[yeliab_cram]

Hi there,

I dont think it is that helpful to think of medicine or other degrees in terms of "number of a-level equivalents" because university work is a very different ball game.

Having intercalated I have experienced both medic and "normal uni" exams. I can say hand on heart that they too are completely different. For most subjects exams are essay based and involve going into increadible detail on each subject. From basic principles down to what is going on in the published work right now. Medicine however tends to be remembering lots and lots of information, and applying it in different ways to answer multiple choice or short answer questions.

I personally found BSc exams "harder" than medical exams, but that is probably because i hadn't had the experience of doing them for the previous two years like my peers. But id bet if you shoved a BSc student straight on a medical course they would find it hard to adapt too.

So basically, they are both tough, but very different styles of learning and examination.