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I got 4A*,2A and 2B . If i want to take med is it fine?
Business (A*)
Math(A*)
Add math(A*)
Physics (A*)
Chinese(A)
Chemistry(A)
Biology (B)
English first language (B)
Original post by wookieee
I got 4A*,2A and 2B . If i want to take med is it fine?
Business (A*)
Math(A*)
Add math(A*)
Physics (A*)
Chinese(A)
Chemistry(A)
Biology (B)
English first language (B)

You need A levels preferably AAA or higher and easier if you have Chem and Bio amongst them.
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Can I get an offer for medicine with 9888866 at IGCSE's?
GCSE's are only one of the many things considered (alongside UCAT score, A-level predicted grades and personal statement), but in my opinion those seem like very good grades to me.

When/if you apply check each university for their individual requirements, I'd be very surprised if you found no universities that were happy with grades at that level
I was supposed to take my biology as this summer and I just got my results, I got a B but I am going to be predicted an A and my as result will not affect my overall a2/ a level grade as marks were not calculated this year. even if i have the a*aa predictions, will the B in as bio negatively impact my application and will unis pay attention to it?
What do you mean by substitute my degree for a level requirements? I dont mind spending time studying bio and chem a level if need be, but most unis say you must have atleast a B in GCSE science and i have a C...
Original post by becausethenight
Any reason why not St Andrews or Edinburgh (as I think you’d be fine for either of them as you have excellent stats, and free tuition since you’re Scottish)?


Otherwise I’d imagine you’d be a strong candidate at pretty much all UCAT unis - you’d be guaranteed an interview at Newcastle, Bristol, Sheffield and KCL just off the top of my head as unis that use UCAT heavily in scoring, and as I say you’ll find you can apply pretty much everywhere I think! Do some research and see which unis and courses you like the look of.


thank you! St Andrews is not for me as its very similar to my hometown and I don't think the split system of theory then clinical would work for me. For some reason ages ago I discounted Edinburgh but I've has another look at the course and think that will be my 4th option!
Original post by Khalid Al-Raisi
Can I get an offer for medicine with 9888866 at IGCSE's?


:hi: Khalid this thread is the one you should post in, please refrain from posting duplicate threads.

Russell Group or not makes not difference for Medicine, and amongst RG med schools there are different selection criteria anyway - e.g. Cardiff is incredibly GCSE-heavy, whereas Newcastle does not really look at GCSEs.

So do not apply according to RG or rankings, but according to your own statistics. Remember, once you have graduated - your medical degree is equal for specialty training and no one (in the UK) cares where you have graduated.

Also, on the first post of this thread there is a link to the GCSE requirements of all UK medical schools which should answer your question.


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Original post by HDKara
So i am having doubts on whether i should do medicine as i have heard you need to sacrifice a lot like family time( i value family a lot and in the future want to be there for my kids) , and you may not have a work life balance(i value this as well) and that you cannot travel as i want to travel as well like the countries are not a lot but its mainly Asia since i am a weeb (anime lover) and a k pop and k drama fan. like could you maybe give me a clue of what it is like? like i know in America the hours are very absurd. What scares me is if i quit this dream i don't know what else i would enjoy as i really love medicine and i would feel the satisfaction of knowing i saved a life and that i made a difference and i don't know another career like this. sorry for the inconvenience.


Not all jobs in medicine are the same. Some specialists have 9–5 working hours and weekends off and you can book holidays and spend time with family etc, like GP work. You could also apply to work in private medicine where you would have set hours as well. There is a doctor I know who specialised in dermatology and they work for a private dermatology clinic, they work 9-6 mon-fri and they’re closed on weekends. There are options. But if you want to do something like surgery and you want to ‘save a life’ that way, then you would have to make some sacrifices. I do agree with the saying that if you have doubts about medicine don’t do it. That doesn’t mean you can’t have doubts myself. I want to have a family and spend time with them and go on holidays, but I also want to a highly competitive speciality where I will mostly work on call, be self employed, would have to drive halfway across England in some cases and go here there and everywhere. But I love medicine and I will find ways to balance the two, it might not be possible but I will at least try. Like I said, there are other, less unpredictable medical specialities, I suppose you would just have to choose one of those. You could have both things then
Hey there, ive been worried recently as I dont know if ill get into medicine. I'm predicted A*AA. For experience I live with disabled people so I have to help them out everyday and have been living with them for the past 2 years. I've also volunteered during corona to look after a man with muscular dystrophy. however due to corona my hospital placements where cancelled. Im not sure if I should apply and if I will get in. please give me advice. Thank you.
Original post by 33cicada01
Hey there, ive been worried recently as I dont know if ill get into medicine. I'm predicted A*AA. For experience I live with disabled people so I have to help them out everyday and have been living with them for the past 2 years. I've also volunteered during corona to look after a man with muscular dystrophy. however due to corona my hospital placements where cancelled. Im not sure if I should apply and if I will get in. please give me advice. Thank you.


Yes you need to apply. There are no guarantees but how else are you going to know?
Original post by Democracy
Yes you need to apply. There are no guarantees but how else are you going to know?

if I apply in October and dont get any interviews, will I be able to apply to other courses before December? and thank you for your reply x
Original post by 33cicada01
if I apply in October and dont get any interviews, will I be able to apply to other courses before December? and thank you for your reply x


You have a 5th choice you can use for a non-medical degree. You can't reset your application and start again however. Obviously Clearing is also a possibility at the end of the year.

But all of this is irrelevant - if you get A*AA you should take a gap year and re-apply instead of applying for another degree.
Original post by 33cicada01
if I apply in October and dont get any interviews, will I be able to apply to other courses before December? and thank you for your reply x


No, if your heart is set on Medicine I would advise you to take a gap year and reapply the next year.

Doing something else with the sole aim to do Graduate Entry Medicine just pushes the competitive further down the line - it takes longer, costs more and is much more competitive to do GEM compared to standard undergrad medicine.


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Original post by 33cicada01
Hey there, ive been worried recently as I dont know if ill get into medicine. I'm predicted A*AA. For experience I live with disabled people so I have to help them out everyday and have been living with them for the past 2 years. I've also volunteered during corona to look after a man with muscular dystrophy. however due to corona my hospital placements where cancelled. Im not sure if I should apply and if I will get in. please give me advice. Thank you.

you should apply, your grades are exceptional (People would kill for such grades) you have some experience which is great as long as you learned from them. You should without a doubt apply if you have an interest in medicine.
p.s I have read on many unis websites that a typical offer is AAA.
Good luck.
Hi guys! I wanted to ask whether universities that don’t look at predicted grades (Aston, keele, Kent) look at your AS grade? I got one grade today and I’m planning to resit, I just wanna know if it’ll affect my application.
Thank you !
Original post by anon66354
thank you! St Andrews is not for me as its very similar to my hometown and I don't think the split system of theory then clinical would work for me. For some reason ages ago I discounted Edinburgh but I've has another look at the course and think that will be my 4th option!

No problem :smile: :goodluck:
Original post by sim21003
Hi guys! I wanted to ask whether universities that don’t look at predicted grades (Aston, keele, Kent) look at your AS grade? I got one grade today and I’m planning to resit, I just wanna know if it’ll affect my application.
Thank you !

You may want to email them and check as most applicants don’t have AS grades now, so they don’t have information about how they might use them readily available? I’m assuming you’re doing 3/4 non Linear A levels, rather than an ‘extra’ AS. @GANFYD do you know?
Original post by Rsrsaint
Im going into my final year of my undergrad (psychology). I’ve recently been interested in going into medicine. I’ve spent a long time looking at both the graduate 4 year GAMSAT medicine course and the 5 year UCAT medicine course, and i’m not sure which one i’d have a better chance of getting in to. I have grade Cs in my GCSE science subjects and a B in both maths and english; i have 3 A levels (none of which are science based). Im on track to get a first in my undergrad. It seems as though my options are to spend a year getting bio and chem A levels and apply for the UCAT or revise science and apply for the GAMSAT? Some unis said that for the UCAT i need Bs in my science GCSEs though. I read a post saying that if you do your A levels after your degree then they don’t expect the same grades (AA), but i havent seen this information on the uni entry requirements. So far im leaning more towards the 4 year GAMSAT purely because I think I have more chance of getting in, but maybe im wrong? Any advice about any of this would be really useful!!!! Thanks.

There are multiple unis that you can apply to for graduate entry medicine - some of them require the UCAT (e.g. Newcastle, QMUL etc.) and others require the GAMSAT (Nottingham, Swansea etc.).
Some unis do not have GCSE or A-level requirements, so if you focused on those you would not need to resit any GCSEs/A-levels.

Here is a spreadsheet of entry requirements for grads applying to the 4-year and 5-year courses. I've included details of selection so that you can get an idea of what you need to do to get in and how your application is assessed.
i am an international student who plans to study medicine in the UK , and it was only yesterday when i got my igcse results. do take in mind that these are predicted grades, not ones i got by sitting my actual exams(obviously because of coronavirus and all that). i'm taking 8 igcse subjects in total. 5 being the ones i took in the MAY/JUNE 2020 SESSION , hence the ones i got my results for, and the 3 left ,i am yet to take this october/november session.
so the results i got for the 5 subjects are:
biology 9
chemistry 9
physics 9
maths 8
ESL 7
(english as as second language)

hence 4 A stars and 1 A . i know i still have my alevel exams i will be sitting in the next two years and these will majorly dictate which uni i end up in but from these results, do you think that i would be able to get into high standard colleges in the UK e,g: King's college London, Imperial, bristol uni, uni of brimingham, etc...

also, i know oxbridge applicants usually have like 12 gcses subjects, scoring all 8/9 s in them , but out of curiousity, if i were to apply to oxbridge with 8 igcse subjects with decent grades of 8/9 s , would i have the slighest chance of getting into a medical program there ?

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