Meng -is it worth to apply this year?

ok, friends got a dilemma, ive no idea how to help, so here it goes fellow tsrians..

he says;

"So, last year I was doing only three subjects during my AS year, those being Maths w/Mechanics, English and Physics. I got the grades ADB in those respectively.

Of course, I dropped English and picked up Further Maths and Music, thinking I'd have to stay at Sixth Form for an extra year to finish one or both of those off to make up for the lost subject.

However, recently, I checked the King's website and found out that they accept 2 A-Levels and 3 AS's as a combination for Mechanical Engineering.

The minimum for those was AB for A-Level and BB/Pass for AS.

I can get an A and B minimum in Physics, that I'm sure of. And I know I can get BB minimum, potentially A's in Music and Further Maths, making my required grades up.

However I'm skeptical about how valid that D in English is as the third "pass" grade required for AS, and was wondering how much of a chance, with an exceptional UCAS, I stood of being accepted."


thanks all..