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Danny_AQA

Hey people, i am predicted A* in bio and A* in chem, but ontop of doing GCSE's this may, i am also sitting AS exams in bio and chem :eek:

I have been accepted onto a 6 year MBBS course in europe to become a doctor, and i need some tips on how to revise for it all :mad:

how did u manage this at ur age?

Reply 2

zhivago

Hmm...you don't say on your profile that you're studying Biology and Chemistry AS, just GCSEs...And I think it's highly unlikely that someone who hasn't even taken their GCSEs yet has been accepted onto a Medical Course...especially as you need, like, a minimum of 6 As to even be considered, as well as AAA at A-Level. You've done neither, so I don't see how your situation is plausible, to be honest. How can a reputable school offer a 15 year old a place? Without GCSEs and A Levels? Sounds a bit dodgy to me...sorry for my cynicsm. Are you sure some dodgy European firm aren't conning you?

And how come, if you're bright enough to do Biology and Chemistry AS, along with your GCSEs, you haven't got the initiative to think of your own ways to revise, and you're only starting now?! If I was doing two AS on top of everything else, I would have started last year!

Sorry, I know I'm being cynical, It's just that your situation greatly intrigues me...Maybe, the folks in the AS/A Level threads can help you better, seen as I've no experience of revising for those exams...

Reply 3

No offence, but I seriously doubt it. For one thing, you'd have to have GCSEs in biology and chemistry before you could do them at AS because the AS builds on what you learn at GCSE, so doing 2 ASs a year early would only be possible if you'd also done the 2 GCSEs a year early. Also, to do medicine, you need to be predicted at least AAA at A-level, although most applicants have more, and mostly A*s/As at GCSE. It seems highly unlikely, if not impossible, that a medical school would accept someone aged 16 (normally you must be 18, or 17 at least) based on GCSE predictions and the predictions for 2 AS levels. Do you really think someone your age without a full A-level in chemistry and with only one other AS in biology could cope with the demands of a medicine couse?

Reply 4

Sorry, wasnt my origeonal account, a few friends bumming around on it in the past, have also recieved an updat on my moduler results.

Biology A*,A*,A Resat a B and got an A*
Chemistry A*,A,A Remarked
Physics B,C,B Because im rubbish :biggrin:

Sat GCSE mathematics in 2004 with the rest of our class and have grade B in mathematics.

Doing AQA spec A human biology and AQA chemistry AS level.

Trying to get a good revision pattern, but i cant get one.

Bytheway i am good at science and math, but pretty poor at english, Mocks were B's :frown:

also i have a bio and chem tutor, and am only sitting AS level, but having a 6 month crash course in biology and chem at A level for med school in E Europe

also to practice medicine at my university you need BC in biology, and in any european country you dont need A's atall, but minimum passes, so folks, i will also inform you that i am not going with a company, its a darn university, jesus.

Reply 5

and i have my admissions letter which states.

i am enrolled on the 6 year MBBS course at *** university

Reply 6

Danny_AQA

Well done on your modular science results :biggrin:

...but to be honest, I really wouldn't like to be treated by a doctor with only BC at A-level! If that is really the case in a lot of European countries, that's worrying! Don't you find it really hard doing both GCSE and AS biology and chemistry at the same time? Surely it would have made more sense to have sat the GCSEs a year early, at the same time as maths, and just do the ASs this year? Good luck with them though.

Reply 7

Well kelly, its all true, im doing it this year, but if i manage to get A*'s in chem and bio, doesnt it show that i would do well at college aswell, as more than 50% of doctors in the NHS are qualified abroad, not ness. foreigners, but if i am at your hospital as a SHO in 8 years, you will see my name and MBBS, you wont know anything about previous qualifications, basicaly, if you have been to a hosp, on average 50% of doctors who treated you were liable to be "qualified abroad" and, to be truthfull, only countries with high enterance req's are UK,USA,FRANCE, not countries such as cz, poland, russia, ukraine.
If im not fit enough to practice in the UK, i wont pass the PLAB tests, but if i am, you should have no prob with me treating you.

:biggrin:

Reply 8

but realistically, what is the point of getting education in these countries?their reputation is much lower than of western countries.also there is only one year difference, since ur desired medical course is 6 years, whereas you can get a degree in UK in 5 years in unis such as Cambridge plus 2 years of A level.well, it is up to you. But honestly I think that a bright student like you should aim higher.

Reply 9

zhivago

Sorry, wasnt my origeonal account, a few friends bumming around on it in the past, have also recieved an updat on my moduler results.

It obviously wasn't your friends bumming around on your account, because you went on to say exactly the same thing...that you've been accepted into some s h i t e sounding European medical school. Plus, it's in your sig, so why try and blame it on "friends"?

Also, I'm sure you've already said on other posts, that it was your brother bumming around on your account. I mean, do you just stay logged in all day or something, or wave a big banner in front of their faces, with your TSR password on?

Also, they must be pretty sad to constantly bum around on your account. Don't they have anything better to do?

Sorry, I just think you're chatting s h i t. I'm not a nasty person, but people like you really piss me off...And to be honest, if you actually are going to this school, I'm not too impressed anyway, as someone else said, I'm not sure I'd feel safe being treated by someone with that medical course...Sorry.

Reply 10

zhivago

hehe.clearly the guy seems to be talking *****.even his neg rep can prove it.

Reply 11

zhivago

I'm not too impressed anyway, as someone else said, I'm not sure I'd feel safe being treated by someone with that medical course...Sorry.

It was me who said that, and I still think a medical school that accepts 16 year-olds with just GCSEs and only 2 A-levels (a B and a C at that) shouldn't exist. Think about it this way; a medical school only accepting those aged 18 and over with AAA+ at A-level, including biology and chemistry, will have mature students willing to work hard who are capable of starting at a reasonably high level, and the course lasts 5 years. On the other hand, you have a bunch of less mature and less qualified 16 year-olds who will need to start at a lower level even though their course is only a year longer. Now if you had the choice, who would you rather be treated by?

Reply 12

kellywood_5

i understand you :smile:

but i will be the only 16 year old on the course, and alongside all of the other enterants who are 19+, i think i will do well if i study hard, and at the end of the day, you dont know who treats you :smile:

, when you see a specialist such as an SHO or SPR, do you ask the GMC to pull his files? lol, thought not, so you basicaly think that because i am entering a 6 year course at 16, that when i graduate i will be a crap doctor?

i would like your toughts again plz kelly :biggrin:

thanks

Reply 13

hey, and byrtheway, if these schools didnt exist, we would have only half the doctors in the NHS that we have today, which would leave us up **** creek without a paddle, eaven look at russian standards, CC will get you in, i watched city hospital on thursday morning (sad i no!! :smile:

) and the head consultant of ENT was a russian qualified doctor, working at st thomas', omg, are you saying that he was bad too, because he could have got in with a CC?

can you see that i am not stupid, if i do get A*.A* in bo and chem, i have the brains. :wink:

Reply 14

why do you think russian doctors are crap?

Reply 15

Danny_AQA

i understand you :smile:

thanks

I don't ask doctors to pull out their files because I assume that they're suitably qualified. I didn't know the standards in Eastern Europe were so low; being English, all I know is that to get into a medical school over here, you need at least AAA at A-level, a string of A*s and As at GCSE and loads of work experience because it's extremely copmpetitve. I'm not saying you'll be a crap doctor; sorry if that's how it came across :redface:

It's just that I think there should be a minimum age of 18 and higher entrance requirements for a skilled course like medicine.

Reply 16

Danny_AQA

I don't see why the government can't just build more medical schools. The problem is a lack of places rather than a lack of quality applicants. If everyone with straight As at A-level, A*s and As at GCSE, work experience, excellent personal statement, reference and interview and the right personality got in, we wouldn't need to resort to those who are less qualified. I don't think you're stupid at all, and again I'm sorry if I offended you; it wasn't intentional. But as someone else said, why not stay on to get A-levels and do a course at a uni over here? They're much more respected, and if you're getting A*s at GCSE, there's a good chance you'll get As at A-level too.

Reply 17

i dont think that you need at least AAA at a level and a string of A*s and As. this is probably only for top medical schools in this country

Reply 18

IZZY!

i dont think that you need at least AAA at a level and a string of A*s and As. this is probably only for top medical schools in this country

Yeah, you're probably right actually. I think I read somewhere on here though that the absolute minimum offer is ABB, and because of the competition for places is so extreme, not many people get in with those grades.

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