Zoology/Biological Sciences applicants for 2012 entry

My school really only pays attention to prospective medics, dentists and vets.

Me too. My school really only pays attention to prospective medics, dentists and vets. It is so frustrating - feels like the rest of us don't stand a chance right now!

Me too. My school really only pays attention to prospective medics, dentists and vets. It is so frustrating - feels like the rest of us don't stand a chance right now!

I'm applying for Biological Sciences/Biology at Leeds, Lancaster, UCLAN, Keele and Chester

Im applying for leeds Did you go to any of the open days?

I have! Just sent my application. It is the only university that I've applied to that I haven't been able to visit. Can you tell me a bit more about its location and the general campus please?

Thanks

I only went the once, but I loved it, the campus is small (in comparison to others I've visited), and there's a big pond there with lots of ducks and other birds, I'm a sucker for animals so that sold it for me, helped that it was a beautiful day when I visited! The only thing I wasn't fussed on was some of the accommodation, but that didn't put me off applying.

I didn't have time to visit the city, sadly, but it doesn't seem to be far away from the campus, and I've heard that it's nice, sorry I can't be more helpful!

http://www.dur.ac.uk/biosciences/undergraduate/courses/content/degree_planner/

Biological sciences at Durham has a standard first year for everyone then you can pick and choose what you want, like what's shown on the link.

There'll probably be similar layouts at other universities too if you have any ideas of where you wanna go.

I may be worth applying if you have a realistic chance of getting in. What were your AS grades and what subjects were they in? Maybe get the person whose writing your reference to mention any resits your taking so they know an A may be realistic

I'm only sitting on C's at the moment, which isn't too bad i suppose. But I do have 4 C's at AS in bio, geo, eng lit and ict and I have a B in A2 Music already. So hopefully, that may compensate. I've got my heart set on exeter tho, it looks fab! Re-sitting GEOG1 (got a D) and BIOL2 tho, so that should easy bring me up to a B. Exeter only want ABB for a year abroad, so I think I'm going to change it to just the bsc staying in the uk, which brings it down to BBB. wuwww

Hey in AS I got C C E in Biology, Maths and Chemistry. I am resitting BIOL2 (got a high B in BIOL1 and A for ISA, but E in BIOL 2 ), CHEM1 and CHEM2 (got an A in ISA, and E and U for Unit 1 and 2 ). I think I am predicted B B C and I am wondering which unis I should apply for Biology?

I live twenty minutes from Leeds in York. Its really great for shopping and it has nice museums and lots of good resteraunts
Also, a steward at the open day told me they only showed the most expensive accommodation and that their are cheaper options away from campus that are perfectly nice

Hey everyone, I got BCCCD last year (B was in critical thinking and therefore TOTALLY useless) i've been predicted BCC (but those are subject to change and i'm looking at getting them raised to BBB or at least BBC!)
Havent picked all my choices just yet since i dont know whether or not my grades will even get changed but i'm looking at qmul and the university of brighton. if my grades do get changed i might risk a spot at an ABB uni?.
(abb are the grades I want and could definately get, but i cant/wont get my english teacher to predict me an A because of my AS grade. she says she thinks a B is v. likely so i think i could get an A
I dont have any relevant work experience, but I do have hobbies and some extra reading... my gcses are AAAAAAA*A*BB btw
Good luck to everyone else applying.

You're GCSE grades may help somewhat, but universities and teachers usually expect you to get the same or a grade higher/lower than your AS grade unless there have been extenuating circumstances which must be declared in your reference. An awful lot of people seem to be sure they could get an A but few actually do. The leap from C to A is a big risk for a university to take so I'm sorry, I don't think it would be realistic to get an offer from an ABB university as it would require you going up a total of 4 grades over three subjects. It just seems a lot to expect a university to overlook

Thanks for being honest. although i hate hate hate the idea of a gap year and being behind everyone else, i think it might be the best option at the moment. Applying with just AS grades and predictions when I plan on retaking a lot seems a bit like a waste of time. I dont know how my parents and teachers will take that idea though