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Dentistry or medicine

Hello guys
So I do biology phycology and enlish language a level
I wanted to do dentistry at first then relaised it’s too competive more than dentistry as I have low gcse with 5 in chem and maths
Idk what to do which unis I can apply even if I get high predicted with a high ucat

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by Hhhhhjutrrcv
Hello guys
So I do biology phycology and enlish language a level
I wanted to do dentistry at first then relaised it’s too competive more than dentistry as I have low gcse with 5 in chem and maths
Idk what to do which unis I can apply even if I get high predicted with a high ucat


Have a look on UCAS and see the grade requirements for universities for medicine and dentistry, I'm not certain but many will have specific subject you need to take, e.g. chemistry a level is usually a key criteria, even more so than biology for both of the courses you've mentioned, if you're really passionate about medicine and dentistry, you can do a degree first, and then apply as a post graduate, however that will take more time and it's a more competitive entry point. Depends entirely on what you want to do.

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