Application to university advice

You have five application slots. You may as well have a reach option.

Hi all. I got 7A* 4A at GCSE. Just got AAB at AS level. The B was in physics and one of the A's was in maths, though I did the whole maths A Level this year. I'm resitting C3 and C4, so I'm hoping for an A* in maths next August. Is there any point in me applying to A*A*A universities for maths, such as Imperial, Oxford or Warwick with those results ? Or do I have little chance and should I just apply to A*AA and lower? Thanks.

Do you think TWO A*A*A slots is unrealistic with my results?

It depends on your predicted grades, if you were at my old college your predicted grades would be A*A*A (they did them one higher than the grade you achieved), if that was the case then yeah you could apply to them and probably get in, your grades don't really matter your predicted grades do

It depends on your predicted grades, if you were at my old college your predicted grades would be A*A*A (they did them one higher than the grade you achieved), if that was the case then yeah you could apply to them and probably get in, your grades don't really matter your predicted grades do

Realistically, it's probably a bit too much of a stretch. However, you could risk one UCAS choice. Have a look at past MAT papers and see how you find them. You'll need a very good score on that to have a chance, but it can help offset (relative) negative aspects of your application. Good luck.