Oxbridge 2018 offer holder grades

When I was applying I had a lot of doubt as to whether my grades were good enough and how well I'd need to do to compensate. This is a page where offer holders can put down their grades/ scores to hopefully show people with less than perfect grades or the odd retake here and there that it is possible to get an offer from Oxbridge.

Please use template below. I'll start!
Oxford or Cambridge: Oxford
Course: English
College: SJ
GCSEs: 6A*ABC
A Level achieved/ predicted: A*AA
Admissions Assessment if applicable: Yes, ELAT: 50

Reply 1

NeXT2530

Oxford or Cambridge: Oxford
Course: Law
GCSEs: None (international student)
IB achieved: 32/45 (so way below the Oxford requirements, thought that's going to reject me)
Equivalent to A*A*A* predicted in national qualifications (taking them first time)
LNAT: unknown at the time

Reply 2

Radicalist

Oxford or Cambridge: Oxford
Course: PPE
GCSEs: 2A* 7A 2B
A Level achieved/ predicted: A*A*A
Admissions Assessment if applicable: Yes, TSA: 73.4

Reply 3

Tkaurig

Oxford or Cambridge: Oxford
Course: Economics and Management
GCSEs: 8A* 3A
A Level achieved/ predicted: A*AAA
Admissions Assessment if applicable: Yes, TSA: 72.1

Reply 4

Confusedboutlife

Could @Doonesbury move this from Oxford to the Oxbridge page please

Reply 5

amygracebroad

Oxford or Cambridge: Oxford
Course: English Language and Literature
College: Merton College
GCSEs: 10 A* 2A
A Level achieved (on a gap year): A*A*A*A*
Admissions assessment: ELAT 57

Reply 6

Doones

Original post by Confusedboutlife

Could @Doonesbury move this from Oxford to the Oxbridge page please

Done. However although the universities are similar they are different. It's much more important for potential applicants to identify the course they prefer than the admissions process.

And there are Decision Threads in both universities forums with a huge number of current offer holder (and rejectees) academic profiles:
* Cambridge
* Oxford

:smile:

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 7

FebruaryFace

Oxford or Cambridge: Oxford
Course: Graduate Law
College: Pembroke College
GCSEs: 5A* 5A
A Level achieved: BBB(b) (with some mitigating circumstances)
Degree: Engineering @ Manchester Uni, MSc @ UCL
Admissions assessment: LNAT - tbc, but was getting c.34 in practices and I think my essay went pretty well. :smile:

I hope this goes to show that GCSE's and A-level's aren't the be all and end all - I got an Oxford offer for undergrad with bad AS levels (b, c, d, & e), and only missed out because I didn't deal with my mitigating circumstances properly and get the required A-level grades.
If you do well in entrance tests, write a banging personal statement, and get a great recommendation, then you're in with a chance.

It's about your potential aptitude and your passion; not just how you look on paper.

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 8

Aya_ceyr

Oxford or Cambridge : Oxford
Course : Engineering Science
College : Christ Church
GCSEs : 1A* 7As 1B 1C
AS Achieved: AAAA
A Level Predicted A*A*A*A*
Admissions Test : Have no idea

I'm kind of surprised I got an offer with my GCSE grades but I guess my application was strong enough

Reply 9

bookish2710

Oxford or Cambridge: Cambridge
Course: Linguistics
College: Jesus (pooled from King’s)
GCSEs: 4A*, 6A, 1B
IB predictions: 45/45; HL (English L&L, Music, Business) SL (Maths Studies, Spanish, Physics)
Admissions Assessment if applicable: I did one, but we don’t get to know our scores (yet?).
Offer: 41 points with 776 unspecified HLs

Reply 10

Bona Cynara

Oxford or Cambridge: Cambridge
Course: English
College: Newnham College
GCSEs: 10 A* 2A
A Level predicted: A*A*A*A
Admissions assessment: ELAT 56

Reply 11

jajajahah

Original post by NeXT2530

Hey , which college did you apply to ?

Reply 12

flaurie

Volunteer Team

Original post by jajajahah

Hey , which college did you apply to ?

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=76076430&postcount=37
But they haven’t been online since 2019 so I don’t think you’ll get a reply! Please try not to post in old threads :smile: