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does imperial college london care about gcses?

i just got my gcse results and i did ok i got
A* for math
A for add math
2 As for language and lit
A for geo
5Bs for other stuff which i just missed an A for by like 2 or 3 percent.

was just wandering whether these grades would pull me down in the future when i want to apply for engineering in imperial college london, do they look at your gcses or just A levels?

Reply 1

SlowlorisIncognito

16

Those are good GCSEs, but I think Imperial is one of the universities which use GCSEs more when making decisions. Provided you have the predicted A level grades, it is obviously worth applying, but if lots of people apply with better GCSEs than you, then you may lose out. Imperial is the sort of university where they will get hundreds of applicants with AAA predictions, and excellent personal statements, so they have to diferentiate between applicants somehow.

You will just need to work hard at AS, so you get good A2 predictions and write a really good personal statement to maximise your chances of getting an offer.

Reply 2

Notorious544d

Well, I applied for electronic engineering at imperial and got an interview and offer despite having gcse grades of simply 5 A's and 5 B's.

I don't know how much of an influence my personal statement and As grades were though.

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Reply 3

theamaze

OP

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Original post by Notorious544d

Well, I applied for electronic engineering at imperial and got an interview and offer despite having gcse grades of simply 5 A's and 5 B's.

I don't know how much of an influence my personal statement and As grades were though.

What were your predicted grades and did you do DOE, sports or community service for school?

Reply 4

Notorious544d

I didn't do any 'extra stuff' and was predicted AAA from AS results of ABBB.

I was also surprised that I got an interview as imperial was my wildcard choice. I was even more surprised when they actually gave me an offer after what i thought was a terrible interview.

Anyways, good luck when applying. Imperial looks like an amazing university and hopefully I'll get the place tomorrow :tongue:

Reply 5

monica555

2

Hii so I got my GCSE results yesterday and got 3A*'s 6A's and 2B's are these results good enough to get an offer from imperial provided I got the a levels needed? Oh and I want to study either maths or engineering and i got an A* in maths, an A in further maths, and A's in physics and chemistry which is what I am taking for A level, and the B's are in french and english language

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Reply 6

Claudia_gx

I got two A*s and six A's, is this good enough for engineering or physics provided I get all a's at as and a good personal statement etc.? Thanks

Reply 7

sazzabazza

12

Depends on where but for the most part no

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Reply 8

Tomupcraft

7

Original post by monica555

Hii so I got my GCSE results yesterday and got 3A*'s 6A's and 2B's are these results good enough to get an offer from imperial provided I got the a levels needed? Oh and I want to study either maths or engineering and i got an A* in maths, an A in further maths, and A's in physics and chemistry which is what I am taking for A level, and the B's are in french and english language

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Original post by Claudia_gx

I got two A*s and six A's, is this good enough for engineering or physics provided I get all a's at as and a good personal statement etc.? Thanks

I got 4 A* 2 A's and 4 B's at GCSE and I got in this year for engineering if that helps you.

Reply 9

t.d97

7 a*s (biology, chemistry, physics, maths, r.s, economics, english language)
3 as (geography, english literature, welsh)

Do I have a good chance of Medicine in Imperial?

Reply 10

chickenman

15

No

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Reply 11

alexSH

1

ARE THESE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ZOOLOGY
Maths A*
Chemistry A*
Physics A*
Biology A*
Geography A*
Design Technology A*
French A*
Japanese A*
PE A
English Literature B
English Language B

My AS choices are Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Geography. I want to do Zoology preferably.

I'm resitting English in November to get at least an A!
We did IGCSE and no modules for pretty much every subjects. I'm also foreign student and I've been in England for like 5 years so I'm quite happy with my results.
Also what do university think of resits??
THANK YOU!!

Reply 12

Ben Kenobi

Yes you have good GCSEs.

Reply 13

Tomupcraft

7

Original post by alexSH

ARE THESE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ZOOLOGY
Maths A*
Chemistry A*
Physics A*
Biology A*
Geography A*
Design Technology A*
French A*
Japanese A*
PE A
English Literature B
English Language B

My AS choices are Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Geography. I want to do Zoology preferably.

I'm resitting English in November to get at least an A!
We did IGCSE and no modules for pretty much every subjects. I'm also foreign student and I've been in England for like 5 years so I'm quite happy with my results.
Also what do university think of resits??
THANK YOU!!

Your results are fine as they are.

Reply 14

Claudia_gx

Original post by sazzabazza

Depends on where but for the most part no

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Oh

thanks

Reply 15

Tomupcraft

7

Original post by Claudia_gx

Oh

thanks

Don't let that comment deter you, people have gotten in with worse GCSE's than yours.
You have straight A's or above, they are good results and it is worth applying.

Reply 16

sazzabazza

12

Original post by Claudia_gx

Oh

thanks

Sorry, I was answering the title question, I meant to say they don't take GCSEs that seriously.

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Reply 17

Claudia_gx

Original post by sazzabazza

Sorry, I was answering the title question, I meant to say they don't take GCSEs that seriously.

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Oh right, that's good to know.

Reply 18

monica555

2

A*-maths
A*(extra language, im bilingual)
A*-drama
A-physics
A-chemistry
A-biology
A-business studies
A-further maths
A-english lit
B-english language
B-french
Is this good enough, considering I achieve the Alevels needed? Btw I am taking maths(mechanics), further maths, chemistry and physics for A level, probs engineering(not sure).

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Reply 19

Jmes123

2

Original post by theamaze

What were your predicted grades and did you do DOE, sports or community service for school?