Degree transfer
will years *be taken off for medicine if i transfer from biomedical science?
I’m currently in the position where I have to start deciding where n what I am applying for next year as I am currently in S5. I want to study medicine but I’m not eligible for the standard entry nor the minimum entry requirements as I’m studying 4 highers and 1 National 5 and UoE does not offer gateway programes like Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrew’s.
I got told by my friend today that if I was to study biomedical sciences in Edinburgh university and graduate in it, I can do medicine after and it will take 3 years off from med since I have the biomed degree. I then later on got told otherwise that it was not true. I was hoping to m ow if anyone could help me out and tell me if this is true, would be great if it took out three years although it would be a long process still if I chose biomedical sciences
I’m currently in the position where I have to start deciding where n what I am applying for next year as I am currently in S5. I want to study medicine but I’m not eligible for the standard entry nor the minimum entry requirements as I’m studying 4 highers and 1 National 5 and UoE does not offer gateway programes like Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrew’s.
I got told by my friend today that if I was to study biomedical sciences in Edinburgh university and graduate in it, I can do medicine after and it will take 3 years off from med since I have the biomed degree. I then later on got told otherwise that it was not true. I was hoping to m ow if anyone could help me out and tell me if this is true, would be great if it took out three years although it would be a long process still if I chose biomedical sciences
(edited 1 year ago)
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Original post by Priyaroyx
will years *be taken off for medicine if i transfer from biomedical science?
I’m currently in the position where I have to start deciding where n what I am applying for next year as I am currently in S5. I want to study medicine but I’m not eligible for the standard entry nor the minimum entry requirements as I’m studying 4 highers and 1 National 5 and UoE does not offer gateway programes like Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrew’s.
I got told by my friend today that if I was to study biomedical sciences in Edinburgh university and graduate in it, I can do medicine after and it will take 3 years off from med since I have the biomed degree. I then later on got told otherwise that it was not true. I was hoping to m ow if anyone could help me out and tell me if this is true, would be great if it took out three years although it would be a long process still if I chose biomedical sciences
I’m currently in the position where I have to start deciding where n what I am applying for next year as I am currently in S5. I want to study medicine but I’m not eligible for the standard entry nor the minimum entry requirements as I’m studying 4 highers and 1 National 5 and UoE does not offer gateway programes like Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrew’s.
I got told by my friend today that if I was to study biomedical sciences in Edinburgh university and graduate in it, I can do medicine after and it will take 3 years off from med since I have the biomed degree. I then later on got told otherwise that it was not true. I was hoping to m ow if anyone could help me out and tell me if this is true, would be great if it took out three years although it would be a long process still if I chose biomedical sciences
This is not true. At Edinburgh university the grad entry medicine course is 5 years. So you will have to do 5 years even if you do biomedical sciences BSc (or similar).
However the grad entry medicine route is ten times more competitive than the undergraduate medicine route (which is already competitive) therefore if you want to study medicine DO NOT do another degree.
Rather take a gap year and get the grades and subjects you require and reapply to medicine
Basically take it as if you choose to do another degree the chances of being accepted on to a medicine course after you graduate are extremely, extremely low.
It will also be a good idea to get some work experience and sit one at least one of the medicine entrance exams.
It will also be a good idea to get some work experience and sit one at least one of the medicine entrance exams.
(edited 1 year ago)
There is no guarantee you could get into medicine after doing any other degree, and graduate entry medicine is normally considerably more competitive than standard entry medicine for school leavers. I would recommend if necessary taking a gap year to take any "missing" subjects to meet the requirements for standard entry medicine.
In any case, if you did apply to graduate entry medicine it is an accelerated course but the length is set for graduates of all disciplines (except a couple of courses with dedicated routes for qualified dentists pursuing maxillofacial surgery) that they accept - doing biomedical science wouldn't make it any shorter than if you did physics or anthropology, assuming all are accepted (granted some GEM courses only accept bioscience degrees).
I'd also note that applying to graduate entry medicine is not "transferring" - medical schools do not, in general, accept transfers, with the exception of dedicated existing internal transfer schemes (which are uncommon and even more competitive than GEM - think 200 first year biomedical science students competing for 1-5 places on the first year of the medicine course). The only other transfer arrangements at medical schools are dedicated pathways for preclinical-clinical transfers at St Andrews and Oxford.
I would also not recommend limiting yourself to only a single medical school - chances are not in your favour to start with so you should be applying to four medical schools, and you should choose these based on how likely you are to be accepted ahead of any other consideration. I'd also note that there is no guarantee you could stay in Edinburgh for your entire medical career (and very unlikely you could in fact) since as I understand the Scotland deaneries are pretty large and the one that includes Edinburgh will always have you rotating to other cities/towns outside of Edinburgh as well as Edinburgh itself. You will need to move at some point if medicine is your goal, so you may as well accept that now and apply to other medical schools as well.
In any case, if you did apply to graduate entry medicine it is an accelerated course but the length is set for graduates of all disciplines (except a couple of courses with dedicated routes for qualified dentists pursuing maxillofacial surgery) that they accept - doing biomedical science wouldn't make it any shorter than if you did physics or anthropology, assuming all are accepted (granted some GEM courses only accept bioscience degrees).
I'd also note that applying to graduate entry medicine is not "transferring" - medical schools do not, in general, accept transfers, with the exception of dedicated existing internal transfer schemes (which are uncommon and even more competitive than GEM - think 200 first year biomedical science students competing for 1-5 places on the first year of the medicine course). The only other transfer arrangements at medical schools are dedicated pathways for preclinical-clinical transfers at St Andrews and Oxford.
I would also not recommend limiting yourself to only a single medical school - chances are not in your favour to start with so you should be applying to four medical schools, and you should choose these based on how likely you are to be accepted ahead of any other consideration. I'd also note that there is no guarantee you could stay in Edinburgh for your entire medical career (and very unlikely you could in fact) since as I understand the Scotland deaneries are pretty large and the one that includes Edinburgh will always have you rotating to other cities/towns outside of Edinburgh as well as Edinburgh itself. You will need to move at some point if medicine is your goal, so you may as well accept that now and apply to other medical schools as well.
(edited 1 year ago)
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