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Thinking of applying to Oxbridge?

I am considering applying to Oxford or Cambridge to study medicine, I am aware how competitive places are especially for medicine! What are the grades/work experience etc. I would need to even start to think about competing for a place? I am doing things like dofe, volunteering in a local care home, am studing biology, chemistry, maths and physics, also am participating in both chemistry and biology olympiad, maths uk challenge and a bunch of extra stuff. I understand that i will need to be aiming for 4 A's at AS with 95%> ums etc but is there anything they particularly like or look for in medical applicants? Any information much appriciated even if just about med schools/oxbridge in general. Also If anyone can recommend any other med schools I should look into please advise!
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I am considering applying to Oxford or Cambridge to study medicine, I am aware how competitive places are especially for medicine! What are the grades/work experience etc. I would need to even start to think about competing for a place? I am doing things like dofe, volunteering in a local care home, am studing biology, chemistry, maths and physics, also am participating in both chemistry and biology olympiad, maths uk challenge and a bunch of extra stuff. I understand that i will need to be aiming for 4 A's at AS with 95%> ums etc but is there anything they particularly like or look for in medical applicants? Any information much appriciated even if just about med schools/oxbridge in general. Also If anyone can recommend any other med schools I should look into please advise!


These links may help you, my friend whos looking to go into medicine has a ton of work experience in volunteering and hospital assistance.
These may help you:

Cambridge prospectus (entry requirements etc) - http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/medicine/

Oxford - http://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/medicine
This sounds very good. From what I've gathered, Cambridge care more about you getting very high UMS at AS and Oxford consider your % of A* grades at GCSE - what were your GCSE grades?
In terms of your applications to all medical schools, have you done any work experience or are you looking to get some?

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