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My school is saying that I need to quit maths, but I really like it and want to continue. I want to apply for history and French at Oxford. Currently I have 3 A stars in English lit, French, history and a C In maths. I’ve done every kind of necessary supercurricular to get in and have a very impressive PS. Should I quit maths?

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by Ndjdkfkuu677
My school is saying that I need to quit maths, but I really like it and want to continue. I want to apply for history and French at Oxford. Currently I have 3 A stars in English lit, French, history and a C In maths. I’ve done every kind of necessary supercurricular to get in and have a very impressive PS. Should I quit maths?

If you really like maths, perhaps you could find a way to continue with it outside A-levels rather than having one average grade trailing behind your other fantastic grades 🙂 especially for a uni like Oxford
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by Ndjdkfkuu677
My school is saying that I need to quit maths, but I really like it and want to continue. I want to apply for history and French at Oxford. Currently I have 3 A stars in English lit, French, history and a C In maths. I’ve done every kind of necessary supercurricular to get in and have a very impressive PS. Should I quit maths?
You should be able to achieve an A grade or even A* grade by doing lots of past papers.

A-level Maths Papers - PMT (physicsandmathstutor.com)

Also, use BicenMaths, TLMaths, HindsMaths and ExamsSolutions on YouTube. 😉

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by Ndjdkfkuu677
My school is saying that I need to quit maths, but I really like it and want to continue. I want to apply for history and French at Oxford. Currently I have 3 A stars in English lit, French, history and a C In maths. I’ve done every kind of necessary supercurricular to get in and have a very impressive PS. Should I quit maths?

OP, you have two threads running on this. Perhaps you could ask the Mods to merge them into one.

You should drop maths.

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by thegeek888
You should be able to achieve an A grade or even A* grade by doing lots of past papers.
A-level Maths Papers - PMT (physicsandmathstutor.com)
Also, use BicenMaths, TLMaths, HindsMaths and ExamsSolutions on YouTube. 😉



You don't know better than the OP's teachers, who are sensibly advising the OP to drop maths and focus on the other three A levels. Your breezy optimism has a certain charm, but as usual you aren't being very realistic.

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