A*AB or AAA? Help!

Hey, I know that the A level standard offer for medicine is AAA for virtually all medical schools, but I'm just wondering would an A*AB be considered equivalent? Because, I'm extremely worried that I might get a B in Biology due to my poor coursework grade I received today I worked really hard on it, but obviously not enough. Also, it's not just the coursework, but the exam board I do is Edexcel SNAB biology and the exam is really unreliable because it's a new exam board and they keep experimenting with the format etc every time. I mean, for January, the grade boundaries were as low as 54/90 to get an A.

So, just wondering would A*AB generally be good enough? P.S. I will hopefully be reapplying this year if I get the grades! I got two interviews this time round, but didn't surpass the interviews

Hey, I know that the A level standard offer for medicine is AAA for virtually all medical schools, but I'm just wondering would an A*AB be considered equivalent? Because, I'm extremely worried that I might get a B in Biology due to my poor coursework grade I received today I worked really hard on it, but obviously not enough. Also, it's not just the coursework, but the exam board I do is Edexcel SNAB biology and the exam is really unreliable because it's a new exam board and they keep experimenting with the format etc every time. I mean, for January, the grade boundaries were as low as 54/90 to get an A.

So, just wondering would A*AB generally be good enough? P.S. I will hopefully be reapplying this year if I get the grades! I got two interviews this time round, but didn't surpass the interviews

Hey, I know that the A level standard offer for medicine is AAA for virtually all medical schools, but I'm just wondering would an A*AB be considered equivalent? Because, I'm extremely worried that I might get a B in Biology due to my poor coursework grade I received today I worked really hard on it, but obviously not enough. Also, it's not just the coursework, but the exam board I do is Edexcel SNAB biology and the exam is really unreliable because it's a new exam board and they keep experimenting with the format etc every time. I mean, for January, the grade boundaries were as low as 54/90 to get an A.

So, just wondering would A*AB generally be good enough? P.S. I will hopefully be reapplying this year if I get the grades! I got two interviews this time round, but didn't surpass the interviews

If a medical school made an offer of AAA in three subjects to you, that would mean they want at least a minimum of an A grade in each of those three subjects. A*AB would be the equivalent in UCAS points but whilst you met the minimum standard in two of those subjects in the eyes of the medical school, you would have failed to reach the required minimum standard in the third subject which would mean that you have not met the terms of your offer. Basically doing very well in one area wouldn't compensate for doing not so well in another area. This is very much the same at my medical school where we strictly have to reach a minimum standard in all modules to pass the year and doing incredibly well in one module wouldn't make up for only just missing the grade in another and therefore you would fail the year.

BSMS on the other hand do see A*AB as an equivalent to AAA as they still set their offer on UCAS Tariff points (I think?). You would have to look at the medical school websites to be sure how exactly their offers are set whether it be grades based or points based.

But yeah the point here is consistency and reaching a minimum standard in all three subjects so just work hard and get those grades!

Uni's such as UCL will consider giving you a offer with grades like A*AB/AABB aslong as your personal statement and interview go very well, the pre-entry exam is pretty important aswell, just work extra hard and with abit of luck you should get in!