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Are my GCSEs good enough for for English lit at Cambridge

Hello! just got my GCSE results back yesterday and I'm very happy on the whole, really gave them my all and I feel my results reflect that. However , it's my dream to study English Lit at Cambridge, and I had some questions about my results in terms of such a competitive course, so I figures id post my obligatory annoying Oxbridge GCSE question. (so sorry for the people who read loads of these!)
my results are:

Biology: 9
Chemistry: 9
Physics: 9
Maths: 8
RS: 9
Spanish: 8
Textile Design: 8
History: 9
English Literature: 9
English Language: 9
Drama: 6

Both Drama and Maths are one mark off the next grade up so my plan is to get them remarked just in case (does anyone know if remarks ever yield results for maths or if there's any reason I shouldn't go for these remarks?). I'll still be happy with them if they don't move up after the remark, but at least then I'll know I tried everything I could!

I'm aware that Drama is a bit of a standout lower grade on my results, even though I threw everything I had at it and really tried my hardest to do well (I was predicted an 8 and getting consistently 7s, but wasn't too surprised as I elt the exam on the day went poorly despite all my revision). However, the drama teachers at my school are not very good (😬) and the exam board (eduqas) and mark schemes are- I'll be honest-like some sort of nightmarish joke. However, I'm hoping that one grade won't be too much of a problem on a Cambridge English Lit application? Any insight is much appreciated, and again sorry for such a long and common question! (for context I go to a pretty well-performing state school)
(edited 2 months ago)
yes, they are good enough. focus on your a levels.

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