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A levels for medicine

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catbirddogchild · 30/11/2022 20:35

Hi,
My DS ( currently year 10) is interested in doing medicine.
He is top of year in most subjects especially science and maths etc.
The issue is he is still quite young and not 100% on what he wants to do really.
Would doing chemistry, physics , maths and possibly further maths but not biology be a bad idea?
It would keep other doors more open to him such as engineering ect
Realistically do applicants get in medicine places without biology?

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Decorhate · 30/11/2022 21:05

Lots of unis don’t insist on Biology. But my Dd (who did medicine) says, why would you not do Biology for A Level, if you think you would love medicine? It may not be essential to get in (though some unis make you do catch-up classes) but it seems odd not to do it.

fannyfartlet · 30/11/2022 21:02

Chemistry is a must and physics and maths both count. A few medical schools require biology but not all of them. So it will reduce the number of medical schools who he could apply to but as you have said, opens the door to engineering. If he is academically strong, doing the three sciences and maths could be an option. And yes, people do get in without biology, my son being an example and he did chemistry, physics and maths....and ended up transferring to engineering!

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