What should I pick? And how

zm2007

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Hi, I’m an A-level student (year 13) currently doing biology, chemistry & English, unfortunately I slacked in year 12 leading to bad mock grades, so I’m fearful my predicted won’t be that great, I really want to apply to diagnostic radiography or speech and language therapy, but most unis require AAB-ABB predicted, any advice on what I should do?
Also, is there any books you would recommend for these two courses to include in my personal statement. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

Reply 1

submerged-shed

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Try your hardest with those grades in mind, when applying to uni's sometimes if you put one as your firm then the grades can be lowered. Also sometimes on results day they don't mind if your grades are slightly lower, depending on the demands of your course.
At the end of the day if you don't get the grades you wanted there are always alternative routes that you can take to still do your course! You can go through clearing or see if there are any foundation years that lead into your course.

With your mocks in year 12, don't think about them now cause that's in the past. I know people who turned their E's into A's and B's with working hard in year 13. Just find your weak spots and work from there!

Reply 2

normaw

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Original post

by zm2007

Hi, I’m an A-level student (year 13) currently doing biology, chemistry & English, unfortunately I slacked in year 12 leading to bad mock grades, so I’m fearful my predicted won’t be that great, I really want to apply to diagnostic radiography or speech and language therapy, but most unis require AAB-ABB predicted, any advice on what I should do?
Also, is there any books you would recommend for these two courses to include in my personal statement. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

Most unis ask for BBB or 120 points for DR. You need to decide which course you wish to study first and then get a day of shadowing experience with a DR or SLT. Unis expect to see this on your application to show that you understand the role. They will also want to see that you have work/volunteering experience in a public-facing role to show that you can deal with the general public e.g. from retail, charity shop, cafe, care home, etc. In your personal statement you need to relate your experience to the NHS values. You don't need to read any books on DR or SLT but doing more research on the roles will help.

Reply 3

Kingston Jenifer

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Original post

by zm2007

Hi, I’m an A-level student (year 13) currently doing biology, chemistry & English, unfortunately I slacked in year 12 leading to bad mock grades, so I’m fearful my predicted won’t be that great, I really want to apply to diagnostic radiography or speech and language therapy, but most unis require AAB-ABB predicted, any advice on what I should do?
Also, is there any books you would recommend for these two courses to include in my personal statement. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi there,

so I these exact A-levels and now have a degree in Medical Biology. While I did not sit the exams due to Covid (2020), I can give you some tips for biology and chemistry (I have over 70% in my end of year exams across my uni modules, with over 90% for 3) and English literature.

Biology and Chemistry:

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flash cards. these worked for me but any method that allows you to memorize and recall works. The key is repetition to allow you to memorize the information, then recall is done through applying your learned knowledge to past paper questions. This method helped me so much and my grades went from 70 to 90 when I did this properly. the key is to start early. as you have just begun year 13 i would suggest going over year 12 content. make your cards and memorize them a little bit every day, it is what i did.

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Mindmaps work well for organic chemistry and seeing how you can go from one chemical compound to another (do you still do these?). We would have to create our own ones but there are some nice ones on the internet if you google search it.