I had similar grades to you and sat my Cambridge entrance exam and fluffed it. Iâd done well on all the practices but on the day it ended up being much harder. Also everyone else I met who was also applying seemed like an absolute genius and I realised maybe the place wasnât for me, and itâs about more than grades. In the end I went to St Andrews and met some amazing friends - I have always been glad I didnât get in to Cambridge because I donât think it was right for me and where I wanted to go in life.
I had basically the same experience with my entrance exam. I've also applied for st Andrews but don't think I'll end up going. I'm sure it will all work out
The number of students with similar grades are much higher than the places in Oxbridge. You need to do good in entrances test, personal statement, school recommendation letter and extracurricular.
Yeah I know I was just kidding. Honestly I did have all those things. I was getting 85+ on the TSA practice papers, I wrote my personal statement with my economics teacher who has 2 children who went to Oxford for the same/similar courses and she helped them and said mine was good. I read my recommendation letter and it honestly made me cry how positive and nice it was and I had good extracurriculars, including work experience with a very senior member of parliament and various competitions, my own business, compete at a national level in sport etc. The only thing I can think it was was performing badly on the TSA on the day, I think I got stressed and was overthinking it so didn't perform as well as I could have
Oxford E&M suffers from the US top 10 syndrome: the admissions rate is so low that getting in has pretty much become a lottery. Itâs nothing to upset yourself about: with those stellar results Iâm sure youâll get an offer from somewhere really prestigious where youâll most likely be much happier!
Itâs even harder than top 10 US unis. In the US, students can apply to an unlimited number of colleges so I assume a lot just apply to the Ivy Leagues, Stanford, MIT etc. for a shot in the dark (when really they have no chance)
My son just got rejected with similar stats for Maths and Computing. He also didnât do as well as thought he would on the MAT test. Iâm just glad the decision has been made either way. Insha AllÄh he will be where is best for him :)
Just got rejected for E&M as well! Bestie just know that this course is the second most (if not the most) competitive courses at oxford, less than 90 people got in last year, it's normal and it's fine. I'm sure life has something more interesting prepared for us, and tbh this rejection made me more eager to apply again for my postgraduate study there!!
Hey its ok, with university admissions you literally have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Youâre gonna get accepted somewhere else, and go study there, and be happy, and live life. Thatâs whatâs what. You know? Just think of it like this.
Why should this be a reason not to go to Oxbridge? OP had to sit an admissions test, and only a certain % of those applying get called up for interview, and that is largely based on the exam performance. Sounds pretty fair lol
I mean, my friends had better grades than I did and they got rejected from Oxbridge too⌠đ¤ˇđťââď¸ Admissions test is the most important. Got told at my interview by our DOS that our day had the people with the highest ENGAA scores. I didnât believe him. All the Engineers at my college who were direct applicants interviews on the same day⌠there were 11 interview daysâŚ
I completely agree, I mentioned that I was naturally very good at the TSA (the admissions test) when practicing, I didn't read anything about how to answer the questions and yet was getting top 1 percentile marks- which is why I was so pissed with myself that I performed poorly on the day. I'm aware it's the reason I don't get an interview
The DOFE was a joke and no not a parody post. I'm aware loads of students apply with those grades, the admissions test must have gone badly- although I was doing very well on it in practice
Oxford hasn't started interviewing yet. I think you mean 'personal statement', not 'cover letters' as cover letters are used for job applications, not uni applications lol.
I would sympathies with you if I didnt leave education at 16 without a father or mother to provide shit loads of cash for my education/ future on porn sites with my big over indulgent ass. I made my way And shit you not ts not a path I would advocate for anyone. NHS Worker
call them and fight for him. i know parents who have done that esp if there were any family circumstances or covid etc your kid worked really hard, ask to speak to seniors - you may sway them
comments like this only further discourage students from working class backgrounds from applying to oxbridge, making the "gentleman's club" problem worse
Is this St Edmund? Iâve got the same exact email. I thought my CV was good but yours is on another level, especially with all the extracurricular stuff. Good luck on your second choice man.
Hey guys i got a first and a masters degree off the back of 1 A and a C at a level. Sooo if you arent focused on oxford you can bounce back from almost anything
I know itâs a blow but donât take it personally, your grades are amazing and no doubt youâll easily get into somewhere else prestigious. Everything happens for a reason and youâll more than likely look back and be glad things turned out as they did.
Itâs a lottery and it does not reflect badly on you. That place has many problems, and from personal experience, if you are committed to your studies, you will be far better off elsewhere and still have every chance to become anything you want. Strength!
Fair enough but⌠did you solve global hunger+poverty and serve 12 months in Ukraine after work shadowing a soldier in WWI and WW2? Basic requirements if you ask međ¤ˇđžââď¸
Of course your grades are super impressive but more often than not, other really talented and capable people will have applied too, and for whatever reason, theyâll have been accepted even though youâre just as clever.
That does help thanks, and I just read the article- very insightful thanks. Obviously I was anticipating no longer being the top in the class, I was honestly just excited to finally have friends who are as passionate about academics as I am and who want to learn
Bro you could go anywhere you want, and if Oxford rejects you for all that you wouldnât be happy there. Thereâs other Universities that are just as good.
Itâs not much help, but Iâm at my third choice uni and I honestly cannot imagine being anywhere else. One lecturer specifically has been my absolute rock this last month.
Donât sweat it dude. Iâm 28 now and years ago when I was at school I was in the verge of going to Cambridge, but I hated every second of the trial well and ended up going somewhere else and loving it! Oxbridge isnât everything.
There were four students accepted by Oxford in my school last year. Only two of them were going end up. One was going to US university with full ride scholarship. Myself was not sure if I really want to study law or not. I declined the offer too. I am now studying in US. I will decide my major in Sophomore and I tend to major CS or economic at this moment.
Not sure how Iâve stumbled on to this subreddit - but trust me from an old hand. You will be a LOT happier not going to Oxbridge. I went to another Russell Uni and did maybe 2 essays a term. At Oxford youâre doing 2 a week. If your colleges grades arenât good enough then they close the uni bar.
Yeah, not to brag but it was really good and I was very proud of it, I wrote it with the help of someone who's children all went to Oxford and mine was as good if not better than theirs
I got an offer to Oxford after I got 4A's in my foundation (A level equivalent for foreign students) however they asked me to write an admission test n I was like Fuck no. I don't do auditions.
Unlucky, but it must have been the admissions test and/or interview. I have a friend in computer science who was in pretty much the same situation. Insanely gifted at his subject and top grades, even did well on the admissions test but for whatever reason didnât get passed the final interview, despite being a top professional level programmer, better than anyone else who would have taken the interview. Donât worry, itâs understandably disappointing for you but with grades like that youâll do well no matter where you go
Iâm old but I didnât even get an offer from Bristol when I was predicted 5As at a-level (there was no A* at that time). There was no interview or test, I still have no idea what that was about! Canât count on anything.
Not true, Oxford rank GCSEs as more important than personal statement and reference for my course, the same weighting as predicted grades as they are seen as evidence of ability rather than just predicted ability which could be inflated
Imagine having 6 A*s and 8 As in the 2000s and instead of doing what everyone expects and applyignng to a redbrick you do music at college and uni but then drop out because you realise you actually hate academia but then become a successful self taught software engineer anyway.
me too! I got rejected from oxford (pre-interview) with a predicted 45 IB, applying to biochemistry, a course that does not require an entrance exam đ. I'm still trying to work out what was lacking in my application, but I reckon being an international student didn't help my chances.
I know that this really sucks right now but tbh this might not be such a bad outcome. I'm currently at Cam for an undergrad and I'm telling you it's not great. Everyone is stressed, everyone is depressed. Oxford and Cambridge are way more concerned with their research than teaching, and the students here do well in spite of the institutions not because of them. I personally think I would have been much happier going to Durham or St. Andrews.
Just apply for religious studies and then transfer to PPE. Get elected as an MP and get a place in the House of Lords when nobody will elect you anymore.
lol its arguably the "greatest" academic institution in the world - dont be surprised. Your good grades are just the starting point, most you are competing against already has that.
Oh man. That's unlucky. I'm only in year 12. Have 9 grade 9s 1 grade 8 and 1 grade 7. And I am only doing 3 Alevels and don't have DOFE! So you did really well academically. It's a shame. Anyways good luck in the future, I hope my A levels go as well as yours ;)
Idea: take a year out, go travelling and re-apply to another college or to Cambridge. I did that and successfully applied for a less competitive course.
that sucks but 10 9s at GCSE donât matter so much for unis. clearly they werenât impressed by your interviews or application letters. i know oxford also has admission tests so you might have done badly in those. however this might just be a good example of âitâs not just about the gradesâ
Sometimes things are just stupid like that. I applied for a graduate level job at a company straight out of uni (having done a masters degree) and was rejected because I didn't have enough UCAS points from my GCSE results
Donât worry. There life goes on after a let down. My daughter applied for Cambridge with very similar grades to you. She applied for computer science but was so down with the male orientated behaviour at the interview she chose Bristol. Roll on a few years and after being one of the few women to get a 1 st in Computer Science she has been snapped up Google and doing incredibly well. Itâs their loss mate
I screwed up my gcses and A-levels, due to reasons that you are too young to even hear the details of. Had super low self esteem. Married an abusive POS at 20, had a baby at 21, tried to kill myself. Now I have a BSc and an MSc; am a qualified equine coach, and behaviouralist; a field ecologist, and a He and Fe lecturer, and subject lead.
Having a DofE doesnt really do anything. its not a particularly difficult thing to get and loads of people have one. i know of someone that was in your exact position and got rejected by both oxford and cambridge because they didnt do anything outside of school which sounds similar to your situation. i know multiple people that did get into oxford and cambridge. one guy doing med at oxford was part of the tech crew at our school and was the most senior position possible in our schools CCF and that was just his in school activities. another that did law at cambridge was part of the pupil senior leadership team, played rugby for school for 7 years including being part of the 6th form rugby team that won the county cup the year he went to uni. he was also in our ccf but wasnt a particularly high rank. my point is dofe and good grades isnt really that impressive. you have amazing grades, buteveryone applying to oxford has amazing grades, only having DofE to set you apart isnt really gonna cut it
UnJadedJade (a study youtuber you've most likely heard of) got rejected from Oxford and she also had top grades. Instead she went to Minerva University and she has a lot of positive videos about her experience there in case you'd like to look into it.
That has absolutely no stake on OP's chances. Oxbridge has been trying to up their intake of state educated applicants... The likely cause was the performance in the admissions test. They actually sometimes use contextual data, e.g. if someone overperformed relative to their socioeconomic background. I didn't attend Oxbridge but am very familiar with their admissions.
No not working class but go to a state school in a rough area in the north of England which I think made my application more favourable but obviously not strong enough a
Well...did you sit an admissions test? That is a LOT more important than having straight 9s at GCSE.
Yeah, judging from OP's post history they were applying for PPE E&M (edit, sorry OP!) so this was probably a case of scoring poorly in the TSA.
The dofe bit was obviously a joke lol
Too much privilege probably.
What does the admissions test involve? Hoping to apply for Oxford but didn't even know about the test...
did you have ncs tho
No, damn that was it
Whatâs ncs
Ik this is a joke but can it acc help to have NCS for uniđ
Whatâs ncs?
I had similar grades to you and sat my Cambridge entrance exam and fluffed it. Iâd done well on all the practices but on the day it ended up being much harder. Also everyone else I met who was also applying seemed like an absolute genius and I realised maybe the place wasnât for me, and itâs about more than grades. In the end I went to St Andrews and met some amazing friends - I have always been glad I didnât get in to Cambridge because I donât think it was right for me and where I wanted to go in life.
I had basically the same experience with my entrance exam. I've also applied for st Andrews but don't think I'll end up going. I'm sure it will all work out
Thatâs why itâs not about practice, itâs about intellect
Fellow Cambridge reject and now St Andrews grad, absolutely loved it and very glad I went there! Definitely recommend OP
The number of students with similar grades are much higher than the places in Oxbridge. You need to do good in entrances test, personal statement, school recommendation letter and extracurricular.
Yeah I know I was just kidding. Honestly I did have all those things. I was getting 85+ on the TSA practice papers, I wrote my personal statement with my economics teacher who has 2 children who went to Oxford for the same/similar courses and she helped them and said mine was good. I read my recommendation letter and it honestly made me cry how positive and nice it was and I had good extracurriculars, including work experience with a very senior member of parliament and various competitions, my own business, compete at a national level in sport etc. The only thing I can think it was was performing badly on the TSA on the day, I think I got stressed and was overthinking it so didn't perform as well as I could have
Did you forget to volunteer at the year 7 open evening?
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what course?
E&M
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Oxford E&M suffers from the US top 10 syndrome: the admissions rate is so low that getting in has pretty much become a lottery. Itâs nothing to upset yourself about: with those stellar results Iâm sure youâll get an offer from somewhere really prestigious where youâll most likely be much happier!
Itâs even harder than top 10 US unis. In the US, students can apply to an unlimited number of colleges so I assume a lot just apply to the Ivy Leagues, Stanford, MIT etc. for a shot in the dark (when really they have no chance)
Don't stress it... could honestly be for the better, now at least you don't have to live in Oxford
My son just got rejected with similar stats for Maths and Computing. He also didnât do as well as thought he would on the MAT test. Iâm just glad the decision has been made either way. Insha AllÄh he will be where is best for him :)
Just got rejected for E&M as well! Bestie just know that this course is the second most (if not the most) competitive courses at oxford, less than 90 people got in last year, it's normal and it's fine. I'm sure life has something more interesting prepared for us, and tbh this rejection made me more eager to apply again for my postgraduate study there!!
You need to have kindle scribe for note taking! otherwise Oxford will reject you justifiably.
Yeah I know, frustrating as I was consistently getting 85+ in practice
Hey its ok, with university admissions you literally have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Youâre gonna get accepted somewhere else, and go study there, and be happy, and live life. Thatâs whatâs what. You know? Just think of it like this.
Oh no. Sorry. What course and what A level subjects?
E&M with maths, further, geography and economics
While this may feel disappointing for you, youâre obviously incredibly smart and will achieve great things no matter where you go!
Thanks!
Ouch. I'm sorry.
Thanks
I just got rejected for E&M as well, now UCL is my final hope. Best luck to you
There is a reason loads of courses at Oxford have AAA entry requirements. Interviews and entry tests are way more important than grades.
One Huddersfield, they do sewing and stuff.
If you did NCS they would've accepted you
Youâre not entitled to anything, welcome to the real world.
Stuff like this is why I don't want to go to Oxford/Cambridge. I'll be happy with my local uni
Why should this be a reason not to go to Oxbridge? OP had to sit an admissions test, and only a certain % of those applying get called up for interview, and that is largely based on the exam performance. Sounds pretty fair lol
What course and ALevels subjects?
E&M with maths, further, geography and economics
I mean, my friends had better grades than I did and they got rejected from Oxbridge too⌠đ¤ˇđťââď¸ Admissions test is the most important. Got told at my interview by our DOS that our day had the people with the highest ENGAA scores. I didnât believe him. All the Engineers at my college who were direct applicants interviews on the same day⌠there were 11 interview daysâŚ
What college is this for? You've got me stressing now lmao, my interview is on the 4th day out of 6. Was your day the last?
straight A*s and 9s doesnt matter to oxbridge,
That's grade inflation for you.
I don't think they give a shit about DofE mate
I know, hence the lol. I was taking the piss out of the people on this subreddit who ask 'i didn't do gold DOFE can I go to uni?'
Get fucked
Sadly, despite what school may drill into you; grades aren't everything
Shame
Oxford isnât just grades, but the interview and admissions test.
I completely agree, I mentioned that I was naturally very good at the TSA (the admissions test) when practicing, I didn't read anything about how to answer the questions and yet was getting top 1 percentile marks- which is why I was so pissed with myself that I performed poorly on the day. I'm aware it's the reason I don't get an interview
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Is this a parody post? They donât care about exam results, loads have straight A*sâŚand they definitely donât about dofe ahahah
The DOFE was a joke and no not a parody post. I'm aware loads of students apply with those grades, the admissions test must have gone badly- although I was doing very well on it in practice
Who are your parents? Normally carries a lot of weight above grades
Who are your parents?
Ah you spotted my haiku on class disparity of opportunity
Both doctors, both got several degrees: I don't think that helped my case
Grades aren't everything they are looking for
I know
Don't worry mate wherever you end up there will be beer, women and no parents. I'm shallow, don't shoot me. đ
OP could be a woman who is into men lol
Interviews though, cover letterâŚ.Everyone applying has those grades
Oxford hasn't started interviewing yet. I think you mean 'personal statement', not 'cover letters' as cover letters are used for job applications, not uni applications lol.
Yeah I know, I didn't get an interview so it must have been my TSA score
cope lmao
Not rich enough
Silly comment. False, and unhelp.
I would sympathies with you if I didnt leave education at 16 without a father or mother to provide shit loads of cash for my education/ future on porn sites with my big over indulgent ass. I made my way And shit you not ts not a path I would advocate for anyone. NHS Worker
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call them and fight for him. i know parents who have done that esp if there were any family circumstances or covid etc your kid worked really hard, ask to speak to seniors - you may sway them
Deserved for being a nerd
Yes but do you come from a rich family and have 'connections'? No, then dont apply because its a gentleman's club.
comments like this only further discourage students from working class backgrounds from applying to oxbridge, making the "gentleman's club" problem worse
Trust me when I say, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.
University is overrated anyway. I've met a tonne of graduates who have 0 skills, 0 common sense and think they know it all when they don't.
Tried appealing? Maybe ask to schedule an interview?
Thing is it's not only grades that matter, for example if you go into engineering and you haven't taken further math, your odds of getting in drop.
Is this St Edmund? Iâve got the same exact email. I thought my CV was good but yours is on another level, especially with all the extracurricular stuff. Good luck on your second choice man.
Thanks, honestly I think I'll take a gap year and apply to Cambridge. And this is from Merton
They don't just take people on based on grades, you've got have a good personal statement too.
What's most important is not the personal statement; it's the ad/missions test.
Hey guys i got a first and a masters degree off the back of 1 A and a C at a level. Sooo if you arent focused on oxford you can bounce back from almost anything
I know itâs a blow but donât take it personally, your grades are amazing and no doubt youâll easily get into somewhere else prestigious. Everything happens for a reason and youâll more than likely look back and be glad things turned out as they did.
U can always come back and do a master, less competitive
Had 5 A* 5As 1 B at GCSEs, got in. Performed really for my second interview
My cousin didn't get in with similar results went to LSE and is now a judge fuck em
On Strictly?
Itâs a lottery and it does not reflect badly on you. That place has many problems, and from personal experience, if you are committed to your studies, you will be far better off elsewhere and still have every chance to become anything you want. Strength!
Fair enough but⌠did you solve global hunger+poverty and serve 12 months in Ukraine after work shadowing a soldier in WWI and WW2? Basic requirements if you ask međ¤ˇđžââď¸
Of course your grades are super impressive but more often than not, other really talented and capable people will have applied too, and for whatever reason, theyâll have been accepted even though youâre just as clever.
That does help thanks, and I just read the article- very insightful thanks. Obviously I was anticipating no longer being the top in the class, I was honestly just excited to finally have friends who are as passionate about academics as I am and who want to learn
Bro you could go anywhere you want, and if Oxford rejects you for all that you wouldnât be happy there. Thereâs other Universities that are just as good.
They don't care about you, just how you did in the admissions test
I'm really sorry! I hope you get into another amazing uni, you totally deserve a good one from those marks!
Thanks!
GCSE's don't mean much for Uni tho, I would've thought. Do you not have any A levels or anything?
Yeah that's what I'm predicted A*s in, and for my course GCSE grades are weighted 'highly' above the personal statement and reference
Itâs not much help, but Iâm at my third choice uni and I honestly cannot imagine being anywhere else. One lecturer specifically has been my absolute rock this last month.
Which part of the north are you from?
North West near Manchester
Donât sweat it dude. Iâm 28 now and years ago when I was at school I was in the verge of going to Cambridge, but I hated every second of the trial well and ended up going somewhere else and loving it! Oxbridge isnât everything.
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There were four students accepted by Oxford in my school last year. Only two of them were going end up. One was going to US university with full ride scholarship. Myself was not sure if I really want to study law or not. I declined the offer too. I am now studying in US. I will decide my major in Sophomore and I tend to major CS or economic at this moment.
Not sure how Iâve stumbled on to this subreddit - but trust me from an old hand. You will be a LOT happier not going to Oxbridge. I went to another Russell Uni and did maybe 2 essays a term. At Oxford youâre doing 2 a week. If your colleges grades arenât good enough then they close the uni bar.
That is such a joke
was your personal statement any good?
Yeah, not to brag but it was really good and I was very proud of it, I wrote it with the help of someone who's children all went to Oxford and mine was as good if not better than theirs
I got an offer to Oxford after I got 4A's in my foundation (A level equivalent for foreign students) however they asked me to write an admission test n I was like Fuck no. I don't do auditions.
Unlucky, but it must have been the admissions test and/or interview. I have a friend in computer science who was in pretty much the same situation. Insanely gifted at his subject and top grades, even did well on the admissions test but for whatever reason didnât get passed the final interview, despite being a top professional level programmer, better than anyone else who would have taken the interview. Donât worry, itâs understandably disappointing for you but with grades like that youâll do well no matter where you go
Iâm in the same boat- i have 4A*s and 10 9s at GCSE applying for Oxford, and Iâm terrified that I will miss an interview because of my MAT
Dw mate Iâm a college dropout and Iâm not dead yet
Iâm old but I didnât even get an offer from Bristol when I was predicted 5As at a-level (there was no A* at that time). There was no interview or test, I still have no idea what that was about! Canât count on anything.
Gcses literally mean so little after u get into college
Not true, Oxford rank GCSEs as more important than personal statement and reference for my course, the same weighting as predicted grades as they are seen as evidence of ability rather than just predicted ability which could be inflated
What A-levels did you choose and for what degree? Some subjects have higher pecieved difficulty (in turn value) so that could have effect it.
Economics, geography, maths and further maths (a good combo for economics and no soft subjects - well maybe geography)
just say your a non binary unicorn they probably only have 1 or 2 of those.
Imagine having 6 A*s and 8 As in the 2000s and instead of doing what everyone expects and applyignng to a redbrick you do music at college and uni but then drop out because you realise you actually hate academia but then become a successful self taught software engineer anyway.
me too! I got rejected from oxford (pre-interview) with a predicted 45 IB, applying to biochemistry, a course that does not require an entrance exam đ. I'm still trying to work out what was lacking in my application, but I reckon being an international student didn't help my chances.
I know that this really sucks right now but tbh this might not be such a bad outcome. I'm currently at Cam for an undergrad and I'm telling you it's not great. Everyone is stressed, everyone is depressed. Oxford and Cambridge are way more concerned with their research than teaching, and the students here do well in spite of the institutions not because of them. I personally think I would have been much happier going to Durham or St. Andrews.
Just apply for religious studies and then transfer to PPE. Get elected as an MP and get a place in the House of Lords when nobody will elect you anymore.
lol its arguably the "greatest" academic institution in the world - dont be surprised. Your good grades are just the starting point, most you are competing against already has that.
Same happened to me yesterday, hope LSE pulls through for us!
You could try again next year, or look into the Fulbright Comission and go to the US instead.
Yeah I'll look into that
Oh man. That's unlucky. I'm only in year 12. Have 9 grade 9s 1 grade 8 and 1 grade 7. And I am only doing 3 Alevels and don't have DOFE! So you did really well academically. It's a shame. Anyways good luck in the future, I hope my A levels go as well as yours ;)
Thatâs how u know the matrix is a scam
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Maybe it was your personal statement? Is this a rejection letter before or after interview?
Before
Idea: take a year out, go travelling and re-apply to another college or to Cambridge. I did that and successfully applied for a less competitive course.
If you keep up the good work ethic youâll go far, no matter where you study. Keep it up, well done đ
that sucks but 10 9s at GCSE donât matter so much for unis. clearly they werenât impressed by your interviews or application letters. i know oxford also has admission tests so you might have done badly in those. however this might just be a good example of âitâs not just about the gradesâ
Sometimes things are just stupid like that. I applied for a graduate level job at a company straight out of uni (having done a masters degree) and was rejected because I didn't have enough UCAS points from my GCSE results
Unlucky but in all honesty oxford and Cambridge are overrated in my opinion and these universities live in their own bubbles.
Itâs not what you know itâs who. Just look at the state of this government
Bro that's everyone applying to oxford. Uni education and social balance is important something you won't get at Oxford.
Donât worry. There life goes on after a let down. My daughter applied for Cambridge with very similar grades to you. She applied for computer science but was so down with the male orientated behaviour at the interview she chose Bristol. Roll on a few years and after being one of the few women to get a 1 st in Computer Science she has been snapped up Google and doing incredibly well. Itâs their loss mate
Oxford is a boring place anyway
I screwed up my gcses and A-levels, due to reasons that you are too young to even hear the details of. Had super low self esteem. Married an abusive POS at 20, had a baby at 21, tried to kill myself. Now I have a BSc and an MSc; am a qualified equine coach, and behaviouralist; a field ecologist, and a He and Fe lecturer, and subject lead.
You must really lack the foundations of understanding, much like myself.
Having a DofE doesnt really do anything. its not a particularly difficult thing to get and loads of people have one. i know of someone that was in your exact position and got rejected by both oxford and cambridge because they didnt do anything outside of school which sounds similar to your situation. i know multiple people that did get into oxford and cambridge. one guy doing med at oxford was part of the tech crew at our school and was the most senior position possible in our schools CCF and that was just his in school activities. another that did law at cambridge was part of the pupil senior leadership team, played rugby for school for 7 years including being part of the 6th form rugby team that won the county cup the year he went to uni. he was also in our ccf but wasnt a particularly high rank. my point is dofe and good grades isnt really that impressive. you have amazing grades, buteveryone applying to oxford has amazing grades, only having DofE to set you apart isnt really gonna cut it
Sorry to hear that. The entrance exam is the thing they use more than anything.
Too white ya bigots
UnJadedJade (a study youtuber you've most likely heard of) got rejected from Oxford and she also had top grades. Instead she went to Minerva University and she has a lot of positive videos about her experience there in case you'd like to look into it.
Well ye as they need space for all the doners kids grades only get you so far in top end universities sadly its even worse in the US
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I got into Oxford with 5 9s 3 Bs and A* in It ??
The interview is more important, my brother got A*, A*, A and B in A levels and got in because he did well in the interviews.
Grats for not becoming part of the establishment.
Ooft that's sore I got in with no highers or degree :O
You've been spared the grueling work expectations of studying at Oxbridge and will still undoubtedly attend a top-class university - you will be fine.
Problem had no social skills thatâs why or did no sport
What's happened here then, are you working class perhaps? That'll go against you.
That has absolutely no stake on OP's chances. Oxbridge has been trying to up their intake of state educated applicants... The likely cause was the performance in the admissions test. They actually sometimes use contextual data, e.g. if someone overperformed relative to their socioeconomic background. I didn't attend Oxbridge but am very familiar with their admissions.
No not working class but go to a state school in a rough area in the north of England which I think made my application more favourable but obviously not strong enough a
Are you white? Just asking.
Yeah, why?