• Question: what grade do i need to enter the field of work being a scientist studying cancer in any way shape or form

    Asked by push487dug on 21 Jun 2023.
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      Kehinde Ross answered on 21 Jun 2023:

      Entry requirments on UCAS will show what A-levels ( or equivalent) are needed. For instance, so universities requests ABB for Biochemistry, whereas my university will accept BCC. The important thing is to find the science the matters to you because a there are many degrees that can support entry into the cancer research – biochemistry, chemistry, medical physics even mathematics – come to mind.

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      Zahra Rattray answered on 21 Jun 2023:

      This is a good question. You need to generally be good at science based subjects. There are many different courses you can study at University to get into cancer research (pharmacy, pharmacology, chemistry, biochemistry, medicine, and many more). For example, I studied Pharmacy at Manchester. Each University has different entry requirements that you can check out on their webpage. What would make you a strong competitor in this space, would be to have A levels in Biology, Chemistry, Maths, and Physics (but you don’t have to have all of these).

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      Jean Ling Tan answered on 22 Jun 2023:

      Specific requirements for each university can be found on their website. For me, given that I went into science via medical school I can only speak about requirements for Medicine. Most UK medical schools require AAA but might have contextual requirements, some of the more competitive ones like Oxbridge required A*AA when I applied!

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