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Short post but do top russell group universities care about gcse resists (such as Cambridge).
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by Hello_nancyShort post but do top russel group universities care about gcse resists (such as Cambridge).
Some may, the majority don't.
I believe it's also called the Russell Group.
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by Hello_nancyShort post but do top russel group universities care about gcse resists (such as Cambridge).
Cambridge says here:
"There are no GCSE (or equivalent) requirements for entry to Cambridge. Our minimum offers are based on A levels and other Level 3 qualifications.
We will look at your GCSE results as an indicator of your academic performance. But this will be within the context of the performance of the school/college where you achieved your GCSEs."
That would tend to suggest that they would consider that fact that you'd resat one or more GCSEs "as an indicator of your academic". performance.
Peterhouse College have the following to say about resits generally (not specifically GCSE resits):
"Our Admissions Tutors recognise that anyone can have an 'off' day and that some degree of resitting is understandable. However, concerns may be raised if multiple resits are required, particularly if only marginal improvement is gained, since resits are not available as part of the Cambridge courses. When it comes to resits, we don't have a firm policy as such; decisions are made on a case by case basis. In the past we have had applicants who were resitting their entire Year 13 and it wasn't a problem because they had a good reason for doing it."
Note the part which says, "When it comes to resits, we don't have a firm policy as such; decisions are made on a case by case basis."
Edited to add source of Peterhouse quote.
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