*MEGATHREAD* - Medical School Foundation & Widening Access Courses Questions & Advice

Has anyone here got any experience with the Dundee pre-med year A104 and how competitive it is compared to normal 5 year courses?

Yeah it's pretty tough.... I've just finished my foundation year at Southampton as part of the BM6 course, and during my application cycle there were 780 applicants for the 30 places available on the foundation year.

Are you starting 1st year of BM5 this year then? If so we will be in the same year group!

Yeah I will be!! Southampton and especially the uni/med school are amazing! You'll love it... What's your background? Have you applied straight from A-Levels?

Hey, you'll be fine with them grades. It's for people who don't meet direct entry criteria to get into medicine. I got this info of the lady who teaches there. Im going for it as well, i do sociology, history, english lit/lang and btec science. But i've been trying to find someone who has already done it.

For God sake Do Not join this. I was cheated £ 5000 last year. I sent mail to all the Universities of UK, what beneift will i get after doing this course. Leaving aside Brighton all the university wrote me back to leave that course if i want to apply to their university. One of the Uni mentioned to save myself from such scams. I took a gap year and did Maths and got a seat in Medicine. Presently I am in touch with UCAS that why are they promoting such organisation. They have sent me an e-mail. They simple say that they write a disclaimer. If you are intersted in reading this mail and mails of different universities. You can send me your e-mail id . I shall forward you the same.
As far as their claim of Euorpean medical school. I called up those schools and they are not even aware of this course or this body. You can call them directly. They probably are one of the agents like so many others.
You ask the list of students admitted through them in the last years. ask them how many got entry into second year of the course in East Europe. These should be on the top of any website if they are performing well.

For Nottingham, Southampton,University of East Anglia yo need to fit some criteria

I fit the general criteria of coming from a poor area and an underachieving school, however
you also have to fit the criteria of your parents receiving a means-tested benefit, i.e income support, JSA, employment and support

My mum has means tested benefits for pretty much all my life, and was recently on JSA. However she recently (month ago) started studying a HND (higher national diploma) and doesn't receive them anymore. Does this make her the first generation to go into higher education?

Can i still apply to these foundation courses, because, my family has been in receipt of these benefits for a very long time, but now we don't. Do I need to be receipt of the benefits at the TIME of application? Also can I still apply. becasuse my family household income is going to be even lower than before.

thanks guys

I'm a bit confused as to whether I would be considered as a first generation applicant to higher education. My father went to university for one year before dropping out, so he did not get a degree. My sister on the other hand has recently graduated. Do you think I would still be classed as a first generation applicant?

It's only if your parents went to university....and since your dad never graduated he hasn't completed higher education, so your are a first gen applicant.


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as a piece of advice, stay away from medipathways scam!
i was at this course and i'm telling you that it is nothing but a big fraud, all they say in their website is not true,

For God sake Do Not join this. I was cheated £ 5000 last year. I sent mail to all the Universities of UK, what beneift will i get after doing this course. Leaving aside Brighton all the university wrote me back to leave that course if i want to apply to their university. One of the Uni mentioned to save myself from such scams. I took a gap year and did Maths and got a seat in Medicine. Presently I am in touch with UCAS that why are they promoting such organisation. They have sent me an e-mail. They simple say that they write a disclaimer. If you are intersted in reading this mail and mails of different universities. You can send me your e-mail id . I shall forward you the same.
As far as their claim of Euorpean medical school. I called up those schools and they are not even aware of this course or this body. You can call them directly. They probably are one of the agents like so many others.
You ask the list of students admitted through them in the last years. ask them how many got entry into second year of the course in East Europe. These should be on the top of any website if they are performing well.