Nah, its completely different now. As long as those science passes can get you onto Science A level you should be completely fine.
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Nah, its completely different now. As long as those science passes can get you onto Science A level you should be completely fine.
Not all the time, many of the top institutions and employers won't count such grades towards a UCAS score.
Yep.
This year I got two C's in Bio/Chem at Higher. Disappointed, very, but life was distracting me at the time. Only two C's I've ever got. If it had been a D or below, all hell would have broken loose. I'm just thankful that I currently have AAABBBBCC (Yes I like doing a crapload of highers
) - giving me 510 UCAS points. Self studying Physics + Maths at Higher this year and I could end up with 654 UCAS points. The good thing about that is those grades will get me into Uni, and from that point on I won't really have to care since it's how you present yourself as a person in interviews and personal statements that count.
So really, as long as you get onto 6th form or Uni, don't worry too much if you didn't get all As.
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Assuming that if you get E grades, you wouldnt be applying to the top unis, but to metropolitan ones, or higher education colleges instead.
You would still need some higher grades, but one or two E's along with a couple of C's / D's can still get you into one of the lower universities.
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We still talking gcses here or a-levels.
If you got below c at gcse you're not getting into metropolitan either.
I got 7 D's in my GCSE's and a 2:1 in Economics. In most job apps I just put the 2 B's for English and Maths as my GCSE grades, on the assumption they won't be so interested in other grades.
Well, I got an E at As level photography, and I'm at a top institution
As I said, that would depend on your other grades
If you get like 3 A's and 1 E at A level, the E still gives you a huge +40 points and puts you above someone with just 3 A's. If you get something like a DDEE at A levels, you can still go to uni, but obviously not a top one.
And rightfully so, A Level difficulty is pretty brutal compared to GCSEs and most of the Degrees you can actually do.
Yes, but GCSE grades are needed to get onto the rest so they are important. I always found hearing about grade boundries and stuff motivational, so it might help others who are getting their GCSEs atm if they know what they need to do to pass their future courses.
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Do you mean below a C in any of your GCSEs? If so that's absolute rubbish.
Incorrect. My university didnt care about GCSE grades whatsoever as long as you had enough Ucas points (they only required 160-180 points when I went there, but now the requirement is up to 240-280 after they impressed Ofstead and gained University status - was previously a university college).
Anyone that didnt have a C grade in English or Maths were required to sit those GSCEs at a nearby college, and their degree was situational that they also had to get a C grade in English and Maths to be able to graduate.
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It was the same for me and my uni was a red brick.
I only had enough UCAS points to go to a Uni College or Metropolitan, but the one I went to was IMO the best out of the low requirement unis, but as a result I wouldnt have been able to get into it today lol.
Lots of other students that went in with low grades graduated with firsts and 2:1s, and there were a LOT of local students that had straight A's at A Levels, but didnt want to move out or too far away from home so still went to the uni college.
Employment / Further education rates were over 90% for students that graduated with a first, so it wasnt a bad place to go if you managed to get a first or a 2:1 (instant postgraduate employment / education for everyone I knew that got a 2:1).
Lots of other students that went in with low grades graduated with firsts and 2:1s, and there were a LOT of local students that had straight A's at A Levels, but didnt want to move out or too far away from home so still went to the uni college.
Employment / Further education rates were over 90% for students that graduated with a first, so it wasnt a bad place to go if you managed to get a first or a 2:1 (instant postgraduate employment / education for everyone I knew that got a 2:1).
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And most top universities don't look at UCAS score at all - they ask for specific grades, often in certain subjects.
Example of what I said earlier:
just at goldsmiths picking some jewellery for my well done prezzies!!!
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how did you do? x
Got a*, 2a's, b's and 2c's x
Now I'm not saying they're bad. And she is spoilt to **** anyway so it's hardly surprising.
just at goldsmiths picking some jewellery for my well done prezzies!!!
♥how did you do? x
Got a*, 2a's, b's and 2c's
xNow I'm not saying they're bad. And she is spoilt to **** anyway so it's hardly surprising.
8A*'s and 2 A's. I know gcse's are perceived to be easy by many of you but I can only do what's put in front of me. The only subject that I can see as being dumbed down is gcse french. For the oral I knew what the questions would be apart from two of them. Easy enough memorise my sentences and predict the two questions and that's easy enough as it's based on one topic like holidays. For the the writing section, I knew what the question was before I went in, easy again, all I did was write out an essay at home and memorise it again. The only challenging parts were the reading and listening and these were the hardest as I had to actually think.
Like Computer Science - A grade needed in Maths A level or GTFO
They wont even look at any computing or IT based A levels / GNVQs, if you want to get into Computer Science at somewhere like Manchester Uni (thats what I wanted to do when I started my A Levels), you need to get an A in maths, and it used to be 2 B's in anything else.
You actually do need to work hard to get grades like those so well done
I agree entirely. French is too easy, even with the harder IGCSE boards. Then again Spanish is easier still... French is the only subject that my school has students do early as it's just way too easy so they want to get students doing the Short Course Pre-U in French.
Congrats on those grades, be proud of yourself. Almost any university will be interested with those as long as you're doing useful subjects for A-Level.
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I just burst out laughing
Languages can be easy enough to learn with a really, really good teacher. Most of us don't have that privilege. I have friends getting As and A*s who failed French.