Do Universities look at GCSE result on applications

[novocastrian]

as above in the event of student a and student b having the required A level results , would they then look how they performed at GSCE ?

my Y11 daughters mocks arent going well* & she is in meltdown about not getting good GCSE

we have tried to re assure her that getting the grades to do the A levels she wants is all that matters

but not having been to university neither her mam or I know how this works or of thats true?

Ta

* she went back monday after 2 weeks in isolation straight into mocks ... has had about 8 weeks actual in front of teacher teaching in school since March...

[WhereIBelong]

[QUOTE=novocastrian;14732171]as above in the event of student a and student b having the required A level results , would they then look how they performed at GSCE ?

my Y11 daughters mocks arent going well* & she is in meltdown about not getting good GCSE

we have tried to re assure her that getting the grades to do the A levels she wants is all that matters

but not having been to university neither her mam or I know how this works or of thats true?

Ta

* she went back monday after 2 weeks in isolation straight into mocks ... has had about 8 weeks actual in front of teacher teaching in school since March...[/QUOTE

Generally, they do not matter in the way you are thinking... but some gcses matter for some universities... dd required a 6 in gcse English for some applications for pharmacy for instance.

[Biscaya]

No not usually. As long as she gets her Maths and English I don't think they generally look at other grades. It will be held A Level grades that matter.

[floridasgirl]

I very much doubt it as the subjects could be completely different.
So long as she gets 4 in her English and Maths she will be able to do the next step without resits.
If she's planning on doing Alevels she might need 5/6 in the subjects she wants to carry on. Dds school wanted this but the local 6th form colleges didn't

[sam7]

Lots of uni's insist on a basic grade in English and possibly maths, but I think as long as she gets those she will be fine. More important that the grades is what she puts in her personal statement/application. She is more likely to be selected if she can show she had a life outside of school, get her to take up some interesting hobbies if she doesn't already.
My DD got accepted on 4 out of 5 applications (one she applied for she was way off the required grades, but went for it anyway), she did lots outside of school, Girls Brigade, Volunteered as a young leader with boys bridgade, helped as a 1 to 1 with a special need lad on a holiday club. Did summer camps etc
My friends DD had brilliant Gcse's and the grades for her courses and got accepted on 1 out of 5 - her personal statement read 'I like reading and going to the cinema'

[langside]

Sorry I can’t help fully with your answer but to hopefully ease your daughters concerns- i was someone who was predicted A*/ A’s in most her GCSES & I ended up getting mostly D’s, but once at sixth form doing subjects I really thrived & getting help to manage nerves etc I managed to get 2 x A’s and 2 x B’s at A level. When applying for uni’s my gcse results didn’t seem to affect my offers - I got 5 offers -Newcastle, Liverpool, Edinburgh (unconditional), Sheffield, Durham and Cambridge (although never picker here as my 1st or 2nd option knew it wasn’t for me- but it was still a pretty nice feeling to get such a prestigious offer).

I hope this helps, I remember it’s so hard to accept/ understand at the time but know it’s not the end of the dream/ educational path going forward

[nasty]

It depends on the course. My DS GCSE’s were taken into consideration when applying for medicine and biomed degrees.

[TinkerBabe]

Originally Posted by nasty

It depends on the course. My DS GCSE’s were taken into consideration when applying for medicine and biomed degrees.

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Absolutely this...I manage ucas applications in a sixth form centre and for the top tier universities, and for courses such as maths, economics, the sciences, engineering etc, there will often be a GCSE requirement. Sometimes they can be surprising, for example for some maths/finance courses at Warwick, LSE, they require a 7 or above in a humanities or social science. So the key thing is to check specific unis/courses when the time comes.

[Colette-S]

Something to bear in mind is that some 6th forms and colleges will require a certain grade GCSE in the subject they want to study at A-Level too. She shouldn’t worry too much as everyone is in the same boat and I’m sure allowances will be made

[dreamadream]

My course, midwifery, wanted everything from GCSE onwards.
It’s best to check with each uni and each course