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Can I retake science GCSE and change it Foundation to higher

I want to do a level i picked biology and chemistry but turn out the need to 6 grade and I was too late because I do Foundation now and I'm doing my exams. can I retake it and change it to Higher?
Original post by jejejojo
I want to do a level i picked biology and chemistry but turn out the need to 6 grade and I was too late because I do Foundation now and I'm doing my exams. can I retake it and change it to Higher?

You can retake the GCSE, but it would be after your exams. You might be able to retake it at your 6th form college, but it's more likely that you would need to retake it as a private candidate. In some situations, you might be able to redo it at a local adult college, but I would consider that as a last resort because it might affect your 6th form application.

I would focus on maxing out your grades in your sciences first though. If you want to convince your 6th form college that you are able to do the A Level (they will be challenging), then you need high enough grades to sway them to your case.

If you want to apply as a private candidate, it would depend on which exam board you would want to study with. There are 4/5 (5 because WJEC and Eduquas are supposedly distinct) exam boards for UK GCSEs, and I am not going to type it all out in just one post.

As you didn't specify what degree you intend to do (assuming you're going to do a degree since you mentioned those specific A Levels), I'm hesitant to say that the above would help you if you intend to become a doctor, vet, or dentist. If you are going for any other subject in life sciences, then the above should be of help.
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Original post by MindMax2000
You can retake the GCSE, but it would be after your exams. You might be able to retake it at your 6th form college, but it's more likely that you would need to retake it as a private candidate. In some situations, you might be able to redo it at a local adult college, but I would consider that as a last resort because it might affect your 6th form application.
I would focus on maxing out your grades in your sciences first though. If you want to convince your 6th form college that you are able to do the A Level (they will be challenging), then you need high enough grades to sway them to your case.
If you want to apply as a private candidate, it would depend on which exam board you would want to study with. There are 4/5 (5 because WJEC and Eduquas are supposedly distinct) exam boards for UK GCSEs, and I am not going to type it all out in just one post.
As you didn't specify what degree you intend to do (assuming you're going to do a degree since you mentioned those specific A Levels), I'm hesitant to say that the above would help you if you intend to become a doctor, vet, or dentist. If you are going for any other subject in life sciences, then the above should be of help.
Thank you that makes sense. Before my GCSE I don't know what to do. I don't know what to be but after my GCSE I felt like I will like to do science to be a doctor or other things in the future, but I found it too late. So if I retake my sciences is gonna be hard and I'm gonna be late for Year. so there's other ways and there's a hope that I can retake it but it's gonna be hard after when I retake and go to do A Level.

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