Am I good enough for Medicine?

I know this has probably been asked many times but I am really worried that I won't be good enough and it's really stressing me out.
It seems like everyone that gets into medicine had like 10A*'s at GCSE and this is seriously putting me down.
My GCSE results were mediocre at best: I got 3 A*'s, 3 A's and 3 Bs. Would a distinction star be counted as an A* for medical school? I'm really feeling down about my gcse results because I thought they were good, as I was given a high achiever award for the borough that I live in.
My AS Level results are AAAA in Chemistry, Biology, English And History. Would I have a better chance if I pick up Maths or Physics at AS?

Realistically what are my chances of getting into medicine? I have some relevant work experience, but not a lot but I am still applying to places but I find it really difficult to find anything as I don't have many contacts.
I am soon going to sit my UKCAT. What would I need to be considered with my grades??
I won't be applying to anywhere like Oxbridge etc.
But what would my chances me in getting into somewhere like UCL? Barts and London? St Georges? University of Plymouth or Aberdeen?
Please any medical students out there In all honesty, I don't care where I do medicine but I would just like to know that i have a fair chance. My biggest fear is getting five rejections..

I know this has probably been asked many times but I am really worried that I won't be good enough and it's really stressing me out.
It seems like everyone that gets into medicine had like 10A*'s at GCSE and this is seriously putting me down.
My GCSE results were mediocre at best: I got 3 A*'s, 3 A's and 3 Bs. Would a distinction star be counted as an A* for medical school? I'm really feeling down about my gcse results because I thought they were good, as I was given a high achiever award for the borough that I live in.
My AS Level results are AAAA in Chemistry, Biology, English And History. Would I have a better chance if I pick up Maths or Physics at AS?

Realistically what are my chances of getting into medicine? I have some relevant work experience, but not a lot but I am still applying to places but I find it really difficult to find anything as I don't have many contacts.
I am soon going to sit my UKCAT. What would I need to be considered with my grades??
I won't be applying to anywhere like Oxbridge etc.
But what would my chances me in getting into somewhere like UCL? Barts and London? St Georges? University of Plymouth or Aberdeen?
Please any medical students out there In all honesty, I don't care where I do medicine but I would just like to know that i have a fair chance. My biggest fear is getting five rejections..

You sound perfectly fine to be honest. With those AS grades you should have no trouble getting predicted AAA grades at A2 (make sure you don't drop either of the sciences - while some universities only require Chemistry, you might find yourself out of options if you don't get AAA in your other subjects and are left to apply to the few medical schools that accept resit applicants, most of whom want Biology).

Just work hard on the UKCAT as some universities operate a cut-off score each year below which applicants are automatically rejected without interview.

Have a look at this page: www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Applying_to_Medical_School_using_your_Strengths

That should help you decide where to apply. Depending on what you get on your UKCAT, aim for the ones that place a higher emphasis on predicted grades, AS grades, and UKCAT performance (if you do better than average) than on GCSEs. It's best to avoid Oxbridge since they unusually ask for Chemistry as a compulsory subject and two other science subjects, while you only have one.

Good luck.

Your GCSE's are good and AS are amazing, so your academic side is fine.
What work experience do you have

GSCEs aren't important, at the end of the day you can resit them- doesn't seem like you'd have any problem looking at your AS grades. I think you have a very high chance, as long as you're predicted the right grades for the universities. You need to look online and see what sort of work experience they're looking for- work experience can be make or break and you haven't got long until you'll send off your personal statement. Best thing to do is find threads from aspiring medicine students and figure out what sort of credentials people have and where they're applying. TSR is your best resource! There will be an archive of Medicine personal statements, were they got into and their grades. Remember to apply to your strengths and you'll do fine!

Thank you! Do you think Im at a loss without Maths? Should I pick it up at AS? I really disliked it at GCSE so i'm reluctant.

Thank you so much. I'm trying to get more work experience right now.
Do you think two hospitals, a care home and a pharmacy would be enough?

If you don't like it, there's no point really since most medical schools only require two science subjects. They won't think anything of it as long as you have Biology and Chemistry.

I actually regret taking all sciences as my workload could have been significantly reduced by taking a humanities subject because, grade-wise, I've always been better at humanities than at science.

Yes I think that would be enough for work experience, but make sure you also focus on the quality of the experience- it's not how much you do, it's how much you learn.

Also have you done any volunteering?

Thank you so much. I'm trying to get more work experience right now.
Do you think two hospitals, a care home and a pharmacy would be enough?

It may be as long as you really describe in detail what you've gained from those experiences in your PS. Look in the medicine thread - most people who post have their work experience on their profile and you can gain a feel for who much the average person has, I think you could get into a lower profile with that but not sure about a more competitive one!

Okay thank you
With work experience do you think two hospitals, a care home and a pharmacy will be good enough?

Not really true, I got in without any work experience in a hospital or GP.

I can't really say as I'm unsure of that myself. It's certainly more than I have so if you were up against me (as you might be since I'm applying post-A2 this year xD) you'd probably win. I'm trying to get more experience as well since I only have a week or two although one of them was in a hospital where I got to shadow an FY2 doctor working in A&E and had the opportunity to observe laparoscopic colorectal surgery, which I'll attempt to talk up in my personal statement.

It may be as long as you really describe in detail what you've gained from those experiences in your PS. Look in the medicine thread - most people who post have their work experience on their profile and you can gain a feel for who much the average person has, I think you could get into a lower profile with that but not sure about a more competitive one!

Places I recommend you research:

Barts (if you keep on all 4 AS levels to A2)

Hey there, why is this so? I'm pretty sure Barts require 3 A-levels and one AS [AAAb to be precise] and if you were to carry on with all 4 they're lenient in the sense that they require one to have AAAC.Correct me if i'm wrong