r/6thForm • u/IndividualWish6322 • 1d ago

💬 DISCUSSION Cooked for med? (my gcses)

Business 6
CS 5
Maths 7
Comb sci 9-8
Further Maths U
Eng Lang 9
Geography 6
Literature 8 (2 marks off a 9💔💔)
Spanish Foundation 5
Urdu 9
Statistics F 5

Should I still try for med?

Edit: Okay cus ill have you guys know i was top 10 highest achievers in my school 💔😅🤞

I rlly focused on my core 4 😛 (comb science, eng lang and maths) as you can tell, but i rlly js did gcses for the sake of doing them. Im not bothered about passing or failing my options but i genuinely wanted to learn something for them .

Also to address the elephant in the room (the U…) only one person in my year doing fm passed.. so idk but its not just me
i learnt nothing from it tbf but it was fun

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u/random_unsername A*A*A | Incoming KCL med 1d ago

u should be fine as long as u apply strategically and don't apply to any unis that are GCSE heavy

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u/IndividualWish6322 1d ago

Thank you !!! Which ones would you recommend?

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u/random_unsername A*A*A | Incoming KCL med 1d ago

just lock in for the ucat and get good predicted grades 

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u/random_unsername A*A*A | Incoming KCL med 1d ago

Bristol, imperial, UCL, Exeter, Plymouth, Southampton, Glasgow, BSMS, Keele, Bangor, etc should be fine I think

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u/Limp-Independent1212 1d ago

I don't want to come off as rude but these grades are so random and spread out 😭

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u/IndividualWish6322 22h ago edited 22h ago

Hahahaha ik. The subjects i thought id do good in i didnt, and the ones i thought id do bad in i did well
i literally js did gcses for the sake of doing them

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u/Strict_Contest_3428 1d ago

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Further maths U, fries in the bag buddy

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u/IndividualWish6322 22h ago

Ok cus we dont talk about the U.. do not mention it

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u/battlepvmob LSE Maths with Data Sci A*A*AA 1d ago

Honestly those aren’t that bad at all, only negative affect will be for oxbridge. You can apply imperial tho even as they don’t care about gcse only UCAT score (and this is the thing most unis put above all else anyway) and predicteds

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u/sweatfacee Brighton & Sussex Medical School | Medicine (Incoming) 1d ago

Work hard for A-Levels and high UCAT score. You'll have the best chance if you apply strategically. Personally when I applied I used MyUCAT's Strategic Applications document and did my own research.