a 6 in biology but medicine

so I got my results and received 3A*,5A and 2Bs with the Bs in French and biology. After getting results, I’ve began considering medicine but I’ve been upset about my biology.. I got into sixth form to do chem, bio and history but I’m worried that my biology gcse will hold me back from getting accepted. could anyone please give advice about my biology and if medicine can still be an option? btw I did get an A* in chemistry

Reply 1

alexa242424

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Reply 2

nightsky24

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I got 3A*, 4As and 2Bs. In my sciences I got:
- bio 6
- chem 8
- phys 7

Reply 3

nightsky24

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if I work hard at a level and try to get good predictions especially biology, could it make the 6 look less important as they’ll consider the fact that my prediction is much better? Thank you so much :smile:

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username4855894

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Where are you thinking of applying to?

Original post by nightsky24

if I work hard at a level and try to get good predictions especially biology, could it make the 6 look less important as they’ll consider the fact that my prediction is much better? Thank you so much :smile:

Original post by nightsky24

so I got my results and received 3A*,5A and 2Bs with the Bs in French and biology. After getting results, I’ve began considering medicine but I’ve been upset about my biology.. I got into sixth form to do chem, bio and history but I’m worried that my biology gcse will hold me back from getting accepted. could anyone please give advice about my biology and if medicine can still be an option? btw I did get an A* in chemistry

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nightsky24

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Original post by Sososnake

Where are you thinking of applying to?

either Manchester university or Birmingham, it may change depending on whether they’ll take me in or not.

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username4855894

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Original post by nightsky24

either Manchester university or Birmingham, it may change depending on whether they’ll take me in or not.

Not sure about Manchester but Birmingham would be very risky as they are very gcse heavy

Reply 7

nightsky24

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so working hard at a level for bio might not be of any help there perhaps but thank you for letting me know :smile:

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alexa242424

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Original post by nightsky24

if I work hard at a level and try to get good predictions especially biology, could it make the 6 look less important as they’ll consider the fact that my prediction is much better? Thank you so much :smile:

Yes with good A level grades that can make the 6 in biology hardly matter and getting good work experience is helpful too.

Reply 9

nightsky24

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I’m hoping to apply to a local hospital so thank you for letting me know :smile:

I appreciate it

Original post by alexa242424

Yes with good A level grades that can make the 6 in biology hardly matter and getting good work experience is helpful too.

Reply 10

alexa242424

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Original post by nightsky24

I’m hoping to apply to a local hospital so thank you for letting me know :smile:

I appreciate it

No worries! That 6 in biology is nothing to worry about it, even when applying to the most competitive of universities!

Reply 11

nightsky24

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I didn’t really know where to post it as it’s my first time actually posting something but I’ll keep that in mind :smile:

thanks for the document, I’ll look through it

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nightsky24

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Original post by alexa242424

No worries! That 6 in biology is nothing to worry about it, even when applying to the most competitive of universities!

ok thanks again 😊

Reply 13

Lucyadams1937

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Original post by nightsky24

I got 3A*, 4As and 2Bs. In my sciences I got:
- bio 6
- chem 8
- phys 7

most unis wanted a 6 for the sciences but double check!

If you're close to a 7 you could try a remark?

Reply 14

nightsky24

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I’m 8 marks off a 7 and tbh I still can’t bekieve I did that bad, I feel like there could be a mistake but idek. Manchester needs 2 6s at minimum so thank you

Original post by Lucyadams1937

most unis wanted a 6 for the sciences but double check!

If you're close to a 7 you could try a remark?

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username4903484

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I'm pretty sure it's too early for even any of us to be worrying about where we should be applying to now, especially because we've only done our GCSEs which is like the first step, other factors are yet to come in to play. I guess year 12 hasn't started yet so just try to understand any the hard topics in Biology and try the best you can for now.

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Lucyadams1937

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Original post by nightsky24

I’m 8 marks off a 7 and tbh I still can’t bekieve I did that bad, I feel like there could be a mistake but idek. Manchester needs 2 6s at minimum so thank you

8 Mark's off isnt bad for a remark. My friend remarked maths for which she was 10 Mark's of a 9 and she got it!

But if you decide not to it's fine also because most medical schools require Bs but once again double check this now for the medical schools you would like to apply for so this doesnt become a hindrance in the future !

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nightsky24

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Original post by Lucyadams1937

8 Mark's off isnt bad for a remark. My friend remarked maths for which she was 10 Mark's of a 9 and she got it!

But if you decide not to it's fine also because most medical schools require Bs but once again double check this now for the medical schools you would like to apply for so this doesnt become a hindrance in the future !

thank you so much! I’m thinking of getting it remarked if my paper 2 mark is low as I feel like that’s the one that affected me the most but it wasn’t that bad to get me a 6 :frown:

I’ll keep looking at requirements :smile:

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Lucyadams1937

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Original post by nightsky24

thank you so much! I’m thinking of getting it remarked if my paper 2 mark is low as I feel like that’s the one that affected me the most but it wasn’t that bad to get me a 6 :frown:

I’ll keep looking at requirements :smile: