u/Ashamed-Service-9424

Is a gap year worth it?

For academic purposes obviously
For context I’m intl who’s doing a levels and a aspiring CS major applying to colleges in the USA
I kinda slacked off and got a c in physics (as level) which my predicted grades are based on
But I have great ec’s and high sat(1500 - 800M)
If I resit to get rid of the c (which I can confidently do) the results come out on jan 9 , after most rd deadlines close
So is it better to just apply next cycle with my full a level grades(not predicted)
If I do I also have a research opportunity that I can accept during the year and can obviously do more projects and strengthen my application more(by taking ap’s and doing more stuff)
Would love to hear ur thoughts

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u/Ashamed-Service-9424 — 4 months ago

Is a gap year worth it?

For academic purposes obviously
For context I’m intl who’s doing a levels and a aspiring CS major applying to colleges in the USA
I kinda slacked off and got a c in physics (as level) which my predicted grades are based on
But I have great ec’s and high sat(1500 - 800M)
If I resit to get rid of the c (which I can confidently do) the results come out on jan 9 , after most rd deadlines close
So is it better to just apply next cycle with my full a level grades(not predicted)
If I do I also have a research opportunity that I can accept during the year and can obviously do more projects and strengthen my application more(by taking ap’s and doing more stuff)
Would love to hear ur thoughts

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u/Ashamed-Service-9424 — 4 months ago