Each uni I have applied to has rejected me saying my GSCEs (8776666555) are basically not well enough up to scratch and I cannot lie I do feel slightly hopeless at the minute.
I know that 5s aren't acceptable really at top institutions but now if I were to retake these (I never sat them anyway) it would cost 1. a lot of money 2. a year out to retake them, and then 3. I'd have resat my GCSEs which looks worse than a first time achiever.
Can people please comment on if it would be worthwhile and which ones to aim to retake? Honestly I'm looking at all the easy 6s and especially 5s that I would retake but which subjects matter most in an application or is it overall grounds? Wondering if I ought to play to their strengths and retake only STEM, or include maybe English Lit (5) in there too.