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Advice for a post-IB student

A couple of weeks ago I received my IB results, and I got 37, 766 HL and for SLs: 6 French SL, 5 Maths Studies and 4 Physics. I initially wanted to apply for Law at Durham, Nottingham, KCL, LSE and UCL, but most of them require 38 points (even 39 for UCL) :frown:

I sent remarks for 2 of my subjects, but I'm really scared that the grades won't go up. I really don't know what to do, because the subjects that ruined my overall grade were Maths and Physics...
Do you think that I should retake Maths and French next year? Because I am pretty confident that I can achieve higher grades in both of them, but on the other hand I'm scared that as a retake candidate I will be put at disadvantage..
Or should I apply with 37 points to these universities? Or should I simply apply with 37 to unis with lower entry requirements?
Thanks in advance for your help

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 1

chickenonsteroids

How close are you for the grade boundaries? If you can get one of the HLs to go up, then you'll be fine (bar UCL). If they don't require a certain number of points for your HL subjects (like a minimum of 20 which is very high) then get a SL remarked that's close to a boundary.

If the remarking deal is out the window and you really want to go to those universities, resit them. If not, apply to different universities.