GCSE to A-level improvement

I got 6As, 1A* and 4Bs at GCSE at a comprehensive. I then attended a grammar sixth form and got 5As at AS. Will universities look down on my GCSE grades or look nicely on the improvement I have made ?(want to do law)

Reply 1

8472

Your GCSE grades are good. Alongside with a good set of A-levels you should have no issues getting into law at uni. :smile:

Reply 2

j_r112

Original post by 8472

Your GCSE grades are good. Alongside with a good set of A-levels you should have no issues getting into law at uni. :smile:

Okay thank you, it just seems strange the emphasis they place on GCSE's. Surely A-levels are more accurate indicators. Do they take into account your results in the context of your schools overall performance ? (e.g. surely someone getting 8a*s at a terrible school compared to 11A*s at grammar school wont be judged the same ?)

Reply 3

username1042689

Your GCSEs are good, your AS are fantastic, you'll be fine. :smile:

Reply 4

8472

Original post by j_r112

A-levels are looked at more highly. Sadly due to number of applicants I don't they have time to go through everyone and look at the schools they went to, research them ect. But they may have the general idea. :smile:

Reply 5

ByronicHero

An upwards trajectory can often mitigate poorer results. Your GCSE results are fine though.

Reply 6

STUDYREVISE

What subjects did you take for AS? What about A2?

Reply 7

loperdoper

Very few Universities actually care about your GCSEs, and those that do only mind when it's a very oversubscribed course. In most cases, you should be absolutely fine.

Reply 8

j_r112

ok thanks and I did Geography, English lit, History, PE and general studies( doesn't really count haha ), I now do geography, English and History

Reply 9

lilacunicorn

There's isn't exactly a way you can revise for a General studies. Although the only way I would suggest is going through the past papers and mark schemes.

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Reply 10

j_r112

I didn't really revise much, I just went through past papers and kept up to date on popular news stories. Its important to use examples from real life in answers e.g. I used the Suarez biting incident in an essay question on human aggression.