My lad has applied for Medicine. He got four interviews and is presently sitting on 2 offers, one rejection and awaiting a fourth result.
He knows which his firm choice will be but if he gets another offer then he would probably choose between the other 2 based upon which one would be most likely to admit him if he slipped up and got AABa instead of AAAa. Now he is not likely to do that. He has very healthy cushions in 2 of his A2 subjects and the third he is bang on target but with no cushion or margin for error. The third subject, Chemistry is actually what he considers his strongest subject. Add to that he is working harder than he has ever worked in his life and he should be absolutely fine. A worry is that anyone can have an off day, a migraine, an aberration and the stakes are very high going into the June exams.
We have heard about a girl last year who got admitted at Cardiff with AAB although she had an extended project qualification which is why they said they admitted her. Also, we heard tales that Liverpool admitted a load of people last year with AAB.
If everyone who does not make AAA gets rejected then what is the point of an insurance offer in Medicine? Does anyone have stories of AAB admissions and where? I am being pessimistic. It is in my nature. I blame the football team I support for conditioning me to disappointment.I am sure he will be fine.
Congratulations to all who have offers and commiserations to those thousands of absolutely superb kids who will have to take a gap year before success comes to them.
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I've got 2 offers aswell... I didn't apply to any backup choices so just have 2 offers for medicine. I'm just going to put down my 1st choice as my firm, and put the one i think will be most likely to be lenient with grades if god forbid I don't get AAA. I think its down to the universities discretion if they dont get AAA. I have heard of people getting AAB last year and getting into sheffield. I have a nice cushion in chemistry, but no cushion in biology or physics. So I also need to be bang on (doing 2 resits). The insurance is for another course I believe - for example biochemistry which has a lower grade requirement.
Where does he have offers by the way?
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- 21-03-2013 20:38
My friend slipped up and had to take a gap year to retake - he ended up getting A*AB instead of AAA and still got rejected. Luckily his january resits came back good and he's off in September and he's spent the year doing work experience (And earning at the same time!) so it's not so bad for him
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- 21-03-2013 20:44
Sorry, this probably isn't what you want to hear but I think it's extremely unlikely that anyone would be accepted this year with AAB - the fact that people were getting offers after results day last year implies that they didn't accept offer holders that missed their grades and instead went to their waiting list for those with A*AA / AAA or better.
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- 21-03-2013 20:47
(Original post by Medicdad)
My lad has applied for Medicine. He got four interviews and is presently sitting on 2 offers, one rejection and awaiting a fourth result.
He knows which his firm choice will be but if he gets another offer then he would probably choose between the other 2 based upon which one would be most likely to admit him if he slipped up and got AABa instead of AAAa. Now he is not likely to do that. He has very healthy cushions in 2 of his A2 subjects and the third he is bang on target but with no cushion or margin for error. The third subject, Chemistry is actually what he considers his strongest subject. Add to that he is working harder than he has ever worked in his life and he should be absolutely fine. A worry is that anyone can have an off day, a migraine, an aberration and the stakes are very high going into the June exams.
We have heard about a girl last year who got admitted at Cardiff with AAB although she had an extended project qualification which is why they said they admitted her. Also, we heard tales that Liverpool admitted a load of people last year with AAB.
If everyone who does not make AAA gets rejected then what is the point of an insurance offer in Medicine? Does anyone have stories of AAB admissions and where? I am being pessimistic. It is in my nature. I blame the football team I support for conditioning me to disappointment.I am sure he will be fine.
Congratulations to all who have offers and commiserations to those thousands of absolutely superb kids who will have to take a gap year before success comes to them.
It's rare, but it certainly does happen.
Your son sounds intelligent and focused, tell him to carry on doing what he's been doing so far and to try his best. No one can ask any more of him than that
(Also, do I detect a fellow Gooner?)
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- 21-03-2013 20:47
It's extremely unlikely you'll be given an offer with less than AAA, they over-offer in the hope that people will not meet them.
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- 21-03-2013 20:47
In answer to your question, the insurance offer for medicine is only really applicable if one of your offers is A*AA, as is the case for a number of schools this year, and you can have AAA as insurance.
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- 22-03-2013 04:28
(Original post by yorkshire.lad)
Where does he have offers by the way?
I am 99% he will get AAA though. He is doing same subjects as you.
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- 22-03-2013 09:13
In addition to the above, it is theoretically possible that they could specify an A in a particular subject(s), which would make taking an AAA insurance logical. Not sure how often this happens.
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- 22-03-2013 12:33
There are also medical schools making an A*AA offer, I have an A*AA from Birmingham as my firm and AAA as insurance from Cardiff.
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- 25-03-2013 15:40
Thank you for all the replies. He is going to firm Sheffield. He now also has offers from Liverpool and Lancaster. Which do you think will be most likely to accept AAB in the unlikely event of a slip up?
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- 26-03-2013 17:31
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Can't imagine that any uni chosen as insurance would give you a place with AAB, imagine they would give the places to those who had firmed with them with AAB first. -
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- 27-03-2013 12:07
(Original post by Medicdad)
Thank you for all the replies. He is going to firm Sheffield. He now also has offers from Liverpool and Lancaster. Which do you think will be most likely to accept AAB in the unlikely event of a slip up?
Congrats to him for getting multiple offers!
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