!

Thank you! :) xx

Thank you! :) xx

Well done for getting into your Uni!! I’m not going to University, I’m doing acting courses but I still wanted the results I felt I deserved and what my teachers predicted, especially because I may want to apply next year or in the future. Unfortunately, I know lots of people who didn’t get into their Unis :( Only appeal if you’re disappointed and felt you could do better in the actual exams. The worse an appeal is going to do is simply not change your grade, so it’s worth a shot if you were predicted higher x

Who knows😂

I can’t believe that!!! The way they mark you fairly is by giving you the grades you deserve. And don’t worry I was just as frustrated by him getting upgraded when he bloody skipped a YEAR of Maths! I can’t believe how badly the government messed it up originally and now we have to depend on teacher assessed grades when some teachers have ALSO marked students down. Are you still able to appeal your teacher grades?

itsjxylxn I’ve tried to send in appeals but my headteacher said he doesn’t know if there’s a process for appeals and none of the teachers are back from their holiday yet. I’m hoping it’s just been an error or something cause I got into a uni I wanted but it’s just looking at the grades compared to people from other schools I feel like mine are so unfair.

Charlotte Cameron I completely understand that, even though you’ve got into your Uni (well done by the way!!) I still think there’s a sense of injustice if you haven’t got the grades you deserve. When they’re back, I really hope you’re able to fix it!

itsjxylxn thank you, I hope everything works out for xx

I actually can’t believe Uni’s haven’t been more lenient like they claimed they would be. Personally, I don’t think they should reject students until after the appeal process - because otherwise people will settle for a Uni and then after appealing they may get the grades for the one they truly wanted! I really hope the appeal process works for us all and we all get our teacher assessed grades/the grades we deserve!! Wishing you the best X

Hi, no worries for asking - because this was during Covid and lockdown, we weren’t able to do our final exams which meant our final grades were based on our predicted grades. Our predicted grades are decided by all of the work we’ve handed in and all of the mock exams or the end of terms exams we had done - the combination of all our work was put down to our final grades instead of a final exam because of Covid. I was upset because the government made an algorithm to decide what our grades could have been if we had had our final exam - but they didn’t reflect all the work we had done, that the teachers had been marking and examined. Luckily, after petitions and complaints from students, our grades were then officially changed to what our teachers had predicted our grades to be which reflected us as individuals so much better :) I hope that all makes sense - in quick summary, we didn’t have a final exam and this was my reaction to the governments algorithm before it changed to our predicted grades! X

@@itsjxylxn oh i am so glad that students called this issue out, you were completely valid with your feelings and i wish you the best of luck onwards!

Thank you so much!!

Psychic Investigator Steve It’s so frustrating!

@@itsjxylxn yes totally understand

Brocha xx thank you so much, I’ve actually posted a new video and thankfully the government have decided to give us our teacher assessed grades! Xx

It’s insane!!

CONGRATS GAL

Ian McGowan THANK YOU!! X

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That sucks for your friends but I hope you got what you wanted!

itsjxylxn yeah I did thanks

Thank you! :( and yeah I went to a state school x

Hopefully all these 18 year olds will use their votes wisely!

Wales (run by Labour) was the same story though, if not worse. 42% of grades (including one of mine) were downgraded. I'm not defending the UK government on this, just saying that it happened under governments run by different parties.

Noo don’t be! The government changed it to teacher predicted grades so I thankfully got the grades I was expecting - hopefully now they don’t make the same mistakes for you guys!

Thank you :( xx

Thank you!! X

Thank you - I’ll check it out now!

Thank you!! I felt stupid but realising how many people are in the same position made me feel so much better. I can’t believe how many people got downgraded! I just posted a new video talking about today’s news that the a-levels will now be our teacher assessed grades so I hope that makes you feel better!! X

I did what?😂

@@itsjxylxn 5.45 x

Becky Gamble ohhh I get it now thank you😂

@@itsjxylxn aha sorry I should have put it in quotes 😂 x

Thank you so much!! Whoops I forgot about that, thank you for letting me know xx

@@itsjxylxn No problem!! x

Yes it did - the government gave the option to change to teacher predicted grades or the ones they had created

Thank you :) I just watched your video! I hope your appeal goes through xx

itsjxylxn thank you. You too xx

Just subscribed to you xx

Thank you! It’s such a mess!

@@itsjxylxn sure was all my friends who meant get a 4 got 3s its just devestating after u work so hard

Did you not get your teacher assessed grades?

@@itsjxylxn supposdly not :( i thankfully passed but my friends got downgraded to 3s😑😢

Martine luna faye Whitear well done for passing!! But I can’t believe there’s still an issue with students being downgraded - they were supposed to fix it and I hope they do for your friends x

Thank you!!

Mr skips Maths for a year and gets a C

That’s a huge difference!!! I hope you’ve appealed

itsjxylxn I will but it’s not gonna make a difference cuz I’ve been rejected from medicine from both my firm and my insurance, have no clue what to do now

I can’t believe Universities have denied people BEFORE the appeal process. What if you end up getting the grades you need for the Uni?! It’s so stupid

itsjxylxn I feel so betrayed and when I called the UNI they said sorry but we can’t accept students who are appealing, but you can apply next year. That got me so angry, I feel like I was judged by my colleges past performance and not by my ability

Even tho my predicted grades was AAAB, I am a complete Nerd as in 90% of A levels was spent in the library and I was confident I was going to get A*A*AA. So when I saw BCCD I almost fainted🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️and your friend went from an E to a C in maths, I went from an A to C in maths. And maths was my strongest subject

Thank you! And yeah we definitely should, I’ll subscribe :) x

itsjxylxn thank you I have already subscribed xx

I’m not applying to Uni I need the grades in the future. Success is relative and when you’re achieving A* in a certain subject and they downgrade you by two whole grades it’s going to hurt you no matter what your original grade was e.g working at a B and then getting a D x

Just because she got in or could have gotten in doesn’t change her disappointment. SHe dropped 2 grades! She’s aloud to be upset

they’re really difficult if you tried taking them lol

@@itsjxylxn I did take them back in 2016. Except I took Geography not English Language. I wish I took something slightly more challenging, sociology and media were piss easy. Eng Lit was a harder a level but you were allowed the book with my exam board so it was fine.

Ah I took English Lit and Lang, maybe the course has become harder because there was a lot of information and theorists to learn for both Sociology and Media.

@@itsjxylxn yeah possibly.

A levels have been reformed since 2016, they’re harder now :/ I was predicted AAA and got ABB on results day.. I was devastated