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I'm applying to medicine this October for entry to medicine in 2025. I moved to the UK at the start of covid, and the school curriculum is very different to my country, so I really struggled in my gcse and I ended up getting :
5 in English language
5 in English literature
6 in re
6 in physics
6 in textiles
7 in maths
7 in biology
7 in geography
8 in chemistry
Im predicted
A* in biology
A* in chemistry
A in geography alevel, and I'm praying to get over 3000 in my ucat .I really want to get into Imperial College, but Idk if I would have a chance because of my gcses.( I'm retaking english language in November to get a 6 )
Reply 1
You got 6s, 7s and 8s for your sciences so that is not bad. On the other hand its rlly good so well done!
To be able to do medicine, colleges or universities would prefer students to take biology and chemistry for A levels as those are the main subjects that would be useful. Hence, seeing that your GCSE grades for yout science is high, without a doubt you can get in. Ofc applying for medicine is hard work and is indeed competitive. I don’t see a problem with your GCSE grades, ofc ur gonna think that you could have done better amd that’s normal, we r humans.
And your A level predicted grades are OUTSTANDING!! so I believe that you will get into medicine.
I hope this helps, all the best ^^
Reply 2
Original post by cat0981
You got 6s, 7s and 8s for your sciences so that is not bad. On the other hand its rlly good so well done!
To be able to do medicine, colleges or universities would prefer students to take biology and chemistry for A levels as those are the main subjects that would be useful. Hence, seeing that your GCSE grades for yout science is high, without a doubt you can get in. Ofc applying for medicine is hard work and is indeed competitive. I don’t see a problem with your GCSE grades, ofc ur gonna think that you could have done better amd that’s normal, we r humans.
And your A level predicted grades are OUTSTANDING!! so I believe that you will get into medicine.
I hope this helps, all the best ^^


Omg thank you so much for replying
Reply 3
Original post by racheal..
Omg thank you so much for replying
your welcome!! 🤗
And don’t stress out, you will get in with those amazing grades^^
I believe in you! I am also aspiring to study medicine and I believe that you can do it!
Keep up the good work 🙃
Original post by racheal..
I'm applying to medicine this October for entry to medicine in 2025. I moved to the UK at the start of covid, and the school curriculum is very different to my country, so I really struggled in my gcse and I ended up getting :
5 in English language
5 in English literature
6 in re
6 in physics
6 in textiles
7 in maths
7 in biology
7 in geography
8 in chemistry
Im predicted
A* in biology
A* in chemistry
A in geography alevel, and I'm praying to get over 3000 in my ucat .I really want to get into Imperial College, but Idk if I would have a chance because of my gcses.( I'm retaking english language in November to get a 6 )

Excellent predicted grades, well done. And good luck with your UCAT.

It is really important for anybody applying to medicine to apply strategically. This means playing to the strengths in your application as different medical schools determine who to invite to interview using different criteria. So apply to those that will get you an interview. Once you have your UCAT put your info into the "which medical school should I apply to megathread" in the format of the first post and people will do their best to help.

The best strategic options for you may, or may not, include Imperial. It's best not to get too tied to any one med school at this stage.

It would be worth looking at the individual medical schools policies on extenuating circumstances, as your move to UK might be considered as educational disruption. Each med school will make their own decision, and they may not all make the same decision. The extenuating circumstances deadline for evidence can be before or after the UCAS deadline by some way. Think Imperials might be end of Sept for example - but I have looked at so many recently I could easily be muddled. Check websites carefully for yourself. Some are before that.

You will need to get your evidence together ready.

Good luck.
(edited 2 months ago)
Reply 5
Original post by George&Mary
Excellent predicted grades, well done. And good luck with your UCAT.
It is really important for anybody applying to medicine to apply strategically. This means playing to the strengths in your application as different medical schools determine who to invite to interview using different criteria. So apply to those that will get you an interview. Once you have your UCAT put your info into the "which medical school should I apply to megathread" in the format of the first post and people will do their best to help.
The best strategic options for you may, or may not, include Imperial. It's best not to get too tied to any one med school at this stage.
It would be worth looking at the individual medical schools policies on extenuating circumstances, as your move to UK might be considered as educational disruption. Each med school will make their own decision, and they may not all make the same decision. The extenuating circumstances deadline for evidence can be before or after the UCAS deadline by some way. Think Imperials might be end of Sept for example - but I have looked at so many recently I could easily be muddled. Check websites carefully for yourself. Some are before that.
You will need to get your evidence together ready.
Good luck.


Thank you

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