please help!!!

i want to study Medicine at uni, and i really wouldn't do anything else...

For Gcse's i got 6A*'s 6A's 1B (1 mark off 2 more A*s)

AS- Maths A biology A chem A English lang B (one horrible paper!! getting remarked) n critical thinking C

And for A2 im predicted A's n B for Critical

Oh lay off it, as if you know. Say someone has 100% A* grades at GCSE and two of the places they applied to were Cambridge and Birmingham. We all know Birmingham love their A*s and so that may be considered his or her easy (or perhaps easier) option whereas Cambridge may be harder to get into as the applicant can't rely as much on GCSEs.

Sure getting into Medicine isn't easy but for every person there is a university that they stand the best chance of getting into, to think otherwise would be naive.

I just think people need to open their eyes a bit rather than just repeating the 'there are no easy options in Medicine' because "dah c00l 4th yearers sed it".

Oh lay off it, as if you know. Say someone has 100% A* grades at GCSE and two of the places they applied to were Cambridge and Birmingham. We all know Birmingham love their A*s and so that may be considered his or her easy (or perhaps easier) option whereas Cambridge may be harder to get into as the applicant can't rely as much on GCSEs.

Sure getting into Medicine isn't easy but for every person there is a university that they stand the best chance of getting into, to think otherwise would be naive.

I just think people need to open their eyes a bit rather than just repeating the 'there are no easy options in Medicine' because "dah c00l 4th yearers sed it".

You realise she's a med student right?

Sorry, i've had this debate with you before and I stand by what I have said- THERE ARE NO EASY OPTIONS FOR MEDICINE!!!!!!!!! As long as you apply to places where you are likely to meet the academic criteria.

Besides, as I have argued before. Someone who has 100% a* GCSEs is likely to be predicted AAA so meet Cambridge's admissions criteria as well. And as Cambridge has less applicants per place etc etc etc (really can't be bothered to argue this with you again)

(and 4th year??? Don't make me bloody laugh)

Come back with your offers, then perhaps we can discuss easy options. Easy option is subjective and suggests you are arrogant enough to believe you are guaranteed an offer from that establishment. The problem being the majority of applicants to medicine are extremely strong applicants.

Kind of easy for you to say? In your days there was virtually no competition, the fact you could get in with BCC is laughable.

Kind of easy for you to say? In your days there was virtually no competition, the fact you could get in with BCC is laughable. How about YOU come back and talk when you have been through the modern day admissions, THEN you will realise how tough it really is.

How about you do the same? And again tell me how easy some Unis are to get into

Would noone ake you out to play today so you are trolling TSR instead. It is really quite pathetic but I expect that is the kind of response you want. It must be such a boring existence being m4n0ran.

Sweetheart? Love? Crickey. Do you think you're Gene Hunt or something? Or are you actually from the past? Or just a troll? I'm wondering, you're about 17 right? So if you ever make it onto a hospital ward, Crazyhelicopter will be an SHO. Now that would be worth videotaping.

Kind of easy for you to say? In your days there was virtually no competition, the fact you could get in with BCC is laughable. How about YOU come back and talk when you have been through the modern day admissions, THEN you will realise how tough it really is.

When you have 100% A*s, likelyhood of 5 As at AS, great extra curriculum activities, amazing work experience and long term voluntary work WITH being a great and confident speaker then I am sure you too will be full of confidence. I've learnt that Medical admissions aren't as hard as they seem, because it is the QUALITY of competition and not the QUANTITY.

Although this may contradict my previous argument, the previous years (such as yours) lacked both quality and quantity in applicants and so it was easy to get in. Nowadays we have a bit more quality and lots more quantity.

You really ARE an idiot. Almost moron by name, definitely moron by nature...

No competition? The reality is, acording to UCAS stats, that it was easier last year than in our year of applying.


In 2008, applications were DOWN for medicine by 4.5% on 2007 entry. http://www.ucas.ac.uk/website/news/media_releases/2008/2008-04-23

2007 applications were DOWN 1.8% on 2006:
http://www.ucas.ac.uk/website/news/media_releases/2007/2007-10-31-first-figures

2006 figures down 2.89% on 2005
http://www.ucas.ac.uk/website/news/media_releases/2006/2006-10-31

Interestingly, for 2004 entry (when CH and I both started med school, applications were UP on 2003 entry by 3.8% www.epc.ac.uk/uploads/consultation/UCAS%20Statistics%202003-4.doc