*CLOSED* - The Ultimate 'Am I Good Enough For Medicine?' Angst Thread MK IV

Did you post this yesterday because I am sure I answered near the exact same thread. Imperial to medicine.

1. A reasonable number of schools will accept 2 A levels of Chemistry and Math or another science. You will have to go through entrance requirements but its enough to cater to give you choice.

2. You can still ask medical schools if they will consider you for this year. Some will still see people past the deadline, although not sure how it would work with UKcat.

3. They would be fine at the change as long as the rest of your medical application was good. Think experience and PS. You may need the rest of this year to get your app into shape.

4. Yes it would be fine as your A levels are excellent.

5. Only you can say of its worth the wait. medicine is a bit more of a vocation than other degrees.

hi,

i really underperformed during my GCSE’s (98888877AA65 basically 6A*’s, 4A’s , 1B 1C) and i was offered the chance to resit three of my gcses to gain higher grades in summer. i am in year 12 and I want to do medicine at a good uni, I even want to apply to Cambridge. do u think resitting some GCSE’s to get better grades would hinder my application?

Have you looked at brighton for medicine? i think they ask for a 6 in gcse maths but if your other grades are decent and you come across well in the interview or application maybe they will accept that. Its probally best to email the uni's/courses directly and ask

Hey, I made a list of all the universities that don't require specific grades at GCSE or 5s for medicine.
Exeter
Imperial
Newcastle
Nottingham Lincoln
Plymouth University Peninsula
Queen’s University Belfast
Southampton
University of St Andrews
Central Lancashire

Hey, I made a list of all the universities that don't require specific grades at GCSE or 5s for medicine.
Exeter
Imperial
Newcastle
Nottingham Lincoln
Plymouth University Peninsula
Queen’s University Belfast
Southampton
University of St Andrews
Central Lancashire

Unfortunately almost all medical schools ask for an 8 in English Language. There are some that are more flexible. I would suggest Oxford and Cardiff t start with.

Have you looked at brighton for medicine? i think they ask for a 6 in gcse maths but if your other grades are decent and you come across well in the interview or application maybe they will accept that. Its probally best to email the uni's/courses directly and ask

Hey, I made a list of all the universities that don't require specific grades at GCSE or 5s for medicine.
Exeter
Imperial
Newcastle
Nottingham Lincoln
Plymouth University Peninsula
Queen’s University Belfast
Southampton
University of St Andrews
Central Lancashire

Completely ignore that total rubbish please most med schools don’t weigh GCSES very heavily and most med schools only look at English and Math for example Bristol look for a 5 in English and a 7 in maths there isn’t a single med school that requires an 8 in English although it significantly helps both oxbridge and Cardiff who are all GCSE heavy

Hell some med schools don’t even look at GCSES like Newcastle

Whilst the statement that almost all med schools ask for an 8 in English is indeed inaccurate, there are currently still 16 med schools that use GCSEs as part of their selection criteria, meaning nearly half of all med schools still put significant weight on them and would score your best 7 or 8 results, usually to include maths, English, Chemistry and Biology. So whilst technically "most" do not weigh GCSEs heavily, it is still a significant proportion, and those that don't, generally rely heavily on admissions tests, meaning you are putting all your eggs in one basket

I 17 med schools including the likes of imperial UCL Newcastle ect in my opinion isn’t putting your eggs in one basket as long as you apply for a bit of both with regards to UKCAT and BMAT universities. Often people don’t do as well at GCSE simply because they where young and ignorant whereas if people are doing badly in admissions tests it’s more of an indicator that maybe this isn’t the career for you

Just pointing out that many medical schools still consider GCSEs to be important

Well here are my GCSE results:

Statistics: A

Textiles: A

Physics: 7

Chemistry: 7

Biology: 8

Religious studies: 7

Geography: 6

English literature: 7

English language: 6

German: 5



They're not great, but I was going through a rough time while doing GCSE's so I'm still proud of them. I'm only upset about maths as I know I would have done better if circumstances were different. Most univerisites don't accept resits either so I didn't bother with doing one. So, do you think universities will still accept my grades?

You’ll be perfectly fine as long as you apply strategically and DO WELL AT A -LEVELS cause those are the most important thing

Currently I’m in year 11 and pre-mock my predicted gcse grades are 6 9s 3 8s and a 6. Considering this and a work experience in a local hospital. Would this be enough to study medicine at a decent Uni