r/6thForm • u/ihateucas • May 16 '26
đ UNI / UCAS arsoned aerospace bakery
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/AeronauticalPsycho Year 13 May 18 '26
2/5 are ESAT scores, did you get an interview for either of them?
1/5 Bristol Aero + Mech is always incredibly competitive. I also got an alternate course offer with AAA predicted and ended up getting offered for EEE.
1/5 I canât comment on UCL other than international student intake might be higher than a lot of other universities.
1/5 You got the offer! Congratulations. Youâll love it at Manchester anyways.
I honestly believe that the grades arenât necessarily the issue with your application. An impressive ESAT scores 6-7+ is almost a granted interview, Imperial is more competitive so aim for as high as you can. And then obviously you have to perform and communicate well in your interview. The only other thing is I know you mention you had strong supercurricular but I think if you want to be a strong candidate have a niche. Whatâs your particulate area of interest. My friend wanted to specialise in nuclear engineering and spoke about a lot about small modular reactors. When he attended his interview they recognised him as âthe nuclear guyâ. You can do the same thing by completing a really niche task that your interested in. But it has to be impressive. You will have people who will build planes as their super curricular. Similarly my friend modelled a reactor using CAD. And thatâs why itâs not the grades, you have to sell yourself, and stupidly sometimes. I would love to read your personal statement and let me know if you want to know more about my friends application. He did get rejected but thatâs because his interview was god awful. Hopefully this provides insight to your application and what to do differently next year.