gcse grades for medicine

How many A* grades do you think you need at gcse to do medicine at university?

You do not need any A* in theory.
All unis ask for a certain number of A*s/A's. Having A*s wil give you an advantage at some unis such as birmingham, bristol, oxbridge etc.
But some unis do not really care, I.e. barts, liverpool, lancaster etc.
The most important factors are A levels and ukcat/bmat.
As having 10A*s at gcse, but CCCC in as level will lead to automatic rejections. Also having 4 A's at AS but having a ukcat of 500 will lead to rejections at most ukcat heavy unis.

To sum it up. Having a string of A*s at GCSE is very useful and will make your application more competitive, but it is not necessary. I know people who had no A*s but had 8+ A's, and managed to get into medicine. Its all about applying tactically. A safe number of A*s you should be hoping to get is around 8 if you wish to apply to non ukcat unis

Posted from TSR Mobile

I'd say minimum requirements (if you want to go to a really good uni) are all As with maybe only one B and a couple of A*s

Thank you, do you want to do medicine?

I want to do natural sciences

Oh cool I love science, are you doing your GCSE's?

I'm hoping to specialise into physics later on Yes I am, how about you?

yeah I am, good luck in your career choice. what do u take at GCSE?

Thanks Maths, English Lit+Lan, German, Stats (done I got an A), Geography, Music, RE shortcourse, Computer Science and Triple sciences, what about you?

oxbridge say that the most important grades are your a level medicine applicant last year needed A*A*A at A2 however gcses are a performance indicator so the higher grades you have the more you can prove yourself to be a better student than someone who has the same results as you but lower gcses.

I've applied for medicine this year
As everyone's been saying, it depends entirely on the medical schools you apply for, but a lot of them look at your top 8 GCSE results, including maths, english (language) and two sciences / double science. To stand a good chance of getting into some of the top ones (Oxford, etc) you'll need at least 8-10 A*s, but there are loads of good medical schools that regularly take on students with a number of As, Bs and a couple of Cs too. Plymouth for example only check that you meet their minimum requirements, so as long as you hit those, you'll be at no advantage having 8 A*s than you would if you had a load of As and Bs instead
It's a tactical game applying to medicine

7-8A*s for Oxbridge and Birmingham, for all the other lower rank Unis a few A*s should suffice, the more there is the more you will stand out in a tough competition, but most importantly A- levels and ukcat/bmat are the most important because they are harder and actually test the understanding (no regurgitation).

Nevertheless you should aim for a few A*s atleast 👍

Good luck!