Can I get into uni with these gcse grades?

don't get too stressed, my gcses weren't great considering the unis I wanted to apply to, and I did fine. unis care a lot more about A-levels than gcses, if you're really stressed about it you can always take a year out and reapply as then you'd have your A-level grades ensured rather than predicted. I know a girl who got 5 gcses, but worked her arse off to get decent a levels and got into a Russel group and is now doing a phd at Oxford. as long as you can prove that right now you're putting the work in and achieving academically, you'll be fine. the only thing that might hold you back is English language and maths- Russel groups like at least a 5 in both of these, if you have them you're fine but if not consider resitting. hope this helps

don't get too stressed, my gcses weren't great considering the unis I wanted to apply to, and I did fine. unis care a lot more about A-levels than gcses, if you're really stressed about it you can always take a year out and reapply as then you'd have your A-level grades ensured rather than predicted. I know a girl who got 5 gcses, but worked her arse off to get decent a levels and got into a Russel group and is now doing a phd at Oxford. as long as you can prove that right now you're putting the work in and achieving academically, you'll be fine. the only thing that might hold you back is English language and maths- Russel groups like at least a 5 in both of these, if you have them you're fine but if not consider resitting. hope this helps

I originally had ambitions to go to a decent/ Russel group uni but it’s gone down the drain.
I’ve slacked a little at the start of year 12. I now have only 3 months left of it and my predicted grades are CCC. Ucas grades etc and applying for uni is coming up more and I’m feeling terrible.
For my GCSEs I passed only six and failed 3. The ones I passed are very low grades I got : 444456333. I failed two sciences and a Spanish. Highest grades in English. I want to do law at uni and Im feeling how finished I am because number one law is competitive. Number two when I apply if I don’t somehow get my predicted grades up which idk how I will I’ll ne against kids with much better grades than me. I know nobody with worse GCSEs than mine. Im scared unis even the bad ones won’t accept me because of my GCSEs. Even if I get my a level grades up to BBB or more it won’t ne enough because of my GCSEs. I really really want to go to Russel group. We have mocks in June and another set in September and I am trying to get my grades up by doing extremely well In that but still in my mind it’s always lingering about my GCSEs. Im scared I will get Al rejections disappoint everyone and be stuck at home another year. It makes me feel I’ll when I think about it. What do I do?

Hey, do you mind if I ask for an update on this post? I just got my results for my mocks and I've been predicted a CCD (I also want to try for criminology/law). My teachers know I try hard in lessons and know the content I need to but I struggle doing the tests so there probably isn't much they can do about it (I'll be talking to them tomorrow). I've tried talking about taking a gap year to my parents but they shut it down almost immediately.

don't get too stressed, my gcses weren't great considering the unis I wanted to apply to, and I did fine. unis care a lot more about A-levels than gcses, if you're really stressed about it you can always take a year out and reapply as then you'd have your A-level grades ensured rather than predicted. I know a girl who got 5 gcses, but worked her arse off to get decent a levels and got into a Russel group and is now doing a phd at Oxford. as long as you can prove that right now you're putting the work in and achieving academically, you'll be fine. the only thing that might hold you back is English language and maths- Russel groups like at least a 5 in both of these, if you have them you're fine but if not consider resitting. hope this helps

Hey, do you mind if I ask for an update on this post? I just got my results for my mocks and I've been predicted a CCD (I also want to try for criminology/law). My teachers know I try hard in lessons and know the content I need to but I struggle doing the tests so there probably isn't much they can do about it (I'll be talking to them tomorrow). I've tried talking about taking a gap year to my parents but they shut it down almost immediately.

girl same im predicted CCD. Im on summer break rn which i guess is lucky ( my schools closed late june earlier than most) so i have more time to revise. I have mocks in september straight back into school so my only hope is to get straight As in it so ill have to work my ass off. I've been thinking of alternatives to law like journalism or socioogy if i dont get predicted As in time and then ill do a conversion course into law after because i really dont want to risk being rejected with how competitive lawv is. My parents dont let me do a gap year either. They dont even know how bad my predicteds are ive had to lie. Id say work really hard for your next set of mocks. If all goes wrong the last option is to apply through clearing with real grades on results day which is my very last option

What A levels are you doing?
Also I think you should be honest with your parents, let them know your struggling and maybe ask for a tutor? I think as well, your gcse grades will only really prevent you from going to Oxbridge and like that top handful of schools - obviously look at entry requirements. Also maybe you could do a foundation year? A lot of unis accept around CCC if you apply to a foundation year program. Although, ideally you want to get your grades up a little