Bad GCSE's should I apply to top uni's?

It's threads like these that prevent me from visiting TSR more often...

I did really badly in my GCSE's ( 2 A*'S, 9 A's and 2 B's), is there any point in applying to Durham?

Stop with this BS, these are fantastic grades and he can get into any course even medicine (with amazing as/alevels).


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Those grades are not terrible at all but lets say you were predicted all A*s at GCSE and you came out with GCSE grades like the OP you will be heart broken. I do agree with your comment but you never know what GCSE grades the Op was predicted to get. The grades that the Op got are something to be proud off so i ont know why he or she is complaining.

Love it when someone doesn't understand sarcasm

I was being sarcastic as one pound fish stated lol try not to take things too seriously especially when the OP asks such a ridiculous question



Haha me too it is unbelievable sometimes! :P

Either way i just stated what i said because its obvious the Op is not serious. I mean even if you were predicted all A*s at GCSE and you got grades like the Op you would still be happy. Like i said i stated what i felt was appropriate regardless of you being sarcastic or not.

Nope. I was predicted 10A*1A and was slightly disappointed with 9A*2A because I genuinely felt I could have done better. That's not to say OP's grades aren't still good, but I would have been crushed if I'd gotten them because I would have felt I'd massively underachieved.

Well that is you. Not everyone would feel like this.

Indeed, but I just felt your post implied that everyone would share your perspective, and I pointed out I disagreed. That's all.

thank you, the problem is I go to a grammar school and a lot of my teachers have told me how disappointed they're in my gcse's and how they expected me to do better

Love it when someone doesn't understand sarcasm

thank you, the problem is I go to a grammar school and a lot of my teachers have told me how disappointed they're in my gcse's and how they expected me to do better

Funny because I only got 1 A* at gcse and I still got offer from Cambridge.

But then again I averaged out 99%.
Law ftw Cambridge ftw

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You are worth a lot more than the grades you got on a piece of paper so cheer up. Its not the end of the world.

I did really badly in my GCSE's ( 2 A*'S, 9 A's and 2 B's), is there any point in applying to Durham?

You do know that the 5 As/A*s requirement fundamentally means you need at least 5 As, right? It's As OR A*s. So your offer was perfectly typical.

I did really badly in my GCSE's ( 2 A*'S, 9 A's and 2 B's), is there any point in applying to Durham?