Edinburgh Medical School Applicants 2012

Yeah I got Medical Science a couple of days back, direct entry into second year!

Hi, thanks for your reply. So you got an offer for the medical sciences program and they said you could transfer to medicine during your second year? And if you o transfer, which year would you join in medicine? First or second? Thanks in advance.

Hi, thanks for your reply. So you got an offer for the medical sciences program and they said you could transfer to medicine during your second year? And if you o transfer, which year would you join in medicine? First or second? Thanks in advance.

No what he meant is that after you've finished the Medical Sciences degree, you can enter the second year of the medicine degree.

its neither of those. the medical sciences programme is 4 years, what he means is he can skip the first year of medical sciences and go straight in to year 2, then after that you can reapply for medicine but its not a guaranteed place as you have to apply through UCAS and do the full 5 years

Up to five offers for entry into Year 2 of the Edinburgh MBChB Medicine degree programme will be made to final year BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences undergraduates. Application for these places will be through UCAS. Medical Sciences students applying to the MBChB are required to have the appropriate academic qualifications (the minimum criteria are normally a 1st or Upper 2nd Class Honours degree and school leaving qualifications with a minimum at one sitting of BBBB in SQA Highers or BBB in A-levels or 655 at higher level and 34 points overall in the International Baccalaureate), will have to sit the UKCAT and are interviewed in common with other graduate applicants. Offers will be made before the end of semester 1 of Year 4 of the Medical Sciences degree programme.

Thank you both. roar558, unfortunately, I can't rep you. :/ Anyway, thank you both again for the help. I guess we'll just make sure about who's right when the poster replies. BTW, anyone else heard from teh medical sciences admissions team? Because I still haven't heard anything and my UCAS hasn't added it either. So worried.

Thank you both. roar558, unfortunately, I can't rep you. :/ Anyway, thank you both again for the help. I guess we'll just make sure about who's right when the poster replies. BTW, anyone else heard from teh medical sciences admissions team? Because I still haven't heard anything and my UCAS hasn't added it either. So worried.

Hi, thanks for your reply. So you got an offer for the medical sciences program and they said you could transfer to medicine during your second year? And if you o transfer, which year would you join in medicine? First or second? Thanks in advance.

its neither of those. the medical sciences programme is 4 years, what he means is he can skip the first year of medical sciences and go straight in to year 2, then after that you can reapply for medicine but its not a guaranteed place as you have to apply through UCAS and do the full 5 years

GabbiWS is right on this one! I skip first year entry and start at Edinburgh in year 2 of the Medical Sciences course. I've emailed many times about internal transfers from Medical Sciences to Medicine, and although they say it's possible, all the responses I've gotten across the years have been "it is highly unlikely". But I guess one could always try!

GabbiWS is right on this one! I skip first year entry and start at Edinburgh in year 2 of the Medical Sciences course. I've emailed many times about internal transfers from Medical Sciences to Medicine, and although they say it's possible, all the responses I've gotten across the years have been "it is highly unlikely". But I guess one could always try!

how long did it take for them to get back to you about the course?
i've asked to be considered just so that i might have one more option if all else fails but i haven't heard anything..

Edit:
then again my eulcid and track haven't updated, and i haven't received my feedback so i'm guessing i'll have to wait a while!

Hi, wavezone113. Thank you so much for your reply. And congrats on your offer. If you don't mind me asking, are you an international applicant? And since my UCAS hasn't changed nor do I have anything on EUCLID (Actually, it hasn't been working these past few days for me, anyone else has the same problem?), should I email the uni tomorrow? (BTW, I'm an international applicant.)

Thanks for your time.

Im still waiting to hear from edinburgh, but rang them today just to check their module resit policy, as one of my other uni choices (nottingham) doesnt allow ANY A2 module resits, even within the 2 years. Edinburgh said they allow a total of two AS module resits (not 2 per subject, but 2 overall) and NO A2 module resits, even within the two years. This was news to me, so just thought I would let you guys know, you've all been a massive help to me on this thread (its disappointing to see all the rejections

Has anyone else been asked to do a fee status questionnaire? I don't know whether to be hopeful or confused

To be honest, Edinburgh have some serious issues. They send out those fee questionnaires if you have claimed dual nationality, being the case for me living in Northern Ireland. I had to send a copy of my Irish passport.
Classified as £1850.00 a year, I thought it was a good thing.
Then I got rejected a few weeks later. Coincidentally, so has every single other person I know that has applied to Edinburgh (for any course, not just medicine) and sent over a copy of their Irish passport, classifying them as SEU fees.
Find it hard to believe that with having GCSE grades of 12A*; AS grades of 5As; a year's worth volunteering in a regional hospital; helping in a primary school for a few months; grade 8 in two instruments; play football and do athletics and swimming; have DOE and countless other extracurriculars and achievements, that they can send a measly "Unsuccessful" via ucas track. Nothing else.
Wonder if I had been classed as £9000 fees, bitten the bullet and not claimed my dual nationality would I have been given an offer?

To be honest, Edinburgh have some serious issues. They send out those fee questionnaires if you have claimed dual nationality, being the case for me living in Northern Ireland. I had to send a copy of my Irish passport.
Classified as £1850.00 a year, I thought it was a good thing.
Then I got rejected a few weeks later. Coincidentally, so has every single other person I know that has applied to Edinburgh (for any course, not just medicine) and sent over a copy of their Irish passport, classifying them as SEU fees.
Find it hard to believe that with having GCSE grades of 12A*; AS grades of 5As; a year's worth volunteering in a regional hospital; helping in a primary school for a few months; grade 8 in two instruments; play football and do athletics and swimming; have DOE and countless other extracurriculars and achievements, that they can send a measly "Unsuccessful" via ucas track. Nothing else.
Wonder if I had been classed as £9000 fees, bitten the bullet and not claimed my dual nationality would I have been given an offer?

To be honest, Edinburgh have some serious issues. They send out those fee questionnaires if you have claimed dual nationality, being the case for me living in Northern Ireland. I had to send a copy of my Irish passport.
Classified as £1850.00 a year, I thought it was a good thing.
Then I got rejected a few weeks later. Coincidentally, so has every single other person I know that has applied to Edinburgh (for any course, not just medicine) and sent over a copy of their Irish passport, classifying them as SEU fees.
Find it hard to believe that with having GCSE grades of 12A*; AS grades of 5As; a year's worth volunteering in a regional hospital; helping in a primary school for a few months; grade 8 in two instruments; play football and do athletics and swimming; have DOE and countless other extracurriculars and achievements, that they can send a measly "Unsuccessful" via ucas track. Nothing else.
Wonder if I had been classed as £9000 fees, bitten the bullet and not claimed my dual nationality would I have been given an offer?

Unlucky man, 1850 a year certainly isn't incentive for Edinburgh! However, I do wonder what your UKCAT score was, I believe its a very important factor!