Would this be good enough...

I want to go SOAS (school of Oriental and African Studies) to study International Management and Japanese (with year abroad). I have an A level in Japanese (A grade) but nothing else!

I want to go to SOAS in Oct 2013 so I am going to do 1 more A level this year. I have decided to choose Maths and will try and complete it in one year.

In GCSE's I have got mostly A's but I decided to leave and play tennis full time, but I sustained a career ending injury.

If I get an A in Maths next year, would 2 A's be enough for me to get in, or are you universities strict on the fact you need 3 full A levels...

I wanted to know if there was anything I could do during this summer, any courses in management to make my UCAS look better, to make the university see I am very serious! If there are any courses like that or anything which could interest or help me, please help!

Many thanks

Reply 1

llys

You should email SOAS and ask. Your circumstances are very peculiar so they might make an exception regarding the entry requirements.

Reply 2

Bubble87

I think it would be worth emailing SOAS admissions and asking what their typical offers are. You might find 2 A Levels are sufficient if you plan on doing a management course as well, try the Open University, their level 1 courses are equivalent to first year uni study so completion of one of those will show you are capable of study at that level.

http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/business-and-management/index.htm

Reply 3

mickstar813

Ok thanks, another thing to point out is I would be 21 by the time I start uni. Does that qualify me as 'mature student?'