HELP! Am I good enough for a psychology degree?

Well I have never studied psychology, but something about it has always intrigued me. My Alevels are humanties based and I have grade C in gcse science....will I be able to cope with a psychology degree at a russel group uni?

What are you predicted results at A Level? Assumably not, you will need the prior background knowledge of Psychology at A Level for a Russell Group uni and they generally request a B in GCSE Science and Mathematics if you do not have the formal qualifications that they are asking for. Ring up the universities that you are looking at and look at the entry points on their websites/UCAS search. That will give you all the information that you need. Otherwise you will need to do a lot of background reading and have an extremely strong personal statement when you submit your application.

Well, Biology tends to go towards the testing showing how the neurons etc work, if I were you, look at the grade you think you are going to get at A level, but if I were you, either do a foundation year at the uni for the course OR if you are doing your AS's, drop some of your subjects and pick up Psychology or Biology, otherwise I do not think they will accept you, as that means that getting the AAA means you are willing to work your ass off to catch up on everything that you have missed that A Level will have taught you.

Well, Biology tends to go towards the testing showing how the neurons etc work, if I were you, look at the grade you think you are going to get at A level, but if I were you, either do a foundation year at the uni for the course OR if you are doing your AS's, drop some of your subjects and pick up Psychology or Biology, otherwise I do not think they will accept you, as that means that getting the AAA means you are willing to work your ass off to catch up on everything that you have missed that A Level will have taught you.

You might be more successful applying to a scottish russel group uni as many scottish schools don't offer psychology meaning more applicants would be in the same situation as you having not studied psychology. I suggest reading as many books as possible on psychology as they will often explain the basic scientific processes so you will be at less of a disadvantage plus extra reading looks good on a personal statement.

Any particular books/ websites/ reports that could help?

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Why don't you email their admissions for further details?

I am not, no, but I know a lot of people who are currently studying psychology in an array of different places, including RG universities. It is a hell of a lot of work and you have to remember so much. Psychology is seen as a science, so a little background in biology tends to be useful.

Well I have never studied psychology, but something about it has always intrigued me. My Alevels are humanties based and I have grade C in gcse science....will I be able to cope with a psychology degree at a russel group uni?

GCSE Grade C or Standard Grade 3 in English and Mathematics and either Chemistry, Physics or Dual Award Science

BBB

GCSE Mathematics grade B (the level 2 equivalence is not acceptable, the GCSE is needed ). We can accept the GCSE English equivalence as part of the Diploma

AAA - AAB, Academic subjects preferred; candidates with at least one A level in a science (which includes A level psychology) will be asked to attain AAB. Candidates without a science A level may be asked to achieve AAA.

Hey, good for you for exploring your options! (that wasn't meant to sound patronising, but supportive ) Ok, so you may be good enough for a psychology degree; the entry requirements for psychology vary. Have you checked out UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admission Service? (sorry I've always wanted to do that, as in say what the abbreviation stands for lol). Check this out, I just put in psychology as a course, and it comes up with all the Uni's that offer it, and then you can click it and see the entry requirements. So I clicked on Aberdeen's Bsc Psychology course and bam, now you're on and you can see that in GCSE you need and at A level the standard offer is ! But, you want a Russell group University, so let's check out the list of Russell group Uni's -University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
Cardiff University
Durham University
University of Edinburgh
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow
Imperial College London
King's College London
University of Leeds
University of Liverpool
London School of Economics & Political Science
University of Manchester
Newcastle University
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen's University Belfast
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University College London
University of Warwick
University of York

How about we check out Nottingham!
You need
And for Alevel But, if that doesn't answer all your questions then why don't you email them (at the bottom of the page there's an email and a phone number just in case?

So, what am I saying here? Check out the Uni's, their entry requirements, ring them up etc. Do a bit of independent reading !
I hope that helps. (I have too much time on my hands lol!)

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Thank you for being amazing
Do you study psychology?