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Asked by 249genk46 to Adrian, Ali, Charnelle, Deborah, Kit, Phil, Rob on 6 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by Tinkerbell, 477genk45, 779genk45.
Question: what did you get in your GSCEs
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Robert Cullum answered on 6 Nov 2017:
The first thing to say is that different medical schools expect different things from people in their GCSEs so it’s worth doing research as you don’t necessarily need to do the same as we have. The other thing to remember is that things have all changed since I did mine and now they will all be numbers. I got mostly A*s in mine though with a few As 🙂
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Philip Williams answered on 6 Nov 2017:
I went to school in Scotland, so I did “standard grades” instead. I did English, Maths, German, Latin, biology, chemistry & physics. (straight “1”s)
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Deborah Draycott answered on 6 Nov 2017:
I am so old that I didn’t do GCSEs – studied ‘O’ levels! Mostly A and B grades, although not so good in my German language.
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Kit T answered on 7 Nov 2017:
Rob is right in that requirements change regularly and I know lots of medics who didn’t get A* and A in all their GCSEs. I got mostly A*s, a few As and a D in PE which I still try to keep quiet!
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Ali Blatcher answered on 8 Nov 2017:
I got mostly A*s in my GCSEs. But universities are more focussed on A levels I think!
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WP/Admissions Officer commented on :
As Rob said above, different medical schools expect different grades at GCSEs. Here’s a useful document which shows what they are looking for: https://www.medschools.ac.uk/media/2357/msc-entry-requirements-for-uk-medical-schools.pdf
In general, most are looking for a certain number of A*-Cs (9-5s). For instance:
The University of Bristol are looking for five GCSEs at grade A including English Language, Mathematics and two science subjects.
Hull York Medical School are looking for eight GCSEs at grade A*–C (or grade 4–9 in the reformed GCSEs) to include English Language and Maths at grade B or above (grade 6 or above in reformed GCSEs).