Medicine Resit Applicants' Success Stories?

people, when you put down A level grades down it says qualification taken do you put june 2010 or august 2010?


i got my final A level results last month

people, when you put down A level grades down it says qualification taken do you put june 2010 or august 2010?


i got my final A level results last month

Thanks!!

hey, i got the same as you pretty much BBBa (a was an AS).
where are you applying? i have decided to do a degree then to try grad entry as i have found that this year you pretty much need to get all you grades up to AAA and even then i was under the impression that most unis will look at your application less favourably, plus with this new A* i was concerned i would be more at a disadvantage.
Also where can you apply with BBB at first sitting?

Peninsula
Keele
UEA
Liverpool
BSMS (Don't Advise it)

Kings Extended Medical Degree Programme
UEA Six Year MB/BS with a foundation year
Southampton BM6

Thanks though in all honesty i am not sure if i resat i would get AAA and some of my subjects i have a few low modules so would need to retake a lot. I have come round to think i will do a degree and if i still want to do it i will do grad entry. I know its competitive but people still do it. If i start the degree and hate it i will think again but i am really hoping i dont!
I thought about southampton BM6 and UEA but it is likely my families financial situation will change so wont qualify, not sure if i even do for UEA tbh. Though knowing my luck it wont and i will wish i had reapplied. Oh i hate this, just as i have my mind set on one thing i worry i have made the wrong decision.

How many marks are you away from the A in each subject?

You should check with Soton if your post code places you in the lowest 20% of the IMD

If I were you personally, I would take a gap year and re-apply, while trying to retake. If you manage to pull it off and get both offers and the grades the awesome, and put 1 or 2 of your choices for the other degree you are considering.

That way you would have given getting into medicine as a school leaver the best chance, then go to university.

The year will also give you good time to think what you want to do with your life and become certain with your choices, afterall you should never make life changing decisions without over thinking it.

i know my postcode won't fulfil that criteria. All my modules are probably about at least 20 marks off.
Thanks for the help but i think for me this is the best way. x

Thanks though in all honesty i am not sure if i resat i would get AAA and some of my subjects i have a few low modules so would need to retake a lot. I have come round to think i will do a degree and if i still want to do it i will do grad entry. I know its competitive but people still do it. If i start the degree and hate it i will think again but i am really hoping i dont!
I thought about southampton BM6 and UEA but it is likely my families financial situation will change so wont qualify, not sure if i even do for UEA tbh. Though knowing my luck it wont and i will wish i had reapplied. Oh i hate this, just as i have my mind set on one thing i worry i have made the wrong decision.

To be honest, I agree.

(Unless - If you had more confidence in your ability of getting AAA, then i am pretty confident that with a good enough personal statement and UKCAT score you would be able to get at the very least one interview)

It looks as though Peninsula might be changing their resit policy to exclude those without an A in their first attempt A levels (they currently accept first attempt grades of 300 points across 3 A levels). I think they are deciding in a week or two... FOR THE FORTHCOMING CYCLE. So please watch out for that if you do decide to reapply.

And btw I don't think Liverpool accept resits any more. Best to check.

It looks as though Peninsula might be changing their resit policy to exclude those without an A in their first attempt A levels (they currently accept first attempt grades of 300 points across 3 A levels). I think they are deciding in a week or two... FOR THE FORTHCOMING CYCLE. So please watch out for that if you do decide to reapply.

And btw I don't think Liverpool accept resits any more. Best to check.

Thanks though in all honesty i am not sure if i resat i would get AAA and some of my subjects i have a few low modules so would need to retake a lot. I have come round to think i will do a degree and if i still want to do it i will do grad entry. I know its competitive but people still do it. If i start the degree and hate it i will think again but i am really hoping i dont!
I thought about southampton BM6 and UEA but it is likely my families financial situation will change so wont qualify, not sure if i even do for UEA tbh. Though knowing my luck it wont and i will wish i had reapplied. Oh i hate this, just as i have my mind set on one thing i worry i have made the wrong decision.

It looks as though Peninsula might be changing their resit policy to exclude those without an A in their first attempt A levels (they currently accept first attempt grades of 300 points across 3 A levels). I think they are deciding in a week or two... FOR THE FORTHCOMING CYCLE. So please watch out for that if you do decide to reapply.

And btw I don't think Liverpool accept resits any more. Best to check.

What degree are you thinking of doing?

Best of luck with whatever you decide. It is a tough decision.

I oscillate between being quietly confident and paralysed by the difficulty. The difference between meeting my 2010 offers and being cast into the Medicine wilderness forever is tiny, 6 and 8 UMS in chem and maths but the consequences are disproportionately dire. Of course I should have taken greater care. I wish now I had not done 4 A levels. It was 33.3% more work than was necessary.

I now have a huge UKCAT score. But nowhere I'm applying to cares about UKCAT. My life is an Alan Ayckbourn farce.

Peninsula are cutting it fine this year!

Liverpool do still accept resits but this is what they say: "Applications from candidates resitting advance level examinations may be considered if the applicant otherwise meets the GCSE criteria (as above). Applicants must acknowledge and reflect on their need to resit in the personal statement "

Peninsula would surely have a moral duty to consider an application submitted prior to the update of their new selection criteria for resitters? They can't go changing the rules AFTER someone has applied. Shirley?

Interesting about Liverpool, I seem to be totally confused about them. Please ignore me.

I mean to email each med school I apply to prior to applying. To check they will consider my application. I suggest other resitters do likewise.

And, Vas, thanks for all your help on this thread. Your advice has been invaluable.

If only I qualified for the King's College London 'Extended Medical Degree Programme', I wish I lived in London.