KCL Biomedical Sciences

Hi guys, need your help on this decision.

I've been accepted into KCL, Newcastle and Manchester's biomedical science programmes. My main aim is to do graduate medicine after getting a degree. What are the chances of getting a 2.1 in KCL and which schools have a high percentage of students getting 2.1 or higher?

Thanks for reading!

Reply 1

puransubba

Some of the advantages of each unis comparin to each other.
Rank wise Manchester is the best out of 3 according to times and guardian.
If u go 2 newcastle..there is a chance of u getting to medicine after ur 1st year if u do very well wheras Kings and Manchester doesn't allow.
King's college has a good reputation and after u graduate u got a very good chance of doing postgrad medicine dere. Another advantage of of King's is, it is extremly good in medicine and has a good reputation which could easily giv u lead while applying for job.

Reply 2

kylerainer

OP

thanks for the reply.

Can i ask why is it for KCL, there is a gd chance of doing postgrad medical degree compared to the others? is it because of its reputation?

Is Kings strong in its sciences? Because all I see mentioned about kings is its medicine and law reputation is pretty good. Thanks

Reply 3

puransubba

Some of the reason to study Biomedical Science in King's College:
It had a good reputation and not only in UK, but all over the world.
King's Collage is ranked 23rd top University in the world.
King's collage is the part of University of London, which means the degree(Univeristy of London's degree) you get from Kings is world's prestige.
While you are studying Biomedical there, you can constantly check up on the lecturers or the students who is studying Medicine in Kings.
You can constantly get updates from students and lecturers for the requirement of the postgrad Medicine course.
While studying Biomedical science you can do a volunteer work in King's Hospital, which will give more credits to you.
I know some people who studied Biological subjects in Newcastle and applied to King's College just for the reputation.

Reply 4

kylerainer

OP

Hi guys thanks for the replies.

I heard about the rankings for the type of honours for eg. >70% is 1st and 65-70 is 2nd upper and so on. Do any of you guys know if the universities do the bell curve thing in the UK? Thanks.

Reply 5

James12344321

Funny kylerainer I am in the EXACT same position as you except I don't know whether to do grad medicine or denistry or neither afterwards, something I will find out on the way. I also have Southampton and Durham on the table
I dont know which university to choose I am tending towards KCL or Manchester. They are both good universities for the course, but which is the best and why does anyone know? What is the teaching quality like and the grad propects?

I thank anyone for an insight!

Reply 6

jashan

5

I am studying biomed at KCL and I just want to say that no matter where you go, getting a 2.1 or a first will be a lot of work. It has nothing to do with chance, but rather down to hard work.
The first year isn't too bad and you get a lot of guidance at King's. But seriously, be prepared to do a hell of alot of work in your second and third years.

p.s. 70% and over is a first, 60-70 a 2.1, 50-60 a 2.2.

Reply 7

kylerainer

OP

jashan - could you advice on what option to take for biomedical science? Physiology, neuroscience etc. Like pros and cons and what option you are taking and why? Thanks

Reply 8

metallica nutter

2

go to king's

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Reply 9

goodzi

5

puransubba

Some of the advantages of each unis comparin to each other.
Rank wise Manchester is the best out of 3 according to times and guardian.
If u go 2 newcastle..there is a chance of u getting to medicine after ur 1st year if u do very well wheras Kings and Manchester doesn't allow.
King's college has a good reputation and after u graduate u got a very good chance of doing postgrad medicine dere. Another advantage of of King's is, it is extremly good in medicine and has a good reputation which could easily giv u lead while applying for job.

hi, you said sth about the chance of getting to medicine after the first year at newcastle, do u know what the conditions are?is it just for biomed students or all biomedical courses such as biochem or biotechnology students can apply as well, the first year is the same for all biomed courses at newcastle. thanks,

Reply 10

goodzi

5

hi guys, Did biomedical science courses at new castle go into clearing last year?
do u know anyone who got in with BBB or ABC?

Reply 11

jashan

5

kylerainer

jashan - could you advice on what option to take for biomedical science? Physiology, neuroscience etc. Like pros and cons and what option you are taking and why? Thanks

Sure. Well I'm still on Bio-Med but I'm thinking of switching to Human Sciences because I really like the anatomy modules. The first year is all core and as you probably know a common year for all the modules so no need to worry about that. A lot of people (and I mean a lot) chose Pharmacology topics, which was quite frankly was quite brilliant in the first year, but I wanted to do more anatomy.
In terms of Neuroscience, it seems also quite popular but a lot of hard work. If you switch your degree to Neuroscience you don't get to pick many (if any at all) modules for yourself.
Physiology is good if you're interested in it, but if you're not to fond of mechanisms, steer well away! I especially liked the endocrinology aspect of it.
Biochem wasn't that popular I think, but I heard its not too hard.

Hope this helps. Just let me know if you need any info.

Reply 12

ramzy91

mo28

I got an offer from KCL for Biomedical Science and also from Brighton University to study Pharmacy..
My main aim is to study medicine afterwards.. I do not know which way would be easier to get into medicine?
Also what are the chances of getting 2:1 or first class at King's college?

Thanks,

For graduate entry medicine alot of uni's stress that they dont mind what degree you have.. me personally if I was in your shoes I would choose Pharmacy, becuase if say you wernt succesful for graduate medicine (hopefully you are succesful ofcourse) you've got still got a stable profesional job to go to. Ofcourse it can be the same with biomedical sciences..but that more or less instant job isnt always garaunteed...

My opinion anyway..

Reply 13

kylerainer

OP

thanks jashan for the tip

Actually, i received updates that im got into KCL's biomed 1st yr and newcastle and manchester 2nd yr for biomed..any of you guys can advice on which choice to take?

I was thinking taking a direct entry into 2nd yr would be cost saving but tougher compared to entering into 1st yr.. what do you guys think? thanks

Reply 14

kylerainer

OP

btw jashan, could you give some comments on the following subjects? like what to expect and stuff.. got it from the website.. and is molecular biology A and B tough? smth to do with genetics?

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology A
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology B
Practice of Biomedical Science
From Cells to Systems
Fundamentals of Pharmacology
Physiological Systems

Any reference books titles/authors recommended would be extremely helpful. thanks a lot!

Reply 15

jashan

5

1) Biochem A was the main chemistry related topics, wasn't too hard and essentially just a bit more detail than at A-level.
2) Biochem B was genetics and although I found it boring, it is straightforward.
3) Practice if Biomed is statistics, but really only covers about 10 or so lectures.
4) From Cells to Systems is the structure of tissues at the microscopic level and was interesting although the practicals were a real drag.
5) Pharmacology was great. Not too hard, interesting and engaging.
6) Physiological Systems was quite good, basically learning about the systems of the body. CNS, Muscle, carciovascular etc. This exam was quite hard though.

For the first year I used the following books:
1) no book needed, the lecture notes were good enough (attendance quite key for these) Recommended textbooks don't add much
2) Essentials of genetics by Klug. Very good book and if you miss lectures, this book will make up for it
3) This is only statistics and some other miscellaneous topics. Only lecture notes, as there aren't any specific books. (attendance key)
4) Wheater's functional histology. very good and has most of the pictures used in the lectures
5) no book needed. lecture notes enough.
6) Vander's human physiology. Good book, maybe too detailed in some aspects for the first year, but it still comes in handy in the second year.

Reply 16

kylerainer

OP

whoa! Thanks a lot jashan! btw are you in 1st yr now?

Btw for Biochem A, is it more on the organic or inorganic chemistry?

Anyway, my previous question some post before was, any idea if KCL follow the bell curve when it comes to exams? Thanks!

Reply 17

jashan

5

In second year now. It's more or less finished anyway. I can't even remember what the difference between organic and inorganic chemistry is lol.

Reply 18

Don Jesu

6

am goin to kings as well dude/dudette for Biomed. I hear you can switch after one yr if u r exceptional. otherwise it is the whole 3 years and aiming for a first to get into graduate entry. My friends had newcastle but is now changing via UCAS Extra to Kings, because apparently Newcastle has a bad atmosphere. Hope to see u there dude/dudette.

Reply 19

kylerainer

OP

ok cool, btw anybody can answer whether KCL uses the bell curve when it comes to grading for exams and stuff?

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