Graduate Entry Medicine 2017

A lot of my friends are doing that who did Biomed with me.

But to be honest, I feel like its a doctor-wannabe and I would never be fully satisfied in that role.

I also think theres too many students and not enough jobs for it currently, but if you do get it the pay is really good money.

thanks for your reply *
i just had a look on the calculator, you end up paying so much back :/
yeah youve got a solid plan there, the issue comes after graduation when you have to pay back student loans as well as this, as well as paying for additional exams which cost like thousands.

Is there a criteria that you have to meet to get the 8000? for my undergrad I only got 3100 a year.. :/

Yeah you do end up paying back a lot and monthly payments can get quite high, depending on borrowing amount. Unfortunately Im not aware of any other alternatives ... so its a price we must pay if we want to be doctors.


I think the £8k is if you have been living on your own and/or 26 years old.

Luckily for me (but also unfortunately I guess :P) I will be 26 by the time I start medicine.

yeah i guess, i might ask around and see if i can get a bank to give me a better deal as my credit score is decent.
ahhh i dont fit either of those criteria haha, sucks for me but so nice for you :P*

Please let me know if you find any decent bank rates

are you above the VR national cut off?

Nope really below

Does anyone know if Southampton consider you for both the 4 and 5 year course if you apply for the 4 year GEM?

Im sure I've heard of other uni's doing this before, Kings I think do it.

yeh sure rejection from them. sucks. lol VR was again this year.

soton are very uKCAT heavy. look on last years thread.

So I dont have a chance there basically? haha


Where do I find these threads, sorry Im quite a noob to TSR.

Does anyone know if Southampton consider you for both the 4 and 5 year course if you apply for the 4 year GEM?

Im sure I've heard of other uni's doing this before, Kings I think do it.

I am not saying you do not have a chance haha. i just know they use the ukcat heavily, whether it is the a100 or a101.

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3628221#primary_content

Southampton do not, and at Kings it is rare to happen.

I've re written it a million and one times. God knows if its good but I feel like it reads better? probably being biased :P

Yup no space whatsoever, I had to delete ONE word because I had gone over the line limit -_-

Aw that sucks. Surprised you didn't puke up especially with how strong vomit smell can be...

Nope. Just sad times. Feel like I'm constantly pestering her but tomorrow is the day where I'm gonna just call her. I gave her everything she needed and still -_-

Is anyone considering the Physicians Associate program?

Thank you!



Oh god this is stressful.

I think it might be best to ring Southampton tomorrow and see if my application would be competitive at all. * * Whats St Barts/Queen Mary like for UKCAT on GEM? Hoping my Masters will counteract a low UKCAT score. * p.s. UKCAT should be abolished!

Ukcat and degree are weighted 50:50/
so having a masters would help you out if you have a good prediction or classification whats your ukcat score ?

Only got 615 UKCAT unfortunately. I bombed the real exam after acing the mocks pretty much :/ ... got so many damn questions on the efficiency of washing machines and it really threw me off my game lmao.


seeing as I have a 1st in Biomed, I presume my predicted will be Distinction at Masters level too. I did ask my professor to mention my predicted grade in his reference.

there is a specific place to put predicted grades, its not meant for the body of the reference i believe.

I think barts is a tad risky, have you considered any other unis?*

The only one I know for certain is 5 year at Leicester. Its close to home for work purposes for funding.

With regards to GEM courses I have absolutely no idea tbh as Im not sure which ones I'd have a shot at?