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A levels and Medicine?

Got 12A*s In GCSEs, 4 A's at AS but BBB in A2!

What way to get into medical school?

Thanks
there isnt a way sorry. not with those a levels
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then what to do?

P.s why anonymous?
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Original post by KimJongIan
Got 12A*s In GCSEs, 4 A's at AS but BBB in A2!

What way to get into medical school?

Thanks


Check individual uni admissions policies to see if they'd accept you if you resat your A2s and got AAA / check entry requirements for medicine with a foundation year, some unis allow you to apply for this if you don't achieve AAA / do a degree in something like biomed and apply for med as a graduate
I have this but with AAB at the moment. you can first go for a widening access course with a foundation year, however you need to fulfil certain criteria that each university has. the second way is to resit and apply to the universities that accept resits, however, check their individual requirements because some want higher grades than their standard requirements or some want you to get a certain set of grades first time round. thirdly, you can apply for a life sciences degree or a medicine conversion course and apply as a post graduate, however, you'll need to get a 2:1 or 1st to be idealistically competitive as postgrad is very competitive (also theres the GAMSAT & UKCAT to sit). also, for post grad you only get funding for the accelerated 4 year course, even then you have to spend 3 grand in the first year along side the 5 grand tuition loan you get ( NHS bursary cover year 2,3,4). for the 5 year courses you have to fund year 1,2,3,4 yourself which is very expensive. That being said research this yourself as this funding could have changed.
(edited 6 years ago)
Original post by KimJongIan
Got 12A*s In GCSEs, 4 A's at AS but BBB in A2!

What way to get into medical school?

Thanks


Graduate entry. Find a course you'd enjoy (other than medicine), and either apply or resit to get grades you can apply with (check they will allow this first). Then apply after your degree. It's what I did and I got in. Or what's already been said and resit some A-level exams and apply for medicine (after checking with the Unis first).

Original post by Ethan9133
I have this but with AAB at the moment. you can first go for a widening access course with a foundation year, however you need to fulfil certain criteria that each university has. the second way is to resit and apply to the universities that accept resits, however, check their individual requirements because some want higher grades than their standard requirements or some want you to get a certain set of grades first time round. thirdly, you can apply for a life sciences degree or a medicine conversion course and apply as a post graduate, however, you'll need to get a 2:1 or 1st to be idealistically competitive as postgrad is very competitive (also theres the GAMSAT & UKCAT to sit). also, for post grad you only get funding for the accelerated 4 year course, even then you have to spend 3 grand in the first year along side the 5 grand tuition loan you get ( NHS bursary cover year 2,3,4). for the 5 year courses you have to fund year 1,2,3,4 yourself which is very expensive. That being said research this yourself as this funding could have changed.


You can still get in with a 2:2, providing you have a MSc or PhD as well as your undergraduate degree.
(edited 6 years ago)
One option is resitting A2. Or you could complete a degree (e.g. Biomed) and then do medicine. Good luck! :smile:
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Original post by KimJongIan
then what to do?

P.s why anonymous?


you can resit A2
but only a limited amount of universities will accept you with a resit

also you should've applied for med schools during AS...?

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