Should I do A-level Chemistry Privately?

I would go for it if medicine is ur dream. It would make u a more unique applicant as it shows drive as well. Plus, far more likely to get into the standard 5 year course than the 4 year Graduate entry medicine GEM course. Please do not pursue GEM if medicine is what u want to do with ur life ur odds shrink dramatically the admission test scores and grades needed for GEM are crazy. If u r not 100% set on medicine than don’t commit to a strenuous course like medicine u will be miserable lol. Feel free to ask more questions

I would go for it if medicine is ur dream. It would make u a more unique applicant as it shows drive as well. Plus, far more likely to get into the standard 5 year course than the 4 year Graduate entry medicine GEM course. Please do not pursue GEM if medicine is what u want to do with ur life ur odds shrink dramatically the admission test scores and grades needed for GEM are crazy. If u r not 100% set on medicine than don’t commit to a strenuous course like medicine u will be miserable lol. Feel free to ask more questions

Can you switch to a different sixth form?

Ok uve got several options: sit a level chemistry (just exams and practicals with no lesson time to reduce costs)at a private test centre in tandem with ur other three a levels, (2) do a level chemistry at an accelerated pace during a gap yr after u complete ur three a levels again at a test centre (maybe even at ur sixth form), apply for a foundation year into medicine (this option has eligibility criteria tho)

For context, I’m currently in y12, my a-levels are biology , philosophy , and psychology. I am interested in taking a gap year after y13 , then going into university , or/and be able to do an exchange internationally. My aim is to pursue a career in Medicine !

If you’ve seen my other posts , I’ve always expressed exploring my other back-up options in relations to humanities , such as law , psychology etc. but none of those caught my interest. All of the stem however have e.g neuroscience , pharmacology etc.

I’ve noticed all of these share the same requirement for the top Russell group uni’s (or at-least the ones I’m aiming for here in the uk). That thing is Chemistry a-level.

I know for Medicine , not all medical school’s require chemistry and biology, but majority do. This therefore narrows my choices of all medical schools I can apply for.

I’ve tried switching my Philosophy option to Chemistry back in mid-September, but wasn’t able to because Chemistry was too full. Ever since I’ve been researching other ways to get into Medicine, and there are two ways which caught my eye: doing a degree, then applying for Graduate Entry Medicine, or to try take Chemistry privately. I honestly don’t know which one to take.

I’m leaning more onto the second option , and that is because doing two degrees will leave me in masses more debt than if I was to try do it privately. But even if I do try to take it privately , that’s expensive for me , too.

I was thinking of talking to the Head of Chemistry on whether it’ll be okay for me to have access to the Chemistry’s online teams , or if I can sit in one lesson per-week to look study from it.

I’m stuck on what to do, and I want to make a decision fast because if I dk take the private route , I want to start planning on how to go about it now. Should I go with the first or the second ? If second , how would I do if ? How would I self-study ? Do you have any advice for it (for those that may self-study it already). Help me !!

Do you know the eligibility criteria for medicine foundation year?

Medicine has always been my goal, but I have found (especially doing a-level philosophy) that STEM is an interest, however I do not see myself doing a STEM-like job other then Medicine. I’m still trying to explore if there’s anything else I’ll be interested in, but nothing catches my eye. If it does, it’s not as much as medicine.