Imperial College Medical Applicants 2015 entry

Mad how people are considering imperial and ucl over Cambridge, man I have an oxford offer and i wouldnt trade it for offers from every other medical school in the country haha. Guess its each to their owm

Mad how people are considering imperial and ucl over Cambridge, man I have an oxford offer and i wouldnt trade it for offers from every other medical school in the country haha. Guess its each to their owm

Oh ok, kl
mines at 4:30, u cumin to the tour yh?
Ikr! its gd that the offer chance after interview is pretty gd so hopefully!
ill probs like see u without knowing its u lol

Edit: Gd luck!!

Yeah i'm going to the tour! (Dont really know why though ha I've already been to the open day and another tour when i was there for an interview for another course haha, hope we'll get to see sth different!

same, goin tour. r u gap yr applicant?

No i'm in year 13 i applied to two courses at imperial

ahh seen, dont know of many other courses which want an interview b4 offer so thats y...

I thought my interview went quite badly personally but still ended up with an offer. I think the majority of people after interviews contemplate what they could have done or what they could have said better so try not to worry about it (as hard as it is!).

Hi all,
I've received an offer from both Cambridge and imperial (a*a*a and aaac) and having a tough time choosing one. On one hand i like the more diverse course at imperial, but on the other hand there is big pressure and prestige to go to cam. Any suggestions from other people in this situation?

theres a reason why a lot of medical students left Cambridge after 2nd 3rd... year to go to London medicine unis.

If you don't mind me asking, why did you think your interview went badly? It's just that I have my Imperial interview tomorrow and I'm absolutely terrified rn.

Oh i see most courses at imperial interview apart from the biological ones

My panel was ever so slightly hostile and not as friendly as the others seem to think their panel was. They tore bits out of my PS and made a few sarcastic remarks. If in that position though, just relax, laugh it off with them and defend your points (unless you genuinelly made an error, in which case apologise and move on). To be fair to them, they did kind of hint that they'd be giving me an offer at the end though so they weren't *that* bad.

Most panels are very friendly though from what I've heard so just relax.

Thank you!! Congrats on achieving the offer, you must be so proud.

Got it, how was the interview anyways and which course was it, if u dont mind me askin?

I did medicine at Oxford and a lot of my friends went to London, so I'm relatively well positioned to comment.

The location is a huge factor - 6 years is a long time to be in one place, and the contrast between probably the most rural med school there is and London couldn't be bigger!

Although Cambridge has a reputation for being expensive, you will save a LOT of £££ by going there compared to London.

Cambridge - college system means socialising with lots of different people rather than what seems to happen at Imperial where medics form their own clique and don't talk to other people (? correct me if i'm wrong people). University (i.e. college) accommodation way more available in Cambridge. Way more participation in sports/societies in Cambridge (though if you're a high level athlete Imperial may have better facilities for you).

At Imperial you get a free iPad mini when you start clinical school (). Might stop by the time you arrive though, can't be certain.

In the clinical years Imperial is way more logbook-governed and your attendance monitored a lot more closely (as one of the doctors on here put it who went to Cambridge and now works with Imperial students - "Imperial students have to get a sign off to wipe their own ass"), Very different compared to Cambridge where they trust you to be an adult and do what helps your learning with only some logbooks.

Both main hospitals are huge tertiary centres so will have plenty of obscure cases. Imperial might get a few more though (though does this really matter to you? You don't need to know about obscure things as a med student). Imperial will also have a more diverse patient base than Cambridge - more TB, HIV, sickle cell etc.

Traditionally London has had a very high student to patient ratio i.e. the place is crammed with students. However, Cambridge just literally doubled the size of its med school for the clinical years. I personally wonder about how they are going to fit everyone in. Open to dispute.

Feel free to ask for any further clarification, though as I clearly went to neither of these unis I may not be able to say any more.



Indeed - they were forced to! Cambridge only had space for a certain number. Some would choose to go, then the remainder had to apply back to Cambridge in a competitive process involving interviews etc

Doesn't happen any more though as you say.

Sounds like Imperial is not that great I am worried now...

It's biomedical engineering id love to get into med school this year but as a plan B i thought it would be a great degree to do before applying to do graduate medicine the day was quite relaxed, we spent a 9-4 day there, had a sample lecture and did some activities, as in the actual interview i got asked some physics and maths questions which i did quite bad in haha and as a result got a higher offer :s

Sounds like Imperial is not that great I am worried now...

imo, he's sound slightly biased towards cam cuz he goes to the same class of uni (i.e. oxbridge).