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Year 12 gyg for medicine - lets do this!

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I see - so it's not necessary per se but it does allow you to gain relevant insights into medicine that could be useful to talk about in your personal statement. Also, would working in a charity shop count as work experience in a care/empathy related sector? I volunteered as a shop volunteer at my local St Luke's Hospice shop over the summer, but tbh I think I gained more retail work experience as I usually just helped organise clothes, hang up clothes, pricing etc.

U could talk about communication skills, working under pressure, team work and the ability to follow instructions. definitely put it in your personal statement!

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unsure-student

Hi everyone, sorry for not posting for a while. I've been trying to catch up on transition work (due tomorrow) which I still haven't completed, so I think I'll have to take a small break from my gyg. I'll be back as soon as I'm on schedule (which I probably won't be for a while) so see you all then! Sorry about this again and good luck everyone with your academic journey!

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unsure-student

Also, I forgot to mention, I've decided to also pick further maths as one of my subjects. Since I meet the GCSE requirement for further maths at my sixth form (thankfully), I decided to try it for a few weeks and see how it goes :smile:

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study23!

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Ayyyy another Bio Chem Maths FM combo! Just so you know - a lot of unis don't even consider FM as an a level for Medicine (only one of maths or fm). I didn't know this at the start of sixth form but I'm sticking out with it now haha as it's been too long