should i take 5 alevels for medical school ? (well4.5)

i am year 11 choosing my alevels and i want to study medicine in the top universities.
i have chosen bio, chem, ancient history and pyschology and CORE MATHS

my question is if i take these will they increase my chances and does CORE MATHS matter ? i realise that pyschology is one of the easier alevels and the workload may not be too much, but with core maths will it help boost my chances or help with the bmats and ucats ?

thanks

No. Core maths isn't considered at all by medical schools apart from UCAS points for QMUL. Also, top universities don't exist for medicine. All medical schools are accredited by the GMC and the medical school you attend is not considered when looking for placements. Taking 4 A-levels also doesn't give you any advantage in medicine, AAA will always be better than AABB.

Taking five A levels is a stupid idea which will massively decrease your chances of getting in anywhere. A levels are not GCSEs but a bit harder, they have massively more content at a far harder level.

Three A levels. Three. Not four. Not five. It's quality which counts, not quantity. If you want additional mathematical content, take maths as your third A level.

thanks for the reply, by "top" i mean i want to enter unis like cambridge, exceter etc. and would it be worth it for the extra ucas points ? or would it be better if the time was spent elsewhere with work experience and curriculars

i am year 11 choosing my alevels and i want to study medicine in the top universities.
i have chosen bio, chem, ancient history and pyschology and CORE MATHS

my question is if i take these will they increase my chances and does CORE MATHS matter ? i realise that pyschology is one of the easier alevels and the workload may not be too much, but with core maths will it help boost my chances or help with the bmats and ucats ?

thanks

i am year 11 choosing my alevels and i want to study medicine in the top universities.
i have chosen bio, chem, ancient history and pyschology and CORE MATHS

my question is if i take these will they increase my chances and does CORE MATHS matter ? i realise that pyschology is one of the easier alevels and the workload may not be too much, but with core maths will it help boost my chances or help with the bmats and ucats ?

thanks

I'm a bit late but 5 A Levels is, realistically speaking, impossible to manage. And make no mistake Psychology is still a heavy workload, there are dozens of experiments/studies you need to remember the whole procedure for and the psychologists who conducted them on top of all the processes, key terms, models, explanations, and other info related to research like the advantages and disadvantages of lab experiments. (as one small example)

Maths wont matter. If you're studying for medicine i'd go for Chemistry, Biology and Psychology. There are a lot of links in Psychology to medicine, such as treatments for depression, OCD and Schizophrenia if you chose the optional module etc.... I'm also doing ancient history for OCR and i love it, especially after the exam yesterday. It's a lot to revise but the exams aren't so heavy, they give you the option between two essays for each section so you can just write about the topic you feel more confident in. But if you're 100% sure you want to go into medicine then i'd go with Bio, Chem and Psych.

i am year 11 choosing my alevels and i want to study medicine in the top universities.
i have chosen bio, chem, ancient history and pyschology and CORE MATHS

my question is if i take these will they increase my chances and does CORE MATHS matter ? i realise that pyschology is one of the easier alevels and the workload may not be too much, but with core maths will it help boost my chances or help with the bmats and ucats ?

thanks