oxford and gcses

hi, I was just curious as I want to study classics and apply to oxford, but i got a 6 in gcse maths and i feel as though that will be a large block to my application - my strong grades were in essays/language (9s/8s) subjects and i have worse grades in stem (a 7/ 3 6s) and I'm worried that this will affect my application. does anyone have any advice ? thank you

It might help to read some admissions reports for your subject from oxford because this will vary by course. For my course (only an offer holder) 90% of applicant have GCSEs between 7s and 9s. But, that doesnt mean that you need to only have 7s - 9s to receive an offer. They probably just tend to be that way because those are the ones that tend to apply to oxford. I would definitely still send in an application because other elements of your application will be more important, like the personal statement, any entrance exams/ essays and most importantly your interview. You have no idea what will happen, and they might be really impressed at ur interview, so a few 6s in unrelated subjects won't be as significant. (And if it helps, i got an offer even though I'm resitting an A level that I got a B in).

As people have mentioned, the GCSE's are taken as a whole rather than on a subject basis. Saying this however, I got a seven in maths and a five in further maths and still received an offer for history - like you, I did very well in essay and humanities compared to stem. honestly, try not to worry about them as you cannot change them. as long as you apply with strong predicted alevels and be yourself in your personal statement you will be absolutely fine! good luck