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Medicine 2015 Entry Thread!

Hey guys, thought I would start a thread for hopeful 2015 Medicine applications. I know it's early but who cares. We all need to start somewhere. This thread is for those who are in Year 11 in England! :smile:

Post away.

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EDIT: Here's the connect/stalking pages for Medicine. You'll be able to see other applicants' grades and offers. If you enter your details it will be really helpful for other people applying. :h:
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Reply 1
Wow this is pretty Early. Preparation is important, but you have got quite a while. I am in year 12 applying in October, happy to answer any questions you have.
Ola!

I'll join in too. I am a mature applicant and am going to try for 2014 entry whilst I study my access course (A-Level alternative), but it may be that Unis don't consider me til I've finished the course in which case 2015 entry it is....
Reply 3
This thread comes finally!!!
I am waiting for this thread for a lot of time honestly, just want to meet people on TSR who has the same passion as mine to read medicine at university.
Reply 4
Hi, I have offers for 2013 entry Cardiff firm and Sheffield insurance happy to answer any questions and hey why just England, Wales has same entrance process.

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Reply 5
Wow, this is early! I applied this year for the second time and now have an offer for Newcastle, and I too am happy to answer any questions you've got.

Good luck guys! :biggrin:
Reply 6
I am mature student studying Bsc hons ....hoping to get in medicine GEP ....m glad to join this thread ..just to get updated with tips..
Reply 7
Original post by JackTeh96
This thread comes finally!!!
I am waiting for this thread for a lot of time honestly, just want to meet people on TSR who has the same passion as mine to read medicine at university.


Yeah! :smile:
Reply 8
Good luck peeps long road ahead. Starting early puts you in good stead; try and get well informed during Summer of different careers before you confirm Medicine is absolutely right for you and that you want to be a doctor, because there are other wonderfully rewarding careers in NHS/healthcare/science, too! This would give a clear sense of direction with regard to all your activities/work experience towards your application.
Reply 9
I would have to say check out all your options I decided to do medicine then vetinary science then dentistry then medicine again even looked at nursing ha i guess it was always medicine but het try it all and make the right decision

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What kind of G.C.S.E grades you guys achieved or are predicted?
Reply 11
10A* 2A
AAAA at AS
715 UKCAT

If that was directed at 2013 entrants!

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Reply 12
Original post by Unknown505
What kind of G.C.S.E grades you guys achieved or are predicted?


My results that are predicted:



A in Maths

A in Photography

A in History

A in I.T. Bacs

A* in Film Studies

B in Relious Studies

B in DiDA

B in English

C in Science *

C in Additional Sciene *


* The science department could not decide whether or not to enter me for Higher or Foundation Science and they entered me for Foundation which is now a decision they regret and I did try to be put in for the higher option.


Really annoyed me about Science but doing Biology and Chemistry next year at A-Level and Maths (with Mechancis too).
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Reply 13
I'm Year 11 and have a major passion and want to be a doctor however only decided around November/December this year after I got over being squeamish and had major surgery myself - let me realise how important it really is.

I'm FFT predicted all A* par drama and German but my realistic hopes/expectations are:


A* maths (already have)

B English Lit

B English Lang (I'd love an A but I've barely revised because I've been revising history)

A* History (could be an A if the Cold War exam goes tits up...)

A ICT

A Core Science (already have)

A* Additional Science (expecting it to border A/A* could go either side because I screwed up physics but I have a high ISA mark which will hopefully save me)

A Drama (had a weird examiner so no one knows how she'll mark - if she's generous, A*, harsh B and normal will get me an A)

B German

A/A* Philosophy&Ethics

A* statistics

Pass in sports leadership level 2 (had to change from GCSE PE due to health reasons meaning I wouldn't have passed GCSE PE)



What's everyone doing to prep? I have work experience planned shadowing my surgery at one of the top three hospitals in the world for his specialty :biggrin: :biggrin:
Any questions about KCL, Manchester, Newcastle or Nottingham fire away :smile: If I was you guys I'd start emailing around for volunteering jobs.
Reply 15
Original post by Hippokrates
Any questions about KCL, Manchester, Newcastle or Nottingham fire away :smile: If I was you guys I'd start emailing around for volunteering jobs.


Already done going to get a place at hospital as a volunteer.
Original post by jsmben
Already done going to get a place at hospital as a volunteer.


Which ward? I do MAU which is really good :smile:
Reply 17
Original post by Hippokrates
Which ward? I do MAU which is really good :smile:


Still waiting for full details of the placement as I start in September.
Reply 18
I think I want to do Medicine.. I don't know.. I'm really confused at the minute haha! Like, it seems logical from the subjects I'm doing, and I like sciences and I do want to help people, and it seems really cool and interesting, but I'm not sure. I would like to do something to help people in the longterm, like help cure a disease or something, but I don't know, is medicine the way to do that?
As for predicted grades, I'm looking at pretty much A*s the whole way through everything, except maybe english lang and lit where I'm hoping for As and possibly RE if I don't start doing some work :P
What are people doing for A levels? And also how did you get work experience and stuff? We're doing work experience in school in january, should I try to get something before that or not?
Reply 19
This is my predicted grade:
IGCSE CIE
English Language B
Maths A* (already done)
Biology A*
Chemistry A*
Physics A*
Business Studies A
Music A*
Chinese First Language A
Additional Maths A*

I am taking Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths in A level, but i am considering doing six modules on maths in one year because i have pretty much learnt the content on Core 1 & 2 before.
I want to go to Cambridge/ Imperial/UCL to study medicine but then i realised that they all need BMAT which is veryyy risky. What universities are you guys hoping to apply?? I haven't done any working experience, but i have done some volunteering work and i will definitely do some shadowing/observing over the summer.

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