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Can you do medicine @ uni with no A stars?
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A m8 of mine wants to be a doctor. He got 4 A's in his AS's but has 3 A's, 4 B's, and 2 C's for his GCSE. His parent really want him to be a doctor but an arrogant teacher at his school said that uni will only let people who got A* stars do medicine at uni.
He' become quite upset considering his excellent AS performance consisting of 4 A's (biology, chemistry, business studies, physics). He wanted to go to york or manchester university.
I'd just like any professionals or students with any experience to confirm that he is not able to do medicine with his current GCSE results.
He' become quite upset considering his excellent AS performance consisting of 4 A's (biology, chemistry, business studies, physics). He wanted to go to york or manchester university.
I'd just like any professionals or students with any experience to confirm that he is not able to do medicine with his current GCSE results.
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That comment from the teacher is ridiculous. There's plenty of uni's who don't have particularly high standards, and that's why so many people are going to uni's these days. Medicine is a bit different as it does generally require higher grades, but he could still definately do it somewhere.
York and Manchester are both good uni's, but I'd imagine he'd have a pretty good chance of getting an offer, as long as he sends off an impressive UCAS form.