The GCSE results thread
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Your Sixth has uniform? Unlucky! That's the first time I've ever heard of a Sixth Form with uniform.
Haha yes, it's very smart
Your Sixth has uniform? Unlucky! That's the first time I've ever heard of a Sixth Form with uniform.
Actually for dentistry at the university I'm looking to go at, they rank candidates using a system of the score of your best 9 GCSE's with 4 points for A* and 3 for an A, minus or plus your ukcat score which I assume is how much you were above or below a certain threshold. They then go onto A levels after this process.
Another example of GCSE's being important is my mate who applied for medicine. His A levels were A*'s but because he only had 6A*'s an A and 2 B's in his GCSE's, he wasn't even considered as this was the first way they eliminated candidates.
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Well i pretty much just handed my sixth form enrolment form in without speaking to any of the teachers
Your Sixth has uniform? Unlucky! That's the first time I've ever heard of a Sixth Form with uniform.
My 6th form had a dress code - trousers shirts and ties for every boy, but you could choose your own colours (had to be smart stuff, but mostly just £10 trousers plus 99p shirts from M+S).
True as long as you don't have any B's, they wanted A's in all subjects. I don't think many of you comprehend how competitive it is to get into medicine.
On another note, the uni I want to apply to regards A level maths and Further maths as only one A level. I was considering doing further maths as a fifth subject but if it won't be recognised is there much point doing it?
Rubbish! Didnt affect me...
ps3ud0
I'm guessing your a doctor or have you just got accepted into the course?
Studied Med at Cambridge without any A* and plenty of Bs at GCSE...
Interview > Application IMHO
ps3ud0
Nothing to do with his B grades, a girl from my year at school had all A's in her GCSE's, but a B in French.
She was raging over having had to do French when she wasnt any good at it and only getting a B, but she still ended up doing Medicine.
Say you had all A*s in your GCSEs, but a C grade in French and something like Music, then got 4 A* in A levels in Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Physics.
You arent going to be getting turned down from medicine because you got a C in music
This. And pretty soon for medicine degrees, entrance exams too.
You arent going to be getting turned down from medicine because you got a C in music
Of course you won't but my point I'm trying to make is that GCSE's are incredibly important but at the same time having extra curricular activities and work experience is equally important.
Studied Med at Cambridge without any A* and plenty of Bs at GCSE...
Interview > Application IMHO
ps3ud0
How long ago though?
I thought your point was that your friend got turned down from Medicine for having two B grades at GCSE?
About a decade ago - any Uni that decides to remove Med applications by a function of GCSEs isnt worth going to IMHO, shows contempt - should follow the example of Oxbridge where a large amount of applicants get interviewed/tested...
I still remember going to a careers fair where Nottingham told me not to bother applying to them because of my GCSE grades - so right they were
Pertinant extra-curricular activities and work experience are more important than GCSE grades, all they are good for is to determine how many A levels you can do or the quality of them. Dont be naive to think they really mean much else...
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That was my second point but yes it is how queens eliminate the first batch of candidates according to him. I was baffled when I first heard that 6 A*'s wasn't enough but there is probably more to the story. I never heard how he did in his ukcat for example.
I suppose that GCSEs didnt teach you to realize when people are telling porkies to avoid the reality of why they were turned down
(He must have flunked his interview, thats all there is too it).
About a decade ago - any Uni that decides to remove Med applications by a function of GCSEs isnt worth going to IMHO, shows contempt - should follow the example of Oxbridge where a large amount of applicants get interviewed/tested...
I still remember going to a careers fair where Nottingham told me not to bother applying to them because of my GCSE grades - so right they were
Pertinant extra-curricular activities and work experience are more important than GCSE grades, all they are good for is to determine how many A levels you can do or the quality of them. Dont be naive to think they really mean much else...
ps3ud0
The game has changed a lot in ten years. People got in with lesser grades back then in their A levels as well but perhaps they were harder back in those days?
