Predicted Grades for medicine

I'm worrying about my predicted grades, as i haven't had the best start in A-Levels. But now I am determined to become a paediatrician, but my grades may not be cut for medicine (it's looking like A*BB right now) I haven't done UCAT yet as I plan to this summer. I also do an EPQ but I know it isn't accepted to lower grades when it come to medicine as it's highly competitive. If worst comes to worst I was thinking transferring first year of biomed to medicine (CARDIFF UNI) as I know they do it, but would that prevent me from becoming one as google is giving me different answers?? Any advice guys?
P.S I have no other route I'd want to go into, and I know i wont put in the effort if i dont care about it.

I'm worrying about my predicted grades, as i haven't had the best start in A-Levels. But now I am determined to become a paediatrician, but my grades may not be cut for medicine (it's looking like A*BB right now) I haven't done UCAT yet as I plan to this summer. I also do an EPQ but I know it isn't accepted to lower grades when it come to medicine as it's highly competitive. If worst comes to worst I was thinking transferring first year of biomed to medicine (CARDIFF UNI) as I know they do it, but would that prevent me from becoming one as google is giving me different answers?? Any advice guys?
P.S I have no other route I'd want to go into, and I know i wont put in the effort if i dont care about it.

Hi!
First of all, transferring from biomed to medicine would NOT prevent you from becoming a paediatrician at all!
If your EPQ is medicine related, a few unis may lower your offer by 1 grade, such as Sheffield, who will lower their normal AAA offer to AAB if you get an A in the EPQ. Just a thought.
More lenient unis like Leicester or Sheffield may still decide to interview you if you have a high enough UCAT and good extra-curriculars/work experience. As long as you are on track to getting their conditional offer (which in your case, you are), you definitely stand a chance!
Another option is the foundation route, but I understand that you may prefer doing biomed then trying to do medicine.
Hope this helped. Good Luck!

Hi there,
So the university does give the option to change course after enrolment, this is known as an internal transfer, but its subject to space and whether you meet the entry requirements. You can find all of the information about this here. Its also worth asking the admissions team, as they'd know the best about this, you can contact them at the following email: [email protected].
Alternatively, there is also the graduate route, where you can find more info here, although I do understand that its a longer route and may not suit everyone's situations!
Wishing you the best of luck - whatever you end up doing, I'm sure you'll smash it
~ Fatiha, Cardiff University Student Rep

Thank you so much for the reply! I will definitely look into the link, as i have heard of it but i havent got much knowledge on the transfer so this is much appreciated :-)!!

I'm worrying about my predicted grades, as i haven't had the best start in A-Levels. But now I am determined to become a paediatrician, but my grades may not be cut for medicine (it's looking like A*BB right now) I haven't done UCAT yet as I plan to this summer. I also do an EPQ but I know it isn't accepted to lower grades when it come to medicine as it's highly competitive. If worst comes to worst I was thinking transferring first year of biomed to medicine (CARDIFF UNI) as I know they do it, but would that prevent me from becoming one as google is giving me different answers?? Any advice guys?
P.S I have no other route I'd want to go into, and I know i wont put in the effort if i dont care about it.

Hi!
First of all, transferring from biomed to medicine would NOT prevent you from becoming a paediatrician at all!
If your EPQ is medicine related, a few unis may lower your offer by 1 grade, such as Sheffield, who will lower their normal AAA offer to AAB if you get an A in the EPQ. Just a thought.
More lenient unis like Leicester or Sheffield may still decide to interview you if you have a high enough UCAT and good extra-curriculars/work experience. As long as you are on track to getting their conditional offer (which in your case, you are), you definitely stand a chance!
Another option is the foundation route, but I understand that you may prefer doing biomed then trying to do medicine.
Hope this helped. Good Luck!