Realistically, what higher grades will I need to study Physics at Edinburgh Uni?

James

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I know what it says the entry requirements are, but in practice you usually will need to surpass the stated requirements. For example my father teaches Applied Mathematics at St Andrews, and because St Andrews is such a highly ranked University, especially the Mathematics institute he said that they have to turn down some people with 5 As at Higher. Edinburgh is my ideal University and is second to only St Andrews in Scotland. I got 1s at Standard grade in all subjects I'm taking at higher, I'm taking English, Maths, Physics, Technological Studies and Computing at higher, but last year at my school, only one person got an A in computing and they were studying it outside school as a sixth Higher (he was a complete computer obsessive) so I doubt I'll get an A at that. I'm crashing Tech as a higher (does Edinburgh recognise Tech as a science?) and though many people got As in this subject last year, they all had 2 years of advantage over me, so if I'm lucky I'll get an A but I think a B is much more realistic, English is a subject I'm not naturally that good at, and my sister who worked 24/7 on her 6 highers said it by far required the most work, so for that reason I'd predict a B if I work really hard or maybe even a C if I'm really unlucky, my other two subjects are maths and physics which I'm confident I can get As in if I study hard enough. But would this be high enough to even get a conditional?
Thanks.
 
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