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Which universities can I be looking at with these GCSE grades?

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What course are you thinking of doing or which A levels?

I'm doing psychology, sociology and biology at A-Level.

I'm considering doing psychology or criminology at uni though, but I haven't entirely looked into it yet.

Thanks to everyone for their replies!

Reply 21

ageshallnot

Original post by Traore

If your A-levels are good enough you should be fine. However, if you're applying for Psychology watch out for unis which want at least an A/7 in GCSE Maths eg Bath or Oxford.

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Traore

Original post by ageshallnot

If your A-levels are good enough you should be fine. However, if you're applying for Psychology watch out for unis which want at least an A/7 in GCSE Maths eg Bath or Oxford.

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Thanks! Maths isn't a strong point of mine.

Reply 23

ageshallnot

Original post by Traore

Thanks! Maths isn't a strong point of mine.

Maths in Psychology is largely a matter of statistical analysis.

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Reply 24

unicurse

Original post by Rohit_Rocks10

Ohh puhlzz. I got even terrible GCSEs and hold 5 Russell group uni offers. GCSEs only matter for medicine/vet sci/dentistry or maybe Oxbridge, other than that, all you need is English/Maths at grade C

This isn't strictly true. I've applied to 5 Russell group uni's too and all of them except one demand a 6 at GCSE for Maths at the very least, if not 7s. Although bizarrely, Nottingham dropped their GCSE Maths requirement for me. I'd like to think it was because my personal statement and experience are so good, but I suspect that since I'm a mature student it's more likely they've had to offer to me in order to fulfil their quota of old people.

Reply 25

Traore

Original post by ageshallnot

Maths in Psychology is largely a matter of statistical analysis.

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Yeah this stuff should be fine!

Reply 26

timif2

Original post by humanteaparty

interestingly my friend actually got an offer from oxford for AAA history when his GCSEs were
1 A*
4 As
3 Bs
2 Cs
and his predicted grades were either A*AA or AAA. So it still is possible (we goto an outstanding school so it wasnt contextual either).

How did he do that? He have a lot of extra stuff?

Reply 27

Beth_H

Original post by timif2

How did he do that? He have a lot of extra stuff?

He probably did very well in the HAT and performed very well at interview. I daresay he also had good year 12 grades and a strong teacher reference which convinced the admissions tutors that he had a good chance of meeting his predicted grades at A-level.