Can I apply to Imperial or KCL with these grades

9 - combined science
8 - eng lit/lang, history, re
7 - citizenship, maths, french (for citizenship and maths i was 1 mark off an 8 should I remark ill only do this if it means it will icnrease my chance to get into good uni

My other options for uni, IDK but please recommend any 'safety; schools.
i do a level BIO CHEM MATHS

Reply 1

RFX

What course/degree??
General for most courses yes your prob be fine, but medicine you mat struggle without circumstances.

Reply 2

Iqster

i think imperial says they only want majority 7-9s including maths and science subjects specifically and i don’t think they often use gcses for shortlisting

i think those grades are enough for kings unless if ur applying for med (then the maths gcse remark would deffo be worth it)

Reply 3

kzed08

Original post by RFX

What course/degree??
General for most courses yes your prob be fine, but medicine you mat struggle without circumstances.

For medicine, and wdym struggle and circumstances

Reply 4

kzed08

Original post by Iqster

i think imperial says they only want majority 7-9s including maths and science subjects specifically and i don’t think they often use gcses for shortlisting
i think those grades are enough for kings unless if ur applying for med (then the maths gcse remark would deffo be worth it)

Yeah for med, but why would it matter if I get a A* for maths

Reply 5

Iqster

Original post by kzed08

Yeah for med, but why would it matter if I get a A* for maths

I think KCL uses a scoring system for ur GCSEs for medicine, where the total points you can get is 40. They look at your top 8 gcse grades (probs including maths and english) and you lose one or two points for every grade 7, two or three for a 6, etc.
If you get the predicted grades you need and a very competitive UCAT score when it’s time for you to apply, it could still be worth applying (with safer options obv)
also I don’t think imperial will have any problem with ur gcses, but they’d likely want a high UCAT score (they asked for above average in each section this year)

Reply 6

kzed08

Original post by Iqster

Thanks mate how come you know a lot about this did u apply to med asw

Reply 7

Iqster

Original post by kzed08

Thanks mate how come you know a lot about this did u apply to med asw

Noo 😅, I’m a year 13 that applied for chemistry. I keep track of this stuff cause my brother is one year below me and wants to apply to med and my other friends interested/applying for med have told me abt this stuff

Reply 8

RFX

Original post by kzed08

For medicine, and wdym struggle and circumstances

Med, unis want to see amazing track record in terms of grades for obvious reasons. 9/8/7 desired strongly. I mean struggle as you will be disadvantages in comparison to other med students with top GCSE unless you have extenuating circumstance as to why your grades are top tier.