How rare is it to get 4 A's as AS level?

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My parents think 4B's is amazing. I'm only aiming for AABB, as next year, my course only requires AAB.

I wish I had your parents ha ha, my parents basically tell me if I get a B in a subject I am a failure (which is complete crap, just because I dont like economics).

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Jai Sandhu

Original post by Gaiaphage

There are lots of myths about Cambridge admissions but the vast majority aren't true... At the open days they regularly say you will have a chance as long as you get 80%+ average (ie. 4 As at AS) but to be in with a real chance you need 85+. A good interview and admissions test will easily make up for them despite having no extenuating circumstances (speaking from experience)

I feel like you may be an exception but maybe it depends on the subject? My experience is of maths and nat sci where I know people who did not get an interview because their UMS was sub 90, and the only people who did had UMS 92+ average.

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Gaiaphage

Original post by Jai Sandhu

You may well be right about exceptions but it's definitely true that many people get in with 85% - a number of them spoke at the open day I went to!

Maths is perhaps an exception as a subject because they give double the number of offers as places, so they can easily pick the very very best and I definitely have respect for anyone who takes a maths place.

I go to a private school and got an offer for medicine so I'm hardly the inner-city-theology candidate that could get in with 70% :colondollar:

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BlownTyre

Original post by DRR Lumberjack

The thing is, everyone gets lazy when they start college, they love the new found freedom and teachers not caring if they spend 2 hours a day revising from day one. That's why most people don't get 4 A's. If everyone studied for 30 minutes or 1 hour a day, i'd say like 20% would get 4 A's.