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Is there anyone who got into Oxford to study medicine that didn’t do Maths Alevel? If so what Alevels did you do?

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Reply 2

artful_lounger

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Original post by frandawson12

Is there anyone who got into Oxford to study medicine that didn’t do Maths Alevel? If so what Alevels did you do?

Oxford just require chemistry and one other science (bio/physics/maths/FM). While the majority do take 3 STEM subjects, it's not required and they are only slightly less successful on average than others. The only UK medical school that you need to take 3 STEM subjects for to be competitive is Cambridge (where those taking only 2 STEM subjects are massively less successful than others).

Edit: it seems Oxford have moved away from using GCSEs in shortlisting for good, so the BMAT is then the only factor they consider when shortlisting at the moment as far as I can tell! So you need to be very confident you'll do well in the BMAT.

(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 3

Rara345

Original post by frandawson12

Is there anyone who got into Oxford to study medicine that didn’t do Maths Alevel? If so what Alevels did you do?

Hi, one of my friends did they did bio chem and history

Reply 4

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Original post by frandawson12

Is there anyone who got into Oxford to study medicine that didn’t do Maths Alevel? If so what Alevels did you do?

They publish the percentage on their website. But as pointed out, they do not need a 3rd STEM subject, and even though this is what many people who got offers were studying, it is correlation not causation

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