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Am I Right or Wrong in this?

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janeeire244 · 17/01/2025 11:48

Am I justified or wrong in feeling p*ssed off when I see students at Oxford or Cambridge with relatively low A-level grades such as anything less than 3 A-Stars? This is as I did not apply as I was too nervous to thinking I would get rejected despite getting 13 9s at GCSE and ending up getting 4 A-Stars at A-Level. I suppose coming from an underprivileged background I did not have such confidence in myself.

I just wonder to myself how on Earth did they get in when a lot of them got lower grades than I did and lower admissions test scores (as they have revealed to me themselves either in person or on social media).

Now, I feel like I could have stood a chance to get in as my admissions test score (I used for other universities that i did apply to) was really high and if I had applied to Oxbridge, that score would have been factored in with my grades.

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MagentaRavioli · 18/01/2025 16:00

Tbf you wouldn’t actually meet their admissions criteria. Because this includes having the common sense to actually apply.

ByQuaintAzureWasp · 18/01/2025 16:25

How can you feel peed off? You didn't get in because you didn't apply.

MagentaRavioli · 18/01/2025 16:30

Tbf you wouldn’t actually meet their admissions criteria. Because this includes having the common sense to actually apply.

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