*MEGATHREAD* Medicine AS Results Advice & Discussion Thread

hey y'all, im a newbie to this thread as i have recently decided to do medicine, i had always looked at it but never sure what to do and over the summer my mind was made up that i really want to pursue it. However i took humanities A levels so i would have to apply for medicine with a foundation year... My ASs are in Classical Civilisation, History, English lit and Latin and achieved A (86%), A (88%), B (5 marks off an A) and C (64%) and in latin i'm going for a remark as i got given a D in my language paper but i'm not really persuaded that i did THAT badly. OK, so does anyone know any more about these courses? do i still have to apply early? what is the UKCAT like? is it still as competitive as medicine? Also will they consider my A*s in science and maths GCSEs? literally any info ill help and will i need work experience?

Hi!

I've just got my result last Thursday and I'm thinking of applying medicine for entry in September 2014 but I got a B in Chem! Nevertheless I got a steady and solid A's in Biology and Maths. I know that most of the uni in UK demand for 3A's which includes an A in Chem but is there any other uni that offer a B in Chem? If not what about studying medicine in Ireland instead? Any suggestions guys??

Thanks in advance!

Hey bud!

Honestly, you're good to apply pretty much wherever you want. What you've outlined there would get a you a near perfect academic score at Edinburgh - what you have to keep in mind is that we place a lot of emphasis on the non-academic side of your application (for the past fews years, it's actually been more important than your academics), and the UKCAT (the weighting is being upped to 16% of your allocated score for this cycle), even if you get a below average UKCAT, though, you could still apply to Edinburgh and be in with a shot if the rest of your application is good! My academics sucked in comparison to other applicants, but my PS brought my score up enough to get an offer!

I'd say avoid Cambridge (they like to see really, really high AS level UMS) and Birmingham (you don't meet their GCSE requirements), other than that, apply wherever you like. Do your research: the wiki is a great place to start and will help give you an idea of where to apply depending on your strengths and weaknesses (if you get a poor UKCAT, for example). Otherwise, just apply to wherever you'd enjoy studying - another thing you've got to do lots of research to find out!

Hi everyone. My sitch is as follows : 10A*s at GCSE, AS %s are Chem A (99%), Bio A (99.4%), Maths A (100%), English A (99.5%), and Physics A (92.4%). I was thinking of applying to Oxbridge, but I'm not sure whether to apply to Oxford or Cambridge, or which I'd be a stronger applicant to. Advice much appreciated Apparently Cambridge like above 95% at physics - should I remark papers? Also, apparently 10A*s is few compared to other Oxford candidates

Will a B in AS physics harm my application?

Hi everyone,
I just got my AS results and got 5 As, all over 90% ums, but am slightly worried that my C in general studies will let me down (even if everyone says it doesn't matter they will still be able to see it)
Any advice?
Thanks.

Hi
I got my AS results thursday and everything completely fell apart, did way worse than expected, i ended up with BCDE.
I took Chemistry,Biology,Physics and maths respectively. I am 2 marks off an A in chemistry so can pull that up again, went from an A to a C in Biology and Physics went from a few marks off a B to a D.
I'm dropping Maths.
Planning to resit both the Biology and Physics last modules.
Originally I going to be predicted AAB by my teachers tho this may go down to AAC unless I can convince my physics teachers otherwise. I was planning to apply at Keele, Nottingham, and Lancaster so far for medicine. Its something I've wanted to do since a young age and now I'm completely lost as to what to do. There is no way I will change my career choice. I know I can pull up the grades again to what they should be, but will these or any university even consider my application with my results?
I also plan to do Extended Project to put forward as my fourth AS, as i put off doing it last year to do this year.
Even if I ended up being predicted AAB will a university consider my application with these predictions?

GCSE's: 1a* 7a's 2b's and a distinction

AS results: BBBC (in biology, chemistry, English lit and maths respectively)

I was wondering what my chances were at still doing medicine? If I still can, what uni's would be suitable? I was wondering whether Nottingham would still be a possibility?

Thanks in advance

Hey guys. I got my results this week and they were AAAB. The B was in maths and I missed an A by two ums, as I got a c in d1 (63 ums.) I was wondering whether someone could tell me whether getting that paper remarked would be an appropriate thing to do and essentially the likelihood that the grade might change by a regrading?

Thanks for any replies

If u want to do meducine-do universities not accept/ like it if u retake yur a levels ?

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Check out the resit policies page on the medicine wiki. If you've got extenuating circumstances then a lot are fine with resits, if you don't then there's still a few that'll consider you.

Check out the resit policies page on the medicine wiki. If you've got extenuating circumstances then a lot are fine with resits, if you don't then there's still a few that'll consider you.

I am gutted that I have messed up my AS results with ABB Is there any hope of applying to medicine in any university at all,please help.