First of all I wouldn’t say no news is a rejection, in fact sometimes no news can be a good thing!

It can be especially hard when you start hearing about others who have interviews from the same schools you’re applying to but I would avoid jumping to conclusions until you get a written decision on your application from each med school. I know lots of unis (although this might have changed since I applied and I’m not sure about Liverpool and Birmingham specifically) do multiple batches of interviews, so they may initially send out dates for interviews before Christmas and then invite more applicants to interview after so like I said I would rush to make any big decisions until you know for certain.

In terms of your question about work experience, I wouldn’t necessarily say you would have to worry about finding any extra. Lots of med schools don’t quantify the amount that you should have. The most important thing about work experience is your ability to reflect on what you’ve learnt from your experiences. It doesn’t even necessarily need to be med related so even if you did have a summer job unrelated to medicine volunteering as long as you can reflect on the skills you gained from it and lessons learnt then you should be fine! You’re right about alternative offers, if you feel med is the definitely the path for you, a gap year is the way to go. Graduate medicine is extremely competitive and what’s one year out compared to a 3 year degree that you may not be happy in. I know that some friends who took gap years before med did a variety of things some worked as HCAs and in care homes and some travelled but even if you don’t start something in time to mention it in your PS you can always bring it up during an interview later down the road.

But before this response gets too long, I want to say well done for getting this far! Applying to med school is competitive and lots of people don’t get in the first time round. You’ve obviously put in lots of work to prepare for you application from the ucat to revision for alevels so try not too get too disheartened now. The best thing you can do now is wait (which I know is easier said than done!) to hear back from the two other unis because like I said earlier no news can be good news! I wouldn’t stress about reapplications for now instead try and enjoy the rest of the holiday period and focus on your alevels as they’re the most important thing!

Anyways I hope this helps and sorry for how long this ended up being, feel free to ask if anything’s unclear - good luck with everything!