in Maths? She got 7/6 in combined science. The rest were all 7s + 2 9s in non-STEM subjects.
DD is interested in experimental psychology.
She won’t have the required A Levels for similar at Cambridge.
She is predicted A star/ A star/ B in Psychology A Level/ Criminology (WJEC - L3 equivalent)/ Philosophy and Ethics A Level respectively.
She has tried out the screening tests Oxford use for logic, verbal and mathematical reasoning, and is scoring ~= 90%.
Loads of highly relevant paid work and voluntary work experience - circa 8 hrs a week over 2 years.
She always thought she was “not academic” throughout her schooling. But, her predicted grades and her unexpected success with the screening tests (plus sheer stubbornness about not having been “put forward” for Oxbridge by her school) has made her do a bit of a rethink.
She has another very niche, very expensive course in mind which I’m sure she would love and do well at so this is a “what if” sort of proposition rather than her singleminded goal.
Also, on that subject - do institutions you’ve applied to through UCAS see which other places you’ve applied to? I’d naively presumed it was like schools, where applications were blind … but maybe not: if not, I think they’d be baffled by the other application choice as although in the same ballpark it isn’t immediately adjacent.
She won’t be covered under any school or neighbourhood- based widening participation criteria, which is fair enough, as both parents have degrees and own their own houses with mortgages. She does have a moderate SpLd and gets 25% extra time but I’m not sure that’s relevant here aside from getting her additional time for the screening tests.
(edited because the formatting did weird things to predicted grades)