The Big "Are My Grades Good Enough for Cambridge?" Thread

Thank you, I've posted a message in the thread. I was just wondering if Oxford would be mor successfu?

Even if Oxford does not look at UMS, B in Chemistry is not promising, I'm afraid.
You had very good GCSE grade in Chemistry and are obviously interested in Chemistry/Chemical engineering. I'm a bit baffled that your AS result is so low, and I'm sure you are, too. Do you think there's any good reason for that?

Ahaha trust me, it was the most surprising result to me. I thought those exams went the best. Tbh I expected better results overall but the exams were a lot harder than expected. There were no circumstances for me at all.

It's a very difficult reality you have to accept isn't it. I'm so sorry that happened to you.
well.... unfortunately I don't think you'll have a very good chance with Oxbridge with the grades you have and without any extenuating circumstance you could've used as a trump card....
But if you still want to go to Oxbridge, I think the best option is go to the best uni your grades can lead you, study extremely hard and get a first, then apply for postgraduate course at Cambridge (or Oxford if you must...). .

Good luck!

Thank you so much for all your help. It's okay, there's a lot worse things could have happened ahah. Thank you so much anyway, I'm just going to work super hard to get into imperial. Thanks anyway.


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Thank you so much for all your help. It's okay, there's a lot worse things could have happened ahah. Thank you so much anyway, I'm just going to work super hard to get into imperial. Thanks anyway.


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I'm afraid Imperial may also be concerned by the B. You're best bet, as suggested by the AT, may be a post A-level application. Although, of course, you have nothing to lose by also making an application this year to see if you get any offers at AS.

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Imperial as well? Yeah I don't think I can take a gap year ahaha.


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You are applying to the top unis in the country, so they can afford to be very choosey... But as I said you can at least apply and see what happens.

Also look at Manchester. Good rep for ChemEng.

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hi I'm thinking about applying for Cambridge but i don't know if i got good enough to get in. be as brutally honest as possible without being soul destroying i'm a big boy i can take it (not like that). Basically AS i got AABC in Maths Economics Chemistry and Politics accordingly.mY RPEDICTEDS ARE a* a* a c A* in economics cos i got 95% overall, A* in maths cos i got 90% overall A in chemistry cos i got 2 marks off an A and c in politics cos i can't write.thanks for any replies

Seeing as you "can't write", I'm going to have to go with no, sorry.

Hi all

I have aspirations to study Law at Cambridge, though reading through this thread has suppressed my confidence greatly.

At GCSE I achieved an A grade in:

Geography
History
Mathematics
Statistics
English Literature
English Language
Physical Education

I also got B's in the three sciences.

At AS I ended up with

Politics: 92% average UMS
History: 89.5% average UMS
Economics: 82.5% average UMS
Use of Maths/applied maths: C (not sure of UMS ( I was thoroughly shocked at this result as I was attaining 100% in many of my mock exams, I guess i just had a bad day)

At A2 I am of course continuing with my strongest three and will retake applied maths to get an A.

While nor my GCSE or AS results were outstanding, i have extenuating circumstances, I just wanted to know how much these extenuating circumstances can compensate for poor results. I was diagnosed with a Pituitary Tumour (brain tumour) in May 2012 and have suffered in varying degrees since. My school attendance was hampered greatly (70% ish over year 10/11). In addition the fatigue i feel means I am unable to study and commit so much time to my studies as most. Despite this i managed to achieve 90% attendance in the previous year of AS.

I fear that I sound as though I am making excuses, though that is most definitely not my intention, my basic question is: do i stand a chance of even an interview?

Your average UMS is just around the level you may or may not invited to interview, but with your extenuating circumstance (definitely you're entitled to claim it!) and good improvement from your GCSE to AS, I think you probably will.
But many law candidates apply with 4 A-levels, so..... ...

Why don't you ask Christ's admission tutor who're hosting a Q&A thread in this forum?
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3517571

I would definitely apply as I had only one of my three as levels over 90% and still got an interview that I messed up but you could still be in with a chance so apply regardless. It's definitely a good experience!!
My GCSEs were the same as yours just one less a and an extra b! So you have nothing to lose!!

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