Intended course: Chemical Engineering (Beng)
A-Level grades: A Chemistry/ B Biology/ D Mathematics
HOWEVER I took USA tests which are MUCH better in terms of the scores I got.
ACT: 32 Composite, 32 English, 34 Mathematics, 27 Reading, 36 Science, 29 Writing
AP Calculus BC: 5 and AP Psychology: 4
SAT II Chemistry: 800 and SAT Maths Level 1: 720
What are my chances?
Thanks!
Unfortunately, since you studied in a British-patterned school, UK universities will want to see your A Level results, and that D will kill any hope you had of admission in ChemE at all universities.
If you’re hoping for Canadian or US Universities, those A-Level results would still matter, but the D would still handicap you. You’d need to take SAT Math Level 2 for Engineering.
Any chance you can retake that ALevel in math, and/or take another ALevel subject?
Hey thanks for replying!
Unfortunately the only way I can retake that A-Level Maths is if I take a gap year- which my parents really frown upon because they think it’s a waste. I’ve been accepted to NYU Tandon School Of Engineering but I heard bad things about it + it’s crazy expensive 
I sent all of the above universities an e-mail anyway asking them to prioritise my American exams, and I also received 6 A*'s in my IGCSE’s so I hope that would help. Any more advice would be appreciated, thanks!
What was your predicted score for Maths?
(What happened? Were you sick on that day?)
I’m afraid you’ll lose your place at these, but you can still use Extra.
Can your parents afford Tandon without loans?
(Tandon is pretty good and while it’s not in the Village, it’s in Brooklyn, which is a “happening” part of New York City. It IS super expensive though.)
If they can’t, you won’t really have a choice in terms of taking a gap year or not.
As far as I know, at all British universities above, anything below a “B” would make you lose your place.
My predicted score was an A*, but I honestly mismanaged my time awfully this year. I had taken 3 A-Levels in one session and in my school this is a once-in-a-century rare type of thing, I was really under a lot of pressure and even though I always was good at Maths I scored that low because I BARELY studied. My fault really. Without loans, yes, but I’d much rather have 40k put into one of those universities instead of Tandon…
Would you advise me to take a gap year and re-apply or just stick to Tandon? Would the difference in education quality be worth a gap year?
Start looking at the “extra” or clearing - email UCAS.
Your choices are either Tandon or gap year - unless clearing allows you to find something… but I don’t think the clearing choices will be as good as Tandon, although they’ll be cheaper.
Confer with your parents.
Yeah. Thanks for the advice!