Hello, I hope no one minds me using this forum as I'm not a mum! I came across it by googling!
I'm a year 13 student who has just finished my A Levels. I didn't apply to university this year as I didn't know what I wanted to do and my AS Level results were a (positive) massive surprise.
From what I can see people on here really know their stuff about university admissions and courses and Oxbridge and I don't have access to any of that sort of support or cultural capital in real life so I'm trying to get some ideas from here.
I got good, but not stellar GCSEs (9As and 1A) in Eng, Eng Lit, Maths, Bio, Chem, Physics, Geog, French, History and Child Development (this was the A) which are quite some way below the average successful Cambridge applicant but I think I've really found my niche at A level. I got 5As last year in my AS's (3 of which would be As at A2) in Sociology, Psychology, Politics, English Literature and General Studies. I've done A2s in Sociology, Psychology, Politics and an extended project and I'm hoping to get 3As and from my January modules I'm quietly confident I will get at least 2 A*s.
However since I've started to think more about Cambridge's Human Social and political Sciences course(and other good universities) I've found that my A level subjects aren't very well regarded and I have none of the 'ideal' subjects that Trinity College publish.
If I apply with my grades in the bag do you think I have a chance of an interview? Is it worth the application and is there anything I can do to improve my chances? I am thinking about taking AS Maths in my gap year as an evening course and I've just got a job doing admin for children's social services and I'm hoping to go to a few policy meeting to get an idea of how sociology and politics are applied in 'real life'.
Thank You (and sorry this is a bit lengthy!)
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Isabel1994 · 25/06/2013 18:49
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