Are these GCSEs good enough for law @ cambridge?

No, you're going to die in a hole eating mud and worms for sustenance. You won't be even considered for entry to Oxbridge. Everyone knows that.

Yes you have the right amount of A*'s to go cambridge I think their law college is called Churchill, look on their website it says it there

Virtually all offer Law. In fact it would be advisable not to apply for Churchill as they have not taken people with less than 9 A*s in some ridiculous amount of time. http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduates/courses/law/

If there's a 'law college' it's Downing, but it doesn't really matter.

Hey,
obviously I understand that GCSEs are nothing compared to A level, but would these be okay (ie will they affect my chances).
8A* in history, RS, Maths (taken year early), Bio, chem, physics, Geography and statistics.
3As in IGCSE English literature, IGCSE English language and french.
Basically, I was predicted 11A*s and English was actually one of my strongest subjects, however, my teacher was useless and I basically learned nothing in two years - due to this, for English I had to teach myself: I read literary criticisms by Granville Barker etc and went well above what I needed for IGCSE. However, I still was not exactly sure what IGCSE looked for and got myself in a panic and basically had a bad day.
My main concern is not the number of A*s, but the fact that it is in English I got the As, rather than say statistics.
I haven't actually got my results, but these are what I expect. I go to a satisfactory Ofsted rated state school comprehensive by the way.
Cheers,
Charles

Sorry, You need a level 6 at year 6 to even start thinking to join Oxbridge after a-levels, Never mind GCSES...

The amount of A*s @ gcse is irrelevant. Unless you want to do the uber competitive courses like Maths, Medicine and Law, all Unis count is your AS grades, Your personal statement (depends on the uni), The entrance exams (depends on the course) etc. These are given far more weight than GCSES Alone..

an example is A person with 2a*7a and scored very highly in an entrance exam is regarded better than someone with 8+ a* + whatever A grades
that scored crappy in the entrance exam..

You should bear in mind the amount of people going to uni is at it's highest, and lots of people are getting 11A*s. you need to make sure you're standing out, unis look for well rounded people, not just those academically focused


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Yeah, it's the fact that this is the first year the school has done IGCSE english and they have no clue how to teach it, hence I am more or less doing it myself. Had it been GCSE english, A* would have been no problem.

Hey,
obviously I understand that GCSEs are nothing compared to A level, but would these be okay (ie will they affect my chances).
8A* in history, RS, Maths (taken year early), Bio, chem, physics, Geography and statistics.
3As in IGCSE English literature, IGCSE English language and french.
Basically, I was predicted 11A*s and English was actually one of my strongest subjects, however, my teacher was useless and I basically learned nothing in two years - due to this, for English I had to teach myself: I read literary criticisms by Granville Barker etc and went well above what I needed for IGCSE. However, I still was not exactly sure what IGCSE looked for and got myself in a panic and basically had a bad day.
My main concern is not the number of A*s, but the fact that it is in English I got the As, rather than say statistics.
I haven't actually got my results, but these are what I expect. I go to a satisfactory Ofsted rated state school comprehensive by the way.
Cheers,
Charles