as someone who has entered medical school what were your grades ?

if you got into medicine, could you please tell me the uni you got into and your grades at gcse and alevel. i know that getting in depends on more than this but i want to see on average what grades mine compare to especially at gcse.
thanks

I have an offer for BSMS and I'm doing my A levels this year, my GCSEs grades were 11 x 9s and 1 A*, my A level predicted grades are 3A*s. However, there are people with different grades that also have offers, if your grades are lower it doesn't mean you won't be successful, as long as you make a strategic application. I recommend looking at this thread: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7104159&p=97068340&page=325#post97068340 to see how applicants have got on with what grades/UCAT score.

im on track for 5 9s and 5 8s, i can probably get a few more 9s. be completely honest are these not good enough ? different people that i ask say different things, when i compare myself to candidates like you, i basically stand no chance but others are telling me that its more than enough? so if i got those grades at gcse would they be impressive enough to be accepted into medical school ? thanks so much

if you got into medicine, could you please tell me the uni you got into and your grades at gcse and alevel. i know that getting in depends on more than this but i want to see on average what grades mine compare to especially at gcse.
thanks

They are definitely more than good enough, but different med schools value different things in applicants. For example, Oxford weights GCSEs very heavily (although they consider 8s and 9s the same so in their eyes you would be equal to an applicant with 10 9s, although this could change in coming years), while some unis will invite applicants to interview solely based on UCAT/BMAT score. Some, like Keele and Sunderland (I think), barely look at grades or UCAT at all and instead value work experience and experience in caring roles. Very few medical schools care about GCSEs as long as you meet minimum requirements (generally around a 6 in English Lang + maths). With a good UCAT (and BMAT if you do it), some solid work experience and good interviews you definitely stand a good chance and your GCSEs will almost certainly not hinder you. Keep up the hard work, those are great GCSEs!

Just a note: for BSMS the only GCSEs they needed were a 6 in English (lit or lang) and Maths, they didn't consider mine above that, they didn't look at my PS, I was invited to interview solely based on my BMAT (I'm non-contextual and got 5.2, 4.9 and 3.5A, although that might not mean much to you at this stage!) and given my offer solely based in my interview score. So really my offer was only based on my BMAT and interview performance, my GCSEs never came into it other than the 6 in English and Maths, which I meet.

im on track for 5 9s and 5 8s, i can probably get a few more 9s. be completely honest are these not good enough ? different people that i ask say different things, when i compare myself to candidates like you, i basically stand no chance but others are telling me that its more than enough? so if i got those grades at gcse would they be impressive enough to be accepted into medical school ? thanks so much

Hi I achieved 5 x 6 and above at GCSE and had extenuating circumstances (parents divorcing + moving house + undiagnosed autism) but now I am hopefully going to get 3 A’s at A level ? Do you think unis would consider these circumstances or do not have a chance at getting in ? (Have not sat the UCAT yet as in Y12)