Basically, I'm in 5th year atm, and I had intended to pursue something in languages after I left school, but recently due to certain events my mind keeps coming back to Medicine. I'd always kind of had passing thoughts about it before but I come from a family of linguists so they've always kind of pushed me in that direction.

So I was wondering; would it be possible to gain entrace to a medicine course at uni if I crashed the necessary subjects in sixth year? The problem is that it's not even just one thing I'd need to start. I'm already doing Higher Chemistry, but next year I'd be looking at crashing Biology as well as Higher Maths, and possibly Physics if it would help.
I was just thinking that unis would possibly look down upon this since I suppose the majority of people applying would have known they wanted to do it long ago and already passed all the required subjects... so, really, should I just forget about this as a lost cause or cram everything into next year? I'm willing to study as intensely as possible to squeeze it out if I have the slighest chance, but I'd rather be realistic and not waste a year on something I'll never be able to follow up...

I think you need to be realistic, you need AAB to get into medicine at any good university, you NEED chemistry a-level, most uni's want biology for medicine too but not all, and they all want that AAB if not more (sometimes it's slightly less, but not by much).

You can study as intensely as you want, but if you don't study the right things, then there is no point, don't take physics or higher maths unless you want to, they won't help you get into medicine unless they get your grades to where they need to be, so you'd need to be amazing at these subjects.

Don't take medicine if you're not completely sure, your mind might keep coming back to it now, but I'm sure there is a reason you let your family push you into languages, unless of course you're a doormat (which I highly doubt you are, no teenager likes being told what to do by their parents) will the thought of being around ill people day in day out still appeal to you when you've started a 5-year uni course, that is going to cost you loads and the NHS is still making cuts to wages at the moment?

These are things medical uni's look at, they're not just looking at your grades, they're looking at you as a person, medicine is such an over subscribed course, you really need the grades, you really need to WANT this, there are going to be so many people applying who have wanted to be a doctor all their life for many different reasons and are going to be able to pass the rigorous interview with flying colours, would you be able to beat someone who's wanted to be a doctor all their life?

Don't forget in the UK as well as the grades and interview you also need to pass either the UKCat (UK clinical aptitude test) or the BMat (British medical aptitude test [I think]) you can take these at your local testing centre but you need to pass one of them before a medical course will even look at you.

I'm not trying to put a downer on medicine, but it's a lot of hard work for you and in all honestly, the chances of you not getting a place on a course outweight the chances of you getting a place, because of previous choices and how long you've wanted to be a doctor. But if you think you have the drive, you really want to be a doctor and you think you could beat others at the interview, don't let anyone stand in your way. Follow your dreams.

As the great Jeremy Bloom says: "Dream big, train hard, stay the path - even if you have to pave it yourself."

if you doubt your ability to get into medicine, you wont cut it in med school, im afraid. its more work than anyone can imagine and the sheer volume of material you need to learn is massive. the pre-med requisites are there to help admissions see who can cut it in med school and who cant. i dont get your question...youre still in high school and want to take a course at a medical school? you cant do that.and are you saying youre in your 5th year at high school? you have to complete the COLLEGE courses that are required; theyre much different than the high school classes, AP or not. you also need to take the mcats to get into a medical school, most schools require a college degree, and you cant just take a class at one willy-nilly. competition is fierce and top students in the country apply and get rejected, so your college gpa needs to be at least 3.5 and your mcats need to be competitive as well. also, its very important to some schools that the succesful applicant has medical research under his or her belt and volunteer or general experience in a medical setting is a must for all schools. youd need to take these courses at an accredited college to even be able to apply to med school:

2 semesters biology (usually genetics and biochem) with labs
2 semesters gen chemistry with labs
2 semesters organic chemistry with labs
2 semesters physics with labs
2 semesters english
1 semester calculus or statistics (not always required, but common)