GCSE’s for university

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Would anyone be able to give me any insight into how much GCSE’s matter for the following universities (to study law) - Bristol, Durham, Cambridge, Newcastle, Manchester. I only achieved 4’s and 5’s in GCSE so obviously it’s a slight concern for me, but I’m currently predicted A*A*A for A levels and LNAT’s will be a deciding factor too I suppose.

Reply 1

martin7

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Original post

by Anonymous.00

Would anyone be able to give me any insight into how much GCSE’s matter for the following universities (to study law) - Bristol, Durham, Cambridge, Newcastle, Manchester. I only achieved 4’s and 5’s in GCSE so obviously it’s a slight concern for me, but I’m currently predicted A*A*A for A levels and LNAT’s will be a deciding factor too I suppose.

Bristol's admissions statement for Law is here: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/media/undergraduate/admissions-statements/2026/law.pdf

"1.1 Admissions process
Applications are scored and ranked based on their academic record, according to their
achieved or predicted results with the following weightings:
GCSE 20% | A-Level 40% | LNAT 40%"

... so GCSEs do matter, but A-levels and the LNAT are weighted much more heavily.

It would be worth you reading the whole of that document.

Reply 2

hdjsjansk

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Original post

by Anonymous.00

Would anyone be able to give me any insight into how much GCSE’s matter for the following universities (to study law) - Bristol, Durham, Cambridge, Newcastle, Manchester. I only achieved 4’s and 5’s in GCSE so obviously it’s a slight concern for me, but I’m currently predicted A*A*A for A levels and LNAT’s will be a deciding factor too I suppose.

any extenuating circumstances / reasons why there was such a big jump from 4s and 5s in gcse to A*A*A pred in A level?

Reply 3

Anonymous.00

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by hdjsjansk

any extenuating circumstances / reasons why there was such a big jump from 4s and 5s in gcse to A*A*A pred in A level?

God, I think it was the worst year of my life for starters. I had developed an ED due to frequent bullying at school and nothing done by teachers, which lead to me not wanting to go in. I’m also a carer so I was still trying to stay strong and do that, on top of trying to revise. I had an abusive situation at home. I’ve always been academic since I was a child, but everything that could go wrong in a teenage girls life seemed to pile on top of me in the very year I was doing GCSE’s. I took a year apart from education after I finished secondary, and started a small business instead, but I knew I wanted to do a levels after a year of recovering from everything.

Reply 4

McGinger

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As above, GCSEs only form a tiny part of any Law application assessment - Unis will always be far more interested in your A level predicted grades, LNAT score and your PS.

Reply 5

ageshallnot

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Original post

by Anonymous.00

Would anyone be able to give me any insight into how much GCSE’s matter for the following universities (to study law) - Bristol, Durham, Cambridge, Newcastle, Manchester. I only achieved 4’s and 5’s in GCSE so obviously it’s a slight concern for me, but I’m currently predicted A*A*A for A levels and LNAT’s will be a deciding factor too I suppose.