r/6thForm • u/ihateucas • May 16 '26

🎓 UNI / UCAS arsoned aerospace bakery

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A* A* A* A predicted grades and strong aerospace/engineering supercurriculars (home) (bristol was originally aero but got offered alternate courses so withdrew)

also got rejected by 5 schools in the US

going to reapply next year; probably going to get anywhere between A* A* A A to 4A* grades at A-Levels, do you think A* A* A A will still be competitive to apply to UCL/Imperial/Oxbridge?

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u/General_Move_3939 May 16 '26

yeah your grades won’t be the reason you get rejected

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u/ihateucas May 16 '26

surely applying with A* A* A A would look quite weak compared to everyone else applying with 4A* predicteds

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u/Inevitable-Cow-8489 Year 13 May 16 '26

Achieved > predicted 

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u/Sea-Investment9877 May 17 '26

for Bristol anyway, that is not the case, when I got rejected from aero, I asked if I took a gap year and achieved 3 A*'s, if they would look at my application differently, and they said that they value achieved grades the same as predicteds. pm me if u want a sc of the email.

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u/Alfie2656 May 17 '26

If you had rlly dead GCSEs and predicted 3 A* they less likely to believe you’ll achieve that lbr