DS (year 13) was always going to take a gap year this year. He has had a difficult couple of years due to diagnosed SEN and MH issues (long story), but is fundamentally very able. He’d been planning to put his head down and cram in the run up to A levels and get straight A*s, in Maths, Economics and History, which was optimistic but not out of the question, and aim to take Further Maths during gap year.
What with one thing and another his allocated grades will now probably be AAB - possibly better, but we need to be realistic.
He’s now aspiring to Maths and Philosophy at Oxford, which would be over-ambitious with those grades (School is private so no contextual offers). However he is really good at puzzles and more challenging tests eg the Maths Challenges. The question is, if he manages to excel at the Oxford Maths Admission Test in October, might that be enough to get him an interview despite iffy A levels?
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Oxford MAT - can it outweigh less than perfect A levels?
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WobblyPenumbra · 24/06/2020 16:58
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