Official Thread: (Undergraduate) Medicine 2021 Entry

yeah as long as you're serious about med why not? Your GCSE's are good. Are you predicted AAA? And forget about this thread, it's not representative at all

hey guys my ucat score is less than 2600 and for gcses i got 7 a*-a, 3 b and A in add maths should i apply for medicine because i feel like these results are not good enough looking at how smart everyone is on this thread

can you put the link to that on here please

I was wondering whether I should put KCL or QMUL for biomed as my medicine backup.
Which one is less competitive to get into?

Also, if you have 2 medicine offers and one biomed, does biomed count as your insurance choice or can you have the 2 medicine as firm and insurance plus biomed as a backup?

Yes, that would make sense, wouldn't it? You have a confirmed offer to study the most competitive subject possible and you think about throwing ot over, risking the applications cycle again next year when it will be far more competitive and the odds are you won't get an offer? You will be competing with next year's cohort who will be offering real exam results untainted by this year's enormous grade inflation and unearned "success", as well as the unsatisfied from this year.

This is nature's way of excluding people who cannot make sensible and rational descisions from the medical profession.

it is simply not fair on those that are deserving to generalise so harshly.

We must disagree then. In general, A-level grades would have been grossly inflated even with the moderation that was abandoned. Without it they are, simply, unbelievable.

Hi, I’m not sure where to apply.

My stats are gcses - 5A*s, 2As, 1B 1C
A level predicted A*A*A
Ucat 640 average Band 1.

I wanted to apply to Southampton, Sheffield, Manchester , but my ucat is much lower than I hoped 😭. I don’t know what to do now, my gcses are also terrible.

This is nature's way of excluding people who cannot make sensible and rational descisions from the medical profession.

Hi, I’m not sure where to apply.

My stats are gcses - 5A*s, 2As, 1B 1C
A level predicted A*A*A
Ucat 640 average Band 1.

I wanted to apply to Southampton, Sheffield, Manchester , but my ucat is much lower than I hoped 😭. I don’t know what to do now, my gcses are also terrible.

Just apply strategically also ur gcses are far from terrible but I'm sure you already knew that lol

I dislike when someone calls their GCSEs terrible its so demoralising for others I'm applying for next year and It lowers my confidence when I got 2 A* 2 As the rest Bs its not nice when people try to say good results are bad

Rude and unnecessary comment. They were only asking for advice

Which they received. And it was of the very best.

I need to chime in here.. "grade inflation and unearned success" is extremely offensive to some. My son achieved 3A*1A at A level this year and I firmly believe he deserved each of those, in fact I'm a bit miffed he didn't get a 4th A* as it was in French and he lives and breathes in French. He works extremely hard all year round completing homework to a ridiculous standard and he scored at least 30 marks above the A in all his 4 AS levels. I sincerely hope the admissions advisors in the unis are not of the same opinion as you that these grades are undeserved. I'm not disputing some student's grades may have been inflated but it is simply not fair on those that are deserving to generalise so harshly.

Congratulations! Well deserved.

Is he planning to do the 4th A level exam in the Autumn to make them a perfect A*'s

Hey, everyone.
I’ve got an offer to study medicine this year, but I was considering taking a gap year and reapplying next year. My A-Level results are A* A A but I was considering retaking the exams in the two subjects in which I got As and try to get A*s. The thing is the uni which I’ve got an offer to study at isn’t a Russell Group and I don’t feel satisfied going there. I’ve got until Thursday to decline my offer. I was wondering if anyone had a similar experience and if it would be worth doing.

I need to chime in here.. "grade inflation and unearned success" is extremely offensive to some. My son achieved 3A*1A at A level this year and I firmly believe he deserved each of those, in fact I'm a bit miffed he didn't get a 4th A* as it was in French and he lives and breathes in French. He works extremely hard all year round completing homework to a ridiculous standard and he scored at least 30 marks above the A in all his 4 AS levels. I sincerely hope the admissions advisors in the unis are not of the same opinion as you that these grades are undeserved. I'm not disputing some student's grades may have been inflated but it is simply not fair on those that are deserving to generalise so harshly.