Extra-curricular for Oxbridge?

Hi, basically my aim is to go to Oxbridge in 2012 (don't know what course yet) and although I'm smart, I'd probably be at the lower end of the academics there (I got 5 A*'s and 6 A's at GCSE and will almost certainly get 4 A's at A-Level, if not an A* or two). The thing is, I know that people have gone to Oxbridge with worse grades, but what with competition being so high at the moment, and many people having better GCSEs, and I would like to be sure to be accepted. I am the Finance Director for the Young Enterprise at my school, I did DofE Bronze and will probably do Silver. Although I'm decent at sports, I'm no-where near good enough for that to be relevant.

My problem is that it will be difficult to differentiate me from other potential candidates, and because all of our AS-grades will be similar, my GCSEs will be brought into account and alot of people will have better grades.

What I would like to know is will my extra-curricular activities be good enough to get into Oxbridge alongside my academic side, or are they not enough? Or easily too much? Please answer! Thanks

wow you sound like a ****.

"(I got 5 A*'s and 6 A's at GCSE and will almost certainly get 4 A's at A-Level, if not an A* or two)

I'm a **** because I'm smart and prepared to work hard? Ok then, in that case, I guess I am. I'm not pretending to be a genius; I know that people are smarter than me, and who got much better GCSEs and 3 A*'s at A-Level. Are they ***** too?

I'm a **** because I'm smart and prepared to work hard? Ok then, in that case, I guess I am. I'm not pretending to be a genius; I know that people are smarter than me, and who got much better GCSEs and 3 A*'s at A-Level. Are they ***** too?

Seriously, Oxford and Cambridge do not give a **** about extra-curricular activities, with the exception of Medicine (where relevant volunteer/paid experience is a must).

I think the suggestion is you shouldn't say this when you've only just started your AS Levels. You never know what might happen.

Also, how do you know Oxbridge is the best for the course you choose?

No because they aren't waving it around it other people's faces or speaking about it in an arrogant tone...
There's plenty more to oxford's admission criteria such as a good performance on the admissions test.
By the way, you're not in a position to judge whether you'll get straight A's at A-Level because you haven't looked at them properly yet. A lot of different factors will come into it when you get to A-Level.

I know, I could mess up my exams and go to a different university. I wasn't trying to sound like an arrogant prat, but my A-Levels are my best subjects and I have really good and devoted teachers. Plus, my brother completely messed up his January exams and still ended up with 3 A's and went to Manchester.

I have looked at lots of different courses at different universities, but because each subject can have so many variations to it, I don't yet know what I want to do. It could be Biology, or Languages, or Economics, or Physics... I really, really enjoy them all (sounding really gay atm haha) but I don't know which will help me most in my future job (also yet to be decided)

I know, I could mess up my exams and go to a different university. I wasn't trying to sound like an arrogant prat, but my A-Levels are my best subjects and I have really good and devoted teachers. Plus, my brother completely messed up his January exams and still ended up with 3 A's and went to Manchester.

I have looked at lots of different courses at different universities, but because each subject can have so many variations to it, I don't yet know what I want to do. It could be Biology, or Languages, or Economics, or Physics... I really, really enjoy them all (sounding really gay atm haha) but I don't know which will help me most in my future job (also yet to be decided)