Does Oxford mind about GCSE resits?

Do they?

If you go an A or a 7 the first time and moved to an A* or a 9 on the resit would they mind? I did get 10 A*'s and 3 A's the first time but i definitely messed up one of the units in each of the subjects i want to resit. I do comfortably meet oxford criteria but want to resit because I don't think i did myself justice on the first sitting.

Too boost my ego, what? To improve my chances and to show the unis I’m applying to that my initial performance in those subjects doesn’t reflect what I’m capable of. My results may be good but I got non-A* grades in all the wrong subjects. English Lit and Chem are definitely important. Id like to have triple science A* by the time I apply for engineering courses.

I really don’t like the way you phrased that. I’m constantly self critical and spent to much of my time doing my best. I haven’t boasted to a single person about my grades even if I was in the top 5 of my year, because I don’t feel like I deserved them. And I almost spiralled into depression at the start of year 11 because I thought I was going to get terrible grades and my mock performance wasn’t promising for any subject. Oxbridge DOES look at performance compared to the school average and my school is very high up there. So my grades aren’t amazing if compared to the best person in the year (13/13 A*).

Redoing 2 of those GCSE’s gives me the chance to correct what went wrong - in each case one of the tests had a very poor mark while the others were A* Level, so my entire grade was brought down. I’m willing to work hard to ensure I apply to university with the best possible set of results - sorry if that gets on your nerves so much.

Too boost my ego, what? To improve my chances and to show the unis I’m applying to that my initial performance in those subjects doesn’t reflect what I’m capable of. My results may be good but I got non-A* grades in all the wrong subjects. English Lit and Chem are definitely important. Id like to have triple science A* by the time I apply for engineering courses.

I really don’t like the way you phrased that. I’m constantly self critical and spent to much of my time doing my best. I haven’t boasted to a single person about my grades even if I was in the top 5 of my year, because I don’t feel like I deserved them. And I almost spiralled into depression at the start of year 11 because I thought I was going to get terrible grades and my mock performance wasn’t promising for any subject. Oxbridge DOES look at performance compared to the school average and my school is very high up there. So my grades aren’t amazing if compared to the best person in the year (13/13 A*).

Redoing 2 of those GCSE’s gives me the chance to correct what went wrong - in each case one of the tests had a very poor mark while the others were A* Level, so my entire grade was brought down. I’m willing to work hard to ensure I apply to university with the best possible set of results - sorry if that gets on your nerves so much.

How did you get in then - was it A-Level predictions and work experience? I'm curious. I know some people from more disadvantaged backgrounds get in with weaker grades but I thought they otherwise made people uncompetitive when applying.