Hi guys, I'm a biomed student aspiring to apply for GEM for 2017 entry. I never did very well in school or college and came out with pretty average GCSEs but only 2 A levels.I really didn't care about education when I was younger and it's coming back to haunt me now. So I realise that my application is pretty poor from the start however I am doing much better at uni now that I have adopted the correct attitude. I am worried though that I am at an even more disadvantage because I don't attend a Russel Group university (should I be?).
I now have 2 weeks experience lined up, one in a local GP surgery and one in a local hospital and I also volunteer at a hospital near uni. In addition I have placement 2 days a week all year with my uni course so I am getting a lot of experience in a medical setting. I really want some advice from you guys with more knowledge than I do about GEM because this is very new to me. I am not a student that has always planned on doing this, my ambition to study medicine has only really developed during the last year so I need to work really hard to become prepared over this year. I think I would be better at the UKCAT but the GMSAT universities are the ones that seem to focus less on A Levels etc..
I already know that I'm starting on a low and I am constantly disheartened when reading other people's stories. Applying for GEM is daunting for any student and for me it feels like it's 20x worse.