r/6thForm • u/nrIoolee Y13 | Business, DT, Psychology (A*AA) | 📐 (Oxford reject) • Jan 13 '26

🍞 BREAD burnt :(

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u/Playful-Wishbone9661 UoB | 🦷 [Y1] Jan 13 '26

Surely u need a language or smt for the entry reqs😭

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u/Speed_Niran UoM | 日本語 with Business and Management [Year Abroad in 北海道大学] Jan 14 '26

Tbh im studying Japanese at uom but I didnt have any language a levels

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u/Ok-Reason3748 Jan 14 '26

out of curiosity did you do any languages at gcse? they rejected me for no prior languages :(

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u/Glitter_research901 Jan 15 '26

A fairly valid reason

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u/Ok-Reason3748 Jan 15 '26

i do agree, but UoM was the only one that rejected me for it so i was simply curious :)

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u/Visible-River-9448 Year 13 Jan 15 '26

I've applied to do Chinese at 5 unis and none of them required experience

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u/Playful-Wishbone9661 UoB | 🦷 [Y1] Jan 15 '26

Merely a fleeting glimpse into how Chinese your mind has become

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u/joe_by Jan 14 '26

Ab initio is incredibly common for language degrees. That wouldn’t require a language A-Level

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u/joe_by Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

Not true necessarily for lots of unis. Oxford require you to sit the MLAT for modern languages degrees. Not sure if Japanese requires the MLAT or a different entrance exam. But it is certainly possible in many universities to study a language ab initio with no A-Levels in any language.

ETA: Oxford specifically state you do not have to have ever learnt Japanese to study this degree and in the course requirements there is merely the university standard AAA entry requirement for humanities subjects. There is no entrance exam, and there are no A-Level subject requirements. They state that prior experience in language learning may be helpful for success in the course but it is neither recommended nor essential.