I'm a year 13 who has seen many very capable people in my year apply to do medicine. I understand that medicine is a dream for many people and Im not aiming to influence anybody here.
From my year (120 people) about 50 at the start of the year 12 intended to be aplying for medicine, by the start of year 13 it was down to 18, due to their results, and eventually 16 applied. I'd say that at least 14 of these people had 4 A's at AS and their predictions were relatively high.
However, in the end, only 2 people actually got offers. A friend of mine had 4 interviews, already had an A* in further maths and was predicted 3 more in the three sciences.
I've read people on here citing that they will apply for all of the best universities, which I quite frankly view as idiotic. In medicine, even the most able candidates get rejected and the number of people I saw that presumed they were easily going to stroll into medicine that have now got no offers and are quite frankly 'lost' is greater than most people realise.
Dont presume just because of your pefect grades and lots of work experience, you will be accepted in any university, never mind the most reputable e.g Cambridge, UCL etc
Most of all, dont feel the need to apply for medicine based on the influence of parents. When interviewed the interviewers can see the people that have the desire and those that dont, (speaking as someone who has had an interview at Cambridge) it was clear they probed for genuine desire for the subject.
Not trying to get people to change their minds, just think there are quite a few people here who over estimate themselves.