The Big "Are My Grades Good Enough for Cambridge?" Thread (Mk1)

I wouldn't want to do any more maths courses than i have to!! i know biologists have to take one maths course, but i wouldn't take any further ones.

Biology: 540/600
Chemistry: 536/600
Geography: 575/600

Im hoping those ^^ are high enough too :/ all the modules are A's, its just the maths that ruined it!

I don't think you'll be at a disadvantage because of subject choices. Your GCSE results are good, although AS results are more important. If you get ~90% in your AS modules, you have a very good chance, but we can't give you a definite answer until you get your AS results next year.



If you got 4 As overall, that should be good enough. There might be a couple of more mathematical courses within the Tripos you couldn't do, but you get a lot of choice. They might ask about the grades at interview, but it shouldn't affect Bio NatSci too much as you still got an A overall. What were your unit marks in Biology and Chemistry?



Maths isn't really relevant to History of Art, so for their purposes they would probably just ignore it. Again, AAA in relevant subjects should be fine with a good interview.

And to all of you, what have you got to lose? You get five places on UCAS, so you can take a risk with one of them. The worst that can happen is that you don't get a place, which is the same result as if you didn't apply.

Your grades are absolutely fine. They will hardly even glance over them, as long as they see a good collection of As and A*s. It's what you get at AS level that matters.

Your grades are absolutely fine. They will hardly even glance over them, as long as they see a good collection of As and A*s. It's what you get at AS level that matters.

I wouldn't want to do any more maths courses than i have to!! i know biologists have to take one maths course, but i wouldn't take any further ones.

Biology: 540/600
Chemistry: 536/600
Geography: 575/600

Im hoping those ^^ are high enough too :/ all the modules are A's, its just the maths that ruined it!

They're very good unit scores, so you've got a good chance if your interview goes well. Just make sure you don't forget too much before December.

Hi everyone, I'm looking to study Geography at Cambridge in 2010 but I'm not too sure where I stand...

GCSE's:
A*A*A*A*A*A*A*AAAAAAAB (7A*'s, 7A's + 1B)

AS's:
Geography - 199/200 UMS – A
Geology - 277/300 UMS - A
Biology - 263/300 UMS - A
Chemistry - 231/300 UMS – B

How are these, what are the chances of interview etc?

Any comments greatly appreciated!

This is not true, it is all taken into account and 4 A*s is quite low at GCSE for medicine. You will have to perform exceptionally in BMAT and have great UMS scores to make up for it.

Are you joking?

Hi everyone, I'm looking to study Geography at Cambridge ... Geography - 199/200 UMS – A

Yes, you'll get an interview and have a very good chance of an offer. Also, 15 GCSEs!?

Im thinking about applying to Cambridge after having just recieved my As results, getting 100% in unit 1 of both biology and physics and above 90 % in every other module bar 6. (8/15 are above 90%) 4 of these are in the high 80%s, however the ISA modules i did for the 3 sciences are all Cs.

Overall for each subject I got roughly 90% but I just heard that you need an A in every module.

Despite getting very high marks, will i be rejected due to the ISAs?

Will I at least get an interview?

Thankyou but I must say the "exceptional" in regards to BMAT seems a tad harsh as other TSR have offered opinions saying my GCSE grades are not disadvantageous at all. Seems like there are far too many opinions on this website; the real question is who to believe?

Congratulations on your AS results.


You heard wrong.


What are "ISAs"? Coursework? And why did you get such low marks (comparatively)?


Provided that your predicted grades are up to scratch and your subjects are appropriate for what you want to apply for (which is?) you should get an interview, yes.

why don't you email the admissions tutor for a college you're interested in?