Medicine at Oxbridge

Hi, I am a year 12 student in sixth form who is looking for some honest but friendly advice.
I am worried about potentially applying for Cambridge because of my gcses.
My GCSEs are 999887764
The 9s are biology, chemistry maths, 6 in english language and 4 in photography (a big surprise as I was predicted an 8)
I know Cambridge look at GCSEs contextually and I come from a state school which is just below the national attainment average, so come from a relatively low achieving school in a polar quintile 2 area.
I am doing biology, chemistry and maths at a level and am predicted AAA (in my school the don't predict A*s until yr13, apart from for UCAS), but I have consistently been getting A* in internal tests.
I have been doing lots of reading and have done work experience in a hospital and in a few weeks a GP clinic
I am part of a medical society and am a head student at my school. I will also be running my own medical society next year.
Any advice on whether it is worth applying or not as medicine only gets 4 applications?
Thank you for reading!

Hi, I am a year 12 student in sixth form who is looking for some honest but friendly advice.
I am worried about potentially applying for Cambridge because of my gcses.
My GCSEs are 999887764
The 9s are biology, chemistry maths, 6 in english language and 4 in photography (a big surprise as I was predicted an 8)
I know Cambridge look at GCSEs contextually and I come from a state school which is just below the national attainment average, so come from a relatively low achieving school in a polar quintile 2 area.
I am doing biology, chemistry and maths at a level and am predicted AAA (in my school the don't predict A*s until yr13, apart from for UCAS), but I have consistently been getting A* in internal tests.
I have been doing lots of reading and have done work experience in a hospital and in a few weeks a GP clinic
I am part of a medical society and am a head student at my school. I will also be running my own medical society next year.
Any advice on whether it is worth applying or not as medicine only gets 4 applications?
Thank you for reading!

Hey I would check to see if you qualify for any widening participation idk what they offer but at some unis it adds extra points onto your application. I didn't apply for oxbridge but medicine in general is extremely competitive anyway so even though there's a high possibility they won't care that much about your personal statement, you should write a decent one still. They aren't just looking for grades they're looking for a well rounded individual. See if they have a specific format for the personal statement. I know keele did and it just reassured me that I wasn't writing gibberish. Also maybe get medify this summer bc I think you're going to need a pretty good ucat score too! You're work experience sounds great btw. Good Luck!!!

I am on track to get A*AA, teachers just don't predict A*s at my school, thank you so much for your advice and it will depend on the UCAT if I apply or not 😁

Bro pls I need advice …So my school has decided predicted grades andI’m at A* A* B . In bio chem and mathsrespectively. I rlly wanna apply for medicine thisyear, I haven’t been doing so well in maths tho. Myschool says they have a no leniency policy aboutpredicted grades, and they won’t change predictedgrades after the summer. But say if I do rlly well inmy ucat, do u think I could convince my teacher tochange my predicted grade from B to an A?? Bc ifI get a high ucat , and I’m already predicted A* A*in bio and chem - maths is the only thing stoppingme. If I don’t get A in maths then I have to take agap year just bc of my maths grade 💔

Can you not retake mocks aftrr summer

No 💔

And no unis take a B in maths for med - surely some do?

Nope ☹️ they do if u have contextual, but I’m not eligible for that. I lowkey don’t know what to do, if I take a gap year I won’t have anywhere to stay as my parents will kick me out..

Nope ☹️ they do if u have contextual, but I’m not eligible for that. I lowkey don’t know what to do, if I take a gap year I won’t have anywhere to stay as my parents will kick me out..

Loads don't look at predicted grades so just apply anyway and if u don't get it there are loads of different things you can do through clearing and apply for grad entry med

What? Every medical school looks at predicted grades

Not all of them do. That's why I chose to apply to Cardiff and Keele

Bro pls I need advice …So my school has decided predicted grades andI’m at A* A* B . In bio chem and mathsrespectively. I rlly wanna apply for medicine thisyear, I haven’t been doing so well in maths tho. Myschool says they have a no leniency policy aboutpredicted grades, and they won’t change predictedgrades after the summer. But say if I do rlly well inmy ucat, do u think I could convince my teacher tochange my predicted grade from B to an A?? Bc ifI get a high ucat , and I’m already predicted A* A*in bio and chem - maths is the only thing stoppingme. If I don’t get A in maths then I have to take agap year just bc of my maths grade 💔

Hi, I am a year 12 student in sixth form who is looking for some honest but friendly advice.
I am worried about potentially applying for Cambridge because of my gcses.
My GCSEs are 999887764
The 9s are biology, chemistry maths, 6 in english language and 4 in photography (a big surprise as I was predicted an 8)
I know Cambridge look at GCSEs contextually and I come from a state school which is just below the national attainment average, so come from a relatively low achieving school in a polar quintile 2 area.
I am doing biology, chemistry and maths at a level and am predicted AAA (in my school the don't predict A*s until yr13, apart from for UCAS), but I have consistently been getting A* in internal tests.
I have been doing lots of reading and have done work experience in a hospital and in a few weeks a GP clinic
I am part of a medical society and am a head student at my school. I will also be running my own medical society next year.
Any advice on whether it is worth applying or not as medicine only gets 4 applications?
Thank you for reading!