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So i got my results yesterday (ABD). I got a D in chemistry which meant i missed out on my medicine offer.
I was planning on going to my insurance choice and retaking chemistry and reapplying to medicine while in the first year. But i was wondering what are your thoughts?
I was planning on going to my insurance choice and retaking chemistry and reapplying to medicine while in the first year. But i was wondering what are your thoughts?
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So i got my results yesterday (ABD). I got a D in chemistry which meant i missed out on my medicine offer.
I was planning on going to my insurance choice and retaking chemistry and reapplying to medicine while in the first year. But i was wondering what are your thoughts?
So i got my results yesterday (ABD). I got a D in chemistry which meant i missed out on my medicine offer.
I was planning on going to my insurance choice and retaking chemistry and reapplying to medicine while in the first year. But i was wondering what are your thoughts?
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Sounds pretty challenging to me. Also do you really think you can get the D up to an A. Is your B ok, or did you need AAA? Maybe graduate entry/ a course which allows you the possibility to switch at the end of 1st year is a better option. If I was you I would definitely just take a gap year and resit my exams though. Good luck! I hope it all works out for you.
Sounds pretty challenging to me. Also do you really think you can get the D up to an A. Is your B ok, or did you need AAA? Maybe graduate entry/ a course which allows you the possibility to switch at the end of 1st year is a better option. If I was you I would definitely just take a gap year and resit my exams though. Good luck! I hope it all works out for you.
I'd much rather take the A-Level route than grad entry or transferring because it's not as competitive.
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Another thing - apparently unit don't really allow students in first year of another degree to apply for medicine.
Is that the case? But even then, if you were to apply anyways, how would they have any way of knowing?
Is that the case? But even then, if you were to apply anyways, how would they have any way of knowing?
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(Original post by LifeIsSoHard)
So i got my results yesterday (ABD). I got a D in chemistry which meant i missed out on my medicine offer.
I was planning on going to my insurance choice and retaking chemistry and reapplying to medicine while in the first year. But i was wondering what are your thoughts?
So i got my results yesterday (ABD). I got a D in chemistry which meant i missed out on my medicine offer.
I was planning on going to my insurance choice and retaking chemistry and reapplying to medicine while in the first year. But i was wondering what are your thoughts?
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Am in a similar position- I got ABB so missed out on both my firm and insurance choices. I tried to find somewhere through clearing but the spaces went so quickly and many of the schools were only considering AAB/AAA or higher. I also am unsure whether to retake or go and do a different course. I really want to do medicine and don't want to give up, but am unsure on whether many schools even accept resits?? Not a nice position to be in, hope you're okay xx
Am in a similar position- I got ABB so missed out on both my firm and insurance choices. I tried to find somewhere through clearing but the spaces went so quickly and many of the schools were only considering AAB/AAA or higher. I also am unsure whether to retake or go and do a different course. I really want to do medicine and don't want to give up, but am unsure on whether many schools even accept resits?? Not a nice position to be in, hope you're okay xx
For me, i would simply retake chemistry to get an A grade (since my offer was ABB with the A having to be in biology/chemistry), so that way I would then have A*AB. But I'm in a little bit of a weird situation... I had to retake yr12 so when i applied this application cycle, i was technically already seen as a resit student (even though I hadn't done my A-Level/A2 exams). So if i resit chemistry and apply again, i would be seen as resitting twice. And i think most med schools only allow one resit.
So i'm thinking of going into first year of my insurance choice (pharmacy) and alongside it retaking chemistry and reapplying to medicine - so this way, even if i don't get into medicine, i wouldn't have wasted a year and could carry on with pharmacy and then go through the grad med option. But at the moment, I'm just wondering whether the universities would even know that you're in the first year of another degree.
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I would say its better to retake - i think about 18 med schools allow retakes (most of them say that you should have got ABB first time round, which is what you have, so that's great!). And most importantly, i would say don't give up on medicine and keep trying!!
For me, i would simply retake chemistry to get an A grade (since my offer was ABB with the A having to be in biology/chemistry), so that way I would then have A*AB. But I'm in a little bit of a weird situation... I had to retake yr12 so when i applied this application cycle, i was technically already seen as a resit student (even though I hadn't done my A-Level/A2 exams). So if i resit chemistry and apply again, i would be seen as resitting twice. And i think most med schools only allow one resit.
So i'm thinking of going into first year of my insurance choice (pharmacy) and alongside it retaking chemistry and reapplying to medicine - so this way, even if i don't get into medicine, i wouldn't have wasted a year and could carry on with pharmacy and then go through the grad med option. But at the moment, I'm just wondering whether the universities would even know that you're in the first year of another degree.
I would say its better to retake - i think about 18 med schools allow retakes (most of them say that you should have got ABB first time round, which is what you have, so that's great!). And most importantly, i would say don't give up on medicine and keep trying!!
For me, i would simply retake chemistry to get an A grade (since my offer was ABB with the A having to be in biology/chemistry), so that way I would then have A*AB. But I'm in a little bit of a weird situation... I had to retake yr12 so when i applied this application cycle, i was technically already seen as a resit student (even though I hadn't done my A-Level/A2 exams). So if i resit chemistry and apply again, i would be seen as resitting twice. And i think most med schools only allow one resit.
So i'm thinking of going into first year of my insurance choice (pharmacy) and alongside it retaking chemistry and reapplying to medicine - so this way, even if i don't get into medicine, i wouldn't have wasted a year and could carry on with pharmacy and then go through the grad med option. But at the moment, I'm just wondering whether the universities would even know that you're in the first year of another degree.
What are you planning to do for resits? I was unsure whether to go back to college or do it independently, does anyone else have experience of retakes? It's so demotivating to think that all my hard work for UKCAT, interviews etc this year was for nothing, and I wouldn't want to do that all again if it was unlikely I'd be considered by medical schools. Are you treated any differently by medical schools when reapplying if you are an applicant who was rejected from all their choices and didn't get any offers, or an applicant like us who had offers and didn't get in?
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Another thing - apparently unit don't really allow students in first year of another degree to apply for medicine.
Is that the case? But even then, if you were to apply anyways, how would they have any way of knowing?
Another thing - apparently unit don't really allow students in first year of another degree to apply for medicine.
Is that the case? But even then, if you were to apply anyways, how would they have any way of knowing?
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Oh yeah I know. But i'm also saying that if they started a relevant degree at certain unis, there's the possibility of transferring onto their med course. I know a fair few first years at leicester have been able to join medicine this year.
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