Exeter Medical School Applicants 2013

Don't worry too much about it!

Take the course for what it is in first year, attend everything, do all the necessary learning, and play hard! If you do that you will pass above average. It's one of the best and most relaxed years.

Then you have all of 2nd year to get to grips with assessment, then you can focus on getting the necessary marks to get top quartile.

It's the least of your worries in first year.

I will hopefully be intercalating providing the next AMK and 2 ssus go well. So I'll be more helpful when u get to 3rd year when I will be in 5th yr. (assuming I intercalate)

Hey I've got an offer and want to visit Exeter (esp as i had my interview in Truro) - on my offer letter it said they'd contact me about an offer holders day and ive not heard anything yet? :s
anyone know when the next one is? thanks!

Now that some of us have offers, if we have firmed Exeter when do we start getting stuff in the post such as welcome packs accommodation, medical forms to do and information on the vaccinations and CRB as I haven't got anything at all yet?

Thanks everyone.

Hi guys,
I was just wondering about how much patient contact you get at Exeter in year 1? Do you go to GP surgeries or hospitals and how often? Also wondering how you find not having any dissection or prossection?
Thanks in advance

About 2 hours a fortnight in first year at a variety of community placements. Including general practice and antenatal screening ect.

Instructed prossection would have been nice but I don't think it is essential. We have a form of instructed anatomy teaching about an hour a week through to use of living anatomy models, 3D plastic models, imaging and peer drawing.

Dissection has its pros and cons, it would have been nice but spending over a year on it is probably not the most constructive use of that time.

Additionally regardless of how anatomy is taught you will still have to do a significant amount of learning in your own time.


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Oh okay thanks, I read somewhere that it is possible for Exeter uni to give you some sort of pass to go see/do dissection at bristol uni in the holidays or something? Is this true and do you know anyone that's done it?

is it worth applying with a prediction of AAB

Hey guys, seeing as you lot have got in to Exeter was just wondering if you could give me any info on how they used the UKCAT score:-)???


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It is lower than the entry requirement, so you are unlikely to be shortlisted for interview.

You would be better off applying with AAA in hand after completing your A2, alternatively try and convince your teacher in making you B prediction an A.


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Not trying to necro an old post but I applied with AAB and just put a resit on my UCAS and got my reference writer to predict an A, so if you can do that it would help :P

Yea of course, but doing that makes your predicted/achieved grades AAA. (I.e - equal to the minimum requirements)

But that would not guarantee an interview.


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Anyone in there 1st year of medicine at Exeter University here ? Please reply if you are

I am