How can I do well in GCSEs for medicine?

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I really want to be a doctor, so I know I need good GCSEs, especially in sciences. Does anyone have advice or study tips that helped them get top grades? 😊

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aleesha.jelll

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Hi, I got grade 8-7 , for GCSE science(2025) , something I would really recommend that I regret not doing is checking what type of learner I am. So there are a few types of ways in which people learn for example... an auditory learner is someone who learns from listening . I really recommend taking a quick online test to see what kind of learner you are, as not everyone learns in the same way. once you find out what type of learner you are you will be able to know what kind of revision/ study methods work best for your mind, this will really help you to get amazing grades , in not just science but all your subjects! a generalised study tip is definitely doing past papers, I mean its extremely important for around now maybe do one of each science one a week. then when next year hits slightly increase the amount you do , do this for all subjects, and once you hit a month or 2before exams start doing daily past papers. making sure you're timing yourself strictly and marking using the mark schemes, I really recommend picking up methods and wording from the mark schemes just to help boost your marks. also when you do the aper and mark it circle the questions you get wrong in a different colour and make sure you're constantly practising the topics that you're constantly getting wrong.

something else I would say is making sure to displaced repetition to rejog your memory so you don't forget even the slightest things. which is when you finish learning something make sure you re test yourself on the same topic every week or 2 weeks.
Also my final advice is , at the start of the year please don't burn yourself out by doing excessive hours of revision , I did this and heavily regret it . all I say is use your time wisely and don't procrastinate ,
im sure you'll make an amazing doctor!! And good luck , if you have any more questions feel free to ask 🙂

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Kingston Vee

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@maroon-historiog gcse's are important but ultimately universities will look more at your a-level results so if your dead set on medicine, aim to get your highest grades in the subjects that will get you onto your desired a-level courses. So sciences as you mentioned but also maths is really important. For biology it makes up a good percentage of each exam and in chemistry even more so. I would attend any after school study sessions you can, priorities the more important subjects to get onto your a-level courses and keep doing mock exams.

Hope this helps,

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Phoenix737

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by maroon-historiog

I really want to be a doctor, so I know I need good GCSEs, especially in sciences. Does anyone have advice or study tips that helped them get top grades? 😊
Diggory the AI Uni Coach helped write this post

Hi there! It's great that you know what you want to do so early! Honestly yes, following on from other advice it is important to know what type of learner you are, because then you can optimise your revision and see the improvement as you go.

A tip from me:
Personally, I do recommend lots of questions and past papers, especially for science. I achieved grade nines for all my sciences (2025) and one thing I found that really helped me was try to replicate the exam hall as much as you can, because ultimately, your grades are dependant on your exam performance, by intergrating this in your practice (time yourself strictly, put on [annoying] exam sounds so you'd be indifferent to sniffles, page-turning and chair scraping -look on youtube, at first it may distract you, but trust me, it helps for the real thing [you cant control these factors on the real day, and peopke do get ill, so the best thing you can do is make yourself used to it] - practice writing your candidate number etc) you'll feel a lot more comfortable in that exam hall on the day. You don't have to do this often/all the time, but start increasing this sort of practice towards your exams. Keep a record and make sure you mark your papers and note down any topics you found difficult. After you've identified your weak areas, read through notes (if you need to), do some flashcard quizzes, do some topic targeted questions and then reanswer any questions you got wrong on the original paper, and then go back to mornal practice. Obviously you can alter this and change it up so it works best for you. For me, this was my main way of practice, everything centered around papers, because for me it was my best way of revising.

In the end, do not worry, please don't stress yourself out and take care of yourself along the way. Get a good nights sleep before the exam and eat well. Wishing you all the best!

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yoyos211_

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@maroon-historiog gcse's are important but ultimately universities will look more at your a-level results so if your dead set on medicine, aim to get your highest grades in the subjects that will get you onto your desired a-level courses. So sciences as you mentioned but also maths is really important. For biology it makes up a good percentage of each exam and in chemistry even more so. I would attend any after school study sessions you can, priorities the more important subjects to get onto your a-level courses and keep doing mock exams.
Hope this helps,
Vee (kingston rep)

Hello, quick question, currently doing A Levels Bio Chem and Maths and I got mostly average 6s in my gcses but Im aiming to get the highest grades as Ive learnt from my mistake, is it still realstic that I can make it to a medicine course at Uni? Thanks

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Neurosurgeonfr

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I got all 9s for GCSE triple science (2025) . I think Past papers are very important for physics and chemistry but in my opinion less so for biology. For biology I mainly focused on content and skimmed mark schemes of past papers but I didn’t actually do them.

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Kingston Vee

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by yoyos211_

Hello, quick question, currently doing A Levels Bio Chem and Maths and I got mostly average 6s in my gcses but Im aiming to get the highest grades as Ive learnt from my mistake, is it still realstic that I can make it to a medicine course at Uni? Thanks

I think if your a-level grades and other contributing factors like an EPQ, work experience or extra curricula's are impressive then yes you have a shot at getting into medical school. It's important to have other things as I mentioned to make your application more appealing, not just grades. However they are extremely competitive as you know, you would still need to be getting top marks in your a-levels as the acceptance rate is so low.

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