Need advice for applying to a Chemistry degree. Please help.

I recently got my predicted grades back for my A Levels (Chemistry, Biology and Psychology) and they are A* (in chemistry) A,A.

I’ve really enjoyed doing Chemistry this year and I would be interested in doing it at Uni. But there is a problem:

Most university courses for chemistry require you to have a grade 6 in GCSE maths to do, I achieved a grade 5 because I only had 5 or 6 months to learn it along with my other 8 subjects.

So would you recommend I retake my GCSE maths next year or do you think Universities would be considerate over the fact that I had such a small amount of time to do my GCSEs in?

Please help.

If the universities you are interested in specify you need a grade 6 in GCSE maths, you should absolutely retake GCSE maths. You should be able to access plenty of support and materials to help you do so.

Otherwise, don’t bother - your A level grades should be more than good enough to indicate you are good enough to be accepted into a chemistry course at uni.

Which would you personally recommend out of the two?