Year 12 A levels for Medicine. Predicted Grades.

Hey bud, you have a lot going on there. Well I am on a similar position, last year of college studying a T-level I need a distinction or a high merit on my last exam to get into an Economics degree. I took some similar decisions cut out all distractions, used to work as a Customer service advisor but stopped, stopped playing footy and I am using all that time toward my revisions.
Respect for all the work you are doing but as this looks a bit delicate I would suggest you to prioritise improving your grades. Pause your work, focus on revision, plus you can always get back to work. The volunteering job you are doing is unmeasurable, but not mandatory. Explain them what’s going on I’m sure they will understand.

Hiya, in terms of volunteering/jobs/work experience, I will honestly say you don't need to do as much of this as you think you do. One or two work experience placements, and possibly some volunteering e.g. an hour a week would be enough.
For your grades, I think freeing up your schedule might not help unless you get better at using your time effectively. If you want, definitely cut down your tutoring hours as the weekends are probably when people tend to do most of their work. I think a tutor may help with those topics you're finding tricky, but definitely try to make a timetable or block out hours each week dedicated to focused study. Try not to revise solely for school tests but also do some ongoing revision every week to help you when it comes to the final A level exams. This will help you immensely!

Thanks i’ll try start doing one hour of volunteering a week as that’s all I need. Work experience is going to be in the summer holiday so that should be sufficient.
I’ll definitely try to make a timetable or block out hours during the week solely for revision

R the June mocks your AS official exams for ucas predicted grade?

hi guys
I am currently in year 12 studying A level Biology , Chemistry and Sociology. In my school we do three mocks in the year. One in November , One in February and One in June. Our June mocks are the most important as they go towards our predicted grades for UCAS. My dream is to study medicine at University. However as of right now my grades are far from it. In the first mocks i achieved a BCC ( one mark off an A in sociology ). At this stage the content was relatively easy and the reason for such a bad mark was because i was complacent and didn’t revise as I was under the impression that it was like GCSE hence why i got a CC in biology and chem.
Just shortly after we did our second mocks where we had way more content. I attempted to implement more revison techniques and did a series of exam questions. Made flashcards but haven’t began utilising them. I achieved a BCD once again. B in sociology as I didn’t evaluate my 30 marker causing me to loose marks there. In sociology I am very capable of achieving an A or A* so i’m not too worried on this aspect. C in biology , this was because I’m making revision materials like flashcards but i’m not utilising them till about a week later so i’m at fault here. Same goes for Chemistry. In this test we had organic Chemistry aswelll which i’m really struggling on and I did little to no revision . Furthermore our first test was one topic heavy , the one which i’m struggling on. Resulting in me getting a D.
For medicine I really need to look into achieving AAA in my last mocks or A*A*A* so i can get good predicted grades for UCAS.Ive got 3/4 months to make an improvement.
In school we have been given the site Uplearn to aid our revision so i’ve been using that to help. I’ve cut out all distractions such as Tiktok , Snapchat and Instagram in order for me to achieve the best grade possible. As well as that I have discussed with my class teachers like Chemistry and Biology if there’s any way to aid me. They put me in Intervention classes and our helping me in this aspect to improve.
I’m also doing GOLD DOFE ,have senior leadership positions in school , i work on Fridays Saturdays and Sundays as a tutor ( 16 hours ) and do volunteering at a care home so there is a lot for me to handle in retrospect. Should i look to cut this down or use the rest of my time throughout the week to revise efficiently instead of procrastination.
Should I look to getting a tutor to aid me with biology and chemistry or is not necessary. Because I understand the content after some time at home with youtubers and online sites like uplearn but having trouble consolidating this knowledge so I can apply it to exam questions or redevelop it adequately.
Does anyone have any tips/advice for this in order for me to drastically improve.

As others have said you don't need hours and hours of volunteering and work experience. I did a couple hours per month last year and I currently have three offers for Med. I also did two weeks of work experience in the summer, but only mentioned maybe two-three key points in statement and interviews because really you just need a couple of insightful and reflective examples rather than loads of things.
My suggestion would be to lower hours volunteering and tutoring, just so you have more time to revise and so something that isn't work! And revise more efficiently throughout the week
Do you do blurting by any chance? I'm similar to you in that I understand content for chem but can take a while for it to actually stick in my mind. I find this is useful to do a couple of times on a topic until you can recall almost everything about that unit. Then do a cuple of hours of past papers on that topic. You'll learn exam technique quickly. Keep a document somewhere of important exam phrases etc from mark schemes or where you went wrong so you know where to improve

Please do you need to do voluntering and have DOFE gold award to apply for medicine? Thanks

hi guys
I am currently in year 12 studying A level Biology , Chemistry and Sociology. In my school we do three mocks in the year. One in November , One in February and One in June. Our June mocks are the most important as they go towards our predicted grades for UCAS. My dream is to study medicine at University. However as of right now my grades are far from it. In the first mocks i achieved a BCC ( one mark off an A in sociology ). At this stage the content was relatively easy and the reason for such a bad mark was because i was complacent and didn’t revise as I was under the impression that it was like GCSE hence why i got a CC in biology and chem.
Just shortly after we did our second mocks where we had way more content. I attempted to implement more revison techniques and did a series of exam questions. Made flashcards but haven’t began utilising them. I achieved a BCD once again. B in sociology as I didn’t evaluate my 30 marker causing me to loose marks there. In sociology I am very capable of achieving an A or A* so i’m not too worried on this aspect. C in biology , this was because I’m making revision materials like flashcards but i’m not utilising them till about a week later so i’m at fault here. Same goes for Chemistry. In this test we had organic Chemistry aswelll which i’m really struggling on and I did little to no revision . Furthermore our first test was one topic heavy , the one which i’m struggling on. Resulting in me getting a D.
For medicine I really need to look into achieving AAA in my last mocks or A*A*A* so i can get good predicted grades for UCAS.Ive got 3/4 months to make an improvement.
In school we have been given the site Uplearn to aid our revision so i’ve been using that to help. I’ve cut out all distractions such as Tiktok , Snapchat and Instagram in order for me to achieve the best grade possible. As well as that I have discussed with my class teachers like Chemistry and Biology if there’s any way to aid me. They put me in Intervention classes and our helping me in this aspect to improve.
I’m also doing GOLD DOFE ,have senior leadership positions in school , i work on Fridays Saturdays and Sundays as a tutor ( 16 hours ) and do volunteering at a care home so there is a lot for me to handle in retrospect. Should i look to cut this down or use the rest of my time throughout the week to revise efficiently instead of procrastination.
Should I look to getting a tutor to aid me with biology and chemistry or is not necessary. Because I understand the content after some time at home with youtubers and online sites like uplearn but having trouble consolidating this knowledge so I can apply it to exam questions or redevelop it adequately.
Does anyone have any tips/advice for this in order for me to drastically improve.

Ditch the tutoring but continue volunteering.

Dont worry too much about your mock grades right now. This time next year you’re going to look back and see how silly it is to test year 12s on content you have only just started learning. During this part of the year mocks are generally to scare you guys into working hard but they definitely won’t be basing your predicted grades off of just these exams (trust me I got a D in my first maths mock and am now predicted an A). Working hard is still really important though so make sure you are learning this year’s content thoroughly.
All of your extra curriculars do sound like a lot though and I would either drop the tutoring or the volunteering (at least some of the hours). Quality over quantity.
Are you making notes after lessons in a format that you can really easily understand and look back on for revision?

hi guys
I am currently in year 12 studying A level Biology , Chemistry and Sociology. In my school we do three mocks in the year. One in November , One in February and One in June. Our June mocks are the most important as they go towards our predicted grades for UCAS. My dream is to study medicine at University. However as of right now my grades are far from it. In the first mocks i achieved a BCC ( one mark off an A in sociology ). At this stage the content was relatively easy and the reason for such a bad mark was because i was complacent and didn’t revise as I was under the impression that it was like GCSE hence why i got a CC in biology and chem.
Just shortly after we did our second mocks where we had way more content. I attempted to implement more revison techniques and did a series of exam questions. Made flashcards but haven’t began utilising them. I achieved a BCD once again. B in sociology as I didn’t evaluate my 30 marker causing me to loose marks there. In sociology I am very capable of achieving an A or A* so i’m not too worried on this aspect. C in biology , this was because I’m making revision materials like flashcards but i’m not utilising them till about a week later so i’m at fault here. Same goes for Chemistry. In this test we had organic Chemistry aswelll which i’m really struggling on and I did little to no revision . Furthermore our first test was one topic heavy , the one which i’m struggling on. Resulting in me getting a D.
For medicine I really need to look into achieving AAA in my last mocks or A*A*A* so i can get good predicted grades for UCAS.Ive got 3/4 months to make an improvement.
In school we have been given the site Uplearn to aid our revision so i’ve been using that to help. I’ve cut out all distractions such as Tiktok , Snapchat and Instagram in order for me to achieve the best grade possible. As well as that I have discussed with my class teachers like Chemistry and Biology if there’s any way to aid me. They put me in Intervention classes and our helping me in this aspect to improve.
I’m also doing GOLD DOFE ,have senior leadership positions in school , i work on Fridays Saturdays and Sundays as a tutor ( 16 hours ) and do volunteering at a care home so there is a lot for me to handle in retrospect. Should i look to cut this down or use the rest of my time throughout the week to revise efficiently instead of procrastination.
Should I look to getting a tutor to aid me with biology and chemistry or is not necessary. Because I understand the content after some time at home with youtubers and online sites like uplearn but having trouble consolidating this knowledge so I can apply it to exam questions or redevelop it adequately.
Does anyone have any tips/advice for this in order for me to drastically improve.