Retake vs reapply to lower tier universities

I achieved AAB in my alevels this year in Maths, Economics, and Chemistry this year respectively, and was already going to take a gap year. I wanted to apply to top tier unis for maths and econ(Oxford,LSE,Warwick,Imperial) but all grade requirements are A*AA. Ive thought about resitting Maths for A* and Chemistry for A but I feel like I'm quite unlikely to get an offer as I have no mitigating circumstances. Is it worth giving it a shot and resit and apply to some top tier unis or just reapply with my current grades to lower tier unis.

Reply 1

McGinger

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Original post by Sulayman05

I achieved AAB in my alevels this year in Maths, Economics, and Chemistry this year respectively, and was already going to take a gap year. I wanted to apply to top tier unis for maths and econ(Oxford,LSE,Warwick,Imperial) but all grade requirements are A*AA. Ive thought about resitting Maths for A* and Chemistry for A but I feel like I'm quite unlikely to get an offer as I have no mitigating circumstances. Is it worth giving it a shot and resit and apply to some top tier unis or just reapply with my current grades to lower tier unis.

Most Unis have no problem with resits - but not all, and especially for competitive degree subjects.
You need to phone/email each Uni and ask what their policy is - do they accept resits, and would it disadvantage your application?

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Sulayman05

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Original post by McGinger

Most Unis have no problem with resits - but not all, and especially for competitive degree subjects.
You need to phone/email each Uni and ask what their policy is - do they accept resits, and would it disadvantage your application?

Thanks

Reply 3

Labradoodle1

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Oxford and Imperial don't offer maths and econ though? As for LSE and Warwick, you'd need Further Maths.

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Sulayman05

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Original post by Labradoodle1

Oxford and Imperial don't offer maths and econ though? As for LSE and Warwick, you'd need Further Maths.

Yh i meant courses related to economics or maths. Oxford has E&M and Imperial has Econ finance and data science. Also I plan to do AS further maths as well in my gap year if I do retake I just wonder if I stand a good chance of receiving an offer.

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Labradoodle1

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Original post by Sulayman05

Yh i meant courses related to economics or maths. Oxford has E&M and Imperial has Econ finance and data science. Also I plan to do AS further maths as well in my gap year if I do retake I just wonder if I stand a good chance of receiving an offer.

Tbh AS FM isn't going to make much of a difference. It's very rarely worth taking an AS level, better to either do the full A level or nothing. For Oxford E&M you wouldn't need FM (I'm not familiar with Imperial EFDS though). What courses would you apply to at Warwick and LSE? I will say however, Oxford E&M and Imperial EFDS are ultra competitive, as is pretty much any LSE degree. Warwick won't be quite as crazy competitive but is certainly still a risky choice.

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