Not a question for me, but a friend's ds in yr 11 is quite unwell and has been for some time (glandular fever type illness).
He's very academic, very maths/science orientated, likely in the future to be applying for 'good' unis to do maths or science. He's taking 12 GCSEs. She's concerned that because of his illness, he's unlikely to do as well as predicted in his weaker subjects, particularly geography. He was predicted borderline A/B, but (esp as he's having to do controlled assessments while really not up to being in school) this is likely to fall.
Her question, which she can't get a straight answer on from the school - is it better for him to have eg a C in geography, OR would he be better to drop it entirely, and have 1 fewer GCSE but all good grades? Anyone with good ideas as to where to get a definitive answer on this that I could pass on to her? Thanks!
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More GSCEs vs fewer with good grades? Implications for uni admissions?
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Takver · 22/11/2012 16:09
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