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Reply 1
firstly... how the hell did you manage those grades?
Reply 4
Well clearly as long as you get 4 As in your exams, have a great personal statement, and a good reference from your school, you will have a chance of gettting in. Also depends on what course you want to do I guess - something like Economics if thats what you want to do will be tougher to get in to, which is why you have to make yourself stand out with your PS.
But as the others have said, is going from a U to an A in your maths, for example, realistic. Usually if you can grasp the concepts of A-level Mathematics you will get your A or B (or worst case senario if you messed up a module or two) a C. Getting Ds and below - especially a U - suggests you didn't really understand the course at all, and maths isn't really one of these subjects you can just learn overnight, you either get it or you don't. I think maths is one of the subjets you need a natural feel for
But as the others have said, is going from a U to an A in your maths, for example, realistic. Usually if you can grasp the concepts of A-level Mathematics you will get your A or B (or worst case senario if you messed up a module or two) a C. Getting Ds and below - especially a U - suggests you didn't really understand the course at all, and maths isn't really one of these subjects you can just learn overnight, you either get it or you don't. I think maths is one of the subjets you need a natural feel for
Reply 5
depends on what course you apply for? but i personally don't think so perhaps you have a chance IF you do get the A's but it'll be hard work!
Johan C
Ditto, I'd never seen anyone who'd got Us !
I got a U in my first year A levels
my grades were ABCU, but I got AAAB in the end ;D too much of a social jerk in my first year ¬¬"If you decide to take an additional year doing A levels, you will have to accept the fact that LSE will ask you higher grade requirements.. so perhaps you might need to do the four subjects at A2, or... if the offer for your course is, say, AAB, you will be required to get AAA.
Knogle
My comment is hardly going to be helpful, but do you really think your grade can jump from a U to an A?
Mine did.
Bittersweet Symphony
Usually if you can grasp the concepts of A-level Mathematics you will get your A or B (or worst case senario if you messed up a module or two) a C. Getting Ds and below - especially a U - suggests you didn't really understand the course at all
My Physics jumped from a U to an A. My maths jumped from a C to an A - in fact I got 90%+ in all my Core/Pure modules in the end when I prioritised my studies.
Better- I was a Maths tutor teaching people a year below me and getting £15.50 an hour. And before you think 'Bah, he must've been a crap maths tutor seein as he got a C in his first year'. You're wrong.
Which is why I'm saying it's possible, there are different reasons for someone ****ing up their first year A levels.
Actually my circumstances are a bit personal, but I'd rather not go into them on forums.
water71
Thing is that if I did 4 AS' again, then and then got 4 As, i dont think that the univeristes would have known, that I retook my year, but the way I did it, it looks kind of messy...
Thing is that if I did 4 AS' again, then and then got 4 As, i dont think that the univeristes would have known, that I retook my year, but the way I did it, it looks kind of messy...
Oh, they know more than you think
Hope this post motivates you to try your best.
It will pay off in the end, trust me.
Good luck =)
Reply 7
I was in roughly the same position when I received my AS grades which were similar to the ones you received. I too contemplated retaking my lower sixth year but didn't. I would suggest continuing onto upper sixth; retaking all the modules you did not do well in. Hopefully you will obtain the grades this time round, however it will take a lot of work.
If after upper sixth you still do not have the grades required, you can take a year out, which is what I did. Try enrolling in a specialist retake college such as Mander Portman Woodward (MPW). They really cram the stuff in and you can take a whole A-level in six months easily.
It will be obvious to admissions offices that you are a retake student and will thus have much higher requirements. This is not terribly detrimental if you attack the situation correctly. At all universities you will have to have grades considerably higher than those stated in the prospectus. For example if they ask for AAA you will need to have AAAAA minimum as a retake student. As regards to your personal statement you will need to have a good reason for why you are a retake student. It doesn't have to be a family illness or anything quite as serious, just tell them the truth. I wrote that I wasn’t very motivated and my interests lay elsewhere in rugby.
There are disadvantages to doing this however, especially when applying to universities other than Oxbridge. LSE does not have an in depth application process, and as a result it isn’t terribly likely that you will be able to explain your self fully to the extent that you stand a chance with regular applicants, though it is possible to obtain a place for the less competitive courses.
When retaking your best shot really lies in Oxbridge. Apply to a college that requires an exam to be taken when you arrive. You want to show the admissions tutor your academic ability. This combined with the correct grades, and a good interview should see you through the process.
Retaking is a gamble, if you do not get accepted by Oxbridge; it is extremely difficult to get into competitive courses at universities such as Lse and Imperial.
Just to give you an idea:
As CDDE
A-Level: ABB
Retake: AAAAAa
Accepted at Oxford,
Rejected at LSE, Durham, Edinburgh
If after upper sixth you still do not have the grades required, you can take a year out, which is what I did. Try enrolling in a specialist retake college such as Mander Portman Woodward (MPW). They really cram the stuff in and you can take a whole A-level in six months easily.
It will be obvious to admissions offices that you are a retake student and will thus have much higher requirements. This is not terribly detrimental if you attack the situation correctly. At all universities you will have to have grades considerably higher than those stated in the prospectus. For example if they ask for AAA you will need to have AAAAA minimum as a retake student. As regards to your personal statement you will need to have a good reason for why you are a retake student. It doesn't have to be a family illness or anything quite as serious, just tell them the truth. I wrote that I wasn’t very motivated and my interests lay elsewhere in rugby.
There are disadvantages to doing this however, especially when applying to universities other than Oxbridge. LSE does not have an in depth application process, and as a result it isn’t terribly likely that you will be able to explain your self fully to the extent that you stand a chance with regular applicants, though it is possible to obtain a place for the less competitive courses.
When retaking your best shot really lies in Oxbridge. Apply to a college that requires an exam to be taken when you arrive. You want to show the admissions tutor your academic ability. This combined with the correct grades, and a good interview should see you through the process.
Retaking is a gamble, if you do not get accepted by Oxbridge; it is extremely difficult to get into competitive courses at universities such as Lse and Imperial.
Just to give you an idea:
As CDDE
A-Level: ABB
Retake: AAAAAa
Accepted at Oxford,
Rejected at LSE, Durham, Edinburgh
Reply 14
gobalt
I was in roughly the same position when I received my AS grades which were similar to the ones you received. I too contemplated retaking my lower sixth year but didn't. I would suggest continuing onto upper sixth; retaking all the modules you did not do well in. Hopefully you will obtain the grades this time round, however it will take a lot of work.
If after upper sixth you still do not have the grades required, you can take a year out, which is what I did. Try enrolling in a specialist retake college such as Mander Portman Woodward (MPW). They really cram the stuff in and you can take a whole A-level in six months easily.
It will be obvious to admissions offices that you are a retake student and will thus have much higher requirements. This is not terribly detrimental if you attack the situation correctly. At all universities you will have to have grades considerably higher than those stated in the prospectus. For example if they ask for AAA you will need to have AAAAA minimum as a retake student. As regards to your personal statement you will need to have a good reason for why you are a retake student. It doesn't have to be a family illness or anything quite as serious, just tell them the truth. I wrote that I wasn’t very motivated and my interests lay elsewhere in rugby.
There are disadvantages to doing this however, especially when applying to universities other than Oxbridge. LSE does not have an in depth application process, and as a result it isn’t terribly likely that you will be able to explain your self fully to the extent that you stand a chance with regular applicants, though it is possible to obtain a place for the less competitive courses.
When retaking your best shot really lies in Oxbridge. Apply to a college that requires an exam to be taken when you arrive. You want to show the admissions tutor your academic ability. This combined with the correct grades, and a good interview should see you through the process.
Retaking is a gamble, if you do not get accepted by Oxbridge; it is extremely difficult to get into competitive courses at universities such as Lse and Imperial.
Just to give you an idea:
As CDDE
A-Level: ABB
Retake: AAAAAa
Accepted at Oxford,
Rejected at LSE, Durham, Edinburgh
If after upper sixth you still do not have the grades required, you can take a year out, which is what I did. Try enrolling in a specialist retake college such as Mander Portman Woodward (MPW). They really cram the stuff in and you can take a whole A-level in six months easily.
It will be obvious to admissions offices that you are a retake student and will thus have much higher requirements. This is not terribly detrimental if you attack the situation correctly. At all universities you will have to have grades considerably higher than those stated in the prospectus. For example if they ask for AAA you will need to have AAAAA minimum as a retake student. As regards to your personal statement you will need to have a good reason for why you are a retake student. It doesn't have to be a family illness or anything quite as serious, just tell them the truth. I wrote that I wasn’t very motivated and my interests lay elsewhere in rugby.
There are disadvantages to doing this however, especially when applying to universities other than Oxbridge. LSE does not have an in depth application process, and as a result it isn’t terribly likely that you will be able to explain your self fully to the extent that you stand a chance with regular applicants, though it is possible to obtain a place for the less competitive courses.
When retaking your best shot really lies in Oxbridge. Apply to a college that requires an exam to be taken when you arrive. You want to show the admissions tutor your academic ability. This combined with the correct grades, and a good interview should see you through the process.
Retaking is a gamble, if you do not get accepted by Oxbridge; it is extremely difficult to get into competitive courses at universities such as Lse and Imperial.
Just to give you an idea:
As CDDE
A-Level: ABB
Retake: AAAAAa
Accepted at Oxford,
Rejected at LSE, Durham, Edinburgh
Does it mean that I still stand a chance as a regular applicant , even I 've reported my GCE A2 grades in UCAS and I am going to retake some A2 grades this year??
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