Medicine

You might also want to reflect on why your grades were so low and whether medicine really is the right course for you. I don't mean to sound harsh but medicine is very academically demanding course and career.

The university you go to doesn't make a difference for graduate entry medicine - there are people on my course who went to unis way down in the league tables and they still got in. It's much more important to be able to get a 2:1/1st and nail the UKCAT or GAMSAT (in addition to the usual entry requirements about work experience etc).

Personally I'd go with the offers you already have - Kingston is a pretty decent uni anyway afaik, though Westminster has a better location imo



It's fine - A levels have nothing to do with what's taught at med school anyway. Chemistry A level in particular, what a load of *******s...

You might also want to reflect on why your grades were so low and whether medicine really is the right course for you. I don't mean to sound harsh but medicine is very academically demanding course and career.

Graduate-entry is horribly competitive. I would always try to get in as an A-level student if you can. That said, it's my understanding that many medical schools do not accept re-sits?

There are lots of people on TSR who know more about this than I do. Personally I think it might have been a good idea to go with a more specific thread title to attract them.

I agree with you. The point I was trying to make was if you weren't academically capable (or not applied enough) to do well at secondary school you're really going to struggle with a degree like medicine.

The university you go to doesn't make a difference for graduate entry medicine - there are people on my course who went to unis way down in the league tables and they still got in. It's much more important to be able to get a 2:1/1st and nail the UKCAT or GAMSAT (in addition to the usual entry requirements about work experience etc).

Personally I'd go with the offers you already have - Kingston is a pretty decent uni anyway afaik, though Westminster has a better location imo



It's not as simple as that - A levels have nothing to do with what's taught at med school. Chemistry A level in particular, what a load of *******s...

Well if she does a BSc and manages to do well in it, I'd argue that she's more than capable of handling a medical degree...so I think telling her that medicine might not be the right career choice simply on the basis of her A level grades is a bit premature. A levels are merely one form of qualification, they're not indicative of all round aptitude and general intelligence or suitability to be a doctor.

U made me now feel a ton load better now! Thankyou! Did ur friends have similar a levels to mine? I see, I'll just have to work extremely hard to get a 1st!
I see, I dont really care about the social aspects of university tbh. I just want the best university for my course, the one that has good resources, good teaching standards etc. In those aspects, is kingston still better?

Thankyou for your reply! I really dont know why my grades were this low, i just think i didnt perfect everything before my exams. I couldnt believe my result so i have sent my papers to be remarked.
And yes, they don't accept re-sits . Re-sitting will only get me into a better university to graduate from. I understand, i made a thread now :3

I didn't tell her it might be the wrong course for her I simply suggested she consider it, as would an admissions tutor. When I applied I lost count of the number of times I was told to consider if it was the right choice, and I got AAA. Again, I do actually agree with most of what you are saying, but I think far too many people think they desperately want to do medicine without really appreciating what is involved.

Yeah I know people who got into graduate entry medicine with grades similar to yours or lower. It depends on the graduate entry course - some will still have a high A level entry requirement, others will have lower requirements or no requirement at all i.e. they'll only look at your degree classification. If/when you decide to apply for graduate entry medicine, you'd need to apply carefully to those universities which would accept your A level grades.

You should care about the social aspect - you'll be there for three years and you know what they say about all work and no play making Jack a dull boy

I didn't go to Kingston or Westminster, so I don't have any specific knowledge about either of them. I'm guessing that the standard of teaching etc will probably be the same in both unis, though Kingston has a better general reputation afaik. But that doesn't matter for graduate entry medicine - they won't accept or reject you based on the university you went to.

I want to make it clear that I'm absolutely not saying I think you're not suitable for medicine, I just thought you needed to consider your position. You don't want to end up doing a degree you despise (I have, it was torture, though it got me where I am now).

I applied this year. I got rejected from both of the GEM courses I chose (Cambridge and Imperial - in hindsight I should not have chosen two such competitive universities) and I got offers from both of the undergraduate courses I applied to (Leeds and Sheffield - I chose Leeds). I'm obviously very happy to have got in but the undergraduate courses are SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive to fund than the graduate ones. Like I said, GEM is horribly competitive, but don't let that put you off if it's really want you want.

It's not as simple as that - A levels have nothing to do with what's taught at med school. Chemistry A level in particular, what a load of *******s...