Do Medical Schools really care about GCSE scores?

Thread Starter Do Medical Schools really care about GCSE scores? Follow 5 hours ago 5h ago Quote: Originally Posted by rkr4000 I achieved four 8s (A*) and six 7s (A) at GCSE. My grades were: 8-8 Combined Science 8 Geography 8 Maths 7 Spanish 7 Religious Studies 7 Computer Science 7 English Language 7 English Literature 7 History How much do Medical Schools really care about these grades? Currently, I mainly want to apply to UCL, King's, Imperial, St. George's, or Manchester. However for example the Medentry site for KCL states "GCSEs made up 40% of the weighting in scoring for interview, with an average of roughly 7.5 A*s and 2.5 As achieved by offer holders in 2018." And I have nowhere near seven A*s. Some med schools care and will score GCSEs for shortlisting, some just have minimum requirements. Of the ones you state, Kings use GCSEs intheir scoring algorithm, but none of ...
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