Most Overrated Medical School 2013

I'd go to any university in the U.K to study medicine.

How can a medschool be overrated?

it might be an unpopular view with many, but PERSONALLY id say oxbridge. obviously they are extremely good unis, but after looking at their courses i found them to not be at all to my liking. the main reason is that they only start clinical experience in the third year. thats 2 whole years of theory without anything exciting to keep you motivated! they are extraordinarily academic, and again, personally thats not my sort of thing. im much more of a hands on person and i love the clinical side of medicine, even just going into gps or hospitals and shadowing for a day gets me super enthusiastic and motivated. research isnt an area that im looking into atm, and i know that oxbridge do look for people who like that.

BASICALLY depending on what sort of a person you are and what sort of a doctor you want to be does affect your perception, HOWEVER i do think that most people go into medicine to treat people rather than research so basically thats the reasoning behing my choice. i feel oxbridge are overrated (based on their course structure), although at the same time i do acknowledge that they are 2 of the top med schools in the country (so im not saying they are bad lol)

Well seeing as there is no such thing as a "better" medical school, then any medical school which has some sort of underlying priestiege or is seen as "above average" is over-rated because such things don't exist or at least don't matter.

Would you consider medical schools such as Cambridge and UCL of a same standard as St Andrews and Keele (no disrespect).

I may have agreed with you if you had told me this 10 years ago but the situation now is different. Would you consider medical schools such as Cambridge and UCL of a same standard as St Andrews and Keele (no disrespect).

Overrated in a sense that the university may have a very good reputation overall but the quality of education of their medical school is not good enough. Thus, students from these medical schools are more likely to struggle to cope with the challenges they face in the foundation year programme and beyond as a doctor.

Yes I would. Obviously if this is a consensus opinion, then cambridge and uCL are over-rated. (<-- opinion)

If there were such inadequacies, they would be spotted and rectified.

I guess, this cannot be done instantly and may take years in some cases.

I'm not against any university. However, I've noticed that there are few medical schools getting over 4000 applications every year for almost 300 or so places, not because of their course structure or social life, as these medical schools are attached to well recognised universities.

I'm not against any university. However, I've noticed that there are few medical schools getting over 4000 applications every year for almost 300 or so places, not because of their course structure or social life, as these medical schools are attached to well recognised universities.