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Medicine hopeful - is it too late or should I not give up...

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Dear OP,

-Do Biology and Chemistry at AS and any other subjects you like.

-Do as much work experience as you can, you're what, fifteen? You might not even want to be a doctor by the time you're 18, work experience will help you discover if you're cut out for it.

-Revise for your exams, mocks don't mean much, I got D's and E's throughout the beginning of AS Biology and ended up getting A's in both exams.

Good luck

Reply 61

admflx

T-Reks

My grades are perfect thank you.

Don't kid yourself, there will be many people with better grades than you, believe me.

Take Biology and Chemistry, that is all that is important. In regards to your other choices, from experience English Literature is a breeze if you like reading and are intelligent but Psychology is much more of a revision slog.

Please don't assume that just having great grades is good enough for somewhere like Oxbridge. Everyone has great grades, you have to be properly special to walk into a place like that.

I would disregard doing so anyway as the only thing you gain is prestige, what determines how good a doctor you become is how hard you study. A medical degree is a medical degree, whether it's from Oxford or Leamington Spa.

Reply 62

admflx

T-Reks

Wow, you dont hod back do you?, basically my grades may not be all that, but im proud of them anyway, since attending a school full of wannabe gangsters in tower hamlets, who waste over 20 minutes of the lesson, and make my school life a misery. I'v changed my mind about pyschology, im taking maths instead-what a bore!

Don't get me wrong, your grades are good, and you should be proud of them, but don't expect good grades to be enough. Really good grades are a standard across medical applicants.

I went to a school much like the one you've described, and you've done well to achieve highly. College will be a different experience, speaking from experience, A-Level maths is much more interesting and challenging than what you get at GCSE.

Make sure you work hard and get some experience before you apply for medicine.

Reply 63

Miss Attitude

nah Tareks GRADES are GOOOD....and keep up the good work tarek lol...!

Reply 64

digitalis

My grades are perfect thank you.

No, they are not perfect. All A*s and full marks= perfect.

If your in Tower Hamlets, does your school do SAMDA?

Reply 65

Miss Attitude

T-Reks

LOL, miss attitude i think ur in love wiv me, thnx anyway!

hmmm MAYBE or MAYBE NOT lol.... :wink:

haha...LOL

lolzzz

T-Reks

TELL ME!!!...actually u dnt i no the answer! haha lol

lolz what is the answer then...i wish to know aswelll....?
haha....?

Reply 68

digitalis

T-Reks

Dont know about you, but i hav not met anyone with ALL A* WITH 100% scores.

Neither do I, but that's perfect. The point I'm making is that it is dead cocky to be saying your grades are perfect, when in reality...you couldn't apply to Birmingham even with those GCSEs.

Reply 69

Miss Attitude

T-Reks

Yesssssssssssssssssssss....of course

LOLZ....

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.....YUP..!

Reply 70

notepad

Oh God! Carry on! Everyone fails their mocks and does well in the actual exams :rolleyes:

Reply 71

digitalis

T-Reks

Serious?....fine my grades are just average then...need to try harder. thanks for the advice.

ps. what did you get for GCSES, A-Levels and in what subjects, and what are your opninions of your course so far?