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lae stratford oversubscription

hi guys

i am currently doing 10 gcses with all predicted 9s (and another 9 from year 10 in re). however, i want to go lae stratford but i do not meet and of the criteria on the oversubscription policy. i am planning to take maths, fm, physics and philosophy. if i meet my predicted grades or at least get 8 9s, is it possible that i will be denied entry on the basis of me not meeting any of the oversubscription critieria, regardless of my achieved grades

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by meowmeowmeow12
hi guys
i am currently doing 10 gcses with all predicted 9s (and another 9 from year 10 in re). however, i want to go lae stratford but i do not meet and of the criteria on the oversubscription policy. i am planning to take maths, fm, physics and philosophy. if i meet my predicted grades or at least get 8 9s, is it possible that i will be denied entry on the basis of me not meeting any of the oversubscription critieria, regardless of my achieved grades

Sorry, this is totally not answering your question but these are AMAZING predicted grades. May i ask how you managed to achieve these and any learning strategies that helped you?

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by meowmeowmeow12
hi guys
i am currently doing 10 gcses with all predicted 9s (and another 9 from year 10 in re). however, i want to go lae stratford but i do not meet and of the criteria on the oversubscription policy. i am planning to take maths, fm, physics and philosophy. if i meet my predicted grades or at least get 8 9s, is it possible that i will be denied entry on the basis of me not meeting any of the oversubscription critieria, regardless of my achieved grades


If you get an offer and meet the conditions you'll definitely be enrolled, and those are extremely competitive grades, so don't worry.

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by zainabmohamed
Sorry, this is totally not answering your question but these are AMAZING predicted grades. May i ask how you managed to achieve these and any learning strategies that helped you?


it depends on the subject so if u tell me which ones i can give specific advice
for englishes i read examiner reports, talk to teachers/friends and watch videos to see what i need to add to each question and how to reach top band
then for lit do quote explosions for lang just know a bunch of techniques with their effect on the reader
also include effect on reader and alternative interpretation throughout

maths just do questions and focus on what youre weak on, there are grade 7-9 question packs online you can do

for sciences/geography you can annotate the specification which is really helpful, also do blurting (use RAG ratings to focus on weak topics since it does get boring if u do it for everything)
then do exam questions/papers, also other exam board questions can be helpful

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by iugusd
If you get an offer and meet the conditions you'll definitely be enrolled, and those are extremely competitive grades, so don't worry.


oki thank you i just needed to be sure

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by meowmeowmeow12
it depends on the subject so if u tell me which ones i can give specific advice
for englishes i read examiner reports, talk to teachers/friends and watch videos to see what i need to add to each question and how to reach top band
then for lit do quote explosions for lang just know a bunch of techniques with their effect on the reader
also include effect on reader and alternative interpretation throughout
maths just do questions and focus on what youre weak on, there are grade 7-9 question packs online you can do
for sciences/geography you can annotate the specification which is really helpful, also do blurting (use RAG ratings to focus on weak topics since it does get boring if u do it for everything)
then do exam questions/papers, also other exam board questions can be helpful
Thank you so muchh!

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by meowmeowmeow12
hi guys
i am currently doing 10 gcses with all predicted 9s (and another 9 from year 10 in re). however, i want to go lae stratford but i do not meet and of the criteria on the oversubscription policy. i am planning to take maths, fm, physics and philosophy. if i meet my predicted grades or at least get 8 9s, is it possible that i will be denied entry on the basis of me not meeting any of the oversubscription critieria, regardless of my achieved grades

holy im actually cooked?? those grades are so good!!!! im predicted 9999998886 and i have a 9 in re already. ive lowkey given up on lae strat lol

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by dasnii
holy im actually cooked?? those grades are so good!!!! im predicted 9999998886 and i have a 9 in re already. ive lowkey given up on lae strat lol


they only look at top 8 i think so ull be good im pretty sure

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by meowmeowmeow12
they only look at top 8 i think so ull be good im pretty sure

sighh i hope so

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