If i'm doing GEM do my a-levels and gcses matter?

[felicity_webb]

Hi I'm currently a 2nd yr biomed student and hopefully going to get a 2:1 or 1st however I have a C in A level human biology and all Cs at GCSE and I'm just wondering if thats going to cause me hassle?

[Lizzle]

Hi there

Unfortunately they do matter to some unis. It's really annoying because I didn't do too well at A-level and I wasn't exceptional at GCSE either. Newcastle and Durham don't seem to mind though along with Warwick and Southampton. However, places like Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol want specific grades. I spent a long time looking through them all to find out where I could apply and my choices are limited but it depends what grades you have, I think HYMS want BBC at A-level they've just changed it apparently.

Lizzle

[kaodeve]

have a read through this...

Graduate Entry Medicine - a guide - The Student Room

[felicity_webb]

Thankyou so so much there's loads who don't look do you think working in a microbiology lab counts as hands on experience? Lol

[kaodeve]

Thankyou so so much there's loads who don't look do you think working in a microbiology lab counts as hands on experience? Lol

Well, I had no health related WE. I spoke about and related my skills from my previous career and how they related to medicine and also spoke about my 16 mths in a parasitology lab doing research for my MRes. I applied for all 5 year courses so unsure if GEP courses are more stringent about health related WE than 5 years for mature students.

[felicity_webb]

ah ok cool, we currently have one of the consultants getting her son to do 6 weeks with us so i guess my jobs quite good as a thing to talk about with our application. its just so scary because i cant stop adding more stuff to my app so i feel like ive done enough but that may be compremising my degree outcome :S x