I’ve been considering applying to Oxford’s Literature course, as literature is literally the love of my life, and one of the few things I’m truly good at. The thing is, I don’t know if I’ll even qualify, cause Literature grades have consistently been really really good, but my other grades are not bad, but honestly average— though I suppose it’s more for lack of effort than lack of capability, and also because I was forced to take subjects I had minimal interest in. My IGCSE results were A* lit, A lang, A physics, A chem, B maths, B bio, and C bio (core). Also, it’s worth noting that my literature grade was so good that I qualified for a Cambridge Outstanding Learner’s Award, which I’m hoping may be something that sets me apart from most other candidates. However, my award is not Top in Country, only High Achievement, and I’m not sure whether they contextualise to this extent but I study in Oman, where not all that many people are high achievers in literature specifically, so I’m not sure if it’s good enough. Right now I study the IBDP, but my school doesn’t offer the pure lit course, only langlit, so I don’t have any exam results for lit yet from IB, however in our internal final exams at the end of junior year I scored highest in my grade for the language component. However, at the moment I’m really not sure if my predicted grades in my other subjects are gonna cumulate to be high enough for Oxford standards. And the thing is, for regular uni applications, mock exams are a huge part of them, and I always get much better grades on the tests that “truly matter/have relevance” than just general class tests, so for my other uni applications I’m sure my predicted grades will be much higher, but since Oxbridge has early applications, there’s not enough time to raise my average, which like I said isn’t bad by any means, but most likely doesn’t even compare to most Oxford applicants. Do you think my lit achievements may be able to carry me through my probably higher-end-of-average grades, or will I likely be rejected cause I’m not outstanding enough?