[lemmethinkaboutit]

Hey guys,

I'm currently 16 and I was wondering if I should go for A levels or IB next year.
I want to study medicine in the future, so which path would be more practical?

Thanks.

[becca121]

(Original post by lemmethinkaboutit)
Hey guys,

I'm currently 16 and I was wondering if I should go for A levels or IB next year.
I want to study medicine in the future, so which path would be more practical?

Thanks.

Hi,

I did IB and am just about to start medical school in september, and I would say IB definitely doesn't hinder you- in interviews it was something I talked about quite a lot, and the EE gives you a chance to pursue something medical-ish. However, I think you should consider more which path is better for you in general, as unis care more (in my opinion) about your final results and how well you did than what you did!

[matilda ---]

Hi, i spent a year at a school studying the ib with biology, chemistry and english at higher and history, french and maths at standard level.

I want to go into medicine but universities are asking for really really high ib scores, the top unis anyway, like 39 - 42 out of 45, which is harder to achieve with certain subject combinations, and i'm thinking about switching and going through the a level process instead because i feel focusing on 4 subjects would be easier than 6.

As an ib student, would i find a levels easier - i would take biology, chemistry, english and french ..? Some of my friends who got their AS results today were telling me of Cs and Bs and how they were happy with those grades and these are people that, despite not having seen much of in the last year, i knew to be hardworkers who got As and Bs at GCSE. Are a levels that hard to do well in?

The belief held by ib students is that the a level folk have it easier, as friends doing a levels would tell their ib counterparts of the earlier summer holiday, more free time on their hands than to know what to do with and just the general laid back attitude they have towards their studies - everyone doing a levels would tell us ib lot we work too hard (it's true, the saying is if you do ib, you may pick two of the following:
1. good grades
2. enough sleep
3. social life)

what do you guys think?

[lemmethinkaboutit]

(Original post by becca121)
Hi,

I did IB and am just about to start medical school in september, and I would say IB definitely doesn't hinder you- in interviews it was something I talked about quite a lot, and the EE gives you a chance to pursue something medical-ish. However, I think you should consider more which path is better for you in general, as unis care more (in my opinion) about your final results and how well you did than what you did!

Thanks for posting!
I am actually planning to apply to UWC this year and they only offer IB, so I was wondering if that would be a good choice since I want to do medicine.
I feel more relaxed knowing now that it doesn't really matter. XP
Thanks!

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