Triple science gcse-Oxbridge/top unis
Hi people! I'm currently choosing my gcse options and wondering if Oxbridge/top unis would prefer me to do triple science or not? My school does offer it, however the policy has changed just this week so we now have to drop 1-2 of our options to do triple, which hadn't been the case before, and not my ideal situation as I also enjoy being creative. If I just do combined and go off to study Biology and chemistry at a- level, and able to get high grades in them, would it put me at a disadvantage to study Climatology (BSc Environmental science) at Uk's top unis/oxbridge or not?
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They don't care at all what GCSEs you take, and even what GCSE grades you get is massively overshadowed by your A levels, personal statement and interview performance
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by Alice-lllHi people! I'm currently choosing my gcse options and wondering if Oxbridge/top unis would prefer me to do triple science or not? My school does offer it, however the policy has changed just this week so we now have to drop 1-2 of our options to do triple, which hadn't been the case before, and not my ideal situation as I also enjoy being creative. If I just do combined and go off to study Biology and chemistry at a- level, and able to get high grades in them, would it put me at a disadvantage to study Climatology (BSc Environmental science) at Uk's top unis/oxbridge or not?
Same as what the other reply said, if you do well in combined GCSE and then go on to do A level sciences your GCSEs will hardly matter as long as your A Level performance, personal statement and potential admissions test are good enough. If it means you have to drop subjects you enjoy or risk doing worse due to the additional content in triple, then it’s definitely better to take combined.
Sixth forms/colleges do not generally care whether you took combined or triple and universities also will rarely take such a thing into account. The only disadvantage would be that you’d have a little bit of content that you’d need to catch up for during your A levels as sometimes it is assumed that you did triple and would have some of the knowledge on certain topics that you may not but this isnt a big issue as you should still cover those topics in-class to update students (triple and combined) to how those topics are handled at A level.
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