If you've achived excellent A Level results (AAA/AAB), but did poorly in your A Levels for whatever reason and only managed C grades, how will this effect ones application to a medical school. Are they that bothered about GCSE grades or do you have to have a perfect academic record straight through to be deemed a serious candidate? poorly in your GCSE* not A levels, typo sorry.
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They may use it as a filter - just to wash people out who didn't get good grades. However, medical schools are massively oversubscribed, and what they're more likely to look at is your other experience - what extracurricular activities have you done? Have you done work experience in a hospital? All this is required if you want your application to be considered. You need to be top calibre in every way and prove your motivation before you ever apply. If you only get AAB at A-level you can probably kiss goodbye to getting into medical school, unless your application is truly exceptional in other ways. Resits are always an option though, so don't lose heart.
