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Should I apply for medicine ?

I'm studying Maths, Physics, Chemistry and FM for A-levels. It is that ok if i want to apply for medicine ?
I talked to one of the professor of medicine at Cambridge yesterday and he thinks that it's fine and lots of his students didn't study biology at A-levels but still get to Cambridge to study medicine
However, when i look up entry requirements of other universities, they all require biology :frown:
What should I do ????? :frown:
Reply 1
I did those a levels, and I now have an offer for medicine at Manchester.i had two other interviews, but it just to go to show that you can do medicine with fm and without bio
Reply 2
Original post by Nathalie Thái
I'm studying Maths, Physics, Chemistry and FM for A-levels. It is that ok if i want to apply for medicine ?
I talked to one of the professor of medicine at Cambridge yesterday and he thinks that it's fine and lots of his students didn't study biology at A-levels but still get to Cambridge to study medicine
However, when i look up entry requirements of other universities, they all require biology :frown:
What should I do ????? :frown:


Some unis are much pickier than others. I wouldn't have thought the bio or lack would be a major problem at a good fee unis but watch out for fm as many unis won't accept it even as a 4th so check before applying to any which ask for an as grade :smile:
Just wondering why you want to do medicine if you don't like biology? Or that's the assumption id make from your a levels and probably the only reason some unis want you to have bio

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Look at entry requirements for the Unis you fancy applying to and if in doubt send an email to their admissions team.

There is a greater importance on A Level Chemistry and since you have that you should be ok in most cases. Interesting that you didn't choose Biology though.
Original post by em.d_4
Some unis are much pickier than others. I wouldn't have thought the bio or lack would be a major problem at a good fee unis but watch out for fm as many unis won't accept it even as a 4th so check before applying to any which ask for an as grade :smile:
Just wondering why you want to do medicine if you don't like biology? Or that's the assumption id make from your a levels and probably the only reason some unis want you to have bio

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It's not that I don't like biology. It's just because when I chose my A-levels subjects, I didn't think of applying for medicine and for me, physics is easier. But now, I realise that I really want to study medicine. Sincerely hope that lack fo biology wouldn't be a disadvantage for me while applying for medicine :smile:
Original post by Lamptastic
Look at entry requirements for the Unis you fancy applying to and if in doubt send an email to their admissions team.

There is a greater importance on A Level Chemistry and since you have that you should be ok in most cases. Interesting that you didn't choose Biology though.

Thank you for your advice :smile:
friend of mine got into med at st georges without biology
Original post by PARTy
I did those a levels, and I now have an offer for medicine at Manchester.i had two other interviews, but it just to go to show that you can do medicine with fm and without bio

Really ? So, when you went to interviews, do you think that you need lot of knowledge about biology to be able to answer all the questions in the interview ? Should I read more books to gain knowledge about biology ?
Original post by Nathalie Thái
Really ? So, when you went to interviews, do you think that you need lot of knowledge about biology to be able to answer all the questions in the interview ? Should I read more books to gain knowledge about biology ?


The interviews are designed to test your 'soft' skills, empathy and motivation to study medicine. Unless you plan on applying to study to a BMAT university, you do not really to study Biology.
Original post by Nathalie Thái
I'm studying Maths, Physics, Chemistry and FM for A-levels. It is that ok if i want to apply for medicine ?
I talked to one of the professor of medicine at Cambridge yesterday and he thinks that it's fine and lots of his students didn't study biology at A-levels but still get to Cambridge to study medicine
However, when i look up entry requirements of other universities, they all require biology :frown:
What should I do ????? :frown:

You must be selective in your medical school choices, but there should be more who accept your combination than those who dont
Reply 10
Original post by Nathalie Thái
Really ? So, when you went to interviews, do you think that you need lot of knowledge about biology to be able to answer all the questions in the interview ? Should I read more books to gain knowledge about biology ?


Original post by Hydromancer
The interviews are designed to test your 'soft' skills, empathy and motivation to study medicine. Unless you plan on applying to study to a BMAT university, you do not really to study Biology.

Hydromancer is right. Even at my cambridge interview ( which is probably the only place they will ask about science) , they knew I didn't have biology and thus asked me chemistry qs/physics qs and some gcse biology questions.as Hydromancer said, unless you want to apply to bmat uni, which for you will be Oxbridge/leeds then you need not do any bio revision,however if you do want to go there, then you will need to revise bio gcse for the bmat, and an interview , if you get there.
Reply 11
Original post by Mike_123
You must be selective in your medical school choices, but there should be more who accept your combination than those who dont

There are about 8 I think, so the majority require biology to as.not a lot of choice, but still enough
Original post by PARTy
Hydromancer is right. Even at my cambridge interview ( which is probably the only place they will ask about science) , they knew I didn't have biology and thus asked me chemistry qs/physics qs and some gcse biology questions.as Hydromancer said, unless you want to apply to bmat uni, which for you will be Oxbridge/leeds then you need not do any bio revision,however if you do want to go there, then you will need to revise bio gcse for the bmat, and an interview , if you get there.

thank you so much for your advice :smile:

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