Resitting A-level Math + Picking Up Further Math For Computer Science Uni

You wouldn't be at a disadvantage. Also in my experience universities are more amenable to making an offer on grades you already have, you should resit but keep in mind you are only 1 grade off and might also receive an unconditional offer if you applied early, in which case you won't even need to do the resit. At any rate, there's no reason you can't resit and you should do it, if you get an unconditional offer then brilliant now you can drop the studies and focus on the gap year, else study hard and hope for the conditional.

Oh and by the way, this time you should at least have a guaranteed back up option in hand so you don't have to go through clearing. Believe me when I say your choice of university is not that important long term and certainly not after you have real work experience. You have good grades, you shouldn't endlessly delay your career, that will harm you much more. Top level university prestige is a nice topic for the sixth form common room, but it isn't something people on the job ever think about, infact if someone in my company (Meta) was in the coffee room going on about their oxbridge or ivy league prestige I'd probably just roll my eyes and ignore them.

Hi I’m a yr11 gonna do my GCSEs. What a levels did you take the first time you sat them. I don’t know what a levels to choose for a cs degree.

Hi I took Maths Economics and Computer science. For a computer science degrees the main important subject you need to be able to apply for top unis is Maths and then if you want to apply for the best unis you want Further Maths. Apart from those two the rest is ur choice. Don't be fooled into thinking you must do A-level Computer Science for a cs degree, whilst it is good preparation for one, its not necessary for one.

ah ok thats good to know. I've taken this into consideration which is why I only plan on applying to 3 top unis (imperial, warwick and UCL) which I don't meet the offers for with my current grades (but will do with predicteds). Do you have any suggestions on a backup university I should apply to? I know you said it doesn't matter but could you tell me if you know of some lower ranking universities that people in your workplace went to? I was thinking of applying to St andrews and Bath but I think they are too competitive and are both well-respected universities so I'm trying to think of other options. I also don't want to apply to one thats too safe that I could just get through clearing.

Hi I’m a yr11 gonna do my GCSEs. What a levels did you take the first time you sat them. I don’t know what a levels to choose for a cs degree.

Oh ok thanks. So if I choose further maths I will have to do simple maths with it aswell. For the third option do you think I should do cs or a science. Sorry for bothering I’m just trying to understand. Thanks

I don't know that because 1. I don't consider it useful information in my job or for even hiring and 2. Most of the time it's universities you've never heard of, like from other countries. In short, nobody cares as much as you think they might, what matters in an entry level interview is that you worked hard, you know your stuff, maybe did projects outside of school, and that you can do a good job convincing them you have your head screwed on correctly. After your first job, nobody even looks at the education section.

I don't know that because 1. I don't consider it useful information in my job or for even hiring and 2. Most of the time it's universities you've never heard of, like from other countries. In short, nobody cares as much as you think they might, what matters in an entry level interview is that you worked hard, you know your stuff, maybe did projects outside of school, and that you can do a good job convincing them you have your head screwed on correctly. After your first job, nobody even looks at the education section.

If you want a recommendation though, Southampton's CompSci program is fantastic (I went there) and is well respected, and doesn't require A* maths.

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/computer-science-degree-bsc#entry