Medical School

If you are going to pursue medicine then I would suggest you contact some of your potential Universities and ask what they would require- they all differ in their requirements but I can tell you they will want evidence of recent study. It is possible some Unis would consider your existing qualifications but I don't know of any that would consider anyone without A levels or qualifications at that level. You would have to email them, explain your academic and employment history and ask. Some of them may accept an Access course which you could do in 9 months but they are intense.

2:1 is a final grade for an undergraduate degree.

I finished my GCSE’s this year achieving grade 6 for chemistry, physics and biology, grade 7 for english literature and history and grade 8 for french, german, english language and maths. I originally wanted to continue on with the school I went to by attending the sixth form they offer. My subjects at first were chemistry, physics, maths and further maths since I enjoyed these subjects but I got an offer for an apprenticeship in a pharmacy which meant I left sixth form and pursued that instead.

I’ve wanted to work in healthcare for a while so I aw this as the perfect opportunity and I took it. However, now I’m thinking I wish I had continued with my studies so that I could try to get into university to study medicine.

At the end of this apprenticeship I can then go onto the level 4 BTEC diploma for pharmacy clinical services and then an undergraduate course for MPharm (I think). Would it be possible to either go from the level 4 diploma to undergraduate medicine or go from undergraduate pharmacy to graduate medicine? I know nothing about the process since I always dreamed about this career path but never looked into it. I’ve read things where people say something about pre-reg and 2:1 which I don’t understand the meaning of.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.