Are these A Level choices good enough for medical school in the UK?
Chemistry. Biology. English Language. Physcology. I know medical schools are extremley competitive. Even though some they say maths is not required should I take maths instead of physcology to improve my chances? My only worry is that I'm not good enough and I don't enjoy the subject but if it would greatly improve my chances getting into med school then I will endure it. Also I'm at a grammar school so would that mean there's an advantage?
Higher Education (University +) - 1 Answers - 2009-11-09 10:14:59
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Heyy yeahh i'm trying for medicine. I'm doing chemistry, maths, geography and biology. The best place to look for what universities want is on the ucas website, and you can look up specific courses and what they want. Your combination sounds fine, there are a couple of girls applying for medicine without maths, and i don't think its affecting their application. Oh and yeahh i think being at a grammar school will help you, some unis are slightly biased against private schools because they have "better teaching so its easier to get the grades" which quite frankly isnt always the case! Anyway good luck! ps If you can, i'd go on a thing called Medlink, its a 4 day medicine course in lower 6th which gives you a real taster of what med school will be like :) www.ucas.ac.uk = ucas website www.medlink-uk.com = medlink
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Heyy yeahh i'm trying for medicine. I'm doing chemistry, maths, geography and biology. The best place to look for what universities want is on the ucas website, and you can look up specific courses and what they want. Your combination sounds fine, there are a couple of girls applying for medicine without maths, and i don't think its affecting their application. Oh and yeahh i think being at a grammar school will help you, some unis are slightly biased against private schools because they have "better teaching so its easier to get the grades" which quite frankly isnt always the case! Anyway good luck! ps If you can, i'd go on a thing called Medlink, its a 4 day medicine course in lower 6th which gives you a real taster of what med school will be like :) www.ucas.ac.uk = ucas website www.medlink-uk.com = medlink
2009-11-09 10:27:22
