International graduate applying to 5 year standard medicine course

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In any case, to summarise: your degree is probably roughly equivalent to a 2:1 (a low 2:1 most likely, it might be noted). However your school leaving qualifications should meet any requirements otherwise. So in principle you meet the minimum requirements.

However if you are an international student for fee purposes, then things are different, because there are strict quotas imposed upon medical schools on the number of international students they can take. Therefore, competition for international students applying to medicine in the UK is much higher than for domestic/home applicants (and I gather things are somewhat more competitive for graduate applicants even applying to standard entry courses).

So the issue is, while you minimally meet the requirements, it is only minimally and many international applicants will far exceed those. So while it's possible, you might find you aren't a very competitive applicant, unless you get really outstanding UCAT/BMAT scores or something.

Hey! Thanks for your reply! So do you have any advice on which schools I should apply to then?

Not really, they're all going to be very competitive I would expect. I guess avoid ones that seem to be a "brand name" abroad (e.g. Oxbridge, London unis) as those might be more oversubscribed by international students - however that is very much speculation (except for Oxford which I know is more oversubscribed by international students than usual).

It doesn't really matter which medical school you go to as far as training/practicing in the UK (within the NHS that is) goes, as where you went to medical school isn't considered in applications for foundation posts or specialty recruitment (often it's not even included). Of course in other countries only certain medical schools in the UK may be recognised in that country - I don't know if that is the case for Canada. So consider where you want to actually practice medicine in the future (and if it's not the UK I'd suggest not applying to UK medical schools at all and just apply to medical schools in the country you wish to practice in).

@nexttime might have some relevant stats or suggestions (and/or corrections on the above speculation!)?

Hey thanks for your help. I was wondering if I should focus more on unis that stress more on UCAT/BMAT scores? Do you know any that might be suitable? Im sorry for bothering you so much.