Anyone considering 2016 entry for Medicine?

How do you know Keele is very ps-based?

Do you like chicken wings?

Hi guys,

Ive just done my ukcat and scored 652.5 average band 1.
I also have 6A* 5A at GCSE and AAAA at AS with A*AA predictions
Where do you guys advise i should apply to?
I was looking at Liverpool, Sheffield, Leicester and another

Any comment is appreciated and thank you very much

Hey guys, I'm considering to apply to Glasgow and Cardiff, but are these two uni PBL based?

I read so many books such as Genome by matt ridley, the selfish Gene by Dawkins, bad science by goldacre and cancer ward by solzhenistyn, but I don't think they are worth mentioning in my personal statement, do you think i should scrap the extra reading paragraph for my plans for the gap year?

You have that problem too???? I've also read Genome by Matt Ridley and Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. I want to put at least something down to show that I have done some wider reader but not both (in case they grill me on it) but I'm not sure which one would be better or more relevant to put down. At the moment I'm thinking of putting down Bad Science as I enjoy it and understand it more...

be aware that they will ask you about any book or project you specifically reference.

i did an open university course on genetics and was well and truly grilled on pharmacogenetics (a small paragraph on the course i did) at my interview, they asked me what the biggest development was in genetics based on my project and as soon as i mentioned pharmacogenetics they were asking so many questions!

its great to reference things you do, just make sure you know them inside out before interview!

How do you know Keele is very ps-based?

How hard is it to get into graduate entry from biomed?? Thanks

So ukcat was beyond disappointing. Just missed the cut off scores for certain unis.
Can anyone suggest any unis with my stats
Gcse:7a*1a
As AAAA
A2 predicted : A*AA
UKCAT 610 band 2 sjt
At this point non bmat suggestions would be awesome but I know it's probably inevitable to have to do it

Two possible answers.

1) Easier than if you didn't do Biomed. Most universities with a graduate entry programme will accept any previous degree as long as it's a 2:1 or higher (some accept 2:2 as well) but there are some who insist that the first degree has to be in a science subject so you have more choice with a Biomed degree.

2) Harder than getting into regular medicine. Most medical schools have fewer than 100 places on their graduate entry programmes each year and far more people apply to occupy those places than regular medicine so the applicant to place ratios reach crazy numbers like 25:1 in some places.

Personally I think graduate entry should be the last option anybody considers since it's both more expensive (its funding in the future is uncertain as strictly speaking you're only supposed to get student finance for your first degree), more time-consuming and more competitive. A triple whammy, if you will. But my sister's doing it so I guess I can only hope. xD

Edit: There's a great guide for graduate entry medicine on this website that I can't find the link for but if you want you can Google 'graduate entry medicine guide TSR' to find it.

Thank you so much, I will definitely apply this year then
The thing is I don't have much work experience, but even more so my UKCAT is in 5 days and I doubt I will do very well (I'm talking 500s!!)

Just work your socks off to do well on the UKCAT! I highly recommend getting Medify for a week and doing all the questions on it - twice. Don't worry, you'll be fine.

There's still time before the deadline to get work experience. Are you going into year 13? If so, you have the option of taking a gap year and getting work experience between now and this time next year.

I would recommend doing the BMAT and applying to at least one university that uses it. Non-BMAT suggestions would be as follows:

1) Cardiff - They rarely use the UKCAT at all except in situations where they're torn between two candidates and need a tie-breaker. They do require good GCSEs though and score your best nine including English, sciences and maths, which might put you at a disadvantage if you only have 8 GCSEs. Definitely email them to ask about it. And make the rest of your application impressive so that you don't end up in the tie-breaker situation (you're unlikely to anyway).

2) Bristol - They don't use an entrance exam. You will need a very, very impressive personal statement for this reason because it's one of the most competitive medical schools in the country as it gets all the applicants who're interested in going there and all the ones who didn't do well on the UKCAT as well. Like, literally, make sure your personal statement has been checked and given the green light by everybody you know before sending it off as their selection criteria is 80 percent non-academic and 20 percent academic, meaning after you've got the predictions/achieved grades they're looking for, they're not going to look at your academics again.