<p>I am applying having finished high school back in June 2008 but narrowly missed out on AAA by 5 marks (out of 600).. therefore ending up with AAB. Do you think adcoms will look at this particularly unfavourably and will they even consider how close my B was to an A?
- Will they look at these grades in relation to my GCSEs (which were 10A*s and 1A) do you think??</p>
<p>Also, do you think that it is worth noting on the transcript that A*s have only been made available this year - and so were not available at my time of graduation?</p>
<p>Any thoughts please... :)</p>
<p>Hope everyone's applications/interviews etc are going well!</p>
<p>Oh no. Really? That was all we were allowed to take in high school Universities over here only ever put 3 A-Level grades in their conditional acceptance offers and so that was the highest number that our school would permit us to take… should I explain this in the additional info section do you think??</p>
<p>I doubt Sephiran knows too much about the admission of UK students to Princeton, and so is probably equating A levels with AP exams, when in fact A Levels are entirely different things. Don’t worry about only taking 3 A Levels - Princeton Admissions will know that this is standard for British students, and won’t judge you negatively for it. However, as some students are allowed to take more than 3 A Levels by their schools, you might consider asking whoever writes your “guidance counsellor” recommendation to provide an explanation of how your school works, including the fact that no one is allowed to take more than 3 A Levels.</p>
<p>As for the AAB, I doubt anyone can tell you. Do you have any other grades you received, beyond the GCSE/AS levels/A level exams, in the past four years? If so, you could put together a transcript listing them, which would hopefully take weight off that one B. But because of the way admissions works, I doubt that a single B in your A Levels is going to be the deciding factor, and honestly, I think that pointing out that you were only 5 points away from an A will show too much insecurity. If you’re really unhappy with it, you could always resit one of the modules to bring the grade up. But I really doubt that Admissions will consider you in a particularly unfavorable way because of one B.</p>
Universities over here only ever put 3 A-Level grades in their conditional acceptance offers and so that was the highest number that our school would permit us to take… should I explain this in the additional info section do you think??</p>