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Vet med uni choices - gateway v non gateway

Hi, I am in yr 13 and in the process of completing my UCAS application for veterinary medicine. I'm studying Biology, Chemistry and Maths and predicted A*Maths, A* Biology and A in Chemistry. I am a realising opportunities student which gives me contextual offer at Nottingham and Liverpool. I can also get contextual offer at Bristol and RVC gateway. What I am not sure if is what to choose for my 4 vet choices on my application. Ideally I'd love not to choose a gateway and go the shorter route. But I want to make sure I do a veterinary course either way.
I'm also short on GCSE grade 7's as I got 4 x 7's (rest were 6's) and some of the unis ask for 5 x 7's
Any advice would be great.
Gateway courses have less places (UoN D104 course has 20 places for example). If you have the grades for 5 year courses, apply for them. I also don’t think the universities will consider you if you meet the requirements for their 5 year courses and you’re applying for their preliminary/gateway course
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