Cambridge Pre-U any benefit for Medicine application?

Hello! I'm thinking of taking a pre u as well! Which pre U's are you thinking of?


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The Cambridge Pre-U. I think it's worth it, plus all Universities accept it, but I suggest you have a mixture of A-Levels and Pre-U, like 4 A-Levels and Pre-U. That not only looks good to Unis but also shows you're an allround candidate, that's if your doing Science and Maths A-Levels, Pre-U will show that you have another skill on you.

Btw, Pre-U stands for Preparation for University or something like that, LOL, but yeah, it tests your skills on locating and researching material and being able to spot logical fallacies in an argument. I think it's worthwhile for developing your argument skills and opinions, so Yeah I think it's worth it, but that's up to you to decide. Oh, also cos it's preparing you for Uni, KNOW that the teacher isn't going to help you when you're writing up an essay you're interested in, treat it like Uni, you choose a world topic that interests you and you have to find the info, check if it's reliable and all that crap then write your essay. I find it quite fun to do, cos you can write your opinion about anything!!! And it gets sent to Cambridge, so it's kinda cool if you have a genuine interest in world events or issues, I don't know if this will help at all! But yeah, just said what I know

Thank you! Thats so helpful! Just wondering did you take a pre u? I'm thinking of taking bio, chem and maths a level and maybe pre u in economics

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The Cambridge Pre-U. I think it's worth it, plus all Universities accept it, but I suggest you have a mixture of A-Levels and Pre-U, like 4 A-Levels and Pre-U. That not only looks good to Unis but also shows you're an allround candidate, that's if your doing Science and Maths A-Levels, Pre-U will show that you have another skill on you.

Btw, Pre-U stands for Preparation for University or something like that, LOL, but yeah, it tests your skills on locating and researching material and being able to spot logical fallacies in an argument. I think it's worthwhile for developing your argument skills and opinions, so Yeah I think it's worth it, but that's up to you to decide. Oh, also cos it's preparing you for Uni, KNOW that the teacher isn't going to help you when you're writing up an essay you're interested in, treat it like Uni, you choose a world topic that interests you and you have to find the info, check if it's reliable and all that crap then write your essay. I find it quite fun to do, cos you can write your opinion about anything!!! And it gets sent to Cambridge, so it's kinda cool if you have a genuine interest in world events or issues, I don't know if this will help at all! But yeah, just said what I know

Title pretty much says it all. Is Cambridge Pre-U of any benefit of increasing your chances to studying Medicine at the Russell Group Unis along with your other A-Level subjects?

i take the pre u and you don't know what you are talking about.

From your own experience would you recommend others to take it?

definitely the courses ive done in pre u have been so much more interesting with much more choice over what you can study/ what your teachers can choose you study and a more freedom in essays in terms of what you can write and still get marks . and having no year 12 exam means you can focus on learning for much longer before actually revising

That's good Do you have to do coursework to kinda make up for there being no exams on the first year?