Please be realistic-Are my GCSE’s competitive enough for dentistry

I have 6 gcse subjects, just wondering if dentistry is a realistic goal for me, if it isn’t please be honest and say no I won’t be disheartened as it’s not my only option.
9 Arabic/8 chemistry/7 maths/6 biology English and physics.
I still haven’t finished my a levels yet still in year 1 and haven’t done my ucat but will aim for A*’s and high ucat and try and get lots of work experience and extracurriculars done.

It will depend on where exactly you’re going to, and how well the school you did your GCSEs at performed, but imo I think those scores are decent but not competitive. The issue is that you’ve only done 6 GCSEs, so the three 6s you have will affect your average more than if you have done 8-10 GCSEs.

If you can achieve a really high UCAT score and A levels and apply strategiacally then I think it could still be a possibility especially if you meet other non contextual criteria as well as bad school. Some Unis say 7 GCSE's others are ok with 6 etc etc. You will have to trawl through all entry requirements to find out which. Some also have specified 7 GCSE's and some require biology 7. You may fare better if you took a GAP year and actually applied with Amazing A levels in hand rather than just predicteds as lots of Unis for dentistry dont really factor in or weigh your predicteds too heavily once youve been predicted AAA but do weigh achieved academics. just a thought to counter the 6 GCSE's and you could put about resilience of overcoming poor schooling in your PS then too. Good luck.

So all unis will look into where you went to school? Because I went to a pretty knowingly bad school in my area and managed to get 5s or above in all my gcses but my grades aren’t competitive enough at all. I’m aiming to make me whole alevel profile top tier: high ucat, A*A*A*, lots of supercurricars. Should I continue with my plan to dentistry?

It will depend on where exactly you’re going to, and how well the school you did your GCSEs at performed, but imo I think those scores are decent but not competitive. The issue is that you’ve only done 6 GCSEs, so the three 6s you have will affect your average more than if you have done 8-10 GCSEs.

So all unis will look into where you went to school? Because I went to a pretty knowingly bad school in my area and managed to get 5s or above in all my gcses but my grades aren’t competitive enough at all. I’m aiming to make me whole alevel profile top tier: high ucat, A*A*A*, lots of supercurricars. Should I continue with my plan to dentistry?

I don’t really mind where i go to as long as I can get in, I did my gcses at home