#Does an exam given privately blemish your Uni application?

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flat moat
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Hi, I had a question that has irked me for the past few days. I am starting AS levels in the coming days and I had a question regarding my subject selection. My school gives us the option to take three subject with a pretty hefty fee for any 4th subject that you want to take. So, I had decided to take Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Maths. However, later I decided that I would be better off giving Maths privately for quite a few reasons, but my father says that I should take Maths through my school since if I venture into a field such an engineering ,where Maths is a required subject in Uni, the Uni would prefer to have my mathematics scores in my schools, as in not my exam grades, just my academic performance. He claims that if I take Maths privatel, I'll be undervalued compared to other candidates who have the same grade and PUM as me but have chosen Maths as a subject in their school, any ideas or input on this whether is it true? Sorry, it's quite a long question 😅

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I just realised I didn't even need to type all of that, smh
It's fine ig

true yacht
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No it doesn't

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I gave all my exams privately for IGCSE

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A lot of students give exams privately

flat moat
hybrid gateBOT
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flat moat
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I keep on telling my dad this

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But he's obstinate that there is some influence of school academic scores on your chances of being selected

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If you could please provide some sort of proof that I could show him to debunk this myth??

true yacht
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You should be able to find the Cambridge marking process video online

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The papers are anonymised so the marker has no clue who you are, where you came from, or whether you're a school or private canditate

flat moat
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Perhaps, it will make him change his mind

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ty @true yacht

hybrid gateBOT
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Gave +1 rep to oriole1906!

flat moat
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It's really hard to change my father's decision, so yeah that's pretty much the obstacle

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Not only will it increase my school fee, but I get less free periods in my school to focus on my weaknesses

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So, I really want him to change his mind