Oxford Chemistry with 2 STEM A levels?

ecovan1

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TypicalNerd

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Original post by ecovan1

I take chemistry, maths and french (predicted 3A*’s with 10 9’s and 2 8’s at GCSE for context). Will taking 2 STEM A levels without an EPQ disadvantage me compared to a person with the same a level predicted, gcses and jnterview scores, as the website recommends you take a 3rd STEM subject?

Well, I guess it depends on what your third A level is.

On an open day last year to see the chemistry department at Oxford, I actually spoke to a number of students there who had taken something like English language as a third A level.

Since you have an excellent set of GCSE grades and A level predictions, provided your UCAS application is good, you will almost certainly get an interview (Oxford interviews most of their chemistry applicants, I think usually about 90% of them). After which point, your interview performance will decide whether you get a place or not. Someone else with the same grade profile and a third STEM subject could blunder their way through the interviews and end up rejected all too easily.

Reply 2

ecovan1

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Original post by TypicalNerd

Well, I guess it depends on what your third A level is.

On an open day last year to see the chemistry department at Oxford, I actually spoke to a number of students there who had taken something like English language as a third A level.

Since you have an excellent set of GCSE grades and A level predictions, provided your UCAS application is good, you will almost certainly get an interview (Oxford interviews most of their chemistry applicants, I think usually about 90% of them). After which point, your interview performance will decide whether you get a place or not. Someone else with the same grade profile and a third STEM subject could blunder their way through the interviews and end up rejected all too easily.