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Originally Posted by Fonzie

There's nothing wrong with having a plan B but most medical/dental students and careers advisors and anyone who knows a thing or too about the admissions process at udnergraduate and graduate level will tell you that taking a place on a Biomedical Sciences course is not a good plan B. Maybe a plan C or D but certainly not a plan B.

If you just miss out on the grades (say ABB for an AAA offer) how on Earth is it a good idea to do a course like Biomed where you would need to score very high marks to even stand a chance of getting the interview to enter into Year 3 or if you muck up and get less than 2:1 you've effectively closed the door on a career in Medicine forever? Also, plenty of students with 1:1s are being left empty handed when applying through UCAS as graduates.

If you're reluctant to resit A-Levels and reapply having missed the grades (an easier option) then it says a lot about your dedication to Medicine as a course and career; giving up at the first hurdle and when the going gets tough.

Yeah George's don't consider resits but plenty of places do like Liverpool, Southampton, Peninsula, BSMS, UEA, Keele, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds and nearly all will consider resits if the student has valid mitigating circumstances.

The Biomed route can be successful for some but examples of this are few and far between. Yes it is tougher for resit students to get in but you will find there is more success going down the resit route than there is with Biomed route and having known people who have got in as resits and people who have gone on to Biomed and ultimately been left empty handed, I stand by my comments.

The OP must be only 1 7/18 right? What is one year of your life? A small price to pay if it means in 6 years time you'll be coming out with the degree in the course you wanted to study and an open path into your cherished career.

Biomed is the degree equivalent of a poisoned challice, end of.

'end of' ?!! was that necessary?