Is doing only 7-8 GCSEs bad?

Well, i'm in year 10.. and i'm doing 8 GCSEs at the moment..(maths, english, science ,spanish, history, IT, R.E. and a BTEC in P.E. (which i think is totally useless)).. and i hate to mention but i am terrified that i am not doing nearly as much.. but i AM predicted A*-Bs in all but i guess 7's too little, as reading the forums and seeing many other who are doing 11 and more..

Is 7 a bad thing?

It isn't a bad thing... why did you only count "science" as one subject? Don't you do Biology, Physics and Chemistry?

Nope, its fine. I done 9.

I assume you're doing English Lit and Lang, and for Science you're doing double award? (Perhaps even triple award which is 3 GCSEs?) So that means you're doing 9, which is pretty much the average number of GCSEs.

I was always told that universities would only look at you if you were doing at least 8 GCSE's. But I'm sure you will be fine. GOOD LUCK!

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I am doing, All three but.. it only counts as 2 Gcse's Core & Additional. but i'm afraid i will have to retake core next year.. because my knowledge in Science is very little.

I don't do many.

I do: Childcare (which isn't a GCSE qualification), Maths, English, Core Science, Additional Science, RE, Art, Ict

So yeah I do 7, because we were only allowed to pick 3 options and childcare is a double, apparently you get 2 gcses in english though

You're absolutely fine with 8 GCSEs. Many university courses only ask for 5 at grade C or above including Maths and English (sometimes Science) so providing you get decent grades the amount won't hinder you.

Try not to compare yourself to the people of TSR, there are a lot of intelligent people on this forum and opinionated views on what success actually means/what university is good/what course is good etc. but there is more to a person than the number of qualifications you have.

Quality, not quantity.