I need some advice

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  1. star95's Avatar
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    I need some advice
    First I am due to start medicine in 2013. Currently I am in England looking for Universities but I live in Spain.
    I need advice about Universities. My grades are very good but I am confused about what University to choose from. So far I have been in Cambridge, Imperial College and Kings College. At the end of the month I am going for an Open Day ton Brighton University. I like Brighton as a town, I found London too busy for me although I loved Imperial and Kings.
    Will I have more job opportunities once I finished my degree if for instance I have studied in Cambridge instead of Brighton Medical School?. Do my job opportunities go down depending in which University I studied. It's important to me because I would like to choose the right University and don't want any regrets later on in life.
    Now I would like some advice about UKCAT or BMAt exam. ~Are they similar exams? I know that Cambridge requires BMAT and Brighton UKCAT. So willl ~I have to do both? How about if I fail, do I have to wait another year?
    Which book is the best to prepare for those exams? And Does it involve a lot of studying because the exams are in October?

    I will appreciate your advice it seems a bit complicated at the moment:confused:

    Thank you for reading my post xx
  2. theandyguthrie's Avatar
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    Re: I need some advice
    Medicine is one of the few courses for which job prospects are relatively uniform. I'd go to wherever you can get into, and the towns which you like most.

    And the Bmat and UKCAT are meant to be measures of intelligence and not knowledge. So some practice is good, but you don't study for it exactly.
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