Got 4 Rejections for Medicine for the 2nd Year in a row. What should I do???

When I applied the first year around I got a post-interview rejection from UCL and then pre-interview rejections from Southampton, St George's and Bristol. But since I achieved A*A*A last year I decided to take a gap year to reapply.
During my gap year this year I got 4 interviews from UCL, Imperial, Cardiff and UEA so I thought my chances would be pretty high this year. But I ended up getting 4 post-interview rejections from all four universities. I am clueless on what to do now and I am looking for some advice? Any help would be much appreciated.

Phone them and ask why you were rejected.

I recommend you find out why the unis rejected you this year. If you're making it to the interview but getting post-interview rejections then the unis think you're academically strong enough to study medicine but you're not doing well enough in interview. You should try to get in through clearing this year, and if that's not, try and reapply next year and work on your interview skills in your gap year. Maybe you could consider applying to a university like Aberdeen that doesn't only look at your interview when determining who gets offers post-interview. There's nothing wrong with taking two gap years, but make sure you use your gap years effectively.

Imperial was the only one to reply yet. Their feedback was so vague and looks like the kind of feedback they would send to every rejection:
"In addition to academic ability, the interview panel assesses candidates on the following criteria: Motivation to study medicine; realistic approach to medicine as a career; capacity to deal with stress; evidence of working as a leader and as part of a team; ability to multi-task; potential contribution to Medical School life; communications skills and maturity of character. Candidates are also graded on their response to a Values Based Scenario. In order to be made an offer, candidates must demonstrate at interview that they meet all of these criteria.
We enjoyed meeting you but tough decisions have to be made and unfortunately your performance at interview was not quite as strong as some of the other candidates. You scored well in multi-tasking and maturity. The panel felt your performance improved as the interview went on and that your nerves may have impacted your performance. They commented that your answers needed more depth and insight in order to be successful."

you clearly lack the reasoning skills of a doctor if you thought it was a good idea to apply to only the more competitive medical schools after you'd already taken a gap year

From my interview performance last year (especially for UCL), I really tried to improve on my interviews skills by having lots of mock interviews and going to interview workshops and even from going to real interviews. Especially with having 4 interviews this year I thought I would improve through that. My only worry with taking a second gap year is that the same thing is likely to happen again.

you clearly lack the reasoning skills of a doctor if you thought it was a good idea to apply to only the more competitive medical schools after you'd already taken a gap year

you clearly lack the reasoning skills of a doctor if you thought it was a good idea to apply to only the more competitive medical schools after you'd already taken a gap year

When I applied the first year around I got a post-interview rejection from UCL and then pre-interview rejections from Southampton, St George's and Bristol. But since I achieved A*A*A last year I decided to take a gap year to reapply.
During my gap year this year I got 4 interviews from UCL, Imperial, Cardiff and UEA so I thought my chances would be pretty high this year. But I ended up getting 4 post-interview rejections from all four universities. I have requested feedback from all four universities and Imperial were the only one to reply with a such a vague response. I am clueless on what to do now and I am looking for some advice? Any help would be much appreciated.

You could try applying for less competitive unis next year and use this year gaining experience in a healthcare environment.
But if you want my advice I wouldn’t keep wasting your life trying to get into medicine. You need to move on and get on with your life, I know it’s hard to give up on a dream. But it’s clearly not your grades that are the problem so it must be something else they they don’t like. Which is potentially something that you can’t change, such as your character or the fact that you’ve taken a gap year. The problem is that medical schools favour students coming straight from A levels because the information is relatively fresh. It is very hard to get into medicine as a mature student unless you show exceptional qualities.
You’ll have to weigh up how much you really want to be a doctor. You have to go above and beyond for medicine. Did you do something medical related in your gap year?

Try applying to uni's where they consider the whole application post interview as it seems that's what has let you down (so like Edinburgh (no interview!), Aberdeen and there will be others)

FIrst if all, medical schools don’t favour school leaves over gap year students or mature students. That’s just false. What fresh information??? Have you got any evidence to back that up?

In fact, I would say gap year students are MORE likely to get in due to their gap year experience on top of the grades

If he wants to try one more time, he can. Although I do agree, he will need to look for other options if medicine doesn’t work out

Edinburgh is really competitive though and they make it a lot harder for non scottish students to get in. Would not recommend applying to Edinburgh unless you want to risk not getting an offer. Edinburgh interview graduates andmature students, so they might interview someone who is on their second gap year (but I'm not sure). They're also considering using interviews as part of their application process for all applicants, so it's possible that all applicants will be interviewed next year.

I wouldn’t keep wasting your life trying to get into medicine. You need to move on and get on with your life, I know it’s hard to give up on a dream. But it’s clearly not your grades that are the problem so it must be something else they they don’t like. Which is potentially something that you can’t change, such as your character or the fact that you’ve taken a gap year. The problem is that medical schools favour students coming straight from A levels because the information is relatively fresh. It is very hard to get into medicine as a mature student unless you show exceptional qualities.