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Do I Have a Chance at Oxford for PPE?

National 5s
Maths - A
English - A
Computing Science - A
Modern Studies - A
Chemistry - B
History - B
PE - B

Highers (Predicted)
Maths - A
English - A
Computing Science - A
Politics - A
Modern Studies - A

Advanced Highers
Maths English and Modern Studies (Most likely all As as well)

Independent / Work experience / Projects

Self studied economics and philosophy
Took part in HarvardX Microbachelors Introduction to Neuroscience
Also took part in Introduction to Corporste finance and M&A through coursera and EdX
Also have JPM internship and JPM Virtual Work Experience
Also internship ad debt recovery law firm
Also studied CDOs MBS and the 2008 financial crisis in detail
Made my own Mortgage portfolio and tranche excel spreadsheet sheet with my own analysis
And a amortisation table
Now studying the 1MDB Fund scandal in depth
Also taking part In a global finance market masterclass
Also regularly write a foreign affairs and finance column for my school newspaper
There was more but this is off the top of my head

Any advice appreciated
Thanks

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by Anonymous
National 5s
Maths - A
English - A
Computing Science - A
Modern Studies - A
Chemistry - B
History - B
PE - B
Highers (Predicted)
Maths - A
English - A
Computing Science - A
Politics - A
Modern Studies - A
Advanced Highers
Maths English and Modern Studies (Most likely all As as well)
Independent / Work experience / Projects
Self studied economics and philosophy
Took part in HarvardX Microbachelors Introduction to Neuroscience
Also took part in Introduction to Corporste finance and M&A through coursera and EdX
Also have JPM internship and JPM Virtual Work Experience
Also internship ad debt recovery law firm
Also studied CDOs MBS and the 2008 financial crisis in detail
Made my own Mortgage portfolio and tranche excel spreadsheet sheet with my own analysis
And a amortisation table
Now studying the 1MDB Fund scandal in depth
Also taking part In a global finance market masterclass
Also regularly write a foreign affairs and finance column for my school newspaper
There was more but this is off the top of my head
Any advice appreciated
Thanks
Your N5s are down on their typical gcse offer levels (both in grades and number) but it depends also on your achievement in context. It will help if you achieve five A1s in your highers ofc, and if you secure three A1 AH predictions too but you might want to check with Ox admissions on their view of Modern Studies as an AH subject. Also worth trying a tsa past paper to get an idea on where you sit relative to their typical offer holder scores, if you haven’t already. Good luck.

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by Dolce Vita
Your N5s are down on their typical gcse offer levels (both in grades and number) but it depends also on your achievement in context. It will help if you achieve five A1s in your highers ofc, and if you secure three A1 AH predictions too but you might want to check with Ox admissions on their view of Modern Studies as an AH subject. Also worth trying a tsa past paper to get an idea on where you sit relative to their typical offer holder scores, if you haven’t already. Good luck.


With the Nat5s there is no A* so A is the highest you can achieve and they were A mix of A1/A2 so roughly equates to 8/9 in GCSE. Hope this helps and thanks for your advice

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by Anonymous
With the Nat5s there is no A* so A is the highest you can achieve and they were A mix of A1/A2 so roughly equates to 8/9 in GCSE. Hope this helps and thanks for your advice
I know but as you will see on this link under q5, the median number of gcse A*s achieved by offer holders ranges from 7.5 (one college - Regent’s Park) up to 11.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ppe_admissions_statistics_2024/response/2738368/attach/3/Data%20FOI%20202407675%20PPE%20Admissions%20Statistics.xlsx?cookie_passthrough=1
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