med school with low gcse requirments and accept btec?!?!?!

hi ive recently been interested in med school although my gcse are okay but not too high. overall i have 6 or 7 C's 3 B's and 1 A in GCSE and am doing btec applied science, psychology and sociology at a level, and iam aiming to get high grades in those. i dont mind doing a foundation year. would like the uni to be either in Wales, Bristol, or London. Thanks

hi ive recently been interested in med school although my gcse are okay but not too high. overall i have 6 or 7 C's 3 B's and 1 A in GCSE and am doing btec applied science, psychology and sociology at a level, and iam aiming to get high grades in those. i dont mind doing a foundation year. would like the uni to be either in Wales, Bristol, or London. Thanks

i cant lie that would be almost impossible to get into a med school as even foundation years require one of Chem or Bio with more needing at least CChem and £ Alvels with Notts Offering BBC predictions and requirements however for that u need Chem and Bio

You will need to resit English Language, Maths or any of the Sciences that are below a B (6) and you do need either bio or chem at A Level to be able to apply to most med schools, you will also need 3 A levels rather than 2 and one BTEC.

Are you eligible for Foundation Year Medicine as it is not open to everyone and you have to meet the widening participation criteria for the universities before you're allowed to apply.

There's only 2 Med schools in Wales: Cardiff and Swansea. You cannot apply to Cardiff as they are very heavy GCSE heavy and people with 9 9s have been known to get rejected this year and Swansea is grad entry only so you will have to do a degree before you can apply there. I would not recommend this at all because it is more competitive than undergrad medicine, costs more and takes much longer.

Bristol requires you to have Chem plus another science at A Levels and whatever 3rd A Level you want they also have a high UCAT requirement and need a 7 in Maths.

yes iam eligible for a foundation year due to my postcode, and many foundation years accept btecs. especially Bristol ill link it here. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/2022/medicine/mb-chb-gateway-to-medicine/ . i know Cardiff is very gcse heavy even with its foundation year which is annoying. grad entry is not something i would want to do. maths and science i got B but English i didn't. I haven't done my UCAT yet but am trying to aim high. Bristol med foundation only requires B in maths. Please correct me if I'm wrong but that's what the website says. Thanks for the help.

yes iam eligible for a foundation year due to my postcode, and many foundation years accept btecs. especially Bristol ill link it here. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/2022/medicine/mb-chb-gateway-to-medicine/ . i know Cardiff is very gcse heavy even with its foundation year which is annoying. grad entry is not something i would want to do. maths and science i got B but English i didn't. I haven't done my UCAT yet but am trying to aim high. Bristol med foundation only requires B in maths. Please correct me if I'm wrong but that's what the website says. Thanks for the help.

yes iam eligible for a foundation year due to my postcode, and many foundation years accept btecs. especially Bristol ill link it here. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/2022/medicine/mb-chb-gateway-to-medicine/ . i know Cardiff is very gcse heavy even with its foundation year which is annoying. grad entry is not something i would want to do. maths and science i got B but English i didn't. I haven't done my UCAT yet but am trying to aim high. Bristol med foundation only requires B in maths. Please correct me if I'm wrong but that's what the website says. Thanks for the help.

U aren't eligible for that foundation year at Bristol as u can have a Btech but u need it alongside A level chem or bio

No I don’t. It says btec offer and if you click on further requirements it has a whole section talking about btec. It just says it has to be accompanied by one A level. I contacted the university and told them my situation and they also said I was eligible.I’m gonna add the information here. Please don’t talk if you don’t know the facts.

No I don’t. It says btec offer and if you click on further requirements it has a whole section talking about btec. It just says it has to be accompanied by one A level. I contacted the university and told them my situation and they also said I was eligible.I’m gonna add the information here. Please don’t talk if you don’t know the facts.

Please don't talk? What bruh I was in a similar problem to u. I was in year 12 and I did Maths Econ and Chem at A Level but I wanted to do Dentistry. Most needed bio alongside so I couldn't so a lot of courses. I wanted to do it so I decided to look at the foundation years for various unis eg. Manchester. The foundation years only admitted 1 or 2 places max for both Med and Dentistry Courses. Contact them such as Cardiff if u dont believe me. I didnt end up going onto it but my mate did and he's gonna start this year. There's literally 4 of them in the year. And yes what u showed was that it does accept B Tech but also alongside another A Level. And it specifically says on Bristol that u require Bio or Chem. And how do I know anything about Bristol uni is cuz I tried to do dentistry there as well but now I'm happy doing Economics.
Yes ur fine with ur Btech alongside ur qualifications but u need a Bio or Chem a level alongside. Ask them specifically if u do require a Chem or Bio Alevel alongside and they will say yes. Im telling u so u don't waste ur time. If u can change one of ur a levels then change if ASAP to one of those 2 then u will have a chance.

ive literally asked the university myself and they said i can do it with btec but it has to be accompanied by any A level. Thats it. you dont need chem and bio if your choosing the btec route..

yes iam eligible for a foundation year due to my postcode, and many foundation years accept btecs. especially Bristol ill link it here. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/2022/medicine/mb-chb-gateway-to-medicine/ . i know Cardiff is very gcse heavy even with its foundation year which is annoying. grad entry is not something i would want to do. maths and science i got B but English i didn't. I haven't done my UCAT yet but am trying to aim high. Bristol med foundation only requires B in maths. Please correct me if I'm wrong but that's what the website says. Thanks for the help.

ive literally asked the university myself and they said i can do it with btec but it has to be accompanied by any A level. Thats it. you dont need chem and bio if your choosing the btec route..

If you're so interested in pursuing medicine why don't you do chemistry? Surely if you don't have interest in chem that shows medicine isn't right for you

ok, if thats true then go for it then but look at the rest of the people on this forum. and honestly I think it would be very hard to get into med school with a btech, almost impossible. you need to have very high academics even on foundations years. and on foundations years you got to pass all the chem and bio exams to get onto the course for the year after

The A108 eligibility for Bristol is based on your school (or that you are a care-leaver), not your postcode (some other courses at Bristol do give out contextual offers based on your postcode so that is quite confusing)
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/study/documents/Aspiring%20State%20Schools%20and%20Colleges%20for%202022%20cycle%20England%20and%20Wales.pdf. You need to check if your school is on this list.

do you think i will have a chance if my GCSE are okay but my A level and UCAT score very high. honestly i was just undegraded at GCSE and was predicted A's and B's throughout the year and got C's and a couple B's, which has frustrated me a lot.