Can someone explain how grades work for universities

I am going to be applying to universities to study pharmacy as of September 2023. The universities I want to apply to say that they require "AAB". Would the A grades in their entry requirements have to be in Chemistry specifically and another science subject, or any of the subjects I do for A-levels as long as they are two A's eg. Mathematics and psychology are both A's but chemistry is a B

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Honkous

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The university will explicitly specify what grades they want in what subjects. If they don't then they just want AAB in any subjects.

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Original post by metricmetric

I am going to be applying to universities to study pharmacy as of September 2023. The universities I want to apply to say that they require "AAB". Would the A grades in their entry requirements have to be in Chemistry specifically and another science subject, or any of the subjects I do for A-levels as long as they are two A's eg. Mathematics and psychology are both A's but chemistry is a B

Hello,

What the grades are is what they want you to achieve before being accepted onto their course. Occasionally they’ll accept people with a grade lower but that’s never guaranteed.

Usually on the course page it’ll tell you what grades you need to achieve and if you need a specific grade in a specific subject.

As a literature student my offer was AAA with an A in English Literature
However, by making it my firm choice they dropped the conditions to AAB with an A in literature.

The university page usually specifies the exact requirements so if it doesn’t label that you need a specific grade in Chemistry, then I would say contact the university to make sure, rather than assume it means you don’t need that grade to be an A.

Hope this helps,
Dom

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artful_lounger

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Original post by metricmetric

I am going to be applying to universities to study pharmacy as of September 2023. The universities I want to apply to say that they require "AAB". Would the A grades in their entry requirements have to be in Chemistry specifically and another science subject, or any of the subjects I do for A-levels as long as they are two A's eg. Mathematics and psychology are both A's but chemistry is a B

As above, they will make clear if they require a specific grade in a specific subject. This will either be on their admissions pages or stated in your offer.

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