Is it okay if you don't get an A in Chemistry for Veterinary Medicine

Hi, I'm currently in Year 13 taking chemistry, biology and psychology and I'm about to start my application to vet schools and most of the schools expect all As or AAB in A levels. I was wondering if it was okay to get an A in psychology and biology but only get a B in chemistry, or do i need an A in chemistry and the other two A levels don't matter as much?Really sorry if this doesn't make much sense

Hi, I'm currently in Year 13 taking chemistry, biology and psychology and I'm about to start my application to vet schools and most of the schools expect all As or AAB in A levels. I was wondering if it was okay to get an A in psychology and biology but only get a B in chemistry, or do i need an A in chemistry and the other two A levels don't matter as much?Really sorry if this doesn't make much sense

Hi, you’re best off checking the unis websites for the requirements, but usually it’s either straight As or As in bio and chem and a B in your 3rd subject. I know that Nottingham and Harper Keele both ask for AAB but the As have to be in biology and chemistry as these subjects are more relevant to the vet course. Surrey also ask for AAB but not sure if they have subject specific requirements and I think the rest of the unis ask for AAA apart from Cambridge which is A*AA. I applied this year for veterinary and am currently waiting for my results so if you need any help with your application just let me know

Omg, thank you so much for your help! If you have any advice on personal statements I would really appreciate it. Wishing you the best of luck with your results!

So for my personal statement I structured it as a short paragraph for an introduction in which I wrote about motivations and particular parts of veterinary I was interested in. I found the introduction the hardest part to write so actually wrote that at the end. Then I did a paragraph about work experience. You need to write about what you learned from your experience, don’t just list jobs you did/ procedures you watched. Pick out a couple of things from your experience and talk about what that taught you. Then I did a smaller paragraph about vet related extra stuff like online courses/ extra reading. After that a paragraph about hobbies and relate those back to being a vet as you need to be good at communicating with people as well not just animals. And then finally a couple of lines as a conclusion. It took me a lot of drafts and I’d say start as soon as you can, once you’ve started it it’s a lot easier to change bits and improve it, rather than trying to write a perfect statement on your first attempt. There is no right or wrong way to do a personal statement, this is just how I did mine and it should be unique to you. Hope that’s helpful

I got AAB with a B in chem and I got into vet school. In my final year now

hey, what uni are you in?

RVC

if you don't mind me asking.. was it a contextual offer?