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gcse results general question

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seekingwisdom4me · 25/08/2016 09:36

Hello, my ds got his gcse results and he is generally happy. Personally I am very relieved. :) He will get in to do his a levels easily enough. Two subjects he got d's in Chemistry & french. Can you tell me can they repeat units to try and up their grade without doing all the units? He needs a language to get into uni if he ever wanted to go doesn't he? Not that I am particularly for that, I just want his options open as much as possible.

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noblegiraffe · 25/08/2016 09:44

Schools don't usually allow students to resit GCSEs in sixth form, and as exams are now linear, I think you would need to resit the whole thing.

He will definitely not need a language to get into university. I think there's one uni that likes students to have a language but if you haven't got one you can do a language course alongside your degree.

seekingwisdom4me · 25/08/2016 10:00

thanks :)

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BackforGood · 25/08/2016 23:37

Agreed. Much more difficult to retake exams and I didn't think it possible to retake 'bits' of exams.
He doesn't need an MFL to go to University unless that's what he wants to study.

DoctorDonnaNoble · 26/08/2016 05:48

It is UCL that likes them to have a language but I think there are ways around that for the right candidates (it's a highly competitive university to get into).

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