Imperial College London

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Imperial College - Entry Requirements

I was looking at Imperial Colleges entry requirements and it didnt even mention a GCSE A*-C in Maths or Science, it just said that the only neccessary requirement was a A*-C in English and AAAB AAAA type a-level results.

Can anyone shed light on why this is? Usually i've seen entry requirements as English, Maths and Science at A*-C GCSE level.

Reply 1

bluenoxid

Is this in general or is this for a specific subject. Should be moved to Imperial

Imperial College London

London

Reply 2

hobnob

villageoaf2000

Can anyone shed light on why this is? Usually i've seen entry requirements as English, Maths and Science at A*-C GCSE level.

It's up to the individual universities to decide on this, so the requirements they set may differ. Oxford, for example, has no official requirements concerning GCSE subjects or grades and only demands 'evidence of an appropriate educational background and good standards of literacy and numeracy'.

Reply 3

Whodareswins89

This may not be true for every subject.. but in Aero Eng which I applied for..

Was predicted:

AAAB for A-levels
had a C in AS ICT

GCSE's:A*AAAABBB

Rejected due to GCSE grades not being high enough..

What a heap of ****.. Glad I didnt get in.. going to Loughborough :cool:

Reply 4

Gimperial

They actually told you GCSE not high enough?

Reply 5

LoZEr

wais

They actually told you GCSE not high enough?

yeh init lol. Thats a first! Surely imperial isnt turning into LSE!

Reply 6

Gatman

LoZEr

yeh init lol. Thats a first! Surely imperial isnt turning into LSE!

Well they may not be as bad as LSE, but they do have considerably high standards.

Reply 7

Gimperial

Yea but they're not usually GCSE related.

Reply 8

Gatman

wais

Yea but they're not usually GCSE related.

True, but i'm sure they have some form GCSE requirement. For example the maths dept say they expect most of your GCSE's to be either an A* or A.

Reply 9

v2006

well in gcse I got 5 A's 4 B's 2 C's and AAAC in AS, and I got accepted into imperial for computing!

Reply 10

bugmenotxxx

I guess there is none for computing, all the needed of me was the bloody gcse english grade. Had to do it here, the rest of my results are not standard gcse's since I come from Latvia.

Reply 11

D.Hilbert

I haven't done any GCSEs either since I'm Swedish, but I had to do IELTS instead of gcse English. They saw my results from Swedish secondary school though and they are pretty good, but I don't know if they cared. This is for maths.

Reply 12

SilentGirl

wais

Yea but they're not usually GCSE related.

i have only 2 A*, 5As and 2 Bs for my GCSE's. I will apply to imperial for either medicine or maths/engineering.

Now, im worried if they are rejecting people for having not so high GCSE grades.

(BTW, i came to uk in year 10 after 8-9 years in abroad..so getting those GCSE's was my greatest achievement)

Reply 13

Blackwater

I hate the fact that universities are resorting to GCSEs as a means of differentiating between candidates. Surely if you have a B or C in a subject at GCSE, but your AS grade and A2 prediction for that subject clearly indicate a much higher level of ability, then the GCSE grade becomes irrelevent?