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GCSEs for Cambridge medicine

Hi, I’ve just finished my GCSEs and am about to go to sixth form to study maths, biology and chemistry. I really want to study medicine at Cambridge but I am worried my GCSEs are too low. I understand that Cambridge puts less emphasis on GCSEs then Oxford and looks at them contextually, but I know that lots of applicants will have all 9s.

My GCSES:
Double award science: A*A*
Maths: A*
Maths numeracy: A*
English language: A*
English lit: A*
History: A*
Geography: A*
Business: A*
RE short course: A*
Welsh first language: A
Welsh bacc: A
Additional maths: distinction
(I did we,an exam board which still uses letter grades)

Is this good for a competitive application??
Just for context I go to a high performing state school.

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by Anonymous
Hi, I’ve just finished my GCSEs and am about to go to sixth form to study maths, biology and chemistry. I really want to study medicine at Cambridge but I am worried my GCSEs are too low. I understand that Cambridge puts less emphasis on GCSEs then Oxford and looks at them contextually, but I know that lots of applicants will have all 9s.
My GCSES:
Double award science: A*A*
Maths: A*
Maths numeracy: A*
English language: A*
English lit: A*
History: A*
Geography: A*
Business: A*
RE short course: A*
Welsh first language: A
Welsh bacc: A
Additional maths: distinction
(I did we,an exam board which still uses letter grades)
Is this good for a competitive application??
Just for context I go to a high performing state school.

those grades are great! They definitely won't limit your application to any uni.

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