Medicine 2015 Entry Offer Holders

Congrats on the offers, they are both great med schools whichever one you firm.

When was your kings interview?

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choose Barts!!!!

7th January - Feels like I've been waiting forever! Thanks


Be curious to know what makes you say that, haha. At the moment I'm really leaning towards Barts, but I haven't even been to an open day for King's, so I feel like I should definitely give them a chance at their offer holder open day first!

i know lol thanks, my edinburgh rejection made me doubt myself lol, don't know how i got barts though lol

yeah i know how it felt to be rejected its horrible, but the others must never give up if they really want it

Be curious to know what makes you say that, haha. At the moment I'm really leaning towards Barts, but I haven't even been to an open day for King's, so I feel like I should definitely give them a chance at their offer holder open day first!

Hello everyone,

I've got an offer from SGUL and I'm waiting post interview for a reply from kings EMDP. I really want to firm a choice as soon as they reply. If I got an offer for kings EMDP I really don't know which I would choose.

In the possibility I get an offer, I have quite a few pros and cons for both. Something that sticks out is that I prefer the pre clinical years at SGUL given that they do a mixture of Pbl and lectures, and they do prosection, but kings mainly just do lectures and they focus on dissection with little prosection. However in terms of the clinical years kings has such world renowned hospitals where the placements would be amazing, but at SGUL apart from georges themselves their other hospitals are not that appealing.

Can anybody help me with this decision at all?

Thank you




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A tad biased but everybody should take a year out and apply to imperial

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Birmingham or UEA?


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Birmingham or UEA?


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Birmingham or UEA?


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p.s. on the GMC exit poll UEA 5th years were the most confident in the country about how well prepared they felt for becoming an FY1, Birmingham medics ranked 23rd...

Or get in the first time like moi

If it were me (purely personal opinion) I would definitely go UEA.

Birmingham is a massive medical school which may suit some but I think I'd feel a bit lost there, UEA has the perfect number of students in each year to make it sociable and personal: you could reasonably expect to get to know the majority of your year. Norwich is a fantastic city: as the county capital it has some prestige to it so shops, restaurants and facilities are very good plus Norfolk (esp. the North Norfolk coast) is absolutely stunning.

I'm not sure whether Birmingham use traditional or mixed teaching methods? PBL makes a huge amount of sense - learning in a small group environment is a quick and sociable way to start getting to know and work with your peers. It encourages teamwork, leadership, and self-directed learning plus it gives them an opportunity to keep a paternalistic eye on you and make sure you're not getting left behind.

No brainer I reckon (but it's not me going, it's you so what do you think?)...

Birmingham or UEA?


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Where can I find this exit poll?

I love all of that about UEA. I think they are amazing at the clinical skills, and I'm sure they would help me become a good junior doctor.
Birmingham have some group work too. I'm just worried at UEA about the basic science teaching, as I've heard some people say that there isn't enough of this.
Also Birmingham seem to do better in the postgraduate exams, and I guess that might tie in with the science teaching
but UEA wins in terms of clinical skills and knowledge

I suppose I'm looking at it from the other end of the scale. I went to Leicester to study medicine in 1986 and am still here(!) not uncommon for doctors as you often end up marrying/settling down soon after you graduate. If someone gave me the choice of making my life in the West Midlands vs. Norfolk I would make the decision in a split second. Actually career structure and the foundation program are so different nowadays that you may find that you are forced to move anyway. Still, 5 or 6 years is a long time...

Thank you for your help though
Just wondering with postgraduate exams how does that work? Do you do research yourself and are their courses to standardise the knowledge at that level?