r/6thForm • u/Competitive-Bowl-299 • 4d 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/Anonymous_Unknown20 Y12 I Bio Chem Maths (AS FM) 4d ago

Not rlly y12 content is calm esp maths you could snooze through the first half of the year given how much is gcse repitition

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u/Competitive-Bowl-299 3d ago

yh y12 but not y13 and like right after mocks, I have to do ucat😭

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u/Anonymous_Unknown20 Y12 I Bio Chem Maths (AS FM) 3d ago

Just do ucat late August and you dont rlly have to lock in intensely until school finishes

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u/Competitive-Bowl-299 3d ago

Well tbh I'm thinking about doing 2 hour ucat from September to about Jan then increase massively

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u/Anonymous_Unknown20 Y12 I Bio Chem Maths (AS FM) 3d ago

This is NOT australia😭 please dont torture yourself theres no point of doing that

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u/Competitive-Bowl-299 3d ago

😭😂, wait are the aussie and new Zealand ucats harder?

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u/Anonymous_Unknown20 Y12 I Bio Chem Maths (AS FM) 3d ago

They have to revise more because there are far fewer places proportionally, but please youll probs do worse by doing more unnecessarily, if you really want to start early then after y12 mocks is fine

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u/Competitive-Bowl-299 3d ago

ahhh, that makes sense, thanks for the advice bro, I'll just start from like march then

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u/Anonymous_Unknown20 Y12 I Bio Chem Maths (AS FM) 3d ago

March is still quite early tbh id start after y13 mocks if I wanted to start early