studying medicine in UK

Originally posted by: hindu4lyf

Ok I think i can help you out just let me know what exactly you wanna find out?

If you want to do medicine then the best and probably compulsory subjects to take are Biology and Chemistry. Those 2 are a must. But it is a huge plus point if you have maths in that as well cos then all 3 A2 subjects will be very hard and challenging subjects.

If you don't get in to medicine then I would suggest something like optometry/dentistry/biomedical sciences etc. Cos they are along the similar lines as the subjects you have to take at A level in order to do them at Uni is very similar.

Btw what unis are you looking to apply to?

Originally posted by: missindia26

Thanks

Yeah basically I want to drop Maths and take Italian instead but only if that won't lowere my chances of getting into uni

As good ones as possible so Im gonna try Oxbridge, Kings, Imperial, University of London, Nottingham

Originally posted by: hindu4lyf

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Woah your aiming veryy high! I know 😕 but there's no harm in trying

Make sure you have a backup choice as your insurance. You should always have 2 very high unis, two good unis and 1 that is average. But since ur doing med you only get 4 choices and the 5th is another course right? If you're taking up Italian then I don't think it's gonna lower your chances cos it's not an easy course but pls explain what u mean, are you gonna pick up Italian in 2nd year and drop Maths so only get an As in Maths and an As in Italian? Cos you will need atleast 3 A2's! Out of which 2 of them have to be Bio and Chem as you already know. Nope Im about to start year 12 so I'm doing English lit, Bio, Chem and Maths and have to choose whther to swtich to italian

Just make sure you have a backup university incase you don't get in to the university of your choice due to a slip in grades. (obviously hopefully that won't happen ;) ) Yeah hopefully and yeah I wont only apply to top unis

You done your UKCAT yet? Nope

Originally posted by: missindia26

Originally posted by: hindu4lyf

Originally posted by: rukhaya

Hey I live in the UK... currently doing my A-levels... I'm going to be applying for medicine this month at university Cool 😊

To study medicine you need to do Chemistry and Biology... Maths is not compulsory... I studied Chemistry, Biology, Maths and English Language and Literature at AS level and will be dropping Maths now and carry on with the other three subjects onto A level. Wow you got to do 5 ASs, they wont let us at our school

It will be useful to look at some university websites and see what their requirements are for applying to medicine... but Chemistry is 100% essential Yeah the problem with that is it says Maths is "useful" so Im trying to find out how important it is 😕

Other than tht u need to be doing some voluntary work and work experience somehow related to the course... e.g at a nursing home or a GP surgery etc... Thanks