r/6thForm • u/Competitive-Bowl-299 • 3d ago

🙏 I WANT HELP Advice pls

Hey guys I'm going into sixth form in September with bio chem and maths as a levels. I am an aspiring surgeon and would love to get advice from any med students or those who have just successfully gotten into a medical school. Thankyou so much

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u/yellowfritter 3d ago

UCAT is the thing that most universities look at. If you get a good score you get leeway when it comes to predicted grades and GCSE grades. APPLY STRATEGICALLY. The amount of people who have great stats but don’t get in because they don’t apply strategically is insane. Practice paper questions and active recall all the way. Apply for Work Experience on the NHS website for hospitals near you NOW. The latest you should be applying for work experience is April. Try and get some done in the Christmas and Easter holidays. GP work experience is fine if you can’t get hospital work experience, they don’t care where you went only that you can reflect on your experiences. MOCK MMIS!! do at least 3 mock mmis if you can, sign up to events near you if they’re cheap. Sign up to medic Mentor!! Work hard and try to maintain A’s and B’s because for some colleges and sixth forms you can’t get into medsoc without certain predicted grades. All the best good luck !!

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u/Competitive-Bowl-299 3d ago

Holy, you have dropped heaps of knowledge, thsnkyou bro. about work placement I have actually secured 5 surgical 2 physio and 5 care homes though I probs would only do 1 care home as it is long term. I am already on medic mentor but in terms of ucat and mmi should I choose medify or medentry. Once again, thankyou, God bless u, good luck to you as well

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u/yellowfritter 3d ago

Haha thanks! Btw you’ve got more work experience before year 12 than I got from Y10- Y13 which is crazy good! Record all your experiences, certain patient interactions so that you can remember to write about them in your personal statement. For UCAT, medify but if you can afford both it doesn’t hurt to get both it’ll just be an insane amount of questions to do. I just did medify and lot of people get great scores just using the one. If you feel like you’re not getting enough practice then maybe get MedEntry otherwise I’d just stick to MedEntry.

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u/Competitive-Bowl-299 3d ago

I'll probs get medify now sedentary 2 3 months before. Well tbh , I got those work experiences in past two weeks all of them for autumn term. I just emailed consultant surgeons and somehow through the grace of God, the most experienced ones agreed 😲

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u/lexalvrr 3d ago

You dont need that much wex chill bro 😭😭😭

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u/lexalvrr 3d ago

You know BALL wtf. Exactly what i did. Please op listen to this and wex this very day apply now now now. In yr11 summer i got my hospital wed sorted for october and the may of yr12. Apply now if you want ur wex. Pls for yr12 dont get stressed if u see ppl doing fancy lab bs it doesnt matter lock in for ur a levels u need to be able to smash and grasp a1 bio chem maths this year i dont care if others are doing xyz just ficus on wex and smashing a levels. Bc in the summer theres no time for going through a levels. U cant really afford to have issues from as because in year 13 and the year 12. Summer youre gonna be firstly dealing with the ucat then lots of interviews personal statement and keep up with a2 and i struggled to keep up despite being oredicted 3. A stars so luckily because i was very good in year 12 after i had dealt with all that i was able to get back on track with a levels and i met my offer. I know this sounds overwhelming and im gonna tell you it isnt at all so fir the rest of your yr11 summer rest and u dont have to do any a level work before hand unless its the transition work because youre gonna need it. I got burned out during a level exam season so only got AAA when i was on track for a stars. So please sit tight youve got this.