Hi there, I relocated for the course in 2014. It was the best thing I ever did, after a failed attempt at getting into medicine the year before. The college has an Access to Learning Loan which you an apply for before you start. A few of us did this, and it covered our rent, which was really helpful. You also don't have to pay it back. It is assessed on an individual basis. The college is nice, access students tend to stick together. Majority of the student population are young 16/17/18 year olds, but we never had any issues. There are nice places to have lunch, and on sunny days we used to sit in the park next door. The timetable for our year was Tues to Thurs, back to back classes. So means you can have a nice long weekend to work/study. I think if you redo a GCSE you come in on a Monday. Classes involved all the sciences, theory and practical, maths (mainly stats), epidemiology, and a research project. You finish epidemiology and maths in about Feb, so the timetable gets a bit lighter meaning you can focus on finals. Quite a lot of us had interviews, the uni's definitely seem to prefer CWA A2M, as opposed to other institutions. The year flies by, and it is a heavy work load. My advice would be to keep on top of everything, use every bit of time productively, including half-term periods to get ahead. Have your UCAS statement and UKCAT out of the way before you start. Spend a bit of time over the summer recapping the basics of GCSE sciences, it will help you a lot! The course director Jim is amazing, he's also the physics teacher. I believe the biology teacher has changed. Maths teacher is lovely, really wants people to be successful. Chemistry teacher also teaches epidemiology. Hope this helps!