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i’m currently deciding between uos and dmu for medicine and i genuinely have no idea which one to choose 😭
i was initially rejected by uos because my predicted a-level grades were below their requirements, but i ended up getting substantially higher final results (a*ab) and they reconsidered my application, so i now have an offer for the md program.
i’ve also already been accepted into dmu, so i’m basically stuck between the two. i’m planning on doing residency abroad after med school, so i’m especially interested in which one would be better in terms of reputation, clinical exposure, matching/residency abroad, student life, etc.
if anyone studies at either, especially medicine, which one would you pick and why? and pls be honest about the pros/cons 🙏

i cannot be the only one shitting myself going through these fucking reddit threads. EVERYONE is saying they got significantly lower than their predicted grades, people with all a* saying they got bs. i'm genuinely panicking the fuck out rn because if i get a single grade below what i'm predicted i am FUCKED for LIFE.
how similar are the other exam boards to cia with their portfolio based grading systems?????? how cooked are we????????

i lowkey threw up twice this morning because i had a dream about failing a level maths. i don't even take maths.

so my entrance exam is tmrw and i’m lowkey stressing… i did A level bio and AS level chem, and i don’t remember much from maths and physics…
how hard was the entrance exam?

this is somewhat related to a post i just saw here, but i hate how people assume that anyone who prefers mixed schools has “bad intentions”. from what i’ve seen, segregation can sometimes make interaction with the opposite gender feel forbidden or unfamiliar, which may contribute to misogynistic or misandrist attitudes, or even cause people to obsess over the other gender simply because it feels restricted. it’s similar to how people often become more fixated on things that are treated as forbidden. in mixed schools, interaction usually feels more normal and less sensationalised.

so i’m currently applying to uos for their mbbs course. their application requires that i have to give a percentage for my grades, but i study under the british curriculum so i don’t really have that… i emailed the admissions thingy to figure out what to do, and they asked me to send my igcse results and predicted grades. i did so, and they replied telling me i don’t meet the requirement where i need to have a grade c or above in at least 4 igcses…….. the problem is, i took 8 gcses and got 7, 8, and 9s in all of them? 7 is equivalent to an A, and 8 and 9 are equivalent to an A*. moreover, my predicted grades for a level is BBB.. im really confused rn and im not too sure what to do. i’ve emailed them back but i don’t know what else i can do. any help?

the only advantage is that the papers would most def be full past papers, but that means that you’d have to stooge every past paper ever just to make sure you’ve covered all your bases. for eg, i have 9 papers, which means i have to do every single past paper from 2019-2025 for 9 papers

also does anyone have oxford aqa a level bio 4 and 5 jan 2026 and oxford aqa psychology a level paper 4 jan 2026 😭🙏