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What Medical Schools should I pick as my 4 options?

Preference: England, South possibly but not strictly

Predicted AAA: Biology, Maths, Psychology (no chem alevel)

UCAT: 1890 BAND 1, sections: VR: 620 DM: 620 QR: 650

GCSES:

grade 9: english lit, english lang, biology
grade 8: maths, history, geography, business
grade 7: chemistry, physics
grade 4: latin *extra

Contextual:

I'm a 'young carer' for my twin brother who has disabilities.

Polar4 quintile 2, Tundra MSOA+LSOA quintile 1, Adult HE 2011, quintile 2.

Experience:
Completed 2 work experiences (yr12, yr10) in hospitals one shadowing doctors, pharmacists on different wards from ICU, NICU, peds etc, Brighton and Sussex Online medical work experience, Volunteering at homeless shelter, medical-related articles published for college, part time job at pharmacy (not in the pharmacy itself but general till things)
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by ellacollins
Predicted AAA: Biology, Maths, Psychology (no chem alevel)

UCAT: 1890 BAND 1

GCSES:

grade 9: english lit, english lang, biology
grade 8: maths, history, geography, business
grade 7: chemistry, physics
grade 4: latin *extra

-Completed 2 work experiences (yr12, yr10) in hospitals, Online work experience, Volunteering, Medicine related articles published for college etc etc..


See the first post of this thread before posting your stats there:
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7532244

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Original post
by KA_P
See the first post of this thread before posting your stats there:
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7532244

sorry im sure people do that all the time! just edited :smile:

Reply 3

Original post
by ellacollins
Preference: England, South possibly but not strictly
Predicted AAA: Biology, Maths, Psychology (no chem alevel)
UCAT: 1890 BAND 1, sections: VR: 620 DM: 620 QR: 650
GCSES:
grade 9: english lit, english lang, biology
grade 8: maths, history, geography, business
grade 7: chemistry, physics
grade 4: latin *extra
Contextual:
I'm a 'young carer' for my twin brother who has disabilities.
Polar4 quintile 2, Tundra MSOA+LSOA quintile 1, Adult HE 2011, quintile 2.
Experience:
Completed 2 work experiences (yr12, yr10) in hospitals one shadowing doctors, pharmacists on different wards from ICU, NICU, peds etc, Brighton and Sussex Online medical work experience, Volunteering at homeless shelter, medical-related articles published for college, part time job at pharmacy (not in the pharmacy itself but general till things)


im not 100% sure, but i think you can get a guaranteed interview at UEA if you are a young carer. you also get a 5% uplift on your ucat score when they rank post interview. have a look (:

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