Hi! I'm 18 and I've just applied for the A levels Biology, Geography, Psychology and English. I wanted to take Chemistry but as of this moment I don't know if I'm going to be allowed in due to other reasons related to GCSE. Time will tell.
I've been looking up Biomed/Pharma courses from all sorts of different unis and they all look fascinating and really look like the career path I want to ensue. For a long time I've researched and self taught biology, pharmacology and some neuroscience, to a degree. And I'm quite the procrastinator so it seems strange to me but I truly thoroughly enjoy it.
As for not being able to do chemistry, its a long story with problems to do with family, high school and others which ultimately led to some bad grades. I'm hoping not taking chemistry won't be too much of a bother for my choices (although it looks like it will be
)!
However I'm trying to patch out the Chem for now by doing some field work and volunteering. For instance, I'm soon to be volunteering at a hospital and have my interview in 10 days, I'm also considering doing a premed for 1 week in the near future.
Enough about me now though. I have some questions about these courses as I'm not 100% on everything
and I'd like some peoples opinions on either my situation, the courses or both.
The current questions are as follows:
How competitive are these courses?
What are the
average minimum grades for these courses?
What jobs do these courses open up to me?
If I complete these courses, and decided I wanted to go further down the line E.G Medicine or Dentistry, would they even consider a Biomed or Pharma degree for a postgraduate Medical course? If so, how competitive is it?
Thank you !