Isn't everyone who pursues to study medicine desperate to get in ? the major point that seems to be missed here is the difference between public and private schools. ! no one is trying to rip anyone off, Buckingham university is a registered charity, it gets its money from students and donations, no where else. Yes education should be accessible to all however here where the difference between public and private universities comes to mind.
Have you heard about the University of central lancashire? they are public university who have a medical school that is not funded by the government so they do not accept home students the course is solely for international students who pay the sum of 35k. point being, schools cannot rip people off because the law forbids it.
But it is technically a rip off. If the structure is so similar to Leicester, and if GMC accreditation fails and you get accreditation for Leics, why not just go to Leicester. It's a much more established uni in a lovely area and a great trust. You are paying more money to get exactly the same degree at any other publicly funded university, and some of if not most of these have a higher quality of education because they've been teaching medicine for a very long time. There is only a difference between public and private if a private education can provide you with a higher quality degree, which in this case it can not. I am also aware of UCLAN, and I'm fairly sure it works under the same premise of Bucks and takes students from anywhere as long as they have the money.
As for the type of people it may attract for applicants. it sounds as you are insinuating that bratty little rich kids are running at the chance to apply because they think that due to their wealth they are at an advantage. I can easily tell you that you are in fact wrong.
You can't tell me I'm wrong. You won't find any working class students at this medical school, and while I'm sure there will be intelligent people here, they will have a certain amount of wealth and will be aware that it is because they have wealth attending this institution was easier.
Buckingham has a very intense selective process used to identify students who posses the desired qualities that is needed to be a successful doctor, a process which follows after you are deemed to be academically suitable. choosing students based on their wealth will not benefit the university when it is time for the GMC to evaluate the medical school and its students for the program to be accredited, an aspect, im positive the university is well aware of.
I do agree it has a high entry requirement, but it also has a much smaller pool of students to choose from. I can guarantee you most students who applied here got a place, I imagine the only reason they didn't get a place would be because they didn't get the grades.