Hey guysss first of all I’d like to state that I’m an international student and would like to read medicine at Cambridge. The admission statistics of medicine for my country is extremely terrible so there isn’t really much I can learn from thru talking to other people. Some of my basic info:
1. I got an SAT score of 1480 and a total of 24 in five AP science and math subjects.
2. I’m sitting a public exam called HKDSE, which is not quite renowed but is similar to IB next April. My predicted grade is like 46/49.
3. My BMAT score is 7.3, 7.1, and 4.5B.
I am looking for a college where the atmosphere is laid back since I know in order to read medicine well I would first to adjust my mind and not have so much stress. I don’t do any music or sports. I love nature and stuff, so lots of trees or having a campus located by the river would be awesome. And what’s more I don’t want to have lots of medics in my college and would prefer it more diverse in terms of nationalities because I rather enjoy myself in a cosmopolitan milieu.
The first thing that pops off my mind is King’s, but like it’s like 10 people competing for one place, which makes it seemingly challenging for an international student who is not even doing IB nor AL. Do you guys think I stand a chance?
And I am struggling between Sidney, Catz and Peterhouse. These three are some small colleges where there’s a strong sense of community, but I don’t know if they really suit me. Sidney definitely appeals to me since it even got a studentrun bar, but they put freshmen above the library which is a bit weird. And catz, catz is also great too. But its a bit small for its population and people say its a bit disappointing to live there. So finally peterhouse. Peterhouse is the only college I saw here in student room that keeps doing propaganda. I know they are rich and would priveem more grants for students but is the atmosphere suitable for me? Also is it really mediocre?
I’m open to any new suggestions! Thanks for getting finished with my inquiry!