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Do I need A level biology to study medicine at university?

I'm going into year 12 next year, and I chose Chemistry, Maths, Physics and Computing as my subjects. I was going to do Biology instead of physics but it didn't work with the way my school had their subject blocks.To be honest I don't really know what I want to do like in the future, but I was considering medicine/being a doctor. I know you would need chemistry, but it seems you need biology as well. Would I need to possibly rethink my subject choices? Thanks
Not necessarily because you can get into a lot of medical schools (if not all) with those subjects however this girl I know studying medicine at imperial says that biology is the most focused part of the course and that it's important you take it because it will make the years easier however it's not the end of the work if you don't


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Lots of TSR info on applying for Medicine here : http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Medicine
It would be highly recommended to do biology if you want to do medicine.
Its worth looking at Biomedical/Medical Sciences/Pharmacology instead of just 'Medicine' if you are not doing Biology. They are subjects that are much easier to get a place on than Medicine, and gives you enormous career potential. Medical Scientists win Nobel Prizes - not GPs.

Birmingham : http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/med/biomedical-science.aspx
Oxford Brookes : http://www.brookes.ac.uk/studying-at-brookes/courses/undergraduate/2015/biomedical-science/
Bristol : http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cellmolmed/study/undergraduate/degrees/
Southampton : http://www.southampton.ac.uk/biosci/undergraduate/courses/b210_bsc_pharmacology.page
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You don't need to, however majority of medicine students do biology at a-level mainly because that is the main focus in medical school. So it will help you a lot if you did do it at a-level.
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Its worth looking at Biomedical/Medical Sciences/Pharmacology instead of just 'Medicine' if you are not doing Biology. They are subjects that are much easier to get a place on than Medicine, and gives you enormous career potential. Medical Scientists win Nobel Prizes - not GPs.

Birmingham : http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/med/biomedical-science.aspx
Oxford Brookes : http://www.brookes.ac.uk/studying-at-brookes/courses/undergraduate/2015/biomedical-science/
Bristol : http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cellmolmed/study/undergraduate/degrees/
Southampton : http://www.southampton.ac.uk/biosci/undergraduate/courses/b210_bsc_pharmacology.page


That is not true, Frederick Banting was a GP when he won the Nobel prize for Medicine in 1923 for the discovery and use of insulin to treat diabetes.

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