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Are UCL GCSE whores? For economics

What the title says and yes it is a serious question and no im not a troll :P

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Reply 1
Apparently not, with my extremely mediocre GCSE's :rolleyes:
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Reply 2
Depends what the course is innit.
Reply 3
~Ally~
Apparently not, with my extremely mediocre GCSE's :rolleyes:


what gcse you get and what course you studying? I'm hoping to do economics
Reply 4
oh...for economics...yes

(I got 7A*s 2A and a C and they rejected me, AAA prediction at A-Level)
Reply 5
random321
what gcse you get and what course you studying? I'm hoping to do economics

Oh right, for economics, yes, probably
i got 2 A*s, 2A's, 7B's and a C
(and for the record, i only call this mediocre against the seeming TSR average of 8A*s 5As :p:)
Then straight A Alevels
And i'm doing the highly competetive course of Finnish
Reply 6
neon
oh...for economics...yes

*sigh 3a* 6 a good enough?
Reply 7
I got an offer for maths without a single A in my GCSE.

Of course I didn't meet the offer in the end cos I got a C in physics A level, lol.
Reply 8
my cousin got into L100 with 2A*s 8As with AAAA at AS

Couple of my mates this year got in with 4A*s+

Its definitely worth a try with your gcses
Reply 9
random321
*sigh 3a* 6 a good enough?

tbh, my personal statement was aimed at a different course so i expected it

but those are good results, try
Reply 10
not as much as LSE (:
but it depends. give us a clue, what are your grades like?
Reply 11
steve2006
my cousin got into L100 with 2A*s 8As with AAAA at AS

Couple of my mates this year got in with 4A*s+

Its definitely worth a try with your gcses


yeah, it seems like they only mind about the Alevels.
Reply 12
Pandapple
not as much as LSE (:
but it depends. give us a clue, what are your grades like?

haha i hope not

3a*
6a
1b

As
psychology A going to drop if not doing 4
economics B will pull up to an A as i know i can no idea what happened
Maths A
French A

most likely to be predicted AAA possibly AAB
Reply 13
random321
haha i hope not

3a*
6a
1b

As
psychology A going to drop if not doing 4
economics B will pull up to an A as i know i can no idea what happened
Maths A
French A

most likely to be predicted AAA possibly AAB


thats a pretty strong set of results. i'd say you're in a good position!
i think its important to get the A in economics more than anything else.
Reply 14
Pandapple

i think its important to get the A in economics more than anything else.

yea will do its just that my economics paper makes no sense as i got 91A 88A then 45 borderline D........ getting it remarked in case its a mistake
Reply 15
random321
yea will do its just that my economics paper makes no sense as i got 91A 88A then 45 borderline D........ getting it remarked in case its a mistake


was the 91 one in paper 3?
yeah, that does seem a little fishy. i personally don't like remarks, but i think you should get it done.
Reply 16
Pandapple
was the 91 one in paper 3?
yeah, that does seem a little fishy. i personally don't like remarks, but i think you should get it done.

91 and 88 were unit 1 or 2. borderline 45 D was unit 3. I understand that theres the possibility that i underperformed but it just seems really strange because:
1) Unit 3 is application of units 1 and 2 both of which i fully understand
2) Then you apply the knowledge to the case study which i am able to do
3) Finally In class i get As and odd Bs for it and my teacher marks so damn strict its stupid lol
~Ally~
Oh right, for economics, yes, probably
i got 2 A*s, 2A's, 7B's and a C
(and for the record, i only call this mediocre against the seeming TSR average of 8A*s 5As :p:)
Then straight A Alevels
And i'm doing the highly competetive course of Finnish

I'm doing law and I got even worse than you:
2A*s, 2As, 5Bs, 2Cs
random321
*sigh 3a* 6 a good enough?

hey thats what i got!

i'm not doing economic though. :smile:
Reply 19
random321
91 and 88 were unit 1 or 2. borderline 45 D was unit 3. I understand that theres the possibility that i underperformed but it just seems really strange because:
1) Unit 3 is application of units 1 and 2 both of which i fully understand
2) Then you apply the knowledge to the case study which i am able to do
3) Finally In class i get As and odd Bs for it and my teacher marks so damn strict its stupid lol

Yeah, in that case I'd say get it remarked - ask your teacher too if they think you should get it remarked, and remember the deadline's pretty soon for remarks!

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