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Tips for Cambridge Medicine as a Year 10 (PLS HELP)

Hi I'm in Year 10 currently at a highly competitive grammar school in Sutton.
For my predicted grades for this term I got mainly 8s, a few 9s and two 7s. I really really want to go to Cambridge or Oxford to study medicine. It has been my dream since Year 4. I know both are really hard to get into but that Cambridge is slightly easier. However I notice that many colleges need subjects from bio,chem,maths,physics or further maths. so its either i do bio,chem,maths or bio,chem physics and i hate both physics and maths. what should i do?

and also, the colleges for cambridge i want to apply to are trinity, corpus christi, christs and kings which are very competitive. is there anything i can do from now to really boost my applications???

plsss do add any other random advice i rlly need it
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by plantsx
Hi I'm in Year 10 currently at a highly competitive grammar school in Sutton.
For my predicted grades for this term I got mainly 8s, a few 9s and two 7s. I really really want to go to Cambridge or Oxford to study medicine. It has been my dream since Year 4. I know both are really hard to get into but that Cambridge is slightly easier. However I notice that many colleges need subjects from bio,chem,maths,physics or further maths. so its either i do bio,chem,maths or bio,chem physics and i hate both physics and maths. what should i do?
and also, the colleges for cambridge i want to apply to are trinity, corpus christi, christs and kings which are very competitive. is there anything i can do from now to really boost my applications???
plsss do add any other random advice i rlly need it

For Cambridge Medicine Maths is must and you must love it. You may already know that once you graduate as a MBBS Doctor. No one cares if you had graduated from Cambridge or Oxford and there is no incentive other than self-satisfaction. All the best

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by gnkhyd
For Cambridge Medicine Maths is must and you must love it. You may already know that once you graduate as a MBBS Doctor. No one cares if you had graduated from Cambridge or Oxford and there is no incentive other than self-satisfaction. All the best

oh ok thank you. so does that mean if i choose bio,chem,physics i wldnt get offered a place?
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by plantsx
oh ok thank you. so does that mean if i choose bio,chem,physics i wldnt get offered a place?

No one can tell you whether you will or wouldnt get a place. However, almost all applicants do maths. Also, I would consider why you want to go to Cambridge seriously.
When your a doctor, no one cares. On my work experience a doctor told me "look at the doc over there, he went to Oxford but here we are doing the same job, seeing similar patients and earning the same pay!"
I think the Cambridge is easier isnt really true, but they do interview more, but also reject more post interview

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