I think I'm finished in terms of Medicine.

My UCAT was 2260, Band 3 which was due to my family being away and extenuating circumstances which I will not reveal on the forum as it is personal. I also received CCC in my end of Y12 predicted grades. My teacher says to take the BMAT but unless I can raise those grades, my application is practically useless. I can raise two to an A, however my chemistry teacher will not budge and change it, so I will be AAC. I have booked the BMAT for the 18th of October, but since it is being removed next year my score this year will not matter. Will an AAC even be worth applying with?

What do I do? I've been locked into medicine my whole life, the two years off Covid affected my mental but I got to it and received mostly 7s and 8s in my GCSES. Now in A-Levels it feels like I'm back in 2020 and lost again.

If anyone, medical students, applicants, and doctors have any advice, please... I need it.

i'm not a medicine applicant or anything so i'm not completely educated on the topic but have you looked at medicine courses with a foundation year? if there were extenuating circumstances for your UCAT + grades then you might be eligible for some

edit: from what i've researched, a lot of unis require a B in bio and chem for foundation years but bristol only needs a B in EITHER bio or chem so that could be an option! maybe there are others too

I appreciate the help, I didn't take an extenuating circumstances form for my UCAT as I thought my circumstances wouldn't count but looking back they did. I'm hoping to do any foundation courses in London.. but I don't think there's much.

I appreciate the help, I didn't take an extenuating circumstances form for my UCAT as I thought my circumstances wouldn't count but looking back they did. I'm hoping to do any foundation courses in London.. but I don't think there's much.

1)Every school is required to send out an extenuating circumstances form to all students for UCAS, so don't worry, you may still be able to do this for your application form-
There should also be a good mental health support system in every school(facts) for personal situations
2) Why do you want to do medicine? Have you looked into other courses like allied healthcare? you can still do postgraduate medicine, and at this point, what's most important is your mental health so pushing yourself to do BMAT might do more damage than harm. I know a friend who couldn't get into dentistry because of a predicted grade and is now going to study dental therapy which is an allied healthcare course
3) You feel lost, and due to your personal circumstances which may affect your health, at this point, I would recommend repeating the year or taking a gap year which a lot of medical students do. You may be thinking: "But it will look bad in front of my family, I feel like I've failed, am I even worth it?" If you know what you want to do in life, you will do everything to reach that goal, but not at the cost of losing yourself in the process. At that point, it's not even worth it
A fellow year 13 student(in a similar situation )