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UCL application, GCSE grades.

Im wanting to apply to UCL Engineering, with AABBBBBBC, Do I stand a chance? Please only people who kno what they are talking about?

Reply 1

CharliePhillips

A in Maths, B in English lit, C in English lang

University College London

London

Reply 2

Divergent

Depends on which course number really.

I think your okay..

Which course code was you thinking of?

Reply 3

cl_steele

well i had AAABBBBCCCCCEM and got an offer for them butit depends what course youre going for as they tend to pay more attention to the GCSEsif its a highly subscribed course :smile:

Reply 4

Cutmeloose

Your GCSEs are fine for the course.

Reply 5

tammie94

Original post by CharliePhillips

Im wanting to apply to UCL Engineering, with AABBBBBBC, Do I stand a chance? Please only people who kno what they are talking about?

You should try calling or e-mailing them to find out. I think with good AS grades you may have a chance.

Reply 6

nataliekwong

I think if you have good A2 predictions, and hold good AS results, your GCSEs will be fine :biggrin:

Good luck!

Reply 7

CharliePhillips

Thanks guys so far, tbh I didnt really try in all of my gcses apart from french and maths, but have been trying at sixth form, and in all progress tests have been getting As with a couple of exceptions.... Im wanting MEng Electrical Engineering with Computer Science

Reply 8

shayanc

Well I asked them via email and they said my GCSEs ( similar to yours) were fine for mechanical engineering. Although I think electrical is bit more competitive at UCL rather than mechanical.

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Reply 9

Usama H

I've got similar grades to the OP and was told that I don't stand a chance! :frown:

And I would have thought that my course would be less competitive as well.

I am thinking of applying for the Information Management for Business course. Do you think these grades will be ok?

A Levels:

Business Studies - A
ICT - A
Maths - B

AS Level Physics - C

GCSE's: AABBBBBBCC

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 10

Jakaroo94

I really don't think many UCL departments care about your GCSEs, your grades are fine, they might be worried if you got loads of Ds or something but just make sure you do very well in your A levels.

Reply 11

Saurus95

If you meet the GCSE requirements, then you should be fine. However, you really need to get A grades at AS Level as well as A grades in your predictions. Moreover, universities have data concerning all centres about their average GCSEs, and your grades should be above average for your school if you want to go to UCL.

Reply 12

Usama H

Original post by Jakaroo94

I really don't think many UCL departments care about your GCSEs, your grades are fine, they might be worried if you got loads of Ds or something but just make sure you do very well in your A levels.

Original post by Saurus95

Thanks for the replies. Those are my actual A level resuts, I just completed my A levels and I'm taking a gap year.

Would you say that they are ok?

Reply 13

Jakaroo94

Original post by Usama H

Thanks for the replies. Those are my actual A level resuts, I just completed my A levels and I'm taking a gap year.

Would you say that they are ok?

It's a difficult question to answer, it will depend on how popular that specific course is. UCL accept people with grades upwards of ABB so it would be worth applying, make use of your gap year, do something worthwhile and you should stand a decent chance.

Good luck for the future :smile:

Reply 14

JPL9457

Original post by cl_steele

well i had AAABBBBCCCCCEM and got an offer for them butit depends what course youre going for as they tend to pay more attention to the GCSEsif its a highly subscribed course :smile:

how did you get in? (no offence, i am genuinely curious)

Reply 15

cl_steele

Original post by JPL9457

how did you get in? (no offence, i am genuinely curious)

Because they love me :biggrin:

no idea to be honest my alevel grades were crap so i missed my offer but they gave me a second offer on the next cycle, was rather surprised but as i said i signed up for a somewhat more obscure course so less competition compared to something like law... plus i had an awesome PS :tongue:

Reply 16

JPL9457

Original post by cl_steele

Because they love me :biggrin:

any tips for the PS, seeing as yours was 'awesome'

oh and what coursed did you do

Reply 17

cl_steele

Original post by JPL9457

any tips for the PS, seeing as yours was 'awesome'

oh and what coursed did you do

History and Russian, ermmm well it depends what you'reapplying for though really... i put down a load of crap about going to russia to learn some russian and teach kids english [all very bad lies i know] reading around the subject, extra curriculars, sports blah blah the usual stuff just more aimed at it :smile: