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A question about being able to take medicine

So I am doing the subjects, biology, chemistry and French but I recently visited a university and I was told that if I wanted to apply for the course, medicine I would have to do maths or physics so my question is should i do As physics or full A levels for physics and if so why? I feel like doing both year 12 and year 13 physics will drain me in my final year. What should I do?

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Hi, I did Spanish bio and Chem and that was perfectly fine as I had both of the sciences bio and chem

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by saturated-candle
So I am doing the subjects, biology, chemistry and French but I recently visited a university and I was told that if I wanted to apply for the course, medicine I would have to do maths or physics so my question is should i do As physics or full A levels for physics and if so why? I feel like doing both year 12 and year 13 physics will drain me in my final year. What should I do?

Look at other unis that accept your A levels.

Reply 3

List of this year's entry requirements for Medicine - uk-medical-school-entry-requirements-2024-entry.pdf (medschools.ac.uk)

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by saturated-candle
So I am doing the subjects, biology, chemistry and French but I recently visited a university and I was told that if I wanted to apply for the course, medicine I would have to do maths or physics so my question is should i do As physics or full A levels for physics and if so why? I feel like doing both year 12 and year 13 physics will drain me in my final year. What should I do?

only university that requires 3 sciences or bio chem and maths is cambridge

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Original post
by saturated-candle
So I am doing the subjects, biology, chemistry and French but I recently visited a university and I was told that if I wanted to apply for the course, medicine I would have to do maths or physics so my question is should i do As physics or full A levels for physics and if so why? I feel like doing both year 12 and year 13 physics will drain me in my final year. What should I do?

Have you checked the university's website to confirm that the info you were given is correct? Most unis require Biology & Chemistry or Biology and another science or Chemistry and another science. It seems suspiciously incorrect to me.

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by nutz99
Have you checked the university's website to confirm that the info you were given is correct? Most unis require Biology & Chemistry or Biology and another science or Chemistry and another science. It seems suspiciously incorrect to me.

I will check up on that, thank you
Original post
by saturated-candle
So I am doing the subjects, biology, chemistry and French but I recently visited a university and I was told that if I wanted to apply for the course, medicine I would have to do maths or physics so my question is should i do As physics or full A levels for physics and if so why? I feel like doing both year 12 and year 13 physics will drain me in my final year. What should I do?

There is only one UK medical school where you need a third STEM subject to be competitive and that is Cambridge.

No other medical school cares what your third A-level is.

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