Thinking of postgrad medicine
Hey all, I was just wondering what my realistic odds of being accepted for postgrad med school in the UK are like for 25/26 entry.
I’m currently a nursing student and averaging a first with excellent feedback. Although I don’t have the best of A-Levels and none of them are in science, by the point of application I will have had over 2000 hours of clinical experience and hopefully a first class bachelor of nursing.
I’m also actively involved in extracurricular activities at my current university, being both the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion officer of our SU for 22/23 and 23/24. As well as being a committee member of our SU’s breast cancer awareness society.
I feel that I’d be able to pass the UCAT exam with enough practice and revision, so all it would come down to is the application process and wether or not I’d be in the position to be considered for a place
I’m currently a nursing student and averaging a first with excellent feedback. Although I don’t have the best of A-Levels and none of them are in science, by the point of application I will have had over 2000 hours of clinical experience and hopefully a first class bachelor of nursing.
I’m also actively involved in extracurricular activities at my current university, being both the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion officer of our SU for 22/23 and 23/24. As well as being a committee member of our SU’s breast cancer awareness society.
I feel that I’d be able to pass the UCAT exam with enough practice and revision, so all it would come down to is the application process and wether or not I’d be in the position to be considered for a place
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Original post by jmeredith
Hey all, I was just wondering what my realistic odds of being accepted for postgrad med school in the UK are like for 25/26 entry.
I’m currently a nursing student and averaging a first with excellent feedback. Although I don’t have the best of A-Levels and none of them are in science, by the point of application I will have had over 2000 hours of clinical experience and hopefully a first class bachelor of nursing.
I’m also actively involved in extracurricular activities at my current university, being both the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion officer of our SU for 22/23 and 23/24. As well as being a committee member of our SU’s breast cancer awareness society.
I feel that I’d be able to pass the UCAT exam with enough practice and revision, so all it would come down to is the application process and wether or not I’d be in the position to be considered for a place
I’m currently a nursing student and averaging a first with excellent feedback. Although I don’t have the best of A-Levels and none of them are in science, by the point of application I will have had over 2000 hours of clinical experience and hopefully a first class bachelor of nursing.
I’m also actively involved in extracurricular activities at my current university, being both the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion officer of our SU for 22/23 and 23/24. As well as being a committee member of our SU’s breast cancer awareness society.
I feel that I’d be able to pass the UCAT exam with enough practice and revision, so all it would come down to is the application process and wether or not I’d be in the position to be considered for a place
The UCAT (and GAMSAT) are not pass/fail exams, they are competitively ranked to decide who gets an interview, so it would depend on your score against the rest of the cohort. For GEM, generally a UCAT score in excess of 2950 is needed for a reasonable choice of places, though that may change when the newer GEM courses come on line.
If you are short-listed, then it is down to interview performance, again competitively ranked against the rest of the cohort. Interview to offer ratios vary at different med schools, but for GEM are usually in the region of 40%ish
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