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'If I don't get into uni, I will be devastated'
Miranda Bryant14 Aug 2009
Martha Young is worried she will not get the A-level grades she needs to go to her first-choice university when the results come out next week.
The 18-year-old worked hard for her exams but is anxious because the competition for university places this year is so high. To study geography at Leeds she has to get two As and a B.
"If I don't get into uni, I will be devastated" Miss Young, from Muswell Hill, said.
"Going to university is a whole new circumstance for learning and the opportunity to meet new people. If I don't go, I'll feel like I have missed out."
Miss Young studied history, geography and music for her A-levels at Camden School for Girls.
If she doesn't get the grades she needs for Leeds or her insurance place at Glasgow, she will not be able to do retakes because she is going on a gap year to Uganda to teach children at a primary school. Outside school, she has been working hard on fundraising for her trip.
Miss Young, who wants to work in human rights after she graduates, says her parents will have to reapply for her if she does not get into university first time around because she will not be in the country.
Reader views (1)
Frankly, if she's at Camden School for Girls, she should get her grades. I marked A levels for many years and know the difference a good teacher makes.
- Dectora, London UK, 14/08/2009 10:31
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