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trying to do medicine after a lot of a level and gcse retakes

Hi guys this is quite lengthy but i would genuinely appreciate it if u read through my post and maybe give me some advice.
so the first time i did my a levels i got CDE (bio,chem & psych) and i retook them this year in summer and i got A*AA and while re-doing my a levels i was in first year uni bcs my parents didn't let me take a gap year (i have dropped out now, i went to keele uni to do neuroscience and i hated the uni so much and now i'm in uni of sheffield doing biomedicine) and so i really wanna apply to medicine in 2025 with those a level grades and obviously i'm at a disadvantage considering i completely flopped my first set of a levels. but there's also another problem. my gcses are very weak.
gcse grades:
maths - 5
english lang - 6
english lit - 5
combined science - 6,5
german - 6
r.e - 5
socology - 6
history - 6
geography - 8
so i've been thinking about retaking some of those in 2025 especially since my maths, english lang and sciences are so low. i think that i am capable of increasing my grades since i did that in a levels but would all these retakes would look terrible on my application and also that would mean dropping out of uni of sheffield and so i'd have to show that i dropped out of uni TWICE.

and i could just complete my biomed course at sheffield and then do graduate entry med and my concern with gem is not only the competitiveness but also funding. i genuinely do not know how i will do it - especially if i end up doing the 5 year undergrad course instead of 4 year GEM.

i'm very desperate for advice and i would genuinely appriciate any help at this moment.
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Original post by gr00vygal06
Hi guys this is quite lengthy but i would genuinely appreciate it if u read through my post and maybe give me some advice.
so the first time i did my a levels i got CDE (bio,chem & psych) and i retook them this year in summer and i got A*AA and while re-doing my a levels i was in first year uni bcs my parents didn't let me take a gap year (i have dropped out now, i went to keele uni to do neuroscience and i hated the uni so much and now i'm in uni of sheffield doing biomedicine) and so i really wanna apply to medicine in 2025 with those a level grades and obviously i'm at a disadvantage considering i completely flopped my first set of a levels. but there's also another problem. my gcses are very weak.
gcse grades:
maths - 5
english lang - 6
english lit - 5
combined science - 6,5
german - 6
r.e - 5
socology - 6
history - 6
geography - 8
so i've been thinking about retaking some of those in 2025 especially since my maths, english lang and sciences are so low. i think that i am capable of increasing my grades since i did that in a levels but would all these retakes would look terrible on my application and also that would mean dropping out of uni of sheffield and so i'd have to show that i dropped out of uni TWICE.
and i could just complete my biomed course at sheffield and then do graduate entry med and my concern with gem is not only the competitiveness but also funding. i genuinely do not know how i will do it - especially if i end up doing the 5 year undergrad course instead of 4 year GEM.
i'm very desperate for advice and i would genuinely appriciate any help at this moment.


I don't know about all the uni stuff but I've done lots of emailing universities about gcse resits, most are fine with resits, some need extenuating circumstances and a few are blanket no. I'm retaking my gcses this summer to meet entrance requirements so it's just strategic application esspecially with the unis that shortlist based on gcses. Dont know if that matters though.

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