Retaking A levels

Hello,
My a levels didnt go really well and I got ABD. A in maths, B in chemistry and D in biology. I really want to retake and then apply for medicine. My sixth form isnt providing me with any help. I was hoping to retake my chemistry and biology. We did the OCR exam board at school and was wondering if there were any tuition centres that provided support for OCR a level retakes? Any support would be greatly appreciated!

Reply 1

hotpud

18

Why do you want to apply for medicine specifically? To do medicine at Manchester for example, you need AAA. You are 4 grades off that. Do you really think you can go up so significantly in one year and then more importantly maintain that level of performance over the 5 years of your course? Bear in mind that at the end of each year of your degree, if you don't make the grade you are out. There are lots of other jobs and roles both in and outside healthcare that fulfil the same role as a doctor utilising the skills they develop e.g. technical knowledge, team working, problem solving, working with the public, helping people.

Consider your next move very carefully and for what its worth, you are unlikely to be allowed to study in college even if they support a resit.

Reply 2

Ayahateschool

8

Original post by Aasha135

Hello,
My a levels didnt go really well and I got ABD. A in maths, B in chemistry and D in biology. I really want to retake and then apply for medicine. My sixth form isnt providing me with any help. I was hoping to retake my chemistry and biology. We did the OCR exam board at school and was wondering if there were any tuition centres that provided support for OCR a level retakes? Any support would be greatly appreciated!

sorry to hear you are retaking, I know someone in your position who went to Brampton College for a year to retake, and he did get in to plymouth for medicine. but the insitution you want obviously depends on where you live. I would suggest checking out a college near you, you might have to pay money though.

Also, as a fellow medical applicant I did so much research as I was scared about retaking myself, surprisingly a lot of universities will accept applications from retakers, as long as you have a good UCAT score which I imagine you are prepping for now, you will still be able to compete with standard applicants. e.g Sheffield, Brunel.

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B4mb1

4

Original post by Aasha135

Hello,
My a levels didnt go really well and I got ABD. A in maths, B in chemistry and D in biology. I really want to retake and then apply for medicine. My sixth form isnt providing me with any help. I was hoping to retake my chemistry and biology. We did the OCR exam board at school and was wondering if there were any tuition centres that provided support for OCR a level retakes? Any support would be greatly appreciated!

Hi, sorry to hear that your sixth form isnt giving you much support, while i didn't do chemistry or maths I did do the same exam board as you for Biology OCR and i feel like its less common than AQA so I can imagine trying to find a resit centre being a nightmare. Have you thought about learning via online courses that support you instead? I used Tailored Tutors for Bio and went from a D at AS to an A in the real thing (I was 2 marks off an A*) and they cover all exam boards including OCR, and all they do A level Bio Chem and Maths, so all your subjects. If it helps my uni friend is A Level tutor and they gave her a month free access coupon code thing so she could trial using the course to see if she wanted to set up a referral relationship or something but Its TUTOR-ACCESS-1nf73T hope this helps, and good luck finding a resit centre.

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