Graduate Entry Medicine: 2016 Entry

I visited them last year and they said last year was the last time they were accepting non-science graduates hence it is true that from this year onwards it is only science grads they are taking in...

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Its only science degrees... We kicked off as students here about it when we first found out

Unfortunately this year it's science only. I'm affected by this too

Moment of silence for us arts/humanity degrees... Im distraught because they were also UKCAT entry which I will obviously fair better at.

It seems they really are phasing out the accelerated programme. So many are being cut or narrowed down. Now I can only apply to 5 GEMs as someone who genuinely didnt really consider medicine in school

I guess seeing as you only apply to 4 it just means there is less choosing for me to do... however the prospect of living in Derby, Swansea, Coventry/Leamington doesnt exactly excite me, but everyone has their own preferences.

Are you including southampton? I did a Chem a level specifically to apply there and that's where I'm going in September


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I've been wondering about Chem A-Level to open up that option. How did you do it - did you go back to college part time and did you take a full 2 year course? Also, if you totally bomb I suppose you still have to declare it on the UCAS application...that's what is putting me off at the moment.

I did it a year in advance so I knew my grade, but you only need a c for southampton anyway.

I have a friend who's doing a PhD in Chemistry and he helped me at weekends. Did it over 9 months and sat it as an external candidate at a college in London (where I also did the practicals). I found it pretty easy tbh, a levels are a lot easier once you've done a degree! I was working full time, volunteering, and learning at the weekends with more time put into it closer to exams and I got 97%, so it's really not that bad.


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Thanks very much, I'm going to look into sitting it as an external candidate. I'm revising Chem A2 for the GAMSAT and I'm finding it a lot easier than when I was at school (to my surprise!) so perhaps it's not such a bad idea to get the A-Level.

I found the chemistry in the BMAT absolutely impossible - I've spent most of the last 3 years unlearning A Level chemistry

Is anyone going to the Nottingham GEM open day this Saturday? Did you receive an email or anything when you booked to go? I booked a place last week but haven't received any info yet :/ ....

If anyone else is studying for the GAMSAT in September and is in London, hoping to set up a study group so get in touch!


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If anyone else is studying for the GAMSAT in September and is in London, hoping to set up a study group so get in touch!


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Hi Guys,
I'm looking to apply to graduate entry medicine in 2016 and I think I have all the relevant work/Life experience, my academic achievements at uni are more than good enough, obviously worried about the entrance exams (BMAT and UKCAT). But I'm really quite concerned about my application as my A levels are poor, and my first year of Uni was a write off ( I study Biomed now, but I originally did human biology for a year but changed courses), because of a lot of mental health problems that are near enough resolved; that were triggered by experiencing some horrific violence for a long period of time. I'm just so unsure of how to explain it to medical schools without going into too much detail or it sounding like a sob story :/ Any ideas?