Medicine: Leeds, Edinburgh, Birmingham or Liverpool. Getting desperate here!!!!

Have you been to visit them all? Surely you can't like all of them so equally that you are really that torn between 4? There must be something that stands out from one of them, whether it's course structure or the city, or the feel you got for the uni when visiting? I'd pick Leeds if I had those choices, just my opinion though.

I've seen each of them about 3 times in total including interviews etc.

Ironically Leeds is where I don't want to go I just listed all four to get a gist.
Probably between the other three and I like each for very different but equally valid reasons so it's quite difficult as their are faults with each too

If I had to order these, I would go... Leeds, Bham, Edinburgh, Lpool.

Well there you go, Leeds is your least favourite, one down! :P. Bham is a lovely campus and the QE is just great... I hear their anatomy isn't all that though. I know nothing about Edinburgh and Liverpool though, hence why they were the two I listed last.

Sorry I've been no help

Any help is a good thing at the mo so thanks

Congrats on getting 4 offers! That's an incredible achievement. Your PS must have been impressive - what were your ECs and why did you rule out BMAT unis if you don't mind sharing with us? The 4 schools are all crazily competitive - I think Leeds has roughly 4,000 applications a year. If you look on Wikipedia Edinburgh's history and past alumni is awesome. Plus it is usually in the top 10 of international league tables for medicine. I would say Edinburgh has a worldwide reputation and although excellent medical schools in the prestige stakes they just can't compete.

Why are you desperate?

Think of how you would feel if you only received one offer, you would accept it with gratitude and simply make the most of the experience.

Choose the one you have warmed to most, what's at stake?

Enjoy!

I'm kind of in the same boat, 3 offers and can't decide between them.

I don't really like Birmingham as a city. I think it's sprawling and kind of ugly and the people aren't as friendly as in the other three. Just my opinion though.

I am fortunate enough to be in the position to have all 4 of my offers.
Yet i have no idea where to go and the deadline is fast approaching.
I have Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool and Edinburgh and was wondering if people could give their honest opinions on pros and cons for each/which is the best.

If I had to order these, I would go... Leeds, Bham, Edinburgh, Lpool.

Well there you go, Leeds is your least favourite, one down! :P. Bham is a lovely campus and the QE is just great... I hear their anatomy isn't all that though. I know nothing about Edinburgh and Liverpool though, hence why they were the two I listed last.

Sorry I've been no help

Bit confused about your sudden change of mind about Leeds-I saw that you'd said on another thread "Will most likely firm Liverpool or Leeds". What's made you change your mind?
I'd definetely go for Edinburgh if I were you. Absolutely beautiful city and one of the best medicine courses in the country too-no surprise it's ranked 3rd in the country! The only drawback about Edinburgh is the possibility of Scotland becoming independent, but I think that's still quite unlikely.

Bit confused about your sudden change of mind about Leeds-I saw that you'd said on another thread "Will most likely firm Liverpool or Leeds". What's made you change your mind?
I'd definetely go for Edinburgh if I were you. Absolutely beautiful city and one of the best medicine courses in the country too-no surprise it's ranked 3rd in the country! The only drawback about Edinburgh is the possibility of Scotland becoming independent, but I think that's still quite unlikely.

Depends how you define best.
The course has a lot of positives and drawbacks, but I really wouldn't think twice about ranking. It doesn't matter how high the ranking of the university is if you're just going to be miserable studying there!

I thought I'd add that you might want to look at the satisfaction ratings and league table positions for these universities.

I'm sure some people will not like me suggesting this as "all UK medical schools are good", which they are, but there are differences. I'm at a medical school in the bottom half of the table with annually fluctuating, but mostly quite low in comparison, satisfaction scores and now that I'm here I see why and sometimes wish I picked my other offer which had better course satisfaction. When I previously enquired about this I was told not to pay too much attention to the league tables and satisfaction scores.....

Also Liverpool is quite heavy on PBL if I remember correctly, so is that something you think you'd like?

I thought I'd add that you might want to look at the satisfaction ratings and league table positions for these universities.

I'm sure some people will not like me suggesting this as "all UK medical schools are good", which they are, but there are differences. I'm at a medical school in the bottom half of the table with annually fluctuating, but mostly quite low in comparison, satisfaction scores and now that I'm here I see why and sometimes wish I picked my other offer which had better course satisfaction. When I previously enquired about this I was told not to pay too much attention to the league tables and satisfaction scores.....

Also Liverpool is quite heavy on PBL if I remember correctly, so is that something you think you'd like?