Kings or LSOP - competitive?

hamstein

Hey just wondering which is more competitive Kings or Pharmacy, I have predicted grades ABC and Kings ask for BBBe and LSOP ask for ABB-BBB.

Would it be wise to chance it with one, both or none of them and waste a choice? :confused:

Is anyone or has anyone been in my situation :s I don't know what to do :frown:

If say I got higher than my predicted grades would I be able to ring up even if the Uni I want to go to wasn't one of my choices?

get your teacher to predict you higher. is the C in chemistry? if yes then i dont think you will get an offer with C in chemistry. work hard to try to get ABB. and you dont have to show your AS grades show them as pending retake some AS modules to get more UMS marks :smile:

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hamstein

Hey just wondering which is more competitive Kings or Pharmacy, I have predicted grades ABC and Kings ask for BBBe and LSOP ask for ABB-BBB.

Would it be wise to chance it with one, both or none of them and waste a choice? :confused:

Is anyone or has anyone been in my situation :s I don't know what to do :frown:

If say I got higher than my predicted grades would I be able to ring up even if the Uni I want to go to wasn't one of my choices?

looking at your AS results you got BCD (english, chemistry, maths)
general studies and media studies are considered as soft subjects and might not be accepted.

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OP

Oh thats okay haha I dropped media and general studies is just something we do on the day. I was so close to a B though in Chemistry so annoying and a mark off an A in english. And Maths just went horribly wrong =/ Can I set my results as pending through the website or does my teacher have to do that? I'll probably get predicted ABC =/

Reply 4

petzneo

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The chemistry needs to go up to a B, or I wouldn't apply to kings unless you have special circumstances.

In terms of your question, knigs are more competitive as they take on less people and don't ask for an interview. Therefore only apply if you think your P.S. is top notch! Also if you miss your grades don't expect them to take you on, they are not lenient in these cases, trust me I know!

On the otherhand LSOP takes on more people, and is definitely much more lenient. From wot I heard someone hear got into LSOP with ABC. As long as you get an interview, expect to get an offer unless you really mess up...

Also you may have to retake that maths if you can, getting it up to a C would be good. Also if you decide you don't wanna include it in your UCAS application, kings will have to give you an interview amnd probably a higher offer eg ABB.

Good luck with your application!

Reply 5

hamstein

Oh thats okay haha I dropped media and general studies is just something we do on the day. I was so close to a B though in Chemistry so annoying and a mark off an A in english. And Maths just went horribly wrong =/ Can I set my results as pending through the website or does my teacher have to do that? I'll probably get predicted ABC =/

retake maths and chem modules. and ask your teacher to predict ABB. you have to put in your results in ucas

Reply 6

OP

nooooooooo my maths teacher predicted me a C she said no to a B because I may not be able to achieve it. She also said I wasn't allowed to retake all maths modules as it'll be too much workload. Would ABC be do-able applying to LSOP? :s I don't know whether to put Kings and LSOP or just LSOP.

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hamstein

nooooooooo my maths teacher predicted me a C she said no to a B because I may not be able to achieve it. She also said I wasn't allowed to retake all maths modules as it'll be too much workload. Would ABC be do-able applying to LSOP? :s I don't know whether to put Kings and LSOP or just LSOP.

if you get an offer of ABB from LSOP you have a chance of getting in. even if you dont meet the offer and get ABC, depending on how many people applied that year and how many meeting the offer. i dont know if they will give you an offer with ABC prediction.

Reply 8

petzneo

The chemistry needs to go up to a B, or I wouldn't apply to kings unless you have special circumstances.

IMO one might struggle with the chemistry content of the course with anything less than a B.

Reply 9

OP

okies I'll push the chem up to a B apparently not having biology as an AS works against me :s

Reply 10

I guess you can look at it that way, but IMO as long as you have good GCSE biology, you'll be OK. The chemistry part of the course is a lot more challenging IMO (especially at the top universities anyway).

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OP

Kingspharm

I guess you can look at it that way, but IMO as long as you have good GCSE biology, you'll be OK. The chemistry part of the course is a lot more challenging IMO (especially at the top universities anyway).

Isn't pharmacy the same at all universities since it's the same course?
Oh I got a B in bio lol

Reply 12

Theoretically yes.

The pharmacy course content should all be the same - i.e. all the universities teach the same broad subjects in accordance with the RPSGB's approval. However, the universities are free to structure the course however they like - so it can be easier to pass at some universities compared to others depending on the strengths in your knowledge.

e.g. IMO it's harder to pass if you've got to get 40% in the chemistry aspects of the course, 40% in the therapeutics aspects, 40% in law&practice and 40% in pharmaceutics rather than 40% in cardiovascular disease, 40% in central nervous system, etc. (where each body system is composed of 25% of each of chemistry/therapeutics/law&practice/pharmaceutics) - you can pass just by knowing law&practice and therapeutics really well and know next-to-no chemistry... :smile:

Hard to explain, but been there...done that. :biggrin:

Reply 13

OP

oh wow how do you know what universities aren't so heavily chemistry based?

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