Apologies for my absence in getting back to you all, the first half of the Masters was somewhat hectic!
The beauty of Biomedical Sciences is the openness of the degree and tailoring to whatever interests you have. Year 1 is 'Common Year One', where you'll study basic sciences, but in Year 2/3 you're able to focus down into specific areas by picking whatever modules you want to do, and so if there's specific areas of science that interest you (Say, genetics) then you can follow that through. As for lab/written balance, I think there's a good mix to it, but that's dependent on the modules pick. Some will be more lab based than others.
To be honest that's London for you. It's all going to be expensive, but as far as £150 goes, that's pretty good. When I lived out I was at GDS and it was £184/week, so definitely worth it for the price you have there I'd imagine.
As for jobs, it's just like any other place where students are. If there's local part time jobs then go for them since you'll need it. On campus there's definitely plenty available for you, see:
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/services/careers/Jobs-Opportunities/Job-Hunting/Part-time-work.aspx/ KCLSU also advertises via its mailing list, information here:
https://www.kclsu.org/about/workforus/ I don't really have much contact with dentists unfortunately. nor do I have much knowledge on how it works. You're best off looking in the dentistry section for help!
I've no idea, best to get into contact with the university themselves.
I've been a part of football and the Labour society, both of which are incredibly active given they're extremely popular/well known as student societies. If you mean Biomedical Sciences, that is taught at Guys, with some modules elsewhere like Waterloo.
Life in London is naturally quite expensive, but that doesn't make it impossible what with Student Finance, a part time job potentially, and spending in a somewhat constructive fashion.
As for workload, honestly for most courses year 1 is really quite manageable. The only thing that most people struggle to get to grips with is the style of learning at uni (that of course being much more independent than school), but otherwise it's not something that I imagine you would find impossible to adapt to, providing you actually do some work
I would say if you're intent on visiting London, do invest in an Oyster card (though for tubes and buses you can just use your Contactless at the same price). It's only worth investing in a travel card if you know you'll be making journeys every single day frequently. For KCL exclusive stuff it's mostly all in walking distance, but you also have Boris Bikes too and Uber if it's nights out.
Yes to both questions!
Social wise, it's honestly no different to anywhere else, and in fact, I'd argue better than a lot of other locations, purely because you have London at your doorstep. There's so much to do and see that really it's hard not to find yourself in a social scene that you enjoy. Society wise, KCL has plenty that are thriving, again depending on what you're into.
I guess the downsides are that as a 'city' campus you don't get that traditional university feel, and being London, the busy, congested setting may not appeal to some folks. It does mean however that you're not constrained by what is on campus since you'll always be right in the centre of everything anyway. Personally I'm a city guy and so I've no issue with it.
I've answered above a couple of times on the social scene, suffice to say it's great! The same can be said for the lecturers, who are I'd say 90% perfect at what they do. Some aren't but then that's kind of like school teachers.
Finally, yes, people are quite tuned in, and it's especially the case when you join a society. Meeting both likeminded and people with opposing views is something I've definitely come to appreciate at uni.
I didn't really find them difficult in all honesty
Reasonably simple, it's something you should bring up with your head of course and they can direct you on the procedure/people you should discuss with.
In my experience, quite ruthless. You've a chance at one set of retakes, but only under mitigating circumstances can you get anything further than that.