Buckingham Medical School January 2019 Entry

They already replied to me. I am in the waiting list!
Did y receive reply from them Jasealy?

Where do u guys get the money?

Cmonb, I know right!

Its a big sacrifice anywhere in the world honestly. Im an international student coming from the Caribbean and I did my first degree in the USA. To study medicine both in the US and Caribbean will equate to more money than at Buckingham! - Its insane!

- J

Where in the Caribbean? Jamaica?

and why are u coming over then if u already have degree?

LOOL, im from Trinidad.

And I did a first degree in health sciences and biology. The end goal is always to do medicine. In the US you always have to do a first degree on a premedical track before going to medical school. But around the world, it seems that many people have to get a first degree in the sciences before getting into a medical school due to the competition.

-J

ohh you see I'm applying to do biomedical science then going to GEM which is the graduate route into medicine.

Yeah, that's a good plan! A lot of people typically have to end up doing this route!
Umm, I'm pretty sure I read that some schools allow students to study as a regular science student for the first year, and depending on grades or whatever, you can then apply and be accepted into their medical program. I don't know if this is still valid as I read this about 2 years ago when I was possibly interested. This was at the University of Leicester, if interested.

Good luck!,
J

yeah you are entirely correct, I've got offers from Leicester and uni in London called St George's.

Loooool this is literally the worst 'med school' to go to, received an email from them a couple of weeks ago, no UKCAT/BMAT required. GCSE grades irrelevant, no formal inerview, even your predicted grades don't have to be of a high standard. Don't know what kinda sh!tty doctors this med school will produce...

This is a perfect example of money buying you degrees which is quite disgraceful, especially when it comes to professions such as medicine where skills such as empathy, integrity etc are vital, we're playing with human lives here.

You know that with Leicster if you're one of the top 8 in terms of academic performance (I think it's top 8, maybe slightly more or less) you can transfer to Med in the second year? I'm sure this isn't possible at St Georges, which leads me to this question: why St Georges?

How hard was the interview (to the ones who have already had theirs and got offers)? Is the whole process as intense as the "normal" med universities (that are funded by the government) in terms of competition and grading? I have mine on 12th July and pretty much shiting myself atm. Also, I dunno how the hell I am going to afford this looool

Hey CCC, yeah I went ahead and accepted the offer.
Are you between some other offers? also, are you an int'l student?

heyy

I got an interview for July

I was wondering if anyone knew how long they take to extend an offer?

Hey Gauria,

Congratulations so far on being granted an interview.

I think it depends. Some hear back sooner than others. I heard back 3 weeks after the selection day. As my selection day was one of the first days, you might hear actually hear back sooner than 3 weeks, especially as it's at a later date in the year.

Good luck,
J