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Medicine with ABB

Hello guys, I am in desperate need for help. I do psychology, biology and chemistry for my A levels. I am very passionate about medicine and I thought I did really well in chemistry this year. The grade boundaries shot up and I got a 195 and missed out on an A and got a B. In Psychology I got an A and in biology I got a B and I missed out on an A by just one mark (I gave it for reevaluation and my grade did not change unfortunately). Hence I got ABB. I am very confused about what to do because some people suggest GEM whilst others say GEM is highly competitive and not worth it. I was planning to take a gap year and resit my A levels. Do i have to resit both biology and chemistry? I am confident I will get an A again if I resit chemistry but biology I am not so sure because it is my weakest A level. Additionaly, I am very confused whether if unis will accept resits in both biology and chemistry and if taking a gap year is worth it. I am extremely passionate about medicine tho. I have done work experiences and I have enjoyed all of them thoroughly and each work experience was better than the last and only increased my passion more. I am entirely confused about what to do and additionally, I am an international student so Medicine with Foundation Year is not applicable for me. I could really use your help and do feel free to ask me questions. Thank you.
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Reply 2
Original post by Blehblah17171
Hello guys, I am in desperate need for help. I do psychology, biology and chemistry for my A levels. I am very passionate about medicine and I thought I did really well in chemistry this year. The grade boundaries shot up and I got a 195 and missed out on an A and got a B. In Psychology I got an A and in biology I got a B and I missed out on an A by just one mark (I gave it for reevaluation and my grade did not change unfortunately). Hence I got ABB. I am very confused about what to do because some people suggest GEM whilst others say GEM is highly competitive and not worth it. I was planning to take a gap year and resit my A levels. Do i have to resit both biology and chemistry? I am confident I will get an A again if I resit chemistry but biology I am not so sure because it is my weakest A level. Additionaly, I am very confused whether if unis will accept resits in both biology and chemistry and if taking a gap year is worth it. I am extremely passionate about medicine tho. I have done work experiences and I have enjoyed all of them thoroughly and each work experience was better than the last and only increased my passion more. I am entirely confused about what to do and additionally, I am an international student so Medicine with Foundation Year is not applicable for me. I could really use your help and do feel free to ask me questions. Thank you.

Hi there, are you able to get your scripts for your papers. You might be able to appeal if you notice something isn't quite right. As someone who has resat two of their a levels it is possible. I know someone who has gotten into medicine this year with your exact grades. However, if you do decide to resit really do your research on which universities will consider your application. As some do not like resits and others want your to be predicted an A*
Reply 3
Original post by Tara753
Hi there, are you able to get your scripts for your papers. You might be able to appeal if you notice something isn't quite right. As someone who has resat two of their a levels it is possible. I know someone who has gotten into medicine this year with your exact grades. However, if you do decide to resit really do your research on which universities will consider your application. As some do not like resits and others want your to be predicted an A*

I did give it for reevaluation and paid for all 3 papers' reevaluation and yet I could not get that one mark anywhere. Would appealing be of any help because the reevaluation was not successful?
Reply 4
Original post by Blehblah17171
Hello guys, I am in desperate need for help. I do psychology, biology and chemistry for my A levels. I am very passionate about medicine and I thought I did really well in chemistry this year. The grade boundaries shot up and I got a 195 and missed out on an A and got a B. In Psychology I got an A and in biology I got a B and I missed out on an A by just one mark (I gave it for reevaluation and my grade did not change unfortunately). Hence I got ABB. I am very confused about what to do because some people suggest GEM whilst others say GEM is highly competitive and not worth it. I was planning to take a gap year and resit my A levels. Do i have to resit both biology and chemistry? I am confident I will get an A again if I resit chemistry but biology I am not so sure because it is my weakest A level. Additionaly, I am very confused whether if unis will accept resits in both biology and chemistry and if taking a gap year is worth it. I am extremely passionate about medicine tho. I have done work experiences and I have enjoyed all of them thoroughly and each work experience was better than the last and only increased my passion more. I am entirely confused about what to do and additionally, I am an international student so Medicine with Foundation Year is not applicable for me. I could really use your help and do feel free to ask me questions. Thank you.

Gap year and resit is the most straightforward way of getting into medicine. You would need to resit both your Bs
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6649138
Reply 5
Original post by Blehblah17171
Hello guys, I am in desperate need for help. I do psychology, biology and chemistry for my A levels. I am very passionate about medicine and I thought I did really well in chemistry this year. The grade boundaries shot up and I got a 195 and missed out on an A and got a B. In Psychology I got an A and in biology I got a B and I missed out on an A by just one mark (I gave it for reevaluation and my grade did not change unfortunately). Hence I got ABB. I am very confused about what to do because some people suggest GEM whilst others say GEM is highly competitive and not worth it. I was planning to take a gap year and resit my A levels. Do i have to resit both biology and chemistry? I am confident I will get an A again if I resit chemistry but biology I am not so sure because it is my weakest A level. Additionaly, I am very confused whether if unis will accept resits in both biology and chemistry and if taking a gap year is worth it. I am extremely passionate about medicine tho. I have done work experiences and I have enjoyed all of them thoroughly and each work experience was better than the last and only increased my passion more. I am entirely confused about what to do and additionally, I am an international student so Medicine with Foundation Year is not applicable for me. I could really use your help and do feel free to ask me questions. Thank you.

Hi
Sorry but why is foundation year not applicable as an international student ? There is med with foundation year at Bucks and uCLAN right ?
Im thinking which other med schools other than these 2 do foundation years ?- So that would be for home students UK
Reply 6
Original post by Blehblah17171
Hello guys, I am in desperate need for help. I do psychology, biology and chemistry for my A levels. I am very passionate about medicine and I thought I did really well in chemistry this year. The grade boundaries shot up and I got a 195 and missed out on an A and got a B. In Psychology I got an A and in biology I got a B and I missed out on an A by just one mark (I gave it for reevaluation and my grade did not change unfortunately). Hence I got ABB. I am very confused about what to do because some people suggest GEM whilst others say GEM is highly competitive and not worth it. I was planning to take a gap year and resit my A levels. Do i have to resit both biology and chemistry? I am confident I will get an A again if I resit chemistry but biology I am not so sure because it is my weakest A level. Additionaly, I am very confused whether if unis will accept resits in both biology and chemistry and if taking a gap year is worth it. I am extremely passionate about medicine tho. I have done work experiences and I have enjoyed all of them thoroughly and each work experience was better than the last and only increased my passion more. I am entirely confused about what to do and additionally, I am an international student so Medicine with Foundation Year is not applicable for me. I could really use your help and do feel free to ask me questions. Thank you.

Hi
Sorry but why is foundation year not applicable as an international student ? There is med with foundation year at Bucks and uCLAN ,majority of places which are for international students ?
Im thinking which other med schools other than these 2 do foundation years ?- So that would be for home students UK

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