Applying to UCAS as a private candidate

Can I apply to UCAS without my school as they refuse to give me a higher predicted grade for medicine. Can I get my chemistry tutor to give me predicted grades and do my reference?

Yes.

However, your Chemistry tutor will (well, should) want to see evidence as to the level at which you're performing across all subjects before they make any predictions.

There really is little point in them predicting grades that you have no hope of obtaining.

Can I apply to UCAS without my school as they refuse to give me a higher predicted grade for medicine. Can I get my chemistry tutor to give me predicted grades and do my reference?

Schools are not meant to just give you a grade. They are meant to give you the grade they believe you will achieve. Even if you were predicted an A grade you will still need to achieve that. How is your tutor going to be able to accurately predict your other subjects when they have no knowledge of the standard you are working at. Just using someone who will just predict what you want is not going to help you achieve the grades in actual exams and you will just end up with a rejection on results day.

I’ve seen people say they’d need to tutor me for a minimum amount of hours to see what level I’m working at but I don’t know how this works since I am doing 3 A levels so I’d need someone to see my level for maths (my chem tutor does both chem and bio for me). My tutor has also been tutoring me for 3+ years so they know me fairly well. In my y12 exams, which were used for my predicted grades, I underperformed due to a number of reasons and I got graded down too apparently bc of this years A level results so I know I am capable of achieving way higher (assuming also that I will improve more for my actual a level exams). My point is that I’m not worried that I won’t be able to achieve a certain grade. If I don’t get a higher predicted grade now I won’t be able to apply for medicine and if I do get predicted higher grades and don’t achieve those at a level then I won’t get in either so either way I’m not losing anything if that makes sense.

Your view is that your capable of achieving it. Your teacher believes otherwise and they have more experience than you so know what to expect.

As far as being because of this years A level results, many students who believed they would get better grades didnt do so due to changing grade boundaries. The fact is the pass and grade rates over the last 3 years have been totally false due to the excessive grades given under Teacher Assessed grades. This wont happen again. We are now back to exam grades and percentages are back at around pre 2019 levels. Your school realise this and are making predictions accordingly.

You are the last person who will know what you will achieve. You have no experience of what level is required as you cannot compare yourself to others in previous years which your teachers can.

Okay thanks for your help. My original question still remains unanswered.

Okay thanks for your help. My original question still remains unanswered.