Supplementary memorandum submitted by
Imperial College London
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS
COMMITTEE A LEVEL RESULTS 1989-2007
1. TOTAL NUMBERS
OFFERING MATHS
AND SCIENCES
Note total Maths numbers are still below total
for 1998 and well below 1989. Since 2000 the total A level entries
have risen by 2.8%. Biology entries dropped y 0.4%, Chemistry
by 1.4% and Physics by 14.3%.
2. TOP GRADES
AWARDED
Total number A grade students increase each
year: The year Maths by another 8%, Biology by 6.6%, Chemistry
by 4% and Physics by 5%.
Long term changes in A grades
Biology: 12% to 26%; Chemistry 14.7% to 32%;
Physics 13% to 31%.
Maths: A grades rise from 17.3% in 1989 to 44%
in 2007!
(43.8% Maths, 56.8% Further Maths in 2007)
11.6% of Maths scripts are Further Maths in 2007.
Since 1989 the number obtaining A grade Maths
has increased by a factor of 2.15, Biology by 2.8, Chemistry by
1.8 and Physics by 1.4.
August 2008
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