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I was ill the day of my General Studies paper that was worth 70% of the grade, and so got a U (which I wasn't too bothered by because hey its general studies), but I just found out you have to report all grades to UCAS. Are Oxford gonna care that I got a U in such an unimportant subject and if so (where) do i mention the circumstance of being ill?

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Hi there, could you possibly tell me the admission statistics for chemistry at Brasenose for the most recent application season. How many applied, and how many got accepted? Also, is it possible to know the GCSE and/or AS grades of these successful applicants? I just looked at the Oxford website and it's made me nervous that Brasenose has the lowest overall acceptance rate over the previous 3 years.

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Hi,
I sent you a PM but I'm not sure if you saw it. Basically, I got 3A's and then a D in my AS History, and I was wondering if (honestly) this would exclude me from having a chance in an application for Law? (It was very out of the blue- an A in one exam and a U in the other).

Additionally, if I chose to take History at A2 and retake the exam I got a U in, would an A or A* prediction for me be taken seriously?

Last year we received 33 applications for Chemistry and 13 candidates received offers (a success rate of 39%).We don't have access to the AS grades on our database. The range of A* at GCSE for offer holders, conditional on taking GCSEs, was 5 to 11, with a median of 9 A*s.

Would you please be so kind as to share the same data for PPE?

The offer rate for direct applicants to read PPE was 1 in 5 and the A* GCSE range for candidates gaining an offer was 5 to 12, with a median of 9 A* (conditional on taking GCSEs).

The offer rate for direct applicants to read PPE was 1 in 5 and the A* GCSE range for candidates gaining an offer was 5 to 12, with a median of 9 A* (conditional on taking GCSEs).

May I request standardized test profiles of PPE applicants who were shortlisted for interview(if not possible, who received an offer) with AP and SAT scores. Thank you.

May I request standardized test profiles of PPE applicants who were shortlisted for interview(if not possible, who received an offer) with AP and SAT scores. Thank you.

I'm an non EU international, and I'll apply Oxford PPE for 2016 entry. I meet minimum qualifications with 4 SAT subject tests above 700 and 2 Advanced Placement Tests with scores of 5. I get consistently above 75 in TSA practice tests. However my school is a highly competitive school of my country, and because of its international status, we're required to learn both French and Turkish high school curriculums. I devoted much of my time to my schools' courses. But it doesn't offer AP courses or subject tests and related courses are either nonexistent(like comparative government) or given in last year(like Calculus), so I had to study those standardized tests on my own, and got low scores in some of them. I have a 3 in Calculus BC(with a subscore of 5 for Calculus AB) but I also have a 770 in SAT Maths 2 subject test. My school will send a letter about my circumstances which I explained above. I also have 4s in 2 other AP tests, but I'll retake all these tests this year with predicted grades of 5. Do low scores hurt application despite meeting minimum requirements? If they do, would Oxford consider my extenuating circumstances?

I was ill the day of my General Studies paper that was worth 70% of the grade, and so got a U (which I wasn't too bothered by because hey its general studies), but I just found out you have to report all grades to UCAS. Are Oxford gonna care that I got a U in such an unimportant subject and if so (where) do i mention the circumstance of being ill?

Most universities (including Oxford) exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking from their offers because they don't consider it to be of equivalent importance to a "normal" A Level. So no, Oxford probably isn't going to care about it, assuming your other grades are fine.

Does your school certificate all AS grades?

Conditional Offers exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. We advise that your school (briefly) notes your illness during the GS exam in the UCAS reference. A selector would probably infer that was the case.