Number of GCSE's for Medicine

My son is studying 10 GCSE's but considering dropping one which he struggles most at to focus on the other 9 and achieve the best grades he can. He would eventually like to study medicine. From what I have read most universities consider no more than your best 9 GCSE's. His school is advising to stick with the 10 as it will look better. Any help appreciated!

I understand why you want to drop ,but you don't leave any room for movement as he needs to do well in the 9 subjects. Also it depends on the subject he is dropping and if it is opening any A level subject.

My son is studying 10 GCSE's but considering dropping one which he struggles most at to focus on the other 9 and achieve the best grades he can. He would eventually like to study medicine. From what I have read most universities consider no more than your best 9 GCSE's. His school is advising to stick with the 10 as it will look better. Any help appreciated!

Really variable depending on medical school. Some score all GCSEs (e.g. Oxford), some only score a set number (e.g. Birmingham), some don't score any at all and just have minimum requirements (e.g. UCL, Imperial). Others are holistic and consider all the information (e.g. Cambridge).

It's fine, he can drop it and focus on doing as well as he can in the rest. He'll have plenty of options later still, he just may want to avoid one or two potentially).

My son is studying 10 GCSE's but considering dropping one which he struggles most at to focus on the other 9 and achieve the best grades he can. He would eventually like to study medicine. From what I have read most universities consider no more than your best 9 GCSE's. His school is advising to stick with the 10 as it will look better. Any help appreciated!

My son is studying 10 GCSE's but considering dropping one which he struggles most at to focus on the other 9 and achieve the best grades he can. He would eventually like to study medicine. From what I have read most universities consider no more than your best 9 GCSE's. His school is advising to stick with the 10 as it will look better. Any help appreciated!

Im in y13 and I’ve applied for medicine and have had 3 interviews and one rejection. I did 9 GCSES and got 5 8s, 3 7s and 1 grade 3. So from my personal experience I genuinely think if he’s getting overwhelmed by 10, he can easily drop 1 and jus focus on getting 7 or above on the other 9 subjects, bc as other people have said the grades are much more important than the quantity of subjects he does. Most Unis don’t really look at GCSEs ( you jus need grade 6 or above in 5 subjects). But some do such as Oxford, Cambridge but even then 9 GCSEs are fine. Most of the focus is on work exp, UCAT, and A levels

It's a language (compulsory to pick one at his school). The other 9 subjects are going well but to get near an A in the language it will be a lot of work.

wht language is he studying ??

Irish

Not entirely true
13 med schools score GCSE (14 at least, next year)
Another 9 have GCSE minimum requirements higher than 5 x 6s.
Cambridge has no definitive GCSE requirements

But better to do well in 9 than less well in 10, so dropping one is almost certainly the best option

is this some insider info you have that Newcastle will next year move scoring GCSEs now ? why do you think newc are changing their entry requirements , is it too many applicants / without GCSE requirements not qualified enough applicants ?

My son is studying 10 GCSE's but considering dropping one which he struggles most at to focus on the other 9 and achieve the best grades he can. He would eventually like to study medicine. From what I have read most universities consider no more than your best 9 GCSE's. His school is advising to stick with the 10 as it will look better. Any help appreciated!