Cambridge is amaze.

[Mitch4?]

Okay, they've dropped the need for a language GCSE to get into Cambridge now, which means i still have a chance of getting into it. Wahey! :].
Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry, Physics A-levels - joy. :D

[kk.]

ooph, you must be smart to be taking them. Why havnt yout aken a gcse in language?
i do maths and if youa re good at maths, you will hate decision maths ;)

[Mitch4?]

ooph, you must be smart to be taking them. Why havnt yout aken a gcse in language?
i do maths and if youa re good at maths, you will hate decision maths ;)

A language wasn't compulsory, and im crap at english, so french and german was even a larger struggle.
I'm happy with the GCSE's i took, i know i'm a while off going UNI, but why not plan in ahead.

I've been estimated an A* in maths since like year 6 ahha, and physics i got A*'s in and chemistry is my weakest science, i got an A and a B predicted.
I'mma work hard hopefully, cause if you want to get somewhere in life, you need to put some effort in =]

[Dr.Rdx]

I concur with Mitch.

Also, I'm hoping to take Maths, Further Maths, Economics and Physics ^^

And yes, I'm considered 'smart' seeing as I go to Wilson's school :p

Not boasting.. I hope. ;]

[Soka]

good luck with what your doing

i got all a*s/as/** at gcse (a* in maths/stats/english lit/sciences)
and currently doing
maths/physics/accounts/economics -AS

just to say physics is a MASSIVE step up from gcse in the detail you go into, make sure you work hard :D you'll find maths first term piss easy because its just a* gcse maths work + diffrentiation
and further maths i don't know but i'm probably going to do AS in it in the 2nd year, you do about imaginary numbers i believe

i'd say cambridge would want AAA in whatever your doing
and straight a*s/as at gcse

[mangle]

christ

i have no hope of getting in then

[Soka]

christ

i have no hope of getting in then

whats wrong with nottingham uni its good

don't know why everyones so bothered about getting into cambridge/oxford when you can do an almost similiar degree in say sheffield for twice as much less cost of accomodation, and you'd need AAB

im hoping to get
A2 MATHS - A
A2 ACCOUNTS - A
A2 PHYSICS - B
AS ECONONMICS - B
AS FURTHER MATHS - A/B
+ key skills communications / key skills ict + general studies - b/a lol

don't worry about getting in oxford/cambridge, just get your gcse grades first and concentrate on thinking about as levels you want to do :P

[Virgin Mary]

whats wrong with nottingham uni its good

don't know why everyones so bothered about getting into cambridge/oxford when you can do an almost similiar degree in say sheffield for twice as much less cost of accomodation, and you'd need AAB

im hoping to get
A2 MATHS - A
A2 ACCOUNTS - A
A2 PHYSICS - B
AS ECONONMICS - B
AS FURTHER MATHS - A/B
+ key skills communications / key skills ict + general studies - b/a lol

don't worry about getting in oxford/cambridge, just get your gcse grades first and concentrate on thinking about as levels you want to do :P
Because it's far more prestigious to say you've been educated at one of the world's most recognised universities than some small city university.

[Asher]

well, if you want to be a clone then go there.

[mangle]

whats wrong with nottingham uni its good

i want to move :]

[iJava]

So, excactly what do you need to get into Cambridge?

[mangle]

Straight A's in academic subjects.

[iJava]

How many and do your GCSEs matter or just A and AS levels?

[Technologic]

How many and do your GCSEs matter or just A and AS levels?
All three matter for oxbridge (oxford or cambridge)

[kk.]

gcse's matter for subjects taht you do not take at A level. so i fyou didnt take english maths or a science, they would look at your gcse grade. luckily, i got straight As in them lol.

[iJava]

If you don't take any subjects at gcse that you don't take at A level (if that makes sense) then will they only look at your A level grades?

[Virgin Mary]

If you don't take any subjects at gcse that you don't take at A level (if that makes sense) then will they only look at your A level grades?
No they look at both. They get thousand of candidates from all over the world, plenty of whom come from noble/royal families and are willing to pay multiple times the entrance fee, who've done like 13 GCSEs and got all A*s. When they look at your A levels they look at each individual module you've done and expect you to get high As.

[Soka]

Because it's far more prestigious to say you've been educated at one of the world's most recognised universities than some small city university.

Yes, but say for example sheffield university, which is in top 12 i believe and in The Russel Group - i'm assuming you know what that is, and you come out with a 1st class 1:1, in a simliar degree to someone who did it at cambridge, they're not going to give someone the job because they went to a better university (assume the two people got same grades at gcse/a level) they're going to look at personality surely, because what you have to take into account is the price of going to cambridge and oxford compared to another highly regarded university such as sheffield (NOT sheffield hallam, the national sheffield - 8th or something in leauge table) which is twice as cheap.

im nowhere near good enough to get into oxbridge, but i'd say i'm still happy with my grades (a*s/as/few **) and even if i was good enough to get in, i don't think i'd want to waste some of my parents money if they offered to help pay off the government loan, i'd rather go to somewhere like sheffield which is twice as cheap, but you still get the same opportunities as its still as high regarded being in russel group.

a girl i know is going to oxbridge next year, and all she does is study 24/7 and does nothing else, i'd rather be a more rounded person with a personality and socialise than sit inside studying trying to get straight a's when you can get in a highly regarded university and still be able to go out... i'm not saying all oxbridge students are like this

[Virgin Mary]

Yes, but say for example sheffield university, which is in top 12 i believe and in The Russel Group - i'm assuming you know what that is, and you come out with a 1st class 1:1, in a simliar degree to someone who did it at cambridge, they're not going to give someone the job because they went to a better university (assume the two people got same grades at gcse/a level) they're going to look at personality surely, because what you have to take into account is the price of going to cambridge and oxford compared to another highly regarded university such as sheffield (NOT sheffield hallam, the national sheffield - 8th or something in leauge table) which is twice as cheap.

im nowhere near good enough to get into oxbridge, but i'd say i'm still happy with my grades (a*s/as/few **) and even if i was good enough to get in, i don't think i'd want to waste some of my parents money if they offered to help pay off the government loan, i'd rather go to somewhere like sheffield which is twice as cheap, but you still get the same opportunities as its still as high regarded being in russel group.

a girl i know is going to oxbridge next year, and all she does is study 24/7 and does nothing else, i'd rather be a more rounded person with a personality and socialise than sit inside studying trying to get straight a's when you can get in a highly regarded university and still be able to go out... i'm not saying all oxbridge students are like this
Well I agree, politicians go to these universities and they're all dull as anything and can't comprehend consequences or anything to do with reality in general because they do subjects irrelevant to real life. But at the end of the day someone who says they've been to Oxbridge is going to look all the better for it and not just in England.

[mangle]

What other ones are in the russel group?

[Soka]

What other ones are in the russel group?

http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/fileadmin/resources/images/spacer.gif
University of Birmingham (http://www.bham.ac.uk/)
University of Bristol (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/)
University of Cambridge (http://www.cam.ac.uk/)
Cardiff University (http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/)
University of Edinburgh (http://www.ed.ac.uk/)
University of Glasgow (http://www.gla.ac.uk/)
Imperial College London (http://www.imperial.ac.uk/)
King's College London (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/)
University of Leeds (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/)
University of Liverpool (http://www.liv.ac.uk/)
London School of Economics & Political Science (http://www.lse.ac.uk/)
University of Manchester (http://www.manchester.ac.uk/)
Newcastle University (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/)
University of Nottingham (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/)
Queen's University Belfast (http://www.qub.ac.uk/)
University of Oxford (http://www.ox.ac.uk/)
University of Sheffield (http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/)
University of Southampton (http://www.soton.ac.uk/)
University College London (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/)
University of Warwick (http://www.warwick.ac.uk/)google russel group, top link its just basically collaboration of top universitys in UK for research so to speak