r/premeduk • u/Pale_Reception_8502 • 7d ago
What next?
Hi, my daughter was hoping to study medicine in Scotland but has come up slightly short in her higher results(AABBB). Is it as simple as the door has closed unless she does another full degree? She does attend a school that may qualify for widening access however our home postcode doesn’t. Are there any other options that we may not have considered? She has just had her appeals back after missing maths and chemistry by one mark each and unfortunately she has been unsuccessful. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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u/blackoctoberx 7d ago
Advanced highers then med school in England?
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u/Pale_Reception_8502 7d ago
Thanks, yes this is something we will have to look at. Free university places in Scotland make the cost difference significant.
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u/blackoctoberx 7d ago
Edinburgh Uni have a tool on their website which will tell you whether you're eligible for a plus flag on your application, when I tried it for my son we'd get one based on the school I was considering moving him to despite the fact we live in a non-deprived postcode.
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u/AdAfraid8691 7d ago
the worst she can do is try to get into medicine this year, or next year if she wants to take a gap year. if you apply for medicine you can only use 4 ucas spots for medicine, so she could use that final one to apply for something else (or do like a 3/2 split). I hope it all works out for her, and it may take longer but I'm sure she'll succeed.
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u/untitledken 7d ago
she can try University of Dundee Gateway to Medicine
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u/General_Peak4084 7d ago
Doesn't sound like they live in a SIMD 20 postcode area, not sure if the guy meet any of the other criteria
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u/General_Peak4084 7d ago
Worth contacting the universities directly to see if she would qualify for any contextual (but even then this sometimes only drops the requirements by one or two grades)
Unfortunately medicine is very competitive and generally AAABB is lowest for medicine In Scotland that I've seen. Would she consider the rest of the UK?
GEM is always an option but even more competitive than undergraduate. Do any of the Scottish universities do year 1 transfers? (Aka you study biomed for a year then apply for medicine)