9 gcses will this be a disadvantage?

iam only doing 9 gcses (doing dual science instead of triple) if I get all a* in my gcses and 4 a's at as will my 2 science gcses put me at a disadvantage.also what can I do to improve my chances of getting in 4 human sciences

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Reply 1

eulerwaswrong

i did 9 gcses and ive got a really nice offer off cambridge.

PS. if you are doing anything science related - further maths is a nice on to have

Reply 2

Stoney12345

No, just concentrate on doing as well as possible in those you are taking.

Reply 3

Diaz89

i read somewhere that someguy got into oxford for law BBCCC but with excellent A Levels

Reply 4

Mask Of Sanity

Well, I jolly well hope not. I only have 9. :sigh:

It should be fine though.

Reply 5

Ribbits

My school only offered 8.5 GCSEs, I did 1.5 in my own time using schemes offered by the schools in my area.

If there is an option to do triple science in your school, why can't you take it?
If there is none, then I don't think it will effect you, as long as you do well in it. Most people from my school only got 8.5 and many of them went on to do science at the best sixth forms. I'm sure they're doing well now too except that I lost contact. We didn't have an option for triple science.

Reply 6

goats

Iam bad at physics but good at the other two. I may take gcse persain iam not sure. 5 replies in 1 minute bloody hell lol

Reply 7

goats

eulerwaswrong

i did 9 gcses and ive got a really nice offer off cambridge.

PS. if you are doing anything science related - further maths is a nice on to have

school won't let me take it

Reply 8

eulerwaswrong

goats

school won't let me take it

why?

you could always self teach or something. Saying that its not that important - but its always a nice one to have i think

Reply 9

goats

eulerwaswrong

why?

you could always self teach or something. Saying that its not that important - but its always a nice one to have i think

cos I got a c in a end of year exam 2 years ago

Reply 10

Supergrunch

I was only allowed to do 9 GCSEs and double, rather than triple, science, yet got into Cambridge for bio natsci. I think it's your choice of and performance in A-levels that is more important, assuming you've done the required GCSEs and have sufficient A*s or whatever they ask for. So no, it shouldn't be a disadvantage at all.

Reply 11

goats

cheers for all ur replies keep em COMING :biggrin:

Reply 12

caaakeeey

Most of my school does 9. Double science, and around 20-40 get a cambridge offer every year...

I only have seven.

there is more chance of satan rising than of you getting in with 9 gcses.

Reply 15

Craghyrax

skagitup

there is more chance of satan rising than of you getting in with 9 gcses.

I'm going to assume that you are being sarcastic. Either that or you are blind and didn't read the post directly before yours.

Reply 16

skagitup

Craghyrax

I'm going to assume that you are being sarcastic. Either that or you are blind and didn't read the post directly before yours.

go with the sarcasm.

Reply 17

littleshambles

I only have 8 GCSEs, and one of those was an after school thing.

I have 2 GNVQs too though, which in "theory" is another 8 GCSEs worth, but I don't know if they even glanced at them.

I only have one science GCSE. :| Double Science should be fine though, and if you get good AS grades in your subjects you should be fine.

Reply 18

E_D_B

You won't be at a disadvantage at all. Maybe half of the people at my school only do 9, and we get 40-50 people (about 35% of each year group) into oxbridge. Most of the offer holders in my year did 9-10, although I did 11. If anything I'd say it's better to do 9 and get A* across the board than it is to get say 8 A* 2 B and 1 C.