Resisting medicine to get into medicine
Hey! My friend did her a levels this year in 2025 and she got BCC. She wants to resit chem and psychology to get A*AB. Can she get into any uni with those grades l?
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by UmmayamHey! My friend did her a levels this year in 2025 and she got BCC. She wants to resit chem and psychology to get A*AB. Can she get into any uni with those grades l?
Hey, so I'm resitting maths and chemistry, and what I would recommend doing is calling every single university that offers medicine and ask. Make a Google doc of what they say. She will have to retake the UCAT too. Some universities only accept two resits, some accept one try for each uni so she should ask. To be honest, I don't remember any unis that would accept those grades, she might have to redo all three. This sucks so hard, trust me, I'm in the same boat.
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by HelpwithBioHey, so I'm resitting maths and chemistry, and what I would recommend doing is calling every single university that offers medicine and ask. Make a Google doc of what they say. She will have to retake the UCAT too. Some universities only accept two resits, some accept one try for each uni so she should ask. To be honest, I don't remember any unis that would accept those grades, she might have to redo all three. This sucks so hard, trust me, I'm in the same boat.
Thanks a lot will call unis tomorrow
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