A question on medical students and ethnicity.

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DrDomDom

Did you see their prospectus: there was a page in it with a long row of students working: and there wasnt one non-asian.

Really? Is medicine the same?

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Sarky

I'm black (afro-caribbean) and i've always been in a minority at medical school. I don't care, i don't go looking for black people but it is interesting. There were 4 of us (out of 270) in my old year.

Reply 22

nas7232

With asian people, if one was to generalise there is a real big split between asians. You get the asians that keep within cultural groups and ones that do the exact opposite. I think if a non-asian was in that class, I think the feeling of the whole cultural thing would pretty much depend on which type of people you have within in your year. UCL hasn't got THAT many asians in medicine compared to other London universities.

If I get my grades for medicine this year, I'll be in the opposite scenario, something that I think I prefer. My current class is 70-80% asian.

Reply 23

andybrandy

humz2

argh! no!

lol your signature is genius :wink:

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humz2

andybrandy

lol your signature is genius :wink:

Haha thanks =]

Reply 25

loveisjustasong

DrDomDom

On the open day I went to, nope. There were lots of european people - most probably the majority.

My interview on the other hand - Im pretty sure I was one of only two white people.

Are you going to Kings?

Well, I want to apply there :p:

it's pretty high up on the list of unis I'd like to study medicine at. I'm going to the open day soon. It's just that, I really don't want to be in a place where it's all predominantly one race (because groups can occur).