People have told me that an achieved A* at A-level won't be an advantage over an achieved A when applying for medicine, as apparently unis just wan't to see if you can meet their minimum requirements of AAA, and anything higher will not put you in any better stead.
This is all very fine but then why do the majority not really admit that many candidates with the minimum GCSE requirements, the universities instead prefer people who have exceeded the minimum requirements for GCSE.
So why then not prefer candidates with A*s at A-level?