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Oxford Dream Gone

Hi,
I went to the open day at Oxford as this was my dream university and I was so excited. Yesterday I did the UCAT and I got a horrible score of 1630 B3 (I’m so sad because my average was 1950–2100 B1/2, which I know is quite low but not as low as what I had), but my exam was really difficult, more based on A and B than C and D. I’m defeated. I am 25 and I have been studying while working a full-time job at Oxford University Hospitals NHS. I am also doing an Access to HE: Medicine (confirmed that it is accepted by Oxford), and I have been studying really hard for the UCAT. I feel like A levels will be more beneficial, and I do have predicted grades of A* A* A in Bio, Spanish, and Chemistry. I genuinely don’t know what to do. On the open day they told us to apply even if we have a low UCAT, but I think it might be useless, I don’t know. Please help me (I know a gap year can be an option, but I just don’t want to, I have been working really hard for this).
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by hopefullyoxfmed
Hi,
I went to the open day at Oxford as this was my dream university and I was so excited. Yesterday I did the UCAT and I got a horrible score of 1630 B3 (I’m so sad because my average was 1950–2100 B1/2, which I know is quite low but not as low as what I had), but my exam was really difficult, more based on A and B than C and D. I’m defeated. I am 25 and I have been studying while working a full-time job at Oxford University Hospitals NHS. I am also doing an Access to HE: Medicine (confirmed that it is accepted by Oxford), and I have been studying really hard for the UCAT. I feel like A levels will be more beneficial, and I do have predicted grades of A* A* A in Bio, Spanish, and Chemistry. I genuinely don’t know what to do. On the open day they told us to apply even if we have a low UCAT, but I think it might be useless, I don’t know. Please help me (I know a gap year can be an option, but I just don’t want to, I have been working really hard for this).

That is, I'm sorry to say, not enough for Oxford or any other medical school that I'm aware of. You seemed like you were doing reasonably well on the UCAT mocks beforehand. Maybe you just revised too hard and burnt yourself out, or you just had an off day, so you just have to let out your frustration, but if you want to pursue medicine, then a gap year is your only realistic option. Focus on acing your A-levels next summer and then ace the UCAT and apply then.

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