Year 12 gyg for medicine - lets do this!

Original post by unsure-student

How is everyone feeling about results day??

i did way better than i expected 8 9s and 2 8s in maths and chemistry. hardwork DOES pay off.

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Original post by Chiwen123

How did everyone do!!!!!
I got an 8 in Spanish and then straight 9's.
Hope everyone is happy with there results, best of luck! Also if you guys find any like medicine related opportunities this year feel free to post them here - I will too.
We're freeeeee from GCSE.

well done!! finally its done😭

Reply 25

OP

Hi everyone, I'm back! So results day went pretty well :smile:

) Here are my results:
Biology - 9
Chemistry - 8
Physics - 8
Geography - 7
English Language - 8
English Literature - 8
Spanish - 7
Maths - 8 (so happy about this!!)
Economics - 8
RE - 7

The wait is finally over! I'll probably start posting here in September, since I need to get together a lot of things before sixth form starts (notebooks, binders, etc).

Reply 26

OP

Also, congrats to Study5849, theprofessor7 and Chiwen123 on your gcses!! They are such amazing grades :smile:

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Original post by unsure-student

Hi everyone, I'm back! So results day went pretty well :smile:

) Here are my results:
Biology - 9
Chemistry - 8
Physics - 8
Geography - 7
English Language - 8
English Literature - 8
Spanish - 7
Maths - 8 (so happy about this!!)
Economics - 8
RE - 7
The wait is finally over! I'll probably start posting here in September, since I need to get together a lot of things before sixth form starts (notebooks, binders, etc).

Those are amazing grades. Well done!!

Reply 28

OP

Original post by theprofessor7

Those are amazing grades. Well done!!

Thankyou!

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study23!

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Original post by unsure-student

Hi everyone, I'm back! So results day went pretty well :smile:

) Here are my results:
Biology - 9
Chemistry - 8
Physics - 8
Geography - 7
English Language - 8
English Literature - 8
Spanish - 7
Maths - 8 (so happy about this!!)
Economics - 8
RE - 7
The wait is finally over! I'll probably start posting here in September, since I need to get together a lot of things before sixth form starts (notebooks, binders, etc).

Incredible results 🤯

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Chiwen123

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Original post by unsure-student

Hi everyone, I'm back! So results day went pretty well :smile:

) Here are my results:
Biology - 9
Chemistry - 8
Physics - 8
Geography - 7
English Language - 8
English Literature - 8
Spanish - 7
Maths - 8 (so happy about this!!)
Economics - 8
RE - 7
The wait is finally over! I'll probably start posting here in September, since I need to get together a lot of things before sixth form starts (notebooks, binders, etc).

Well done with your results !!

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Was anyone able to gain any work experience related to health care in the summer?? I am having a tough time to find anything like that. Any tips?

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Chiwen123

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Original post by theprofessor7

Was anyone able to gain any work experience related to health care in the summer?? I am having a tough time to find anything like that. Any tips?

Nah same, but if your looking online Medic Mentor and the NHS Cadets r opening some opportunities, and from September check your local NHS trust online for WEX or volunteering opportunities.

There are also year round competitions:
https://ukbiologycompetitions.org/intermediate-biology-olympiad/
https://www.c3l6.com/
https://www.thebigbang.org.uk/the-big-bang-competition/2024-winners/
https://edu.rsc.org/enrichment/uk-chemistry-olympiad
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-sciences/about-us/outreach/schools-science-competition/

And from autumn Imperial have sm good stuff, best of luck!

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Original post by Chiwen123

Nah same, but if your looking online Medic Mentor and the NHS Cadets r opening some opportunities, and from September check your local NHS trust online for WEX or volunteering opportunities.
There are also year round competitions:
https://ukbiologycompetitions.org/intermediate-biology-olympiad/
https://www.c3l6.com/
https://www.thebigbang.org.uk/the-big-bang-competition/2024-winners/
https://edu.rsc.org/enrichment/uk-chemistry-olympiad
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-sciences/about-us/outreach/schools-science-competition/
And from autumn Imperial have sm good stuff, best of luck!

thank you very much for this.

Reply 34

OP

Original post by study23!

Incredible results 🤯

Thankyou 🙂 I saw your gyg as well, congrats on those fantastic results!

Reply 35

OP

Original post by Chiwen123

Well done with your results !!

Thanks!

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OP

Original post by theprofessor7

Was anyone able to gain any work experience related to health care in the summer?? I am having a tough time to find anything like that. Any tips?

I was looking at work experience opportunities at my local hospital, but I think they only start work shadowing in September. Things like St John's Ambulance and NHS cadets have plenty of opportunities as well, and I know someone in my year who did something like that. That being said, is work experience necessary for medicine/do they count as supercurriculars?? I've heard some people on here say they do, and some people say they don't..so I'm not sure

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Original post by unsure-student

I was looking at work experience opportunities at my local hospital, but I think they only start work shadowing in September. Things like St John's Ambulance and NHS cadets have plenty of opportunities as well, and I know someone in my year who did something like that. That being said, is work experience necessary for medicine/do they count as supercurriculars?? I've heard some people on here say they do, and some people say they don't..so I'm not sure

well, manchester uni asks for some relevant work experience to gain insights into how medical fields look like. as medicine is a very challenging course, students should be aware of the effort they need to put in and know what a day looks for a doctor or what kind of things patients would expect you from. though shadowing is not necessary but you can talk a lot about these in the personal statement, they look for hands on work experience in sectors related to care and empathy. so having one from a hospital setting and spme volunteering is what i am aiming for. i know a few who did work experience at a hospital and realised its not something for them, therefore went on to pursue couses such as dentistry and optometry. even though i am 75% sure i want to do medicine, the 25% would be completed by some work experience. i did work experience at a pharmacy, opticians and shadowed a general practitioner in a different country.

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OP