Yr 12 Ds has been encouraged by his tutor to go to an event set up to enable school students to talk to Oxford and Cambridge undergraduates, I think as part of an initiative to get more state school students to think of applying. His tutor has hinted that he should think about it.
I was a bit surprised, DS is doing well, working hard, but not the sort of high flying straight A*/9s genius that I imagine Oxbridge students to be.
He is doing 2 sciences and Maths at A level.
GCSE:
Maths:9
Triple Science: A, A, A
Further Maths: A
Other subjects: A*, 8, A,A,A, 6,B,B
I know these are good results. but everyone I know who has kids applying to Oxbridge this year had across the board A*s.
If he has a chance, great, we'll go for it. But he has enough on his plate not to be pursuing something that is not actually realistic. What HE wants is get good teaching in a science degree and to eventually be involved in interesting research, wherever that may be.
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DivisionBelle · 14/11/2017 21:47
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