Cambridge Medics 2010 Discussion Thread

acdunn

Aw man, I'm finding it ridiculously hard to concentrate on revision this time round!!! I keep on opening a textbook and then being like 'hmm, I wonder what the weather forecast is for tomorrow... wouldn't want to get caught outside without an umbrella if it rains... oh and I might as well check facebook whilst I'm at it....'

FOCUS DAMMIT

...oooh, someone started a thread about muckup day plans!! Might just go check that one out...

Know what you mean - my first exam is a month away and I just can't get down to it. How many exams do you have? I only have 3 and as I got my A* in January I feel a bit demotivated - though I still need As in Bio and Chem.
Good luck :smile:

Hope we'll both be at Downing in October

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acdunn

Panorama

Know what you mean - my first exam is a month away and I just can't get down to it. How many exams do you have? I only have 3 and as I got my A* in January I feel a bit demotivated - though I still need As in Bio and Chem.
Good luck :smile:

Hope we'll both be at Downing in October

Same!!! Three exams, Eng Bio Chem, already got my A* in maths, so just need 2 As. Hmmm I think we need to motivate ourselves somehow... I just looked at a chem paper and panicked because I couldn't do any of it, so that's a pretty good incentive to pick up a textbook! Yeah, would be so awesome if we both ended up there :biggrin:

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ultramarine

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TurkeyMCB

I know this question must have been asked like a million times on this thread but what GCSE grades do most successful Cambridge applicants get? I'm hoping for 7A*'s and 4A's. Is that below average for an Cambridge student? On an other thread, they said that it was slightly below average for Oxford. What about Cambridge?

Well I got 5A*s and 4As for IGCSE. Dunno if that's the same as GCSE, but it's wayyyyyyy less A*s than like all the other medics I've seen haha

And good luck to you all who have exams so soon! hehe I'm so glad that IB's finally all finished.

When do your grades come out by the way? Hoping to see you all this October x

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ultramarine

Well I got 5A*s and 4As for IGCSE. Dunno if that's the same as GCSE, but it's wayyyyyyy less A*s than like all the other medics I've seen haha

And good luck to you all who have exams so soon! hehe I'm so glad that IB's finally all finished.

When do your grades come out by the way? Hoping to see you all this October x

Not until August 19th :frown:

When do you get your results for IB?

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ultramarine

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Panorama

Not until August 19th :frown:

When do you get your results for IB?

whattttt that late?! We get ours on July 7th :biggrin:

meh, long wait

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I'm an international applicant, I did O Levels and got 9As,(A*s not awarded)
I have got 2 problems.
1- Can I apply to unis with 8A* requirements?
2- In the board which I did they offer only science, not bio,chem or phy, so will it be ok, or should I do Bio,chem,phy from another board this oct/nov session and give them.

If I'm doing 3 extra O Levels(gcses) this october and predicited As, will the unis take my overall GCSES results to be 12As or just 9As?
I'll be applying this september.

I have got AS grades in edexcel(ums >90%)
I'll have completed AS maths and would be doing C3 and M2, this June, so I will have to A2 modules but the subject will not be full, since I won't be doing C4 this June.Is it worth putting these grades in ucas.

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Pegasus92

I'm an international applicant, I did O Levels and got 9As,(A*s not awarded)
I have got 2 problems.
1- Can I apply to unis with 8A* requirements?
2- In the board which I did they offer only science, not bio,chem or phy, so will it be ok, or should I do Bio,chem,phy from another board this oct/nov session and give them.

If I'm doing 3 extra O Levels(gcses) this october and predicited As, will the unis take my overall GCSES results to be 12As or just 9As?
I'll be applying this september.

I have got AS grades in edexcel(ums >90%)
I'll have completed AS maths and would be doing C3 and M2, this June, so I will have to A2 modules but the subject will not be full, since I won't be doing C4 this June.Is it worth putting these grades in ucas.

I would declare all modules taken (you have to for Cambridge anyway) - your UMS marks sound fine for Cambridge. There are only limited places for international students so you will have a lot of competition. Don't forget to ace your BMAT (probably more important than extra O levels). Good luck

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Panorama

I would declare all modules taken (you have to for Cambridge anyway) - your UMS marks sound fine for Cambridge. There are only limited places for international students so you will have a lot of competition. Don't forget to ace your BMAT (probably more important than extra O levels). Good luck

Thanks for the reply, I thought doing the 3 O levels will actually help me in the BMAt too, since Bmat is based in GCSE work, I can revise for both and both exams are at nearly the same time, so won't be affecting my A Levels much.
I'm asking whether if I'm doing those 3 O levels and my refree predicts me 3As, will the unis count my O level grades(GCSE)as 12As or still 9As, since I would not have done them at the time of application.
Thanks once again.

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Pegasus92

Thanks for the reply, I thought doing the 3 O levels will actually help me in the BMAt too, since Bmat is based in GCSE work, I can revise for both and both exams are at nearly the same time, so won't be affecting my A Levels much.
I'm asking whether if I'm doing those 3 O levels and my refree predicts me 3As, will the unis count my O level grades(GCSE)as 12As or still 9As, since I would not have done them at the time of application.
Thanks once again.

I don't think the unis will take any notice of the extra O levels as you will have already met their minimum GCSE requirement. They will only be interested in your A2 predictions. Saying that the O levels will probably help with the BMAT and if they don't interfere with A2 work go for it.

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Panorama

I don't think the unis will take any notice of the extra O levels as you will have already met their minimum GCSE requirement. They will only be interested in your A2 predictions. Saying that the O levels will probably help with the BMAT and if they don't interfere with A2 work go for it.

I have got another problem now, My A Level exams finished last week and I think I have not done very well in physics(I'm doing physics in one year) so might not get and A*.My other subjects maths,chem,bio which I did till AS, I'm confident of 90+, so not getting an A* in the subject which I have completed affect my chances.

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Pegasus92

I have got another problem now, My A Level exams finished last week and I think I have not done very well in physics(I'm doing physics in one year) so might not get and A*.My other subjects maths,chem,bio which I did till AS, I'm confident of 90+, so not getting an A* in the subject which I have completed affect my chances.

I don't think that will be a problem as even Cambridge only ask for 3 A levels though if you do 4 they may give you a 4 A level offer. If you get an A in Physics then you'll be fine expecially with 90 plus in your AS modules. Physics is not a necessary subject for medicine so ace Bio and Chem and you'll be OK. They only require one A*.
Anyway people normally do better than they think :smile:

All the best

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Panorama

I don't think that will be a problem as even Cambridge only ask for 3 A levels though if you do 4 they may give you a 4 A level offer. If you get an A in Physics then you'll be fine expecially with 90 plus in your AS modules. Physics is not a necessary subject for medicine so ace Bio and Chem and you'll be OK. They only require one A*.
Anyway people normally do better than they think :smile:

All the best

thanks

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