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Imperial College, London

Does anyone here go to Imperial College in London (specifically: the medical school)? I'm considering going there and would like to know what a student's opinion of it is. Thank you kindly.

Sincerely,
GC White

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Reply 1

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my fren is going there. medicine. but i dont think hes into S&M

very geeky

My friend is going there. It's not ranked highly in terms of the subject Medicine (ranked around 15 or so usually) though I guess people go there because of its good overall ranking and prestige.

Reply 4

Mr White

It must be good - they ask for AAB!

Reply 5

LittleMissSmile

i went to imperial for a day thing on engineering, it didnt impress me overly, but then im not a major fan of london and didnt c the medicine dept. best bet for u is to go to one of their open days, c the website etc x

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Offers for Medicine are typically like that though, aren't they? AAB or ABB is what I've heard.

Reply 7

Mr White

Maybe. What's the best med school in the country? I heard Southampton is quite highly ranked, and its quite local (only 20 miles away or so).

I was thinking of studying in America at somewhere like Harvard / Stanford. It would be something different, and English people get a lot of respect on that side of the Atlantic.

Reply 8

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Originally posted by Mr White
It must be good - they ask for AAB!

AAB is quite a standard offer for Medicine in almost every university offering the course. Same with Law (which I'm doing). Since these two subjects are often the most competitive, inevitably universities will require quite demanding requirements to select the most able and suitable students.

Reply 9

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Originally posted by Mr White
Maybe. What's the best med school in the country? I heard Southampton is quite highly ranked, and its quite local (only 20 miles away or so).

I was thinking of studying in America at somewhere like Harvard / Stanford. It would be something different, and English people get a lot of respect on that side of the Atlantic.

Heard of Oxbridge? :tongue:

Apart from those two, the most reputed med schools with high rankings for the subject are usually Edinburgh, Southampton (like you suggested), Leicester and Manchester.

Reply 10

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By the way, Harvard and Stanford do not offer Medicine for undergraduates; you must obtain a first degree in a related science, usually human biology, work for a period and then be eligible for application to their med schools. John Hopkins Med School is usually said to be the most famous med school above those two.

Thank you kindly.

I was under the influence that Nottingham, with the Queen's Medical Centre (University Hospital) was quite highly regarded.

Reply 13

Mr White

Perchance could you tell me a website that has listings of the rankings for British Medical Schools? I would be interested to know which ones are the highest rated.

Sincerely,
GC White

Reply 14

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very geeky and boring dont go there its tooooo serious

If you say so.

Medicine is overated, do law instead, you can never have too many lawyers in the world!

Reply 17

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I didn't rate imperial that highly (for Maths) but they know what they're doing, and have a lot of pride.

Reply 18

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Originally posted by Mr White
Perchance could you tell me a website that has listings of the rankings for British Medical Schools? I would be interested to know which ones are the highest rated.

Sincerely,
GC White

Couldn't find one but managed to reel off the list of ratings from the Guardian League Tables for the subject of medicine:

1) University of Manchester
2) University of Newcastle
3) Wales College of Medicine
4) University of Glasgow
5) ICL
6) University of Southampton
7) KCL
8) University of Oxford
9) University of Aberdeen
10) University of Leicester

will research further.

Reply 19

Mr White

Thanks very much. I appreciate it.