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hi,

is it worth to apply to oxbridge for medicine this year. i have severe extenuating circumstances as i had to flee a war in year 10 and had to learn the year 11 content in a year. i achieved 98877774 at gcse, with an 8 in english language, a 7 in maths, a 77 in science and a 4 in geography

i’m on track to A*A*A predicted and i aim to get the equivalent of 3000+ in my ucat this summer as they’ve removed abstract reasoning. i’ve already starting preparing and i think i will achieve 3 A’s in my AS levels.

do you think it’s worth applying.

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Reply 2

lanky_giraffe

Which A-level subjects? Currently, I’d say Oxford will reject you unless you score 2350+, but Cambridge is possible but it depends on your A-level subjects.

I mean, Oxford could still be on the cards but they just weigh GCSEs so heavily unless you did them between 2020 and 2021.

You have a shot, just see what ucat you get and then we can talk again.

Reply 3

tom47234912348

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by lvcqnt

hi,
is it worth to apply to oxbridge for medicine this year. i have severe extenuating circumstances as i had to flee a war in year 10 and had to learn the year 11 content in a year. i achieved 98877774 at gcse, with an 8 in english language, a 7 in maths, a 77 in science and a 4 in geography
i’m on track to A*A*A predicted and i aim to get the equivalent of 3000+ in my ucat this summer as they’ve removed abstract reasoning. i’ve already starting preparing and i think i will achieve 3 A’s in my AS levels.
do you think it’s worth applying.

Hiya , Im doing combined science like you... Going into a levels next year hoping to do med so I'm doing the biology and chemistry aswell. You got a 7-7 at GCSE and i presume your on track to get an Astar whats the difference like did you find it hard? And if I'm getting similar gcse or higher can i to also achieve this.