Sorry, I know there are so many similar threads, I want advice from you guys and thank you in advance (:
Maths AS and A2: 94% UMS
(Will be taking further maths)
Physics AS: 95% UMS (full marks in both exams, B in practical)
Chemistry AS: 84% UMS (B in practical. I honestly thought I had done better in the exams...)
Mother tongue language AS: 100% UMS
Biology AS (not doing A2): 85% UMS
I go to a state school where % of A-levels awarded grade A is just above 8% (LOL) most teachers are rubbish at teaching, chavs messing around in class etc (or just bunk) so I teach myself most of the stuff. However we never got taught anything for the practicals and there are no text books for it so everyone in my year got B or lower.
I'm thinking of studying physics at uni, my grades are all A so far so but is 84% 85% for the other subjects not good enough for oxford standards? I know that you don't have to indicate the individual marks but my friends who go to private schools get over 95% in all their exams and I feel really dumb.
I did get 100% in my physics exams and I did okay in maths, but I thought the physics exams were ridiculously easy, did very little revision, I wrote crap in one of the essay questions and I'm sure I lost about 5 marks but still got full UMS. It's not indicating whether I'll do well in physics at a degree level at all... I do really want to study it though.
Othe unis I'm considering:
Imperial
Birmingham
Southampton
Nottingham
Manchester
Havn't decided yet... but am I aiming too high?
And also... are extracurricular activities really important? My school teacher who was supposed to be organising DofE decided to not do it anymore so I didn't even complete bronze award... I go to sports club and teach myself an instrument but that's not going to sound very good on my PS...
Also I suck at talking so oxford interview (if I'm even lucky to get one) is going to go horribly wrong. I stutter and pause struggling to string a sentence together and it's like I can't speak English properly