Liverpool Medicine MBChB A100 Applicants 2012

Why did you Jose Brighton over Liverpool? Can you list pros and cons of each from your perspective. Thank you

Firmed Liverpool. Does anyone know what then term length will be for First Year? I understand Medicine is longer (just want to know for Accommodation)

Cheers

Haha I get about 3-4 PM's a week asking me this :P

I'm a bit strapped for time so I won't post rationales but feel free to PM if you have any detailed questions

SO here goes:

BSMS: Pros
- integrated curriculum
- dissections <--STRONG PRO
- patient contact from like the 3rd day or something amazing like that <--STRONG PRO
- opportunity to intercalate
- offered me a scholarship <--STRONG PRO
- newer school/facilities
- strong focus on anatomy teaching (almost too strong according to some students.) Since my undergrad degree is in anatomy, you can see why this is a strong attractor for me. <--STRONG PRO
- small class size, strong instructor:student ratio <--STRONG PRO
- loved the campus, loved speaking to students there who were really happy to have picked BSMS. Met a few students who had picked BSMS over Newcastle, Manchester and Sheffield.
- very close to downtown Brighton (literally 10 minutes away)
- lots of sun, it's a waterfront city, lots of hustle/bustle due to tourists, visitors, etc

BSMS Cons:
- I didn't particularly fall in love with the city, it's a great city but coming from Toronto, it seemed a bit too...rural
- Very expensive
- very high tuition (for internationals)
- not super prestigious (but this doesn't matter to me much now, it used to.
- not super well known (again, I couldn't care less)
- their football team sucks

Liverpool Pros:
- Loved the city, absolutely freaking loved the city
- Loved the campus
- PBL (I am 50/50 on this...the opportunity to do group work is great but I don;t like the idea of not having any structure. I will only do medicine 1 time in my life...I want to start with a strong foundation.)
- Cheaper tuition than BSMS and cheaper to live as well
- well known, established school
- opportunity to intercalate

Liverpool Cons:
- PBL (for me)
- no scholarships
- my tuition goes up by 6-9% every year. For internationals, this is a big deal
- no scholarships offered
- don't like the non-structured curriculum
- no dissection
- very weak anatomy teaching (this was confirmed by several students as I waited for my interview/along with some students on TSR)
- Larger class size than BSMS
- you're stuck in your PBL groups, so not much opportunity to meet other people in your program/work with them.
- terrible football team

Um so there you have it

My main attractors to BSMS were it's curriculum, dissection + anatomy teaching, and the scholarship offer. Both are great schools and I was honoured to have had the opportunity to interview at both. Hope this list helps you and others in your decisions.

Cheers.

Heartfelt thanks to you .exe for not only your last post but for all your previous input on this site which has been second to none. I am leaving the site now and I will miss all of you- you are a terrific bunch of young talented people . Exec you epecially helped keep this mother of a re applicant sane during a very nerve wracking and stressful process! It's amazing to think you are going to be studying with my son who has had no idea his mum has been trawling this and other TRS relevant (medical school ) sites trying to be low key while he kept a calm exterior throughout the entire application period ( probably to protect me!!). You will make an amazing doctor - you are wise beyond your years Your advice, logic and reasoning has been calming, well researched and erudite Good luck to you and everyone else on this site. You are fantastic people who all deserve to achieve their dreams. If you were unsuccessful this time and are really sure you want to study meicine - don't give up.

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I was just looking at some of the first year modules (yes i'm that bored) do you know if they change much year on year?

Cheers for that, how good is the football team? Would a slightly-below-average player get in? haa

Hey, this is a question for students currently at the medical school.

Are there books that the university suggests to study from for exams and also is preparing for exams much more difficult than how we would be preparing for our A levels right now?

Thanks!

So who's feeling confident after CHEM 5?

i was on edexcel and am certain i'll be eating my words but think it went well, you?

Well I was on aqa with the impossible question which i wasted loads of time on. Have you not heard about it?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2162444/Students-furious-exam-board-putting-impossible-question-chemistry-paper.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Have a really bad feeling we won't be meeting in Liverpool in September!