Applying for Biology with a Medicine Personal Statement?

Hey everyone,
I am an American applying to the UK for medicine. For my 5th UCAS choice I was thinking of Biological Sciences at Oxford. But my problem is that my personal statement is geared towards becoming a doctor. Specifically, I talk about a few extracurricular activities (debate and robotics) and how the skills I have learned will help me if I was a doctor. I also mention volunteer work at a hospital and shadowing two doctors at a private practice. I do have a few sentences about a part time job where I taught Biology.
I was wondering if it would be sensible to apply for the Biological Sciences course even though my statement isn't directly about it.

Thanks
Ajay

Hey everyone,
I am an American applying to the UK for medicine. For my 5th UCAS choice I was thinking of Biological Sciences at Oxford. But my problem is that my personal statement is geared towards becoming a doctor. Specifically, I talk about a few extracurricular activities (debate and robotics) and how the skills I have learned will help me if I was a doctor. I also mention volunteer work at a hospital and shadowing two doctors at a private practice. I do have a few sentences about a part time job where I taught Biology.
I was wondering if it would be sensible to apply for the Biological Sciences course even though my statement isn't directly about it.

Thanks
Ajay

I think at other, slightly lower ranked unis you could be ok, but for Oxford it's so ridiculously competitive on all the courses that they'd want a totally Biology based statement. You have to be very dedicated to go to Oxford to do a subject, it's not a fifth choice kind of thing really (probably lower chance of getting in than medicine) but check if they'll let you send in a different PS! x

Why not apply for medicine at Oxford and have a back-up choice elsewhere?

As the poster above has said, you MAY have a chance, but it is probably small

Hi, last year I applied to 2 medicine courses, 2 biology courses and human sciences at Oxford with a purely medicine personal statement. I got offers for both biology courses and interviews for both medicine courses(and subsequently an offer) and an interview for Oxford - although I did submit a separate ps for Oxford. I didn't get an offer for Oxford and I believe this was because they could tell how passionate I was about medicine ( I was limited to only 2 med choices because of my Chem predicted grade and would definitely have turned Oxford down for my med offer!) however they were willing to give me an interview, so I guess you have nothing to lose!! Just don't compromise your ps - it has to be 100% medicine!! Best of luck 😀

Hey thanks for the reply!
Can you explain how to send separate Personal Statements. I think I would prefer to do this if it was an option

Hey thanks for the reply!
Can you explain how to send separate Personal Statements. I think I would prefer to do this if it was an option