Aspiring UK medical students in limbo because of exam fiasco
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A-Level student and would be medical student Chris Byrne holds up a copy of his teacher predicted results at home in London, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Thousands of graduating high school students in Britain are scrambling for university places following the governments disastrous decision to award final grades using an unfair algorithm to replace exams canceled because of the coronavirus, resulting in mass confusion. Im stuck waiting, Byrne said. There has been no word about if theres going to be enough medicine places for me to get in this year."(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)A-Level student and would be medical student Kaya Ilska looks at a prospectus for University College London (UCL), the University that she had been offered a place at, poses at home in London, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Thousands of graduating high school students in Britain are scrambling for university places following the governments disastrous decision to award final grades using an unfair algorithm to replace exams canceled because of the coronavirus, resulting in mass confusion. Ilska was confident of excelling in her A Level exams but was robbed of the opportunity. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)A-Level student and would be medical student Chris Byrne, who is disappointed with his teacher predicted exam results, poses for a photo at home in London, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Thousands of graduating high school students in Britain are scrambling for university places following the governments disastrous decision to award final grades using an unfair algorithm to replace exams canceled because of the coronavirus, resulting in mass confusion. Im stuck waiting, Byrne said. There has been no word about if theres going to be enough medicine places for me to get in this year."(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)A-Level student and would be medical student Kaya Ilska, who is disappointed with her teacher predicted exam results, at home in London, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Thousands of graduating high school students in Britain are scrambling for university places following the governments disastrous decision to award final grades using an unfair algorithm to replace exams canceled because of the coronavirus, resulting in mass confusion. Ilska was confident of excelling in her A Level exams but has been robbed of the opportunity. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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A-Level student and would be medical student Chris Byrne holds up a copy of his teacher predicted results at home in London, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Thousands of graduating high school students in Britain are scrambling for university places following the governments disastrous decision to award final grades using an unfair algorithm to replace exams canceled because of the coronavirus, resulting in mass confusion. Im stuck waiting, Byrne said. There has been no word about if theres going to be enough medicine places for me to get in this year."(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)