Completely messed up this year - will Cambridge look down on resits?

Really I'm just wondering whether it's still worth applying for Cambridge.

You won't get in. Your best bet is to blitz next year, take a gap year and reapply.

You won't get in. Your best bet is to blitz next year, take a gap year and reapply.

But if he won't get in and should take a gap year, where's the cost in having a hail mary go at it? Having applied before doesn't prejudice an application.

Okay, thanks. This is what I was thinking of doing.

Should I still resit chemistry next year, or would that just work to my disadvantage?

The cost of one option on your ucas form. The OP may eventually warm to that option despite not truly considering it in the beginning. That justifies it in my opinion.

but if he takes a year out as you suggest, he won't be completing a UCAS from this year...

So why not just throw one out there?

Why wouldn't he apply this year? His decision may change over the course of the year and there's no loss in applying

This year started off quite well for me, but it's gone quite steeply downhill. Overall I think I've done okay in most exams so far, think I've at least managed to scrape by with 80% in most subjects and hopefully I can bring my last few exams up.

But I completely messed up on my CHEM2 exam. CHEM1 went great, my ISA went great, but in unit 2 I didn't get higher than 50%. I didn't answer enough questions to get higher than 50%.

So things are looking quite bleak now, but I'm hoping my other subjects will turn out alright. I really, really haven't done as well as I should have this year, so I'm going to need to resit CHEM2 at least.

Really I'm just wondering whether it's still worth applying for Cambridge. I've heard different things about their policies toward resits, so if anyone could give any advice I'd appreciate it.

Why are you selling yourself short?! You can get in if you bend over backwards, do your best and don't give it all up because of all the negativities you've heard. If its your fate is certain to happen, and you never know, maybe not getting in would be the best thing that ever happened to you. Stay positive

Thanks for the advice, guys! I've decided I'm gonna apply next year just in case, but I'll be resitting chemistry and anything else where I get below 80%. Right now I just really need to get 80% across everything so I can get an A* next year. Then I'll take a gap year and reapply and just see what happens.

Exactly what I'm doing, except not for Oxbridge, and not for chemistry. But wow, good luck, epic course!