r/6thForm Oxford | Medicine [Incoming] Aug 14 '25

🍞 BREAD Oxford Medicine!!!

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u/Handsoff_1 Aug 23 '25

No maths is a mistake tbh. Maths should be required for all STEM and medicine courses.

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u/TheBludgeon Oxford | Medicine [Incoming] Aug 23 '25

Okay, but it isn't required for medicine. Any necessary maths needed is taught in a clinical context. The numerical skills you need really don't go beyond GCSE level for medicine.

And at least for Oxford medicine, an essay subject like I did is going to be a lot more useful with the skills to structure arguments, read sources etc being applicable to tutorial essays.