Is applying to Oxbridge worth it with my AS grades?

Here's my position...

For my AS exams I acheived:
Math- A (96%)
Economics- A(85%)
English Literature- B(76%)
Psychology- C(62%)

I dropped Psychology and I'm continuing with the other three listed subjects. I'm worried that even if I raise my Lit grade to an A in my A2, I still won't have a good chance of getting in. Furthermore, I feel like I could write a really good personal statement, but my poor-ish grades might ruin my application.
I want to apply to Cambridge for the Economics course they offer.

Feel free to speak of experience and be brutally honest with me, thank you!

Reply 1

username1500433

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Honestly it probably isn't worth it. The Cambridge Economics course is super competitive. I know a couple of people who've applied for it and both had straight A* GCSE and very good AS grades with A* predictions, however both were rejected. Literally you stand about 1% chance.

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JustAGuyy

12

Original post by ninimini

Here's my position...

For my AS exams I acheived:
Math- A (96%)
Economics- A(85%)
English Literature- B(76%)
Psychology- C(62%)

I dropped Psychology and I'm continuing with the other three listed subjects. I'm worried that even if I raise my Lit grade to an A in my A2, I still won't have a good chance of getting in. Furthermore, I feel like I could write a really good personal statement, but my poor-ish grades might ruin my application.
I want to apply to Cambridge for the Economics course they offer.

Feel free to speak of experience and be brutally honest with me, thank you!

Your UMS average is 86% which is low for Economics.
Your Maths UMS is good but you don't have further maths and your economics UMS is relatively low.
Economics is such a competitive course and you seem to have a weak academic profile.
I would advise you not to apply to Cambridge or Oxford I'm afraid.

Reply 3

hlyon200

8

Original post by ninimini

Here's my position...

For my AS exams I acheived:
Math- A (96%)
Economics- A(85%)
English Literature- B(76%)
Psychology- C(62%)

I dropped Psychology and I'm continuing with the other three listed subjects. I'm worried that even if I raise my Lit grade to an A in my A2, I still won't have a good chance of getting in. Furthermore, I feel like I could write a really good personal statement, but my poor-ish grades might ruin my application.
I want to apply to Cambridge for the Economics course they offer.

Feel free to speak of experience and be brutally honest with me, thank you!

You stand a slim chance of being called to interview at Cambridge. Below an 85% average they generally won't interview you at all, thus with an average of 85.67%, in the subjects they will look at, you will be right at the bottom of the list.

Is applying to Oxbridge worth it with my AS grades?

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