Advice Needed Please.

**lizardking125** · 01-10-2006, 06:08 PM

Hi, I am desperate to study medicine as it has been a life long ambition of mine to be an anaesthetist (don't ask me why lol). My GCSE grades were poor because I did no work (2 A's, 5 B's & 3 C's) and my AS grades were ABBC in sports studies, human biology, business and chemistry respectively. I have dropped business for A2 and my predicted grades for bio, chem and sports are AAB

Here comes the bad part...I could not get any spaces for the UKCAT exam thus making me ineligible to apply to many of the medical schools except for liverpool and birmingham - which I am going to apply for and am not expecting to get a place at either.

If I get AAB at A level, do you think I would have a good chance of gaining a place for 2008 entry after doing a year work experience, voluntary work and sit that damn UKCAT exam? I would also like to hear from people who have done a year out because they didn't get any offers etc.

Thanks

**Ste_Nearly_In_Med_School** · 01-10-2006, 06:18 PM

Im doin a year out now. And yes i think its a good idea! If you want something really badly, why wouldnt you try every opertunity u have to get it? Theres never any harm in trying. As long as you get the AAB at A-level, and do plenty of w/e and voluntary and choose you unis wisely, you have as good a chance as anyone......

**gymmet** · 01-10-2006, 06:27 PM

BTW, Bristol don't need UKCAT either, so that's 3 unis you can apply to.

And yep gap year would help if you don't get in, provided you do extra work experience to improve your application.