Are my GCSEs okay for Oxford PPE/Econ

Now, I know that Oxford view an applicant 'holistically' but from what I understand, they still take GCSEs into account. My GCSEs: (New System) [Old System - Just in case ]History - 8 [A*]English Lit. - 7 [A]RE - 7 [A]Biology - 7 [A]Chemistry - 7 [A]Physics - 7 [A]Computer Sci. - 7 [A]Maths - 6 English Lang. - 6 Music - 5 [B/C]French - 4 [C]Further Maths - C I know that these are, for the most part from what I've been told, are generally fairly good grades. But I feel as if the lower ones may drag me down ? Or is my head just exaggerating this ? ahaAlso, I feel that the Maths may drag me down ? For A Level I take Economics, Computer Science and Maths; for Eco

Being honest, those are rather low GCSE grades individually, for Oxford, no grade 8s 9s at all is concerning. However did you go to a more “underperforming school”?

Being honest, those are rather low GCSE grades individually, for Oxford, no grade 8s 9s at all is concerning. However did you go to a more “underperforming school”?

Oxford tends to look for GCSE grades 8-9 average, but really their main focus is A Level grades so i wouldn’t worry if you fall a little short of that

Hola clarkkent19,

GCSEs when taken are declared on the UCAS form and so they are a factor. The results are contextualised (ie compared with what is typical for the school attended at key stage 4). For guidance, last year nine applicants with fewer than to GCSEs at 8 or 9 were interviewed. We think it is quite likely that they either performed very well on the admissions test, or applied post-A level, or had extenuating circumstances/contextualised results.

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