Access to HE Diploma so I can become a Doctor

Please help.
I'm 40 years of age and never fulfilled my ambition to become a GP.
Im not sure if I have the ability to gain 45 distinctions as I'm a sensible and organised person who works hard rather than naturally intelligent or super sharp.

Has anyone gained 45 distinctions in a Access to HE in medicine? Or is there another way to get to a medical degree?

Obviously there must be, but you may find the Access course and college have links with a particular Medical school.
If you want to use it to apply for other medical schools then not everyone will accept it.

Find out from the college how many go on from the course to obtain a place at medical school.

The alternative is A levels. A very small number of colleges do them or you can pay for an online course or just teach yourself. The key advice is check entrance requirements, but if you take Bio, Chem and one other then most medical schools will consider you.
You need AAA or higher. Exams should be completed within 2 years of start.

You will have to self finance these and the stem subjects are expensive c £1200- £1500 each including endorsement.

The 2 year rule is important for most med schools, but self teaching then they wont know exactly when you started tbh. You could spread them and they couldnt prove otherwise.

https://www.medschools.ac.uk/media/2357/msc-entry-requirements-for-uk-medical-schools.pdf

Thanks for the reply.

I shall take on board your recommendation of asking the college how many students go on to obtain a place at medical school.

As far as the A levels go and achieving the AAA grades. I don't think I'm a AAA student. More like BBC ...

I’m thinking about doing the access to he in biochemical for medicine degree and I am 48 so will be 49 if I get in and they may even. Turn me away as I’m too old!! But would rather try and fail then not try at all. If I don’t get in I will have obtained my ucas points so will go for my plan b!

Can I ask you or you doing voluntary work also?

I'm 38 and there were people older than me doing access to he. I got 45 credits at distinction and it's no where near enough to do medicine. The uni near me need something like 9 gcses including sciences at A or above and 3 A levels in specific subjects. I have A's in the gcses I've caught up with but it'd take me years and a lot of money to get the rest.
What you need to do is look at the entry requirements for the uni you want medicine isn't flexible as you have to usually pass further entry exams and access isn't enough to gain the knowledge for those exams.

Hi I’ve looked at entry requirements and they take access to he in biochemical. You have to have gcse science subject, maths and English. I though I would do it anyway then if I don’t get enough marks for medicine then I will do nursing, still considering both!

Compared to Access to Medicine course, is there more room for errors in doing 3 A levels for someone who's been out education for 4 years?

Coursework v exams. All I would say is be prepared to learn the standard before you submit your first marked piece. Some schools might offer 42 distinctions and 3 merits. You do have more control with coursework imo v waiting 2 years till A level exams. You will just have to look at the pros and cons of each. Just check you have your target medical schools.

Thank you for replying. I actually do much better on coursework so I should consider the Access option I guess. Other than the College of West Anglia course which is accepted by 20 medical schools, would you recommend any other college? I've already contacted the universities and I'm awaiting response.

I'm sorry for hijacking the thread. At least I hope the information I'm asking for is useful for others too.

I dont know enough tbh. If you say 20 medical schools is this from your own research?

If the schools you are interested in accept it, then that is all you need.

I would suggest doing a brick course rather than distance learning.

Hi,
First of all, you can totally achieve 45 distictions. Just attend the classes and do the work, the results will come. I achieved 45 distictions as have many other people, it's not that hard if you put the work into it.
A guy in my group was 40 years old and he wanted to study dentistry. He got the grades and now is in his first year of dentistry at Bristol. You can totally do it, so go fot it.

Faiima, what were your gcse and a'level grades? You sound like a top student.

I'm 38 and there were people older than me doing access to he. I got 45 credits at distinction and it's no where near enough to do medicine. The uni near me need something like 9 gcses including sciences at A or above and 3 A levels in specific subjects. I have A's in the gcses I've caught up with but it'd take me years and a lot of money to get the rest.
What you need to do is look at the entry requirements for the uni you want medicine isn't flexible as you have to usually pass further entry exams and access isn't enough to gain the knowledge for those exams.

But why would you need 3 A levels for university if you have achieved 45 distinctions in a Access to HE course?