Want to apply for Oxbridge for Law. However, my GCSE's may hold me back.

Looking for advice.

I was only able to manage an A*AAAAABBB at GCSE, and when compared to those getting 11 A*'s, it's quite daunting.

For AS, I received AAAA and my predicted grades are A*A*A.

In terms of AS UMS, for two of my subjects, I got over 90%, but for the other two (one of which I dropped) I received around 84% UMS at AS.

Is it worth applying to either Cambridge or Oxford, and if so, which one would be more advisable?

It may be important to note that i've only considered Oxford up until now, as it's the only Uni I have visited out of the two. For law, the LNAT is required, but this is not so for Cambridge. In terms of law for Cambridge, what do I need to do in the application process before I send off my UCAS on the 15th of October?

Thanks

E; Doing Politics, Philosophy, History at A2.

Cambridge; Oxford do not get to see your UMS at AS and tend to put more weight on GCSEs.
Either way, it's a bit of a rushed decision

Where is the evidence to the TSR myth that Oxford puts more weight on GCSEs?

An admissions adviser from Cambridge and a large number of our teachers

Does this admission adviser work at Oxford as well? Do those teachers work at Oxford? What do they get that 'fact' from? TSR?

Where is the evidence to the TSR myth that Oxford puts more weight on GCSEs?

What the hell is wrong with the higher education system when the most prestigious universities in the country make admissions based on completely irrelevant variables?

Cambridge have collected data over many years showing that UMS are the best predictor of degree success. They publish it on their website under admissions research. They can also show that school background does not affect degree success unlike other universities. Their admissions system involves interview and putting all these factors into the context of background and relevance.
Undoubtedly it's not perfect but what would you substitute?


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If every degree course ranked the GCSE subjects in order of relevance so that an A* in History and and A* in Biology are not equal when it comes to say...Politics or Medicine respectively.

Some of us have been on these forums for many years and in my case have already graduated from Cambridge (Economics).
Cambridge publishes a huge amount of material on its university and college websites explaining how it makes its decisions and the relevant weight of UMS, GCSE and other aspects of the application. Cambridge have a form where you have to list every module taken with the UMS, Oxford do not ask for this information. The published information shows that GCSE score is one of the ways in which they filter, they interview fewer % candidates typically, than Cambridge.
It is not a myth, trust me.


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Because GCSEs individually aren't that important. You don't need a GCSE in History to do Politics. You don't even need GCSE History to do History A-level. And actually Chemistry (A-level) is usually seen as more important for Medicine than Biology.

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You don't need it no. But it is silly to say that chemistry and history have equal importance for a history degree.

Well, at GCSE yes they do. Individual GCSEs really are not *that* important.