Medicine

Im only a y11 student who is determined to do medicine in future but with all the forums i've read about grades/requirements, everyone seems to have outstanding grades (As and A*s) which i am not capable of however, i know i can get alot of As and Bs on results day. Im also doing chemistry, biology and english literature for my A-levels but i dont exactly want to do a fourth a level just so i can drop it :/

Wait and see how your results go, but, no offense going by those grades, your best bet would be to do Biomedical Science and if you REALLY want to do medicine, progress onto medicine directly (so long as you have achieved at least a 2:1).

It will basically mean you wait an extra 1 or 2 years but you can still get in no problem. =)

I don't want to be mean but, it is just how it is. I remember when I said I wanted to do medicine and was told the truth flat out and no sugar coating it either...

I will let you know what my results will be on the 20th August and maybe you could try and make judgement from that as im a bit stuck on what i want to do which includes dietetics, nursing or medicine etc

Im only a y11 student who is determined to do medicine in future but with all the forums i've read about grades/requirements, everyone seems to have outstanding grades (As and A*s) which i am not capable of however, i know i can get alot of As and Bs on results day. Im also doing chemistry, biology and english literature for my A-levels but i dont exactly want to do a fourth a level just so i can drop it :/

I know what you mean, I will provide an example.

Say you do Biomedical Science, Biochemistry etc... (A medical related course but, I do Biomedical Science and it is INCREDIBLY detailed in terms of medicine as it is), you can then progress onto this.

http://www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/medicine/mbbchgraduateentrymedicine/

There are universities which provide the graduate entry to medicine, so, 3 years doing Biomedical Science and 4 years doing Medicine, 7 years.

So, yeah. It will take a little longer but it will get you where you want.

Firstly, you haven't got your results yet so don't worry. Secondly, if you have as and bs at gcse that's no problem; as long as you have predictions of aaa at a level your grades won't hold you back at all. You just have to be clever in where you apply, so check out all the GCSE/as requirements for different med schools and don't apply to any who ask for rafts of a*s!

Just as an FYI, it is far far better to get straight into medicine than to do biomed and try to transfer across or so graduate entry medicine. Transfers are really hard to come by and gem is extremely expensive and facing some significant threats at the moment.

So my advice would be to wait and see what your GCSE results are, work hard for your a levels, get plenty of work experience sorted over the next year or so, and apply sensibly!

Also, regarding your a level choices, doing only 2 sciences is absolutely fine. However, I think most med schools would ask for at least 4 as levels so you should take 4 subjects next year even if you drop one for a2. Take whatever you like, something you enjoy and can do well in.


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