Oxbridge

It's just a way of people saying: "Hey, look at me! I'm smart!"

I think pretty much anyone going to Oxbridge could have done 10 A-levels, if they put the effort in. But they have the sense to realise that you simply don't need that many and all you're doing is wasting time that could be spent living your life.

u's r making it sound impossible...
so no matter how good r, gettin good grades dont make u sure of goin....
****...

i'm not bitter at all about my lack of mathematical/linguistic ability, oh no..

People are just saying it isn't really about grades, it's about ability and potential. Each year people with 11A*s at GCSE, 5As at A-level get turned away and people with 1-2 A*s and 3As get taken - and rightly so.

in the interests of convincing myself my bitterness is not that unfounded..ahem. & there may actually be an underlying trend of it being maths/linguisty people achieving these feats - top students as detailed in BBC article.

Li Yan - 10 A levels, including maths, further maths, statistics
Harveer Dev - 6 A levels, including maths, further maths
Oliver-James - 7 A levels, from posts on here, including maths & further maths as i remember

campaign for 'further history' or 'further biology' anyone?

Painfully keen.

Campaign for further physics and chemistry!

Actually I have the equivalent of 7 A levels...this should be used as proof that all Oxbridge students could do [insert stupid amount here] A levels. /geekiness

I wasn't aiming to be pedantic

I think, apropos of the press, especially after the Spence biatch, that Oxbridge would be quite *brave* in rejecting out-right a 7-10A Level-wielding applicant, especially if they were state-schooled...

Equivalent?

For once...

Since the emoticons seem to only be faces, how exactly would you go about decapitating one?

Five A levels and two ABRSM grade 8s.

The interview is important. That's why they give unconditionals to some people.

Alrite
So grades are important but other things are more so

so, wot else actually matters?
and
wot is the acceptance percent in both?

Actually someone at Worcester got the most A-Levels in the country, and got rejected by Cambridge the year before for maths (he's doing engineering now, and got a 1st in his first year). But ofcourse this is probably extremely rare, and what Cambridge were thinking I don't know.

well its obviously not all about grades is it? i was told that personality is as important as potential and track record...maybe he was a loner or didn't have a social life or whatever...surely that is important too?