Clearing for Med School can it be done?

I know Plymouth were willing to accept people for interviews if you called early on results day but you had to meet their cut offs.

Overall pretty unlikely but hopefully he gets the grades because if he doesn't, it'll be really hard to get in the following year.

Thanks onion ring more encouraging than some of the other discouraging comments in this thread ..

I found the lack of empathy and negative comments from some others in thread disheartening and wonder if these would be doctors have learned anything about the force positive thinking can have in terms of recovery from illness...and emotional well being. I hope they learn it before they become doctors.

Kings were in clearing for medicine last year. They wont say on UCAS, you have to call up the individual schools.

The OP has an offer but thinks they have missed their offer grades - are you suggesting Kings took in people from clearing with less than AAA? Or that too many offer holders missed their grades at Kings so they accepted applicants from their waiting list who made their grades? Because there is a big difference.

Thanks onion ring more encouraging than some of the other discouraging comments in this thread ..

I found the lack of empathy and negative comments from some others in thread disheartening and wonder if these would be doctors have learned anything about the force positive thinking can have in terms of recovery from illness...and emotional well being. I hope they learn it before they become doctors.

Oh my mistake. All your friend needs to do is phone and they will give him an offer in anything he wants. At any university. It doesn't matter what grades he comes out with. In fact, if he asks nicely they might just let him skip med school and be a neurosurgeon straight away. Or maybe even if he doesn't ask nicely - I wouldn't want to be discouraging!

Given how supportive Student Room has been to you personally, given that it's clearly helped you get placements etc, don't you think this tone is a bit inappropriate?

Since you seem to know quite a lot about this, let me ask you two questions:
- if you don't make the grades, in what circumstances might you be accepted, and what's the best source of information for this?
- how do you find out when it is appropriate to do resits, and what the criteria are?

Expecting a constructive response.

Given how supportive Student Room has been to you personally, given that it's clearly helped you get placements etc, don't you think this tone is a bit inappropriate?

Since you seem to know quite a lot about this, let me ask you two questions:
- if you don't make the grades, in what circumstances might you be accepted, and what's the best source of information for this?
- how do you find out when it is appropriate to do resits, and what the criteria are?

Expecting a constructive response.

Given how supportive Student Room has been to you personally, given that it's clearly helped you get placements etc, don't you think this tone is a bit inappropriate?

Since you seem to know quite a lot about this, let me ask you two questions:
- if you don't make the grades, in what circumstances might you be accepted, and what's the best source of information for this?
- how do you find out when it is appropriate to do resits, and what the criteria are?

Expecting a constructive response.

If you don't make the grades, there's 2 ways to approach it:

- If you have extenuating circumstances, you may be permitted by some medical schools to resit. More information here: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Medical_School_Resit_Policies However, these have to (obviously) be genuine extenuating circumstances and not just "I missed the grades".

- If there are no extenuating circumstances, the only way to enter medicine is via the graduate route. For this, they'd have to do another degree first, achieve a good mark (2:1) and then enter that way. More information can be found here: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Graduate_Entry_Medicine_-_a_guide If they're considering this route (and I would only recommend it in combination with this route, not separately) some medical schools offer a transfer between first year biomed and first year medicine. This is an insanely competitive route, requiring you to meet all the normal criteria for medicine (UKCAT score, good personal statement, etc.) in combination with very high module marks and very high ranking. The reason I only recommend this be done in combination with the idea of graduate entry medicine is because the odds are you will not make the cut for a transfer and instead have to complete the degree and apply as a graduate. More information here: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/What_to_do_if_you_don%27t_get_into_medical_school#Transferring

These two are the only viable options. Clearing is not.

Not sure if you got the thanks I sent yesterday but your replies and links were really helpful...I think I must just have sent it to you personally reall appreciate your help...