Original post by Timlin-GuyHow are these GCSEs?
8 - Maths
7 - English Language
5 - English Literature
B - Computer Science (teacher ****ed us over and 30% of GCSE was lost)
B - ICT
B - Biology (1 off A)
B - Chemistry (1 off A)
B - Physics
B - Drama (1 off A)
C - Food Technology
C - Religious Education
2 - PSHCE which is equivalent to a B
D - German ( was forced to do foundation exam, wasn't allowed to drop)
I know these grades aren't great but, hypothetically, if I get A*A*AB at A Level, do I have fair chance of getting into Oxbridge?
Also, to add to this, my school didn't give us any study leave, tricked us into choosing a language and forced us to do everything aside from 2 options (Drama and Computer Science).
Not to make excuses or ask for sympathy and only to find out if this is a sufficient excuse to why my GCSEs aren't straight A*sbut during the exams:
I was being bullied from 70% of the people I thought were my friends, sometimes physically abusing me for the sole reason that they were bigger than me and could, for almost a year consistently making fun of my weight, my appearance and saying I could never get into college because I was a retard and other similar things.
My twin sister, who has had severe Bulimia for the past year and a half, was rushed to hospital and needed/ still needs lots of blood tests, ECG, daily pills, weekly therapy, family therapy because doctors believed she could have a heart attack at any moment. My mum would constantly attack her, fight with her because my sister didn't want to live with my mum, because she was eating all the food, because she 'was doing it for attention' and because 'she knew more than all the doctors, therapists, psychologists and all she needed to do was stop being so selfish'.
To add to this, my bipolar, narcissistic mum divorced my abusive stepfather (which was ****ing amazing) and met a nice guy (which is also good), but ex stepdad wanted full custody of my little sister (on the basis my mum was too unstable and mentally ill to look after her) and I was lead to believe I wouldn't ever see here again.
Even more, but not as serious, my step mum of 11 years and dad weren't getting along for about 4 months and my step mum was severely depressed, she had walked out saying she wanted a divorce and all this other stuff, as well as tried to make my twins bulimia all about her.
Consistent and daily arguments with my mum with her saying I caused her mental issues, that I'm manipulating, lying, rude, selfish, ignorant arrogant etc. and I'm what's causing my dads and step mums issues (which is far from the truth).
I'm not saying I have had the worst possible time ever, I know it could be worse and that it's not a complete excuse to my GCSE results, but it all got to its worst immediately from March/April and onwards, and it knocked me over without giving me any time to have a break to cope with it. I'm also not doing this to say look how bad everything is (and I can't stress that enough), I'm just wondering if all of this can be seen as sufficient reasoning to why I didn't get what most Oxbridge students get for GCSE results.