IB subjects to take for medicine??!

I would take a guess at Chemistry, Maths and Biology being the logical choices for higher level.

This TSR wiki page is also your friend

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Medical_School_IB_Requirements

Thanks .do I have to do maths at higher level to study medicine?

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Hi i'm currently in the IB and looking to do medicine

I take -
HL: Chemistry, Biology and Geography.
SL: Spanish, English and Maths

I wouldn't say that HL maths is required at all, many of my older friends who haven't taken HL maths have gotten into top universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial and Kings for Medicine so it most definitely isn't required. If you truly like the subject (hence why you're taking it at HL and devoting a lot of your time into studying it) then take it! If you're just taking it to make your application 'look good' then I'd suggest not as it could potentially pull your grades down, as it's one of the hardest subjects to score a 7 on.

I wanted to take -
Higher level : Chemistry , Biology, Geography
Standard level : Spanish ab initio, English , Maths

If I do ab initio will it give me less points?
I already learn french but I'd like a change

And thanks!
I feel that HL maths will be hard and pull down my overall grade so I decided to do geography as I am good at it.


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No

I wanted to take -
Higher level : Chemistry , Biology, Geography
Standard level : Spanish ab initio, English , Maths

If I do ab initio will it give me less points?
I already learn french but I'd like a change

And thanks!
I feel that HL maths will be hard and pull down my overall grade so I decided to do geography as I am good at it.


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We have the exact same subjects! (I also took french at GCSE, despised it although obtaining a good grade, and changed.) Most definitely not, Ab initio languages are unbelievably hard. We have to get up to SL level in 2 years, when students who do SL languages have been learning them for at least 4-5 years. They show universities that we are able to cope with a lot of new information and quickly get up to speed (essentially what universities courses are like.)

Hi,

I just applied for medicine and got two interviews. At HL I took bio, chem and econ and at SL I took spanish ab initio, maths and English lit.

You basically need bio and chem at HL (at 6s or 7,6) but few schools like Cambridge need maths at HL (not 100% sure). Tbh, just take bio and chem at HL and make all your other subjects be ones that you can score highly in. Obviously you need maths and English at any level if you're offering IB. Just choose subjects that you score highest in, as well.

I recommend looking up the requirements on the uni's website.

Thanks so much!!
Sorry for the late reply . I was revising lolso I took a break off TSR!!
But isn't higher maths harder than A2 maths? I don't really understand why Cambridge would not accept Standard Level Maths.

You don't need biology to do medicine as you normally do in the first or second year of med school iirc.
Maths HL, Chemistry HL and another science such as Physics would look the best imo.

Imperial and some others make biology mandatory.

You don't need biology to do medicine as you normally do in the first or second year of med school iirc.
Maths HL, Chemistry HL and another science such as Physics would look the best imo.