Not rlly sure what to do

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I'm in year 10 and im doing the iGCSE route. I want to go into medicine but my marks in physics and math usually surpass my marks in bio and chem. I achieved a 90+ in all the three sciences and math but my parents said ideally for medicine your marks should be in this order: Bio, Chem, Physics, Math but my marks are Math, Chem, Phy, Bio. So do u think I should try and do smthn related to like physics and math or stick to medicine

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Depends on you actually

Marks won't generally define your passion. Your determination will

If youre really into medicine and are willing to work hard for it, I'd say work on your grades and go for it. If you're ambivalent about either fields and can shift into physics, I'd say give it a a try to see if you like it

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i like bio the most i find it most interesting but the problem i face is that i struggle w the bio AO3 questions and cant seem to improve in it

u have any tips?

[grand lance]

I used to, as well yeah

But managed an A*

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Keep practicing. Theres no alternative

Note down the topics you're stumbling upon and fix those first

If you've got conceptual problems, understand them

When doing a paper, focus on those areas first

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Ok ty if u dont mind me asking what year r u in

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gj

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Giving AS rn

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Np

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ok gl w AS

[real notch]

u cant judge of your marks in y10 and regardless as long as u get grade 8/9 in bio and chem medicine is very much possible they dont have to be your strongest subjects

a lot of ppl take a level maths or physics to do medicine asw

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yeah thats what i was planning on doing for A levels but ppl told me its rlly hard whats ur opinion on phy chem bio math for A level

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ok tysm

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also if u dont mind me asking whats M/J 2026

oh may june

u do cie?

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nah

igcse edecel

*edexcel

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yes

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ok same

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i have the exact same situation as u but im in year 11

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im ngl

medicine is extremely hard to get into

if u not getting A*

no point

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my parents are like either 5A* or arabic curriculum

[real notch]

5A* at a level or gcse

?

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ig

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i mean

5 8/9 is very achievable

and tbf for medicine

u need a gcse average of 7.8

8.2 for dentistry

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im alr at 8 but they wont accept anything lower than a 9

and since we cant do may junes

its POE

and the marking gonna be autistic asl

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an 8 and 9 are legit the same universities both see them as an A*

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please EXPLAIN that to my parents

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genuinely unis still convert gcses grades to the old letter system a 7 is an A and 8 and 9 are both A* anything from 7-9 is good enough in the eyes of unis

and ngl

most unis dont weigh gcse too heavily

they only do for medicine

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they geniunely think arabic curiculum is better and i am apperantly wasting my time

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idk what country your in but

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ae

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in europe A levels are the most respected qualification

in USA its second most after their own syllabus

if u want to go to a good uni

igcse/IA level is best

(top 30 unis are dominated by USA europe australia)

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yes bro ik that every teacher hes told me the same thing but they STILL wont listen

ts is so unfair bruh

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yea idk what u can rlly do cl

arabic curriculam would lock u out

of a lot of top tier unis

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nah cuz that shit is the 'proper' way to study apperantly

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cooked

ibr

9s in 5 subjects is achievable

what subjects u doing rn

and what r your grades like

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esl math chem bio phy

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chem is A* math is A* bio is B esl A phy A

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what others u doing

whats esl

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english as a second language

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thats it

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u only do 5 subjects?

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yep

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yea i men 5 9s is a achievable then

why only 5 subjects

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cuz no point in taking extras my school offered geo , business, gp, ict

and none of them are useful

they js put more pressure

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geography is good

i mean idk how it is there

but average amount of subjects here at gcse

is 8-10

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i might do some in oct/nov

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u should

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like combined sciences maybe

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your already doing all 3 sciences?

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mhm

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so combined science

isn't useful

u should try do at least 8 gcses

your right gp and ict are useless

geo is good

buisness is decent'

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in the school that ill go to u have to choose either the science subjects or the businiess subjects

the one im in rn is only up till year 11

[real notch]

for a level or

for gcse

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both

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gcse your meant to do a mix

then a level u specalise

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i dont really know cuz they didnt let us do that

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cause here

we do between 8-11 subjects

so we mix

stem and humanities

cause unis want to see a mix

anyway what u gonna take for a level

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3 mandatory subjects (phy bio chem) and 1 additional

idk what i should take for the additonal

maybe arabic

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u have mandatory subjects?😭

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arabic first language

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u wanna do medicine right?

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yea😭

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u should do maths

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ts sounds like hell

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maths al??

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yes

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death sentence

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its good for medicine

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u do know all 3 of the sciences are harder than a level maths right

physics is seen as the hardest a level

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a level maths cannot be easy gang

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only further maths is harder

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it isnt easy

but biology

is the a level with some of the most content

physics is js the hardest

chem is also difficult

pure 1 in a level maths is js gcse content

so first year of a level maths isnt too bad

for sciences its hard from the beginning

your school lowkey weird cause

mandatory subjects

then physics w out maths is useless

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ig i can take math as and drop it at year 13

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makes more sense to drop physics

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yea at ig the mandatory was eng , cs , math

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both

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why would u drop both?

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computer science? yea english and maths is mandatory here too and 2 sciences

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the prob is tht we're online and evidence collection starts TOMORROW

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yea cl igcses being cancelled in some countries

must suck

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and im lowk shit in bio

idk what imma do

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ibr if your bad at bio medicine

isnt a good idea

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engineering isnt fun either

the only thing that im acctualy good at is chem and math

and maybe phy

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u should probs js consider chemical engineering or finance then

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ill consider that

thanks @real notch

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arabic is hard im doing asl as one of my iGCSE options

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glad i have some1 else to relate w

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no not the subject itself

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for iGCSE yea in our skl its math eng and the three sciences are core then u have to pick from 3 other subjects like pscyhology, geo and then whether u do arabic MOE or iGCSE

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wait hollon which country r u studyign in

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me UAE

u

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im UK

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same

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so u do iGCSE in uk?

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yall do normal gcses

its diff

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no he said he does iGCSE edexcel like me

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i do igcse

for maths

all 3 sciences

both englishes

and normal gcse for cs dt rs

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whats the difference

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there is basically no difference other than normal countries can do igcse

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well im non-arab so I find it hard but I find it easy to memorize quran lol

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they're weighted the exact same

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yh

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the specs are almost identical

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i do GCSE in uae

GCSE psychology

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only uk schools can do gcse

oh wait nvm

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rest are iGCSE

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they're the same

but i do igcse for most of my subjects

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they r very similar

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they differences are minimal

igcse is a bit easier

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u got an adv rn u clearly know ur shit back in year 10 i was lost

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which is why i say

if u wanna go a uni not in UAE

u should have at least 8 gcses

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i locked in mid jan

before that i was wasting time all day

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yea my mom is ensuring i do good cuz no offense im the only sibling that acc has some potential in getting a good job

so she knows ik everything

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damn

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most unis say 8 aswell

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lol

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thats what i mean

u need 8 rlly

for any good uni

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its like 8 O level and then 3 Alevels im pretty sure

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u have any ideas where ur going

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bro if 8 is enoguh for any uni then i can get an 8 in bio

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im gonna apply to bristol southampton warwick sheffield and probs bath

cause they're good for engineering

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my parnets wouldnt agree tho

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nice

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but i wanna do degree apprenticeship

mainly

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8 GCSES not an 8 in a gcse

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u should be aiming for the best which are 9s but u should know 8s are accepted

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he only doing 5 gcses

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oh😭

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im telling him to do 8

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yes

most ppl here do 9 10+ if they doing further maths

or extra language

8 is like the minimum

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wbu

where do u wanna go

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not sure tbh

I wanna stay here in UAE and my dream uni here is Sharjah University of Medicine

but im prob gon get shipped off to egypt

cuz its cheap there and apparently the education is good

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oh

no u have to do 8 to go anywhere good

but the base 5

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in uk the whole country does 8 basically

5 is too little

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in UAE idk where he goes but ive been to a fair share of skls and u have math + english + either triple or combined science then depending on the skl u HAVE to pick one option from the option blocs they offer

like u cant drop a bloc

and then u pick whether u do arabic iGCSE

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i heard that if u go egy they need 8A*s

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idk much abt egypt and in sha Allah i dont go there because the country is in shambles not any disrespect to egypt i love the place but it isnt a bright time period for them

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no its just 8 a levels

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I MEAN

IGCSES

omg

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death sentence fr

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js a pass tho right