[Vulpes]

(Original post by Matthew150)
Hi everyone,

I was wondering what grades you need in Biology and Chemistry at GCSE?
For example is an A* needed or would an A suffice?

Thanks in advance

An A would generally suffice although certain universities with A*AA requirements may specify a particular subject in which you will have to achieve the A* in.

[Matthew150]

I'm talking about GCSE.
Judging by how I thought I did at GCSE would these grades suffice? (Assuming adequate grades at AS and A2)

English Literature: A/A*
English Language: A/A*
Biology: A/A*
Chemistry: A/A*
Physics: A/A*
History: B/A
French: B/A
Maths: A/A*
Geography: A*

AS
Computing: B (Already achieved)


Thanks for your help by the way.

[myyrh]

(Original post by Matthew150)
I'm talking about GCSE.
Judging by how I thought I did at GCSE would these grades suffice? (Assuming adequate grades at AS and A2)

English Literature: A/A*
English Language: A/A*
Biology: A/A*
Chemistry: A/A*
Physics: A/A*
History: B/A
French: B/A
Maths: A/A*
Geography: A*

AS
Computing: B (Already achieved)


Thanks for your help by the way.

They're absolutely fine for medicine.

[Matthew150]

That's great to hear, thank you!

[Polioz]

Hey there, I applied for medicine this year and got all rejections due to mainly ukcat and GCSE's. I was hoping to apply next year and take a gap year but I have a big problem. One of my exams went very bad, my maths C4 exam. It was just one of those bad days that completely put me off and made me break down a bit. Really bad stomach cramps,nausia, car crash infront of bus blocking all cars which was pretty much the only bus route possible. I ended up running for about 20 minutes then luckily I saw my friend who called his mum to drive us to college. Luckily I left about an hour and half earlier than I would normally but I was still about 15 minutes late. I was very stressed and the damn invigilator didnt let me go toilet in the first hour which made it worse. Mind went completely blank.

I looked at mark schemes and think I got 32/72 +14 2nd paper so 46/90 in that exam. Looked at MEI ums grade boundaries and 50% was usually 40% ums. I got 75 in m1 and 96 c1. So out of the remainder c2,c3,s1 I would need an average of around 90ums per module. Im pretty sure I defintely didnt get that, I will be off an A grade overall by like 10 ums .

I think my overall grades will be Bio A*,chem A, Math B. I have really just been feeling very demotivated the last few weeks as I worked my ass off so hard to try get into medicine and it could be over because out of the 16 or so exams I took , during 1 of them I just had a **** day and its going to affect my future this much.

I guess what im asking is for advice? what should I do in my situation. Im grateful for any advice.

p.s. for record as maybe this may be helpful my gcses are 4A*3A 2B C (AB double science but should be A*A* as my school was 2nd worst in borough and didnt know how to mark c/w so everyone had their c/w grades downgraded...great......... Had this all in my reference but uni's either didnt care or look at it)

p.s.s oh yeah and I know I could do grad entry, but im not very optimistic about that. From what I hear its even more difficult than undergrad entry. Already got all rejections now, so I dont even want to think about grad entry. My gcses aint great and I dont think I can get 700+ ish ukcat either.

[myyrh]

(Original post by Polioz)
Hey there, I applied for medicine this year and got all rejections due to mainly ukcat and GCSE's. I was hoping to apply next year and take a gap year but I have a big problem. One of my exams went very bad, my maths C4 exam. It was just one of those bad days that completely put me off and made me break down a bit. Really bad stomach cramps,nausia, car crash infront of bus blocking all cars which was pretty much the only bus route possible. I ended up running for about 20 minutes then luckily I saw my friend who called his mum to drive us to college. Luckily I left about an hour and half earlier than I would normally but I was still about 15 minutes late. I was very stressed and the damn invigilator didnt let me go toilet in the first hour which made it worse. Mind went completely blank.

I looked at mark schemes and think I got 32/72 +14 2nd paper so 46/90 in that exam. Looked at MEI ums grade boundaries and 50% was usually 40% ums. I got 75 in m1 and 96 c1. So out of the remainder c2,c3,s1 I would need an average of around 90ums per module. Im pretty sure I defintely didnt get that, I will be off an A grade overall by like 10 ums .

I think my overall grades will be Bio A*,chem A, Math B. I have really just been feeling very demotivated the last few weeks as I worked my ass off so hard to try get into medicine and it could be over because out of the 16 or so exams I took , during 1 of them I just had a **** day and its going to affect my future this much.

I guess what im asking is for advice? what should I do in my situation. Im grateful for any advice.

p.s. for record as maybe this may be helpful my gcses are 4A*3A 2B C (AB double science but should be A*A* as my school was 2nd worst in borough and didnt know how to mark c/w so everyone had their c/w grades downgraded...great......... Had this all in my reference but uni's either didnt care or look at it)

p.s.s oh yeah and I know I could do grad entry, but im not very optimistic about that. From what I hear its even more difficult than undergrad entry. Already got all rejections now, so I dont even want to think about grad entry. My gcses aint great and I dont think I can get 700+ ish ukcat either.

You could resit the Maths and apply to medical schools which accept resitters. Also if you're going to get A*AB I think you would be able to still apply to places like keele and Bristol.

[Polioz]

(Original post by myyrh)
You could resit the Maths and apply to medical schools which accept resitters. Also if you're going to get A*AB I think you would be able to still apply to places like keele and Bristol.

I have AB (1 ums from an A -.-) in science so I cant apply there. Would they accept gcse retakes?

[Seek Help]

theres always a local mcdonalds willing to take you on board.

[myyrh]

(Original post by Polioz)
I have AB in science so I cant apply there. Would they count gcse retakes?

They do consider GCSE resits but they must have been achieved before the application cycle. What about BSMS? There is still a fair amount of choice between schools which accept resitters so I wouldn't lose hope yet.

[Niki_girl]

(Original post by Polioz)
Hey there, I applied for medicine this year and got all rejections due to mainly ukcat and GCSE's. I was hoping to apply next year and take a gap year but I have a big problem. One of my exams went very bad, my maths C4 exam. It was just one of those bad days that completely put me off and made me break down a bit. Really bad stomach cramps,nausia, car crash infront of bus blocking all cars which was pretty much the only bus route possible. I ended up running for about 20 minutes then luckily I saw my friend who called his mum to drive us to college. Luckily I left about an hour and half earlier than I would normally but I was still about 15 minutes late. I was very stressed and the damn invigilator didnt let me go toilet in the first hour which made it worse. Mind went completely blank.

I looked at mark schemes and think I got 32/72 +14 2nd paper so 46/90 in that exam. Looked at MEI ums grade boundaries and 50% was usually 40% ums. I got 75 in m1 and 96 c1. So out of the remainder c2,c3,s1 I would need an average of around 90ums per module. Im pretty sure I defintely didnt get that, I will be off an A grade overall by like 10 ums .

I think my overall grades will be Bio A*,chem A, Math B. I have really just been feeling very demotivated the last few weeks as I worked my ass off so hard to try get into medicine and it could be over because out of the 16 or so exams I took , during 1 of them I just had a **** day and its going to affect my future this much.

I guess what im asking is for advice? what should I do in my situation. Im grateful for any advice.

p.s. for record as maybe this may be helpful my gcses are 4A*3A 2B C (AB double science but should be A*A* as my school was 2nd worst in borough and didnt know how to mark c/w so everyone had their c/w grades downgraded...great......... Had this all in my reference but uni's either didnt care or look at it)

p.s.s oh yeah and I know I could do grad entry, but im not very optimistic about that. From what I hear its even more difficult than undergrad entry. Already got all rejections now, so I dont even want to think about grad entry. My gcses aint great and I dont think I can get 700+ ish ukcat either.

I know it's hard and really horrible anticipating results, especially when they're so important, but I genuinely think that you need to give it a month, actually receive your results, and then make a decision. It may be, that by some chance, you have managed to get an A in maths, and then all of this worrying will be in vain!

I'm not trying to patronize you, I too have an AAA offer for uni this year, and managed to freak out during the most important exam of my life. I know it sucks, when you've worked for months/ years (possibly) to get the offers and to get to this stage! At first I messed around with mark schemes and grade boundaries, trying to do mental calculations, but in truth this did me more harm than good - I can't change anything now!

Anyway, what were your AS UMS like? If you got 90% or more then you have reason to be optimistic, it means that you have "spare" UMS, e.g, you could have gotten 90% last year, and 70% this year, and come out with 80% overall = an A. Also consider, if relevant to your course, the weight of coursework, and how well you did in that!

Bad things happen to people in exams. Universities know this. If you are just a few marks off when your results come in, ask for a remark, if you have nothing to lose. Don't be so pessimistic! Your GCSEs would be considered very good at my school, and you haven't even sat the UKCAT, so you can't be sure that you'd do badly, it's all speculation

Lastly, don't worry about entry to Grad. medicine yet...put it into perspective, you haven't even seen your A2 results!

Good luck, I hope everything works out for you

[Polioz]

(Original post by myyrh)
They do consider GCSE resits but they must have been achieved before the application cycle. What about BSMS? There is still a fair amount of choice between schools which accept resitters so I wouldn't lose hope yet.

hmm so essentially I wont be able to resit my gcse's. I dont think they allow november exams anymore so I would have to do them in january but that will be too late?

I already applied BSMS and they rejected me as my gcse were not competitive enough? I think they gave me some mark and I had 22.5/30 where had i acheived 24/30 I would of gotten an interview.

[Polioz]

(Original post by Niki_girl)
I know it's hard and really horrible anticipating results, especially when they're so important, but I genuinely think that you need to give it a month, actually receive your results, and then make a decision. It may be, that by some chance, you have managed to get an A in maths, and then all of this worrying will be in vain!

I'm not trying to patronize you, I too have an AAA offer for uni this year, and managed to freak out during the most important exam of my life. I know it sucks, when you've worked for months/ years (possibly) to get the offers and to get to this stage! At first I messed around with mark schemes and grade boundaries, trying to do mental calculations, but in truth this did me more harm than good - I can't change anything now!

Anyway, what were your AS UMS like? If you got 90% or more then you have reason to be optimistic, it means that you have "spare" UMS, e.g, you could have gotten 90% last year, and 70% this year, and come out with 80% overall = an A. Also consider, if relevant to your course, the weight of coursework, and how well you did in that!

Bad things happen to people in exams. Universities know this. If you are just a few marks off when your results come in, ask for a remark, if you have nothing to lose. Don't be so pessimistic! Your GCSEs would be considered very good at my school, and you haven't even sat the UKCAT, so you can't be sure that you'd do badly, it's all speculation

Lastly, don't worry about entry to Grad. medicine yet...put it into perspective, you haven't even seen your A2 results!

Good luck, I hope everything works out for you

Thanks I hope everything works out too and you get into your school as well .

In As maths I had 96c1 75m1 and c2 to be decided.. but I think i got around 85-90. But its not really enough sadly because of how crap I did it c4 which REALLY drags my entire grade down.

Well I would get an A if s1 ends up being 100 and so does c2.. but that wont happen

c3 went pretty well thought I had 68/72... then realised I dropped another 4 marks because apparently 5x6=11 ... so 64/72 . Which isnt bad usually, but the paper was very easy so... prob will just be an A.

[myyrh]

(Original post by Polioz)
hmm so essentially I wont be able to resit my gcse's. I dont think they allow november exams anymore so I would have to do them in january but that will be too late?

I already applied BSMS and they rejected me as my gcse were not competitive enough? I think they gave me some mark and I had 22.5/30 where had i acheived 24/30 I would of gotten an interview.

Yeah I think that would be too late. I think BSMS might be a bit more forgiving on your GCSEs this time because you would have achieved A levels.

[Polioz]

(Original post by myyrh)
Yeah I think that would be too late. I think BSMS might be a bit more forgiving on your GCSEs this time because you would have achieved A levels.

I suppose its worth a shot, I will call them up tommorow and ask about gcse retakes as well.

I am also thinking about applying foundation courses but Im very limited as I do both biology and chemistry. I will give nottingham a go, but they only have 10 spaces O.O.

I think I am eligable for Kings too

[myyrh]

(Original post by Polioz)
I suppose its worth a shot, I will call them up tommorow and ask about gcse retakes as well.

I am also thinking about applying foundation courses but Im very limited as I do both biology and chemistry. I will give nottingham a go, but they only have 10 spaces O.O.

I think I am eligable for Kings too

You've got a much better chance with schools which accept resitters than the Nottingham foundation course.

[Polioz]

(Original post by myyrh)
You've got a much better chance with schools which accept resitters than the Nottingham foundation course.

The problem is after checking out the medicine wiki on resits for medicine, they all pretty much require extenuiating circumstances. Which I dont really have.

Any idea on the amount of applicants nottingham had for premed? I have a friend who got in, but rejected the offer.

[myyrh]

(Original post by Polioz)
The problem is after checking out the medicine wiki on resits for medicine, they all pretty much require extenuiating circumstances. Which I dont really have.

Any idea on the amount of applicants nottingham had for premed? I have a friend who got in, but rejected the offer.

Lancaster
Liverpool
Exeter
Plymouth
Manchester
UEA
Southampton
BSMS

Those are all resit unis which don't need extenuating circumstances.

[Harri95]

Could someone give me a rating on how good keele's nightlife is please


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[QTpie118]

Will B'ham uni consider me for Medicine if I get a B in one of my AS subjects?

[myyrh]

(Original post by QTpie118)
Will B'ham uni consider me for Medicine if I get a B in one of my AS subjects?

Probably not.