Urgent advice needed - FM

My DD is doing Maths, FM, Economics and geography at A level.
Her Predicted Grades are
Maths - A*
Economincs- A*
Geography- A
Further Maths - B
She wants to apply to Pure Economics at

LSE
Warwick
UCL
Bath
Bristol or Kings or Nottingham(not sure)

As her FM predicted grade is B. She did request her sixth form head about assessing FM grade again with more exam.
But her school is very adamant to not consider any more exam and not budging about predicted grades.
They told her that they can predict her grade A in FM if she takes it as AS level instead of A level.

Will that is very disadantaged for her for LSE, Warwick, UCL even Bath admissions?
I know all these uni favours candidate with FM but taking it only as AS level will be an problem?
What will they favour most, Is grade B prediction in Full A level FM is better that A prediction for AS level.
We are really confused what to do
She really wants to get into Warwick, UCL, Bath.
LSE is very aspiritional.

Reply 1

lalexm

Original post by Anonymous

My DD is doing Maths, FM, Economics and geography at A level.
Her Predicted Grades are
Maths - A*
Economincs- A*
Geography- A
Further Maths - B
She wants to apply to Pure Economics at
LSE
Warwick
UCL
Bath
Bristol or Kings or Nottingham(not sure)
As her FM predicted grade is B. She did request her sixth form head about assessing FM grade again with more exam.
But her school is very adamant to not consider any more exam and not budging about predicted grades.
They told her that they can predict her grade A in FM if she takes it as AS level instead of A level.
Will that is very disadantaged for her for LSE, Warwick, UCL even Bath admissions?
I know all these uni favours candidate with FM but taking it only as AS level will be an problem?
What will they favour most, Is grade B prediction in Full A level FM is better that A prediction for AS level.
We are really confused what to do
She really wants to get into Warwick, UCL, Bath.
LSE is very aspiritional.

A grade B in FM will almost certainly rule out LSE, and Cambridge if she was to apply there, but it should make little/no difference to the others, as she has the required A*A*A, and they don't even require FM.

Economics is hyper competitive though, so she should really include 1 or 2 proper safeties, like maybe York, Birmin, Sheffield, Southampton, Lough, Lanc etc. This is not just to ensure that she gets in somewhere, but also to have an offer from somewhere with a max AAA entry requirement that she can use as an insurance. This applies to everyone that applies to Econ as lots of applicants with even perfect grades get rejected every year from the uni's you've listed, particularly the first 4, and Kings.

Reply 2

Labradoodle1

LSE will prefer it as a full a level and not an AS level. If I'm being completely honest, AS levels are pretty useless most of the time.

Reply 3

Jena Tools

Original post by Anonymous

My DD is doing Maths, FM, Economics and geography at A level.
Her Predicted Grades are
Maths - A*
Economincs- A*
Geography- A
Further Maths - B
She wants to apply to Pure Economics at
LSE
Warwick
UCL
Bath
Bristol or Kings or Nottingham(not sure)
As her FM predicted grade is B. She did request her sixth form head about assessing FM grade again with more exam.
But her school is very adamant to not consider any more exam and not budging about predicted grades.
They told her that they can predict her grade A in FM if she takes it as AS level instead of A level.
Will that is very disadantaged for her for LSE, Warwick, UCL even Bath admissions?
I know all these uni favours candidate with FM but taking it only as AS level will be an problem?
What will they favour most, Is grade B prediction in Full A level FM is better that A prediction for AS level.
We are really confused what to do
She really wants to get into Warwick, UCL, Bath.
LSE is very aspiritional.

I would more look at it in terms of UCAS points which would put a B in A level of any AS grade

Reply 4

Muttley79

Original post by Anonymous

My DD is doing Maths, FM, Economics and geography at A level.
Her Predicted Grades are
Maths - A*
Economincs- A*
Geography- A
Further Maths - B
She wants to apply to Pure Economics at
LSE
Warwick
UCL
Bath
Bristol or Kings or Nottingham(not sure)
As her FM predicted grade is B. She did request her sixth form head about assessing FM grade again with more exam.
But her school is very adamant to not consider any more exam and not budging about predicted grades.
They told her that they can predict her grade A in FM if she takes it as AS level instead of A level.
Will that is very disadantaged for her for LSE, Warwick, UCL even Bath admissions?
I know all these uni favours candidate with FM but taking it only as AS level will be an problem?
What will they favour most, Is grade B prediction in Full A level FM is better that A prediction for AS level.
We are really confused what to do
She really wants to get into Warwick, UCL, Bath.
LSE is very aspiritional.

AS levels are not useful these days - thet are not half an A level in England.

Stick with full A level but add somewhere like Exeter to the mix. [I teach Maths]