Universities with bad GCSEs

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In my GCSEs I got Maths-7 (3 marks off 8) Further maths-5 Business-5 History-5 English literature-6 English language-5 Pe-6 Biology-6 Chemistry-5 Physics-5 Computer science-5 My dream is to work in high finance or banking and ik to get a good job in that it’s better to go to certain target and semi target universities. However my GCSEs wasn’t good despite the hard work I put in and I’ve learnt a lot from it and I’ve started y12 flying with more hunger and desire as I’ve done a fair bit of work in summer . I’m studying maths further maths and economics with an epq .i was speaking to a teacher that knows me well and with the right guidance and path he reckons I can get an A* in maths economics and epq and an A in further maths maybe an A* but highly unlikely . I am good at maths and I love studying it with economics at a deeper level beyond the classroom . If I get my good mock grades and do good extra and super curriculars along with a good personal statement, I was wondering what 5 universities I should apply for. I’d want the recommendations and feedback to be completely honest and realistic. Please give me honest and realistic feedback. I’d want to study a course based on economics,maths and statistics

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flowersinmyhair

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Please check out this thread which should have more information on GCSE grades and universities :smile:

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by Mjn_0808

In my GCSEs I got Maths-7 (3 marks off 8) Further maths-5 Business-5 History-5 English literature-6 English language-5 Pe-6 Biology-6 Chemistry-5 Physics-5 Computer science-5 My dream is to work in high finance or banking and ik to get a good job in that it’s better to go to certain target and semi target universities. However my GCSEs wasn’t good despite the hard work I put in and I’ve learnt a lot from it and I’ve started y12 flying with more hunger and desire as I’ve done a fair bit of work in summer . I’m studying maths further maths and economics with an epq .i was speaking to a teacher that knows me well and with the right guidance and path he reckons I can get an A* in maths economics and epq and an A in further maths maybe an A* but highly unlikely . I am good at maths and I love studying it with economics at a deeper level beyond the classroom . If I get my good mock grades and do good extra and super curriculars along with a good personal statement, I was wondering what 5 universities I should apply for. I’d want the recommendations and feedback to be completely honest and realistic. Please give me honest and realistic feedback. I’d want to study a course based on economics,maths and statistics

You would be very surprised how insignificant GCSEs are to universities. In fact, with your GCSE grades, I think you are still open to all universities - or, at most, the exception of 1 or 2.

A-Levels are much more significant, they are tougher and a more "up to date" version of your academic ability. If you do well in your A-Levels, which your teacher reckons, then I'm sure it'll open a lot of doors for you to the top universities.

Also, three or four A-Levels, it doesn't really matter. If you finished off with three solid grades at the end of year thirteen, rather than four, I doubt it would make much of a difference. Don't be afraid to drop one if it becomes too much to handle, as I'm sure no doors will close as a result.

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