The last few years have been absolute hell for me. Most of my friends are at university, whereas I am still finishing off my A-levels. Unfortunately at the start of L6, I became extremely ill. I had several enlarged lymph nodes and suffered from chronic fatigue. All the symptoms pointed to Hodgkins Lymphoma, a form of blood cancer. I had to have several operations, and although the results came back negative the first time, the nodes grew back, and it was only after the third biopsy that lymphoma was ruled out. As you can imagine this had an adverse effect on my exam performance. I have sat my exams in dribs and drabs, often in sets of 3. I only have 3 more exams left to sit, and am on track to achieving A*A*A grades. Thankfully I have fully recovered, and the cause turned out to be something completely benign. I just wondered if anyone had any advice on whether it was worth applying to Cambridge, with my module results being as follows?
Economics- Unit 1 96% , Unit 2 87%, Unit 3 98%, Unit 4 87%
Geography - Unit 1 87% Unit 2 - 90% --Units 3 and 4 to be sat in Summer
Politics - Unit 1 87% Unit 2 85% Unit 3 81% Unit 4 87%
History AS Unit 1 96% Unit 2 - to be sat in Summer
Currently the average UMS is about 89% - not really 'sitting comfortable over 90%', that Cambridge states most of its applicants have reached. Do you think the fact that its taken 3 years to complete my exams would put me at a significant disadvantage? Obviously my circumstances would be explained in my application?
ALSO, I have achieved an A* in Economics, at 365/400 UMS. Do you think I should resit Unit 3? Im confident that I can achieve better than 87%, but my school think that an A* is an A*.
Sorry this is so lengthy, but am in a tough situation here!