Hi there! Thank you for your reply. Yea, I did notice that UK schools are less focused on ECs, in comparison to academics. I was wondering, does it matter whether you take UKCAT or GAMSAT? If so, what are the advantages and disadvantages? Do schools prefer UKCAT over the GAMSAT?
Also, any idea on what the conversion from 3.65/4 is to UK grading system? I can't seem to find a reliable conversion chart anywhere
. The goal for me is to focus on clinical volunteering throughout the next two years, preferably 2-3 different shadowing opportunities + 1 consistent hospital volunteering positions. One last thing: I am considering studying and writing the MCAT; would that be disadvantages to writing the UKCAT? Prefereably, I'd prefer to write as few exams as possible but of course, if need be, I would write MCAT, BMAT and UKCAT (or GAMSAT).