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The Big "Are My Grades Good Enough for Cambridge?" Thread (Mk1)
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Cashing it in means the official certification of your AS modules into an AS qualification, so the opposite of hiding it.
However when you fill in the additional Cambridge application form, you have to put down every module result anyway, so they can see everything regardless.
However when you fill in the additional Cambridge application form, you have to put down every module result anyway, so they can see everything regardless.
So if I apply for cambridge I must show it, without a doubt. But what about oxford?
I've heard you can just simply type "pending" in your UCAS application in the space that would have been your AS grades, this shows the uni that you are resitting without actually telling them your UMS scores is that legal?
I've heard you can just simply type "pending" in your UCAS application in the space that would have been your AS grades, this shows the uni that you are resitting without actually telling them your UMS scores is that legal?
I don't know, but you have to put everything on the SAQ anyway.
I'm not sure about Oxford, sorry.
I'm not sure about Oxford, sorry.
Hiya everyone. I know this will probably get moved into the stickied thread but ah well.
I have been dithering about applying to Cambridge for a long time. I absoloutely LOVE the university and Clare College in particular. If I applied I would apply to do German and Russian Combined Honours. I'm a strong candidate otherwise, good work experience, have done both french and german exchanges and am busy learning the Russian alphabet, reading Thomas Mann translations and researching Russian culture and history ect. My Personal Statement is taking shape and I think I've managed to communicate my passion for languages and why I want to study them.
The thing that worries me is my grades. I got at GCSE:
A* in French, German, English Literature and English Language.
A in Science, Further Science, Maths and Art.
B in Graphic Design, Religious Studies, ICT (DiDA) and Welsh.
I then took French, German, English Lit and English Media at AS.
I got As in all 4 - 100% in Media, 89% in French, 85% in German and about 83% in English Lit.
Knowing Cambridge's view on Media, I dropped it, and also as I will be predicted A* in German and French so I needed to only have 3 subjects to concentrate on the languages.
So I'm now taking French, German and English, to be predicted A*A*A I think.
The reasons I'm hesitating are my GCSE grades...Clare College expressedly told me they don't consider anyone with less than 5A*s and the teacher who is the expert in Oxbridge applications at my school told us they don't really consider people with more than 2 Bs...
So if either of them are true, I don't have a chance. I took quite a few GCSEs (also one in PSE but I don't count that lol) and I hope they would notice that my A*s were in the subjects I am carrying on to A level.
But I love the university so much and was so impressed with the language courses and modules you can take I don't want to give up on it.
As someone who either has knowledge on the application process or has studied at Cambridge, would you say go for it?
Thanks
I have been dithering about applying to Cambridge for a long time. I absoloutely LOVE the university and Clare College in particular. If I applied I would apply to do German and Russian Combined Honours. I'm a strong candidate otherwise, good work experience, have done both french and german exchanges and am busy learning the Russian alphabet, reading Thomas Mann translations and researching Russian culture and history ect. My Personal Statement is taking shape and I think I've managed to communicate my passion for languages and why I want to study them.
The thing that worries me is my grades. I got at GCSE:
A* in French, German, English Literature and English Language.
A in Science, Further Science, Maths and Art.
B in Graphic Design, Religious Studies, ICT (DiDA) and Welsh.
I then took French, German, English Lit and English Media at AS.
I got As in all 4 - 100% in Media, 89% in French, 85% in German and about 83% in English Lit.
Knowing Cambridge's view on Media, I dropped it, and also as I will be predicted A* in German and French so I needed to only have 3 subjects to concentrate on the languages.
So I'm now taking French, German and English, to be predicted A*A*A I think.
The reasons I'm hesitating are my GCSE grades...Clare College expressedly told me they don't consider anyone with less than 5A*s and the teacher who is the expert in Oxbridge applications at my school told us they don't really consider people with more than 2 Bs...
So if either of them are true, I don't have a chance. I took quite a few GCSEs (also one in PSE but I don't count that lol) and I hope they would notice that my A*s were in the subjects I am carrying on to A level.
But I love the university so much and was so impressed with the language courses and modules you can take I don't want to give up on it.
As someone who either has knowledge on the application process or has studied at Cambridge, would you say go for it?
Thanks
In what world are A*A*A*A*AAAABBBB poor GCSE grades?! These threads are really starting to get boring. I'm really holding myself back from ranting here; there are so many things I want to say that I'm refraining from saying 
For what it's worth, I only got 2 A*s, and I know people with more than 2 Bs who have offers. Additionally, the GCSEs that you got Bs in aren't really relevant to your degree, so I don't see the problem. Apply goddammit.
For what it's worth, I only got 2 A*s, and I know people with more than 2 Bs who have offers. Additionally, the GCSEs that you got Bs in aren't really relevant to your degree, so I don't see the problem. Apply goddammit.how are they poor, wtf is wrong with you?
Hm okay I withdraw the poor. I meant as in, are the things I have been told about the 5A*s and more than 2Bs true, will it stop me from getting an interview/offer.
Just apply, you'll find out. They look at loads of other things other than your grades.
"If no-one ever took any risks Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor."
Seriously, your GCSEs are fine. If you have a passion for your subject, good AS grades (check and check) then go for it!
Seriously, your GCSEs are fine. If you have a passion for your subject, good AS grades (check and check) then go for it!
*ignores OP* Seriously people that think having Almost all As as poor are too uptight
Deutsch_Beth
Hm okay I withdraw the poor. I meant as in, are the things I have been told about the 5A*s and more than 2Bs true, will it stop me from getting an interview/offer.
All of what I want to shout at you boils down to this:
1. There is no minimum GCSE grade requirement, spoken or unspoken
2. You're very likely to get an interview on those grades; the offer that may or may not follow depends on interview performance, among other things
3. If you don't apply, you won't get an offer
4. Your teachers (even those in high/'specialist' positions) probably don't know what they're talking about
Point #4 is especially pertinent, and I found it to be very much true when I went through the experience myself.
Deutsch_Beth
Hiya everyone. I know this will probably get moved into the stickied thread but ah well.
I have been dithering about applying to Cambridge for a long time. I absoloutely LOVE the university and Clare College in particular. If I applied I would apply to do German and Russian Combined Honours. I'm a strong candidate otherwise, good work experience, have done both french and german exchanges and am busy learning the Russian alphabet, reading Thomas Mann translations and researching Russian culture and history ect. My Personal Statement is taking shape and I think I've managed to communicate my passion for languages and why I want to study them.
The thing that worries me is my grades. I got at GCSE:
A* in French, German, English Literature and English Language.
A in Science, Further Science, Maths and Art.
B in Graphic Design, Religious Studies, ICT (DiDA) and Welsh.
I then took French, German, English Lit and English Media at AS.
I got As in all 4 - 100% in Media, 89% in French, 85% in German and about 83% in English Lit.
Knowing Cambridge's view on Media, I dropped it, and also as I will be predicted A* in German and French so I needed to only have 3 subjects to concentrate on the languages.
So I'm now taking French, German and English, to be predicted A*A*A I think.
The reasons I'm hesitating are my GCSE grades...Clare College expressedly told me they don't consider anyone with less than 5A*s and the teacher who is the expert in Oxbridge applications at my school told us they don't really consider people with more than 2 Bs...
So if either of them are true, I don't have a chance. I took quite a few GCSEs (also one in PSE but I don't count that lol) and I hope they would notice that my A*s were in the subjects I am carrying on to A level.
But I love the university so much and was so impressed with the language courses and modules you can take I don't want to give up on it.
As someone who either has knowledge on the application process or has studied at Cambridge, would you say go for it?
Thanks
I have been dithering about applying to Cambridge for a long time. I absoloutely LOVE the university and Clare College in particular. If I applied I would apply to do German and Russian Combined Honours. I'm a strong candidate otherwise, good work experience, have done both french and german exchanges and am busy learning the Russian alphabet, reading Thomas Mann translations and researching Russian culture and history ect. My Personal Statement is taking shape and I think I've managed to communicate my passion for languages and why I want to study them.
The thing that worries me is my grades. I got at GCSE:
A* in French, German, English Literature and English Language.
A in Science, Further Science, Maths and Art.
B in Graphic Design, Religious Studies, ICT (DiDA) and Welsh.
I then took French, German, English Lit and English Media at AS.
I got As in all 4 - 100% in Media, 89% in French, 85% in German and about 83% in English Lit.
Knowing Cambridge's view on Media, I dropped it, and also as I will be predicted A* in German and French so I needed to only have 3 subjects to concentrate on the languages.
So I'm now taking French, German and English, to be predicted A*A*A I think.
The reasons I'm hesitating are my GCSE grades...Clare College expressedly told me they don't consider anyone with less than 5A*s and the teacher who is the expert in Oxbridge applications at my school told us they don't really consider people with more than 2 Bs...
So if either of them are true, I don't have a chance. I took quite a few GCSEs (also one in PSE but I don't count that lol) and I hope they would notice that my A*s were in the subjects I am carrying on to A level.
But I love the university so much and was so impressed with the language courses and modules you can take I don't want to give up on it.
As someone who either has knowledge on the application process or has studied at Cambridge, would you say go for it?
Thanks
Hi there, I know this is a long shot, but maybe you should pretend you took 2 less GCSE's than you did, i.e. don't declare them (you're not obliged too) and then the 'b grade rule' wont apply....
Good luck with the 4A* thing though.
Think about my first idea
Deutsch_Beth
Hiya everyone. I know this will probably get moved into the stickied thread but ah well.
I have been dithering about applying to Cambridge for a long time. I absoloutely LOVE the university and Clare College in particular. If I applied I would apply to do German and Russian Combined Honours. I'm a strong candidate otherwise, good work experience, have done both french and german exchanges and am busy learning the Russian alphabet, reading Thomas Mann translations and researching Russian culture and history ect. My Personal Statement is taking shape and I think I've managed to communicate my passion for languages and why I want to study them.
The thing that worries me is my grades. I got at GCSE:
A* in French, German, English Literature and English Language.
A in Science, Further Science, Maths and Art.
B in Graphic Design, Religious Studies, ICT (DiDA) and Welsh.
I then took French, German, English Lit and English Media at AS.
I got As in all 4 - 100% in Media, 89% in French, 85% in German and about 83% in English Lit.
Knowing Cambridge's view on Media, I dropped it, and also as I will be predicted A* in German and French so I needed to only have 3 subjects to concentrate on the languages.
So I'm now taking French, German and English, to be predicted A*A*A I think.
The reasons I'm hesitating are my GCSE grades...Clare College expressedly told me they don't consider anyone with less than 5A*s and the teacher who is the expert in Oxbridge applications at my school told us they don't really consider people with more than 2 Bs...
So if either of them are true, I don't have a chance. I took quite a few GCSEs (also one in PSE but I don't count that lol) and I hope they would notice that my A*s were in the subjects I am carrying on to A level.
But I love the university so much and was so impressed with the language courses and modules you can take I don't want to give up on it.
As someone who either has knowledge on the application process or has studied at Cambridge, would you say go for it?
Thanks
I have been dithering about applying to Cambridge for a long time. I absoloutely LOVE the university and Clare College in particular. If I applied I would apply to do German and Russian Combined Honours. I'm a strong candidate otherwise, good work experience, have done both french and german exchanges and am busy learning the Russian alphabet, reading Thomas Mann translations and researching Russian culture and history ect. My Personal Statement is taking shape and I think I've managed to communicate my passion for languages and why I want to study them.
The thing that worries me is my grades. I got at GCSE:
A* in French, German, English Literature and English Language.
A in Science, Further Science, Maths and Art.
B in Graphic Design, Religious Studies, ICT (DiDA) and Welsh.
I then took French, German, English Lit and English Media at AS.
I got As in all 4 - 100% in Media, 89% in French, 85% in German and about 83% in English Lit.
Knowing Cambridge's view on Media, I dropped it, and also as I will be predicted A* in German and French so I needed to only have 3 subjects to concentrate on the languages.
So I'm now taking French, German and English, to be predicted A*A*A I think.
The reasons I'm hesitating are my GCSE grades...Clare College expressedly told me they don't consider anyone with less than 5A*s and the teacher who is the expert in Oxbridge applications at my school told us they don't really consider people with more than 2 Bs...
So if either of them are true, I don't have a chance. I took quite a few GCSEs (also one in PSE but I don't count that lol) and I hope they would notice that my A*s were in the subjects I am carrying on to A level.
But I love the university so much and was so impressed with the language courses and modules you can take I don't want to give up on it.
As someone who either has knowledge on the application process or has studied at Cambridge, would you say go for it?
Thanks
Little Friendsly Advice!
I've finished my A-Levels for University, and I applied to read Law at Trinity College, Oxford.
Do not set your hopes to high; because the bigger they are the harder they fall. I was educated through the state system, achieved 6 A*'s & 6 A's at GCSE, I achieved 5 A's at AS-Level, I am achieved 3 A's at A-Level and I also have A distiction in an Advanced Extention Award, AQA Bacculeurte and the first A* in an Extended Project Qual. new for 2009. My perosnal statement was personally endorsed by my principle, only one of few students had that honour.
I was rejected from Oxford, without even an interview. Although, convinently two students from my college you used to attend a Grammar School to complete their G.C.S.E's, the only two people in the college, managed to get a place. Oxford, despite what they tell you, is biased against state application, although it did't help my application by applying to Trinity although they should have pooled the application. I feel in love with Oxford, and actually thought I could get in. It is obviously reserved for the privilidged, as per my experiences and what had happened.
I'm not saying don't apply, just do not expect to much and if your from the state sector choose a college lower down on the Norrington Table. I've now got a place at the University of Leicester, the 6th best law school in this country mainly because of the oppertunity to study European Law in Malta in my third year; just because it's not Oxbridge, does not detract from the value. Look at the oppertunites, Oxbridge cannot provide you with the same social experiances.
It's just a shame that law sets look at who you know, as oppose to what you know. But I just want to be a humble administrative legal barrister, so a good law degree from a top 10 university will suffice.
Good Luck Thou!
Seeing your grades make me feel stupid..
Very unnecessary question though.
Very unnecessary question though.
No, you will not get in now. You might as well kill yourself, you are a disgrace for not getting all A*s. Oxbridge will never accept you now.
Deutsch_Beth
Hm okay I withdraw the poor. I meant as in, are the things I have been told about the 5A*s and more than 2Bs true, will it stop me from getting an interview/offer.
the grade requirements are on the prospectus.
grape:)
Hi there, I know this is a long shot, but maybe you should pretend you took 2 less GCSE's than you did, i.e. don't declare them (you're not obliged too) and then the 'b grade rule' wont apply....
You're obliged by the contract you sign with UCAS to declare all of your GCSE grades. If the OP followed your instructions and the uni found out, she could potentially lose her offer, or even her place (even after she'd started) because she'd broken the terms of the contract.
So... bad idea.
KumakoXsd
Seeing your grades make me feel stupid..
Very unnecessary question though.
Very unnecessary question though.
grape:)
Hi there, I know this is a long shot, but maybe you should pretend you took 2 less GCSE's than you did, i.e. don't declare them (you're not obliged too) and then the 'b grade rule' wont apply....
Good luck with the 4A* thing though.
Think about my first idea
Good luck with the 4A* thing though.
Think about my first idea
What?
I'm way confused
you have to declare all gcses
AllUnits
No, you will not get in now. You might as well kill yourself, you are a disgrace for not getting all A*s. Oxbridge will never accept you now.
Lmao.
Yeh I clicked on this thread and expected to see grades that weren't so good, but your sig says you've got 4*A's, a bunch of A's and B's.. how are they not good grades? I mean, some people would kill to get them grades! You ought to be happy about it, not beating yourself up about it. |:
I'm sure you'll get accepted, but if you don't, there are plenty of other universities around that are as good as Cambridge.
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