"Are these GCSEs good enough for x" - the guide

Officially at this time, they regard them as the same.

I use "officially", as universities were responsible for driving the GCSE grading reform and the implementation of the new "grade 9", and one can never be sure if there are actual discriminators within applications. There is current media talk of a GCSE overhaul (what's new though?) so this is perhaps where the suggestion comes from.

What is more likely is that universities will start to push their own entrance tests if they cannot be satisfied of the quality of the students they are receiving (which Oxbridge does anyways).

TLDR: Yes, and don't worry.

Thanks x

i’m getting more and more worried abt my english grades - i got 2 7s for english lit & lang though i was predicted 8s and was a few marks off 9 in my mock and assessments for literature. since english is a core subject won’t it disadvantage me? also is literature just count as an english grade (e.g if i appealed for lit and got an 8, does that mean the uni will consider my english grade to be an 8?)
my overall grades were 999998877

Why don't they regard 8s and 9s equally anymore?

i want to do geo instead of maths but Im unsure if i should it for a levels

Would you give a bit more detail please as I am unsure as to your question?

i want to do medicine in uni hopefully ucl and i wanted what was the best subject to do i want to do geography but maths may help me get a higher chance to be accepted

"A*s, 8s and 9s are regarded as equal (for now). Someone with 10 8s is not disadvantaged against someone with 10 9s. As of 2021 this appears no longer to be the case."

Where does it say that this is no longer the case?

"A*s, 8s and 9s are regarded as equal (for now). Someone with 10 8s is not disadvantaged against someone with 10 9s. As of 2021 this appears no longer to be the case."

Where does it say that this is no longer the case?

They used to explicitly say on the website that they weren't differentiating between 8s and 9s, that they'd just be converting them in to the old system. They don't say so anymore

oh ok, that puts more pressure to get those 9s!

It's not that it says that it is no longer the case, it's that it no longer says that 8s and 9s are considered to be equivalent.

Seems unsurprising considering the inflation in GCSE grades

9's are ..."the la creme de la creme..." of GCSE education!!!

Russel group easy yes. Cambridge: depends on everything else. Oxford: hopefully but read the OP in full.

What does it depend on for Cambridge?

LNAT, submitted written work and interview

Is that not the same for russell group unis?