Last year (AS Levels) I didn't do as well as I had hoped and I ended up with BCCE. At first this was heartbreaking as I was predicted AAAB but I got over it. I dropped the E, and retook 1 paper in each of the other 3 subjects. I got one of the papers where I got a C overall (I originally got a D that paper) up to 100%, which I'm really happy about as it means I only need two low Cs this summer to get an A. I retook another paper in the other C and got it up to a B overall. I retook a paper in the B and it didn't do up, it actually went down five marks giving me a D in that paper. So at the moment, I have ABB.
I'm hoping to get an A* this summer in the one where I got 100, although I don't want to jump the gun too much. However I'm not sure if I can get the other two Bs up to As at all.
I'm taking a gap year, so I can always retake in January but I want to go travelling so that would interfere and i don't really want to do that.
How would universities perceive A*BB? For some reason I feel as though I would prefer AAB rather than this, I'm not sure why. Is the A* really that well credited?
How much of a chance do I have of getting at least one of the Bs up? In one of the subjects I got A-C in the two papers and in the other one I got B-B. I'm retaking the C again in summer but for some reason I can't get my head around it and find it ridiculously hard so I don't know if it will go up...