The official UCL am I good enough / GCSE freak out thread

Reply 780

theuglymeme

8

Guys I recently got an offer from UCL and I don't think my GCSEs were that 'great' so you should have more faith lmao

Reply 781

LN05

15

Original post by theuglymeme

Guys I recently got an offer from UCL and I don't think my GCSEs were that 'great' so you should have more faith lmao

May i ask what courses you did for your A Levels?

Reply 782

theuglymeme

8

Original post by LN05

May i ask what courses you did for your A Levels?

I am doing Maths, Further Maths and Chemistry but when I sent my application, I was still doing Psychology too which I dropped last week

Reply 783

Jusgugs

2

I got 6c’s, did BSc in Business Computing Systems at City and now currently perusing a MSc Human-Computer Interaction at UCL this following September.

Reply 784

hau28

19

Masters courses are less competitive than Undergrad corses and it’s easier to get a good mark at low ranking universities.

Reply 785

S.carter

18

Hello, I’m just wondering if anyone here has similar grades or had similar grades whilst applying to UCL LLB Law. I know the PS also is really important so obviously grades aren’t everything to an application, but I was wondering if I could get a second opinion if someone with my grades could be considered for LLB Law .

GCSE- 8888877665 + A* , A
AS targets (my school does MTG’s rather than predicted for AS) AAAA in Law, history, English lit and English language + an EPQ
A-Level targets- not formally set but tutor said shes confident they’ll be A*A*A* in law and the 2 English courses.

Thank you :smile:

Reply 786

OGbaby69

13

For those worrying about getting into UCL.

My GCSEs -
Maths 9
Eng Lang and Lit 7
Bio A
Physics B
Chem B
History B
Sociology B
RE A
French C

I just did my A levels in Maths, Further Maths and Bio and got A*AA. I have a confirmed place for UCl Econ in September. My GCSEs weren’t all that but It still worked out...

Reply 787

Telamonian Ajax

14

Yes, GCSEs are not that important criteria when it comes to UCL. As long as you meet the individual requirements, and get good grades at A level, you should be fine. For example, I got appalling GCSE grades, nothing exceeding 5 Cs, with my lowest being 2 Es. I got into UCL to study Egyptian archaeology with A level grades of A*AAA. What was important was that the course requires at least a 5 or C in a foreign language, one of my Cs being Spanish.

So don't freat too much on your GCSEs. Just smash your A levels and you should be fine.

Reply 788

Jusgugs

2

Original post by hau28

Masters courses are less competitive than Undergrad corses and it’s easier to get a good mark at low ranking universities.

Cool story bro. where have you been educated?

Reply 789

hau28

19

Uni of Leeds

Original post by Jusgugs

Cool story bro. where have you been educated?

Reply 790

Anonymous #1

UCL gcse eng lang requirement is minimum 6 but I got a 5, if your other grades are fine and A level predicted grades are high, will they still not consider giving you an offer solely because of one gcse subject?

Reply 791

OGbaby69

13

Original post by Anonymous

UCL gcse eng lang requirement is minimum 6 but I got a 5, if your other grades are fine and A level predicted grades are high, will they still not consider giving you an offer solely because of one gcse subject?

I think they will ask you to retake that gcse. They did for my friend. But depending on how high the other grades are they could let it go.

Reply 792

skylake

10

Hi Guys,

Just thought I’d post this here if it were to be of interest to anyone. I’m a recent Oxford E&M grad. Before that I received 5A*s and 2As in my A-Level exams. I also received offers from LSE, UCL, Warwick and Durham all for straight Econ.

I’m currently giving advice on applications and exams as well as on entrance exams (TSA). If you’re interested, please feel free to get in touch via the link below. (I don’t tend to com onto TSR much).

https://tutorhub.com/users/ash_prab

Reply 793

skylake

10

Hi Guys,

Just thought I’d post this here if it were to be of interest to anyone. I’m a recent Oxford E&M grad. Before that I received 5A*s and 2As in my A-Level exams. I also received offers from LSE, UCL, Warwick and Durham all for straight Econ.

I’m currently giving advice on applications and exams as well as on entrance exams (TSA). If you’re interested, please feel free to get in touch via the link below. (I don’t tend to com onto TSR much).

https://tutorhub.com/users/ash_prab

Reply 794

Telamonian Ajax

14

Original post by Anonymous

UCL gcse eng lang requirement is minimum 6 but I got a 5, if your other grades are fine and A level predicted grades are high, will they still not consider giving you an offer solely because of one gcse subject?

I think it may depend on the course because my course requires a 5.

Reply 795

hau28

19

Original post by skylake

Hi Guys,

Just thought I’d post this here if it were to be of interest to anyone. I’m a recent Oxford E&M grad. Before that I received 5A*s and 2As in my A-Level exams. I also received offers from LSE, UCL, Warwick and Durham all for straight Econ.

I’m currently giving advice on applications and exams as well as on entrance exams (TSA). If you’re interested, please feel free to get in touch via the link below. (I don’t tend to com onto TSR much).

https://tutorhub.com/users/ash_prab

You did 7 full A Levels? wtf

Reply 796

Bluerainy

20

Original post by skylake

Hi Guys,

Just thought I’d post this here if it were to be of interest to anyone. I’m a recent Oxford E&M grad. Before that I received 5A*s and 2As in my A-Level exams. I also received offers from LSE, UCL, Warwick and Durham all for straight Econ.

I’m currently giving advice on applications and exams as well as on entrance exams (TSA). If you’re interested, please feel free to get in touch via the link below. (I don’t tend to com onto TSR much).

https://tutorhub.com/users/ash_prab

Which subjects did you do for your A levles? And were all these A levels done in two years 😯...

Reply 797

skylake

10

I did Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Critical Thinking and General Studies. And yes all in one go.

Reply 798

MP66

6

Hi,
I will be applying for BA History.
My GCSEs:
9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 7, L2D*
That 7 is in French (I've heard UCL requires a languages GCSE?)
My A Levels:
A, A, A, A at AS
Predicted A*, A*, A*, A at A2 (A* history and politics)
My A Levels are Maths, Further Maths, History, Politics.

How likely am I to get an offer from UCL?

Thank you for your help!

(edited 3 years ago)

Reply 799

bushelboi

15

Original post by MP66

Hi,
I will be applying for BA History.
My GCSEs:
9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 7, L2D*, A*
That 7 is in French (I've heard UCL requires a languages GCSE?)
My A Levels:
A, A, A, A at AS
Predicted A*, A*, A*, A at A2 (A* history and politics)
My A Levels are Maths, Further Maths, History, Politics.

How likely am I to get an offer from UCL?

Thank you for your help!

very likely- those r excellent predicted grades, and r backed up by as levels and gcses. Did u take the as level exams? I didnt know u could even do that anymore

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