Do Oxford see module grades?

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Reply 40

meema

they can request all results i thini

Reply 41

meema

bodybuilder22

Nobody cares, that's why they're not responding.

you did

Reply 42

foxo

Email the admissions tutors.

Reply 43

bodybuilder22

bumblebee_em

you did

I was letting you know that nobody cares, as you didn't seem to realize judging by the fact that you bumped the thread.

Jog on.

Reply 44

F1 fanatic

I know plenty of people who have taken resits and got in, so no I don't think it matters.

Reply 45

meema

F1 fanatic

I know plenty of people who have taken resits and got in, so no I don't think it matters.

thanks thats the kind of answer i was after

Reply 46

Hedgeman49

I think it depends on how competitive the course is... obviously they're not going to be cool if you're applying for Medicine, as they need to differentiate between candidates. Your best bet is to email the admissions tutors for your subject and see what they say about it.

Reply 47

Crawford

it's not the end of the world if you cock up your AS, I got BBC, so applied for Ox and not Cambridge, and managed to get an offer. Taking an AEA would help you though...

Reply 48

Cocaine Socialist

I emailed the admissions people at Exeter with a couple of questions, this amongst them. According to them "We do not require unit marks".

Reply 49

Hashshashin

Cocaine Socialist

I emailed the admissions people at Exeter with a couple of questions, this amongst them. According to them "We do not require unit marks".

Does this definitely apply to the 2008 application cycle?

Reply 50

Cocaine Socialist

Hashshashin

Does this definitely apply to the 2008 application cycle?

As far as I know; what I quoted was literally all they said.

Reply 51

Hashshashin

Cocaine Socialist

As far as I know; what I quoted was literally all they said.

Ah, OK. I might ask for confirmation at the next open day. Thanks anyway! :smile:

Reply 52

chairboy1

Our school have said that they will be seeing UMS marks when we apply (2009), and in some subjects (maths and chemistry) the teachers are getting more and more bitchy about getting as close to 300 as possible. Maths especially, im taking the whole A level this year, i got an A (just about) in the mocks overall in jan, but teachers said that i should be aiming a lot higher if i'm looking at oxbridge :s-smilie:

Even more harsh considering that i'm taking C1 C2 C3 C4 M1 and FP1 this yr, meaning i still have 6 dosser modules in S1,2,3 and D1,2,3 to do if i really want to get 600

Reply 53

thomasjtl

Our school have said that they will be seeing UMS marks when we apply (2009)

Schools are notorious at not knowing what they are talking about. I reiterate- please accompany new information with proof- (admissions website, newspaper article etc.) rather than 'so and so told me this'.

Reply 54

thomasjtl

Does this definitely apply to the 2008 application cycle?

Well which admissions cycle do you think it applies to?

Reply 55

chairboy1

well, our school is a quite prestigious grammar school who always have double figures of pupils going to oxbridge, so i reckon that the uni's do get the ums marks

Reply 56

thomasjtl

^^^good for you. However the point of this thread is to clear up confusion and speculation; people have been spouting similar claims since the year i was applying (three years ago), often backed up by their school telling them so- so far, none of it's come true. If it's true, i'm sure you'll be able to find some evidence of it pretty quickly- oxford make a point of being upfront about their admissions policies because they're under so much scrutiny.

Reply 57

Hashshashin

"Oxford University does not require its candidates to disclose information on the unit grades that have been achieved through their AS and A2 studies, but a candidate may include this information within their UCAS application should they wish to do so. Any conditional offer would usually be made on the basis of final grades alone."

From the Oxford university website - the specific page that this quote comes from was last updated 3 weeks ago, so I imagine it's about the most up-to-date information you'll find.

Reply 58

struz

^^^Finally, a solid answer, thank you! :smile:

Reply 59

chairboy1

Ok, i asked my school for a solid answer, and they said that you should get higher UMS marks and put them in your application as it does give you a large advantage