Blacklist subjects

With ICT though, yes ICT skills are essential in the modern world, but I think the point is that you don't need an A-level, or even a GCSE, to know how to use a computer.

Which is complete bull**** though, ICT at A-Level has nothing what so ever to do with hardware, or even software...I would bet my life on 9/10 A level IT students not knowing how to identify every part of a computer's internals.

No mam, those are Scottish Highers, a much cooler yet less known qualy. The conditions you just wrote may hence be slightly altered, given English unis preference for AH over Higher.

Leeds, Sussex, Southampton, Canterbury, Sheffield, Essex, Lancaster, Loughborough, Manchester, Birmingham, Aberystwyth, Swansea, Keele and Leicester all accept it for some subjects (although only usually as a full A level and not just as an AS).

And that's just the older universities - if you include newer universities then it's even more widely accepted.

So does anyone think Ill get rejected or no from Manchester? what about the rest?

York do accept general studies for some subjects including mine (history of art) but not all (including english), so check carefully.

I heard someone say that Cambridge's preferred subject list was a form of "dog whistling" for independent schools. Bit like the Tories talking about immigration at the last election (when the BNP/independent party "dogs" heard they were talking about racism but no one else noticed). The idea is that lots of less famous independent schools are struggling with competition/numbers and Cambridge was giving them some support without being heard to do so. You can do the A list iof subjects n any independent school sixth form (no matter how small). The B & C list are mainly to be found in state schools and sixth form colleges (the latter offer lots more choice and are hitting independent schools hard in some areas).

Now this could be just mischievous anti-cambridge anti-independent school rubbish. interested to know what you all think...