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Will be applying to university in a few months to study languages. I have just finished my highers and I am predicting 3 very high A's (95%-100%) in French, German and Spanish like I got in my prelims (I'm not being arrogant)
However the problem is my other subjects haven't went well. Predicting a C at best in maths which was the only subject I actually studied for and I'm predicting an A or B in English cause I spent so much time on maths.
So what I'm wondering is if I got AAABC for example... Could I leave the maths grade C off my ucas application? So it would just say AAAB.
And my advanced highers will be AAA in the 3 languages (sounds very arrogant that I'm predicting that but I don't see it going any other way)
It would be unbelievably unfair if someone who is so gifted at languages would be unable to get into top universities cause of a maths result!
I'm looking at universities like Durham, Warwick, UCL, St Andrews and Edinburgh. The English universities are more bothered about my advanced highers rather than my highers so I probably have a better chance with them? I wanted to apply to Cambridge but I guess that's out of the picture now...
Will be applying to university in a few months to study languages. I have just finished my highers and I am predicting 3 very high A's (95%-100%) in French, German and Spanish like I got in my prelims (I'm not being arrogant)
However the problem is my other subjects haven't went well. Predicting a C at best in maths which was the only subject I actually studied for and I'm predicting an A or B in English cause I spent so much time on maths.
So what I'm wondering is if I got AAABC for example... Could I leave the maths grade C off my ucas application? So it would just say AAAB.
And my advanced highers will be AAA in the 3 languages (sounds very arrogant that I'm predicting that but I don't see it going any other way)
It would be unbelievably unfair if someone who is so gifted at languages would be unable to get into top universities cause of a maths result!
I'm looking at universities like Durham, Warwick, UCL, St Andrews and Edinburgh. The English universities are more bothered about my advanced highers rather than my highers so I probably have a better chance with them? I wanted to apply to Cambridge but I guess that's out of the picture now...
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Hello
Will be applying to university in a few months to study languages. I have just finished my highers and I am predicting 3 very high A's (95%-100%) in French, German and Spanish like I got in my prelims (I'm not being arrogant)
However the problem is my other subjects haven't went well. Predicting a C at best in maths which was the only subject I actually studied for and I'm predicting an A or B in English cause I spent so much time on maths.
So what I'm wondering is if I got AAABC for example... Could I leave the maths grade C off my ucas application? So it would just say AAAB.
And my advanced highers will be AAA in the 3 languages (sounds very arrogant that I'm predicting that but I don't see it going any other way)
It would be unbelievably unfair if someone who is so gifted at languages would be unable to get into top universities cause of a maths result!
I'm looking at universities like Durham, Warwick, UCL, St Andrews and Edinburgh. The English universities are more bothered about my advanced highers rather than my highers so I probably have a better chance with them? I wanted to apply to Cambridge but I guess that's out of the picture now...
Hello
Will be applying to university in a few months to study languages. I have just finished my highers and I am predicting 3 very high A's (95%-100%) in French, German and Spanish like I got in my prelims (I'm not being arrogant)
However the problem is my other subjects haven't went well. Predicting a C at best in maths which was the only subject I actually studied for and I'm predicting an A or B in English cause I spent so much time on maths.
So what I'm wondering is if I got AAABC for example... Could I leave the maths grade C off my ucas application? So it would just say AAAB.
And my advanced highers will be AAA in the 3 languages (sounds very arrogant that I'm predicting that but I don't see it going any other way)
It would be unbelievably unfair if someone who is so gifted at languages would be unable to get into top universities cause of a maths result!
I'm looking at universities like Durham, Warwick, UCL, St Andrews and Edinburgh. The English universities are more bothered about my advanced highers rather than my highers so I probably have a better chance with them? I wanted to apply to Cambridge but I guess that's out of the picture now...
You can't not include the C grade.
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Cambridge is not out of the picture, should still be ok if you are studying languages.
You can't not include the C grade.
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Cambridge is not out of the picture, should still be ok if you are studying languages.
You can't not include the C grade.
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But almost all Scottish applicants have 5 A's at higher and 3 A's at advanced.
I'll have AAABC and 3 A's at advanced. It angers me so much because I do so well in the languages (in my prelims i got 99% in French and spanish and 96% in german, like I said I'll get around the same in the real exams) and studying 3 languages is very very rare... And a A/B in english & C in maths surely gives me no chance at Cambridge?
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The C will still help, it increases you UCAS points or whatever they're called
The C will still help, it increases you UCAS points or whatever they're called
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But it doesn't look good. If I did end up failing maths as that's also a possibility, then could I not mention it?
But it doesn't look good. If I did end up failing maths as that's also a possibility, then could I not mention it?
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You wouldnt mention a fail I dont think. Another thought I had was that if you only mention 4 Highers 1 is a B it looks a lot worse than 5 Highers with 1 B and 1 C.
You wouldnt mention a fail I dont think. Another thought I had was that if you only mention 4 Highers 1 is a B it looks a lot worse than 5 Highers with 1 B and 1 C.
But some universities eg St Andrews only state the requirements for 4 Highers, for languages it's AAAB, so surely if I applied there then AAAB would look better to them than AAABC
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So what I'm wondering is if I got AAABC for example... Could I leave the maths grade C off my ucas application? So it would just say AAAB.
So what I'm wondering is if I got AAABC for example... Could I leave the maths grade C off my ucas application? So it would just say AAAB.
I'm looking at universities like Durham, Warwick, UCL, St Andrews and Edinburgh. The English universities are more bothered about my advanced highers rather than my highers so I probably have a better chance with them? I wanted to apply to Cambridge but I guess that's out of the picture now...
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You think so? Hmm I don't know haha
But some universities eg St Andrews only state the requirements for 4 Highers, for languages it's AAAB, so surely if I applied there then AAAB would look better to them than AAABC
You think so? Hmm I don't know haha
But some universities eg St Andrews only state the requirements for 4 Highers, for languages it's AAAB, so surely if I applied there then AAAB would look better to them than AAABC
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Hello
Will be applying to university in a few months to study languages. I have just finished my highers and I am predicting 3 very high A's (95%-100%) in French, German and Spanish like I got in my prelims (I'm not being arrogant)
However the problem is my other subjects haven't went well. Predicting a C at best in maths which was the only subject I actually studied for and I'm predicting an A or B in English cause I spent so much time on maths.
So what I'm wondering is if I got AAABC for example... Could I leave the maths grade C off my ucas application? So it would just say AAAB.
And my advanced highers will be AAA in the 3 languages (sounds very arrogant that I'm predicting that but I don't see it going any other way)
It would be unbelievably unfair if someone who is so gifted at languages would be unable to get into top universities cause of a maths result!
I'm looking at universities like Durham, Warwick, UCL, St Andrews and Edinburgh. The English universities are more bothered about my advanced highers rather than my highers so I probably have a better chance with them? I wanted to apply to Cambridge but I guess that's out of the picture now...
Hello
Will be applying to university in a few months to study languages. I have just finished my highers and I am predicting 3 very high A's (95%-100%) in French, German and Spanish like I got in my prelims (I'm not being arrogant)
However the problem is my other subjects haven't went well. Predicting a C at best in maths which was the only subject I actually studied for and I'm predicting an A or B in English cause I spent so much time on maths.
So what I'm wondering is if I got AAABC for example... Could I leave the maths grade C off my ucas application? So it would just say AAAB.
And my advanced highers will be AAA in the 3 languages (sounds very arrogant that I'm predicting that but I don't see it going any other way)
It would be unbelievably unfair if someone who is so gifted at languages would be unable to get into top universities cause of a maths result!
I'm looking at universities like Durham, Warwick, UCL, St Andrews and Edinburgh. The English universities are more bothered about my advanced highers rather than my highers so I probably have a better chance with them? I wanted to apply to Cambridge but I guess that's out of the picture now...
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You're not the first person who has told me that Cambridge is still possible.
But almost all Scottish applicants have 5 A's at higher and 3 A's at advanced.
I'll have AAABC and 3 A's at advanced. It angers me so much because I do so well in the languages (in my prelims i got 99% in French and spanish and 96% in german, like I said I'll get around the same in the real exams) and studying 3 languages is very very rare... And a A/B in english & C in maths surely gives me no chance at Cambridge?
You're not the first person who has told me that Cambridge is still possible.
But almost all Scottish applicants have 5 A's at higher and 3 A's at advanced.
I'll have AAABC and 3 A's at advanced. It angers me so much because I do so well in the languages (in my prelims i got 99% in French and spanish and 96% in german, like I said I'll get around the same in the real exams) and studying 3 languages is very very rare... And a A/B in english & C in maths surely gives me no chance at Cambridge?
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(if you meet the entry requirements, most candidates get an interview I think, Doonesbury can confirm)
(if you meet the entry requirements, most candidates get an interview I think, Doonesbury can confirm)
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