Firm and Insurance for Medicine HELP!!!!

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I need to firm and insure on UCAS today but I have no idea what to do. I'm going to firm St Georges (Med) as I want to stay in London, but I'm confused on what to choose as my Insurance. I can either choose Leicester Uni for medicine or pharmacy at King's College as my insurance choices. Leicester and St Georges both require AAA, but Leicester may be lenient if I miss my grades on results day and still accept me, and I will still end up doing Med.On the other hand Pharmacy at King's requires AAB, and would mean that I wouldn't have to take a gap year if I miss my medicine offer, but I've heard it's an extremely difficult degree and I don't know how motivated I would be to finish it. Please help me choose??

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I need to firm and insure on UCAS today but I have no idea what to do. I'm going to firm St Georges (Med) as I want to stay in London, but I'm confused on what to choose as my Insurance. I can either choose Leicester Uni for medicine or pharmacy at King's College as my insurance choices. Leicester and St Georges both require AAA, but Leicester may be lenient if I miss my grades on results day and still accept me, and I will still end up doing Med.On the other hand Pharmacy at King's requires AAB, and would mean that I wouldn't have to take a gap year if I miss my medicine offer, but I've heard it's an extremely difficult degree and I don't know how motivated I would be to finish it. Please help me choose??

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Would you be happy studying pharmacy?

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I think so...not as happy as I would be for medicine though. I don't want to move out which is also a factor that's putting me off Leicester whereas Pharmacy at King's is in London so I wouldn't have to move out.

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(Original post by AA222)
I think so...not as happy as I would be for medicine though. I don't want to move out which is also a factor that's putting me off Leicester whereas Pharmacy at King's is in London so I wouldn't have to move out.

Remember that this is a decision that will affect the rest of your life - I knew a few people during my first degree who had “settled” for pharmacy and were pretty unhappy. Moving out is something quite inconsequential in the long run.

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I need to firm and insure on UCAS today but I have no idea what to do. I'm going to firm St Georges (Med) as I want to stay in London, but I'm confused on what to choose as my Insurance. I can either choose Leicester Uni for medicine or pharmacy at King's College as my insurance choices. Leicester and St Georges both require AAA, but Leicester may be lenient if I miss my grades on results day and still accept me, and I will still end up doing Med.On the other hand Pharmacy at King's requires AAB, and would mean that I wouldn't have to take a gap year if I miss my medicine offer, but I've heard it's an extremely difficult degree and I don't know how motivated I would be to finish it. Please help me choose??

I'd choose Leicester as my insurance. If in the event, you miss your grades - you'd do better to consider the various courses on clearing or take a year out.

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Insure Leicester - its a great Uni and you are right that they are more likely to accept you as a near-miss in August.

(Your patients will never ask which Uni you went to, and your NHS employers will not care either.)

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Thank you, everyone! So I've decided to firm St Georges and put down Leicester as my insurance.

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Nice one

You must be so excited! Work hard

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Thank you, everyone! So I've decided to firm St Georges and put down Leicester as my insurance.

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Smash those exams! 👌🏻

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I need to firm and insure on UCAS today but I have no idea what to do. I'm going to firm St Georges (Med) as I want to stay in London, but I'm confused on what to choose as my Insurance. I can either choose Leicester Uni for medicine or pharmacy at King's College as my insurance choices. Leicester and St Georges both require AAA, but Leicester may be lenient if I miss my grades on results day and still accept me, and I will still end up doing Med.On the other hand Pharmacy at King's requires AAB, and would mean that I wouldn't have to take a gap year if I miss my medicine offer, but I've heard it's an extremely difficult degree and I don't know how motivated I would be to finish it. Please help me choose??

Don't worry if you end up having to take a gap year! You can use it wisely and start university feeling more confident and prepared. If your heart is set on Medicine then you should absolutely go for it.

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