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Most just take your word for it, Kings does a form where you fill in details about work experience possibley in case they want to check if they feel you made it up.

To put it simply: MBBS=BMBS= MB BChir= BM BCh= MB BCh= MB ChB= MBBS= BM= M.B.B.S.

It's all the same, all UK medical schools are held to the highest standard by the GMC, it's just that some schools have the tradition of awarding their graduates a degree with a latin name instead of the english equivalent Chirurgiae is just latin for surgery!


this link is great for comparing medical schools

Oh ok that's fine I guess. Would this just be work experience or would it include voluntary work. Say if you volunteered at a hospital. This may help me decide whether I go for King's or not. Such a small thing I know but I'm on the fence with King's so I need a small nudge either way.

Except Peninsula Is not on that list, and the London ones are on there twice.

Right so it's St. Georges then. But that's good. I'm not going to make anything up but I am just going to put that I have been a member of SJA since September which is very true. What they wouldn't know is that I haven't actually been out on duty yet.

What happens when they ask you about what you've gained from being a member there?

Well if you want to be so negative, it has a few flaws, next time I just wont share what I find

hey guys i need some advice,
basically i got 4 rejections for medicine and an offer for human sciences at kings.
I've decided to take a gap year and apply again but my school is telling me i have to firm the human science offer "just incase" because its "not a given that they will let me reapply for medicine through the school". I guess what they mean is if i dont get 3 As which i think i will only because My AS's were all over 90% and i got 2 As in my january modules so i need DDC in june to get 3A's overall.
My schools teling me i have to firm it then i can decline the offer on results day- but i dont wnt to firm it because there is no way i want to do that course (i only applied in the first place because i wasnt sure about a gap year but now i defo want to take a gap year)
so my question is- is it a bad idea to firm it if im not going to do it?
will it look bad if i firm then decline it, and then apply to kings again (for med) during my gap year- as in would it be frowned upon?
im scared that if i dnt firm it my school wont support my reapplication and my UCAS advisor is sooo annoying- she just doesnt want to give the school a bad reputation by letting some students have no firm choice and make it look like everyone has a place at uni!
thanks

If you are definitely going to take a gap year and definitely do not want to do the course you have an offer for.

Then do not firm it!


Even if you do miss the grades, 5 medical schools accept re-sits.

My school are telling me i have to! i know they cant force me but they mite not support my reapplication if i dnt

Barts never asked for any proof of my work experience/voluntary work. In fact, none of the unis did.

The only time, I believe, that you have to provide any evidence of anything whatsoever is when you enroll with your exam certificates.

That doesn't mean it's a good idea to make things up though.

What happens I did O levels(equivalent to GCSE) then is a cerified letter from school enough?

quick re-applicant question: applying for 2011.. if i get 3 As (at least) will the fact that i got a D in one of my chem modules (long story!) and having to retake it disadvntage me in any med schools? i dunno if they look at indevidual module grades just curious! ta x

quick re-applicant question: applying for 2011.. if i get 3 As (at least) will the fact that i got a D in one of my chem modules (long story!) and having to retake it disadvntage me in any med schools? i dunno if they look at indevidual module grades just curious! ta x