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Most popular med school

I just wonder if any knows which med school received...

(edited 7 years ago)

It's usually Southampton...

No point going off last year though 'cos a) these things change wildly year on year and b) UKCAT and other exams will probably affect peoples choices...

Reply 2

Spacecam

alot of people are applying to leeds and university of london colleges... just going by word of mouth tho

Reply 3

No_Direction

I've seen some stats from my local NHS voluntary services manager about this (although I think the stats were from 2004,) and I think it was Nottingham was the highest in terms of applicant/place ratio.

Reply 4

ph9

the stats i've seen showed manchester, kcl and ucl to be the top ones. manchester THE top by 50 or so applicants.

hahah, what a mix of replies.

Reply 5

Fluffy

Last year it was definitely Southampton...

2004 it was BSMS (to the point that they ended up with some 70 people too many on the course), followed by Southampton.

Reply 6

j00ni

Fluffy

Last year it was definitely Southampton...

2004 it was BSMS (to the point that they ended up with some 70 people too many on the course), followed by Southampton.

I'd say that is more an indication of amateur hour admissions management than anything :p:

Reply 7

Fluffy

New course - not knowing what they were really getting into was the reason/not expecting as many peeps to be so willing to take on a new course IIRC...

Reply 8

Nitrox

why is southampton so popular?

Reply 9

Philosoraptor

Part of the reason probably is the no-interview policy :smile:

Reply 10

iceman_jondoe

^^ also its the best for med

Reply 11

crazygirl4521

Fluffy

It's usually Southampton...

No point going off last year though 'cos a) these things change wildly year on year and b) UKCAT and other exams will probably affect peoples choices...

I wasnt basing my choices on any statistics, i was just curious.

Reply 12

randdom

j00ni

I'd say that is more an indication of amateur hour admissions management than anything :p:

There was nothing amateur about it, BSMS was only taking in their second lot of students and far more people accepted the places than were expected for a new medical school. They thought that it would take longer for the medical school to get so popular. My year group originally was 40 people over but I really don't think that it has negetively effected my education the groups stayed the same size for everything.

Anyway rant over :p: