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Due to circumstances that were beyond my control I couldn't join an actual secondary school in the UK and had to resort to colleges to obtain my GCSEs. Because of this I was capped at 5 GCSEs maximum as thats the max you can do simultaneously in colleges ( or atleast the one I have went to). I achieved 99997 (Bio,Chem.Phy,Maths and Eng Lang). I'm worried that this will be a barrier when I actually start applying to Unis for Dentistry/Medicine as I know these fields are competitive and there's probably tons of students out there that probably have 11 GCSEs.
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by selam444
Due to circumstances that were beyond my control I couldn't join an actual secondary school in the UK and had to resort to colleges to obtain my GCSEs. Because of this I was capped at 5 GCSEs maximum as thats the max you can do simultaneously in colleges ( or atleast the one I have went to). I achieved 99997 (Bio,Chem.Phy,Maths and Eng Lang). I'm worried that this will be a barrier when I actually start applying to Unis for Dentistry/Medicine as I know these fields are competitive and there's probably tons of students out there that probably have 11 GCSEs.
Apply to unis that just shortlist on ucat- plenty

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Read the rules for Belfast very carefully as they will not intrrview you if you apply before getting A level results but will automatically reject you if you don't include them in 1st round of applications. (Once you have required A level grades they give maximum points for GCSEs.)

Also check rules that many have on age you take A levels.

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