Can I do medicine if one of my A-levels is French?

I have decided that I would like to take the medicine route, and am currently choosing my A-levels. I am definitely doing Chemistry and Biology, and for my third I am considering French as it is my strongest subject at GCSE level. However, I have been told my multiple people that I would be better to take maths and physics, but I am not naturally as good at these subjects (predicted 7/8 at GCSE with considerably more work put in than any of my other subjects) and don't feel any passion towards either of them. However, I know how competitive medicine is and want to give myself the best chance possible. Am I better to choose what I am good at and passionate about and pick French, or pick a more sought-after subject for medicine like maths and risk getting a lower grade?

I have decided that I would like to take the medicine route, and am currently choosing my A-levels. I am definitely doing Chemistry and Biology, and for my third I am considering French as it is my strongest subject at GCSE level. However, I have been told my multiple people that I would be better to take maths and physics, but I am not naturally as good at these subjects (predicted 7/8 at GCSE with considerably more work put in than any of my other subjects) and don't feel any passion towards either of them. However, I know how competitive medicine is and want to give myself the best chance possible. Am I better to choose what I am good at and passionate about and pick French, or pick a more sought-after subject for medicine like maths and risk getting a lower grade?

It's definitely better to do maths or physics, but it's not strictly necessary at all unis. If you are aiming really high (Cambridge etc.) you need it.

This is definitely not true!!!!!!! Especially the physics point!!!!!!! Utter lies!! The only university that requires maths is Cambridge, and none require physics at all. All the others including prestigious Oxford, Imperial etc only have biology and chemistry requirements and will NOT consider a Maths student as more desirable than a French student. You should do whatever you’re most likely to get an A* or A in which it sounds like is French. If anything French is a great option because it shows you’re well rounded, able to interact with more patients who don’t speak English, maybe could even become a humanitarian aid doctor in Africa.

I have decided that I would like to take the medicine route, and am currently choosing my A-levels. I am definitely doing Chemistry and Biology, and for my third I am considering French as it is my strongest subject at GCSE level. However, I have been told my multiple people that I would be better to take maths and physics, but I am not naturally as good at these subjects (predicted 7/8 at GCSE with considerably more work put in than any of my other subjects) and don't feel any passion towards either of them. However, I know how competitive medicine is and want to give myself the best chance possible. Am I better to choose what I am good at and passionate about and pick French, or pick a more sought-after subject for medicine like maths and risk getting a lower grade?

I have decided that I would like to take the medicine route, and am currently choosing my A-levels. I am definitely doing Chemistry and Biology, and for my third I am considering French as it is my strongest subject at GCSE level. However, I have been told my multiple people that I would be better to take maths and physics, but I am not naturally as good at these subjects (predicted 7/8 at GCSE with considerably more work put in than any of my other subjects) and don't feel any passion towards either of them. However, I know how competitive medicine is and want to give myself the best chance possible. Am I better to choose what I am good at and passionate about and pick French, or pick a more sought-after subject for medicine like maths and risk getting a lower grade?

Yes, hence why I said it's not strictly necessary (should've said not necessary I worded that wrong in fairness), except for aiming very high like cambridge (again, I admit, worded wrong, I should've just said Cambridge).
However, I would argue the skills and content you build taking maths or physics are far more useful. For the UCAT, I would say a science/math based subject builds far greater analytical and logic skills which can be applied to the UCAT, especially in the quantatitive reasoning section (while on requiring GCSE maths, there is an obvious advantage to having had studied it at a higher level because it teaches skills such as critical thinking and problem solving more than french). Also, I would definitely say maths or physics would give you an edge in medical school, potentially making your life easier because they teach you skills such as data analysis and statistics. There is also some overlap between physics and medicine (imaging, biomechanics, physiology etc.). Some doctors will also use coding to aid them with their job, which I think once again helps if you've done maths or physics.
That being said, I understand I should've emphasised more that it wouldn't provide any direct advantage unless applying to Cambridge.

I quite like this response. I dont think that any university is concerned with how well you can integrate or understand mechanics, but rather demonstrate that on top of being passionate about medicine as a subject you can think logically and are able to demonstrate inductive/deductive reasoning. A predicted A* in maths shows this, but so does interview performance and a good UCAT score.

and also personally i dont think maths is needed with bio and chemistry, biology is really simple gcse-standard calculations at most, and chemistry is a bit harder unsurprisingly but it is very manageable if you did well at gcse

Congratulations on your offers. Can I ask how well you did in your GCSE’s please? I’m in year 10 and am hoping to study med as well

Wow!! That’s brilliant! Any tips please on how to get these grades? . I only achieved grade 5 ‘s in my year 10 mocks so quite deflated…. Thank you

i honestly would not stress about not being where you want to be yet, i remember getting a grade 5 in my year 11 january physics mock and came out of the real thing with a 9. i honestly did revise a lot i was revising all day every day through easter but i found it really helped to do a daily timetable and use apps like flora to stay off of your phone and log the hours youre doing! id say you dont need to seriously revise until easter year 11, but for now staying on top of homeworks etc should be enough honestly

im in the same boat- have decided to do maths, fm, physics, chemistry but love French and am so sad to be stopping it. But apparently if you want to apply to oxbridge- you're more likely to be accepted doing these sorts of combos- doesn't mean you still won't get accepted. btw- I read that somewhere ages ago so don't trust that too much its just something I remember so don't know how true it is.
also I could have done French as a 5th but idk if that's a good idea that's just overloading I might just continue to self learn outside of school and tutor- in that way I can still do something I am passionate about?