Signficance of GCSE grades
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Signficance of GCSE grades
1) What do Universities look for, do they look for A level grades or GCSE grades or both?
2) Also my DS is around B grade with his English, do I need to worry about this. Is it going to be a major show stopper if English is not A grade at GCSE ? Certainly he is not going to take English at Uni/A-Levels.
Please suggest
2) Also my DS is around B grade with his English, do I need to worry about this. Is it going to be a major show stopper if English is not A grade at GCSE ? Certainly he is not going to take English at Uni/A-Levels.
Please suggest
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Re: Signficance of GCSE grades
hi Harrow123,
Unis look at GCSE grades and while they are still being done, AS grades too.
What unis depends on the uni and the course - for example most people applying to most competitive unis will have majority A and A* grades at GCSE but inevitably some will have some Bs etc. I went to a talk at Oxford about humanities and they said they really didn't mind about the odd B is say, physics...
For some courses eg medicine they will need quite a large number of A* to be short listed (though there are lots of other factors).
What courses are you looking at ?
Unis look at GCSE grades and while they are still being done, AS grades too.
What unis depends on the uni and the course - for example most people applying to most competitive unis will have majority A and A* grades at GCSE but inevitably some will have some Bs etc. I went to a talk at Oxford about humanities and they said they really didn't mind about the odd B is say, physics...
For some courses eg medicine they will need quite a large number of A* to be short listed (though there are lots of other factors).
What courses are you looking at ?
Re: Signficance of GCSE grades
GCSE grades are very important and will be even more so when the new A levels start as most students won't have AS results.
You need good grades - mostly grade As (or better) is fine unless you are targeting medicine or a vet course. An odd one or two grades B or C or even one lower will not stop universities making offers. Which year group is your child in now? Will he be do GCSEs under the current grading system?
You need good grades - mostly grade As (or better) is fine unless you are targeting medicine or a vet course. An odd one or two grades B or C or even one lower will not stop universities making offers. Which year group is your child in now? Will he be do GCSEs under the current grading system?
Re: Signficance of GCSE grades
No idea about Uni course yet, thanks for your replyhermanmunster wrote:hi Harrow123,
Unis look at GCSE grades and while they are still being done, AS grades too.
What unis depends on the uni and the course - for example most people applying to most competitive unis will have majority A and A* grades at GCSE but inevitably some will have some Bs etc. I went to a talk at Oxford about humanities and they said they really didn't mind about the odd B is say, physics...
For some courses eg medicine they will need quite a large number of A* to be short listed (though there are lots of other factors).
What courses are you looking at ?
Re: Signficance of GCSE grades
He is in Year 10 now so I guess he will be on new system then , is he ?Guest55 wrote:GCSE grades are very important and will be even more so when the new A levels start as most students won't have AS results.
You need good grades - mostly grade As (or better) is fine unless you are targeting medicine or a vet course. An odd one or two grades B or C or even one lower will not stop universities making offers. Which year group is your child in now? Will he be do GCSEs under the current grading system?
Re: Signficance of GCSE grades
No, he'll be on the current grading system - it is changing to 9 to 1 with new syllabuses.
He will be on new A levels though.
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He will be on new A levels though.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... d-a-levels" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Signficance of GCSE grades
Also generally quality is better then quantity so think carefully about how many should be done
Re: Signficance of GCSE grades
DS had 6 A -A*, 4 B ( including both english) and 1 c, has got offers from 5 Russell Group unis for engineering course. Don't over worry about the B english!
Re: Signficance of GCSE grades
ie a great relief though I understand each UNI application is uniquecatmum wrote:DS had 6 A -A*, 4 B ( including both english) and 1 c, has got offers from 5 Russell Group unis for engineering course. Don't over worry about the B english!