Hello,
I'm French and currently studying Psychology. Actually, I'll graduate next year and have always wanted to study medicine and live in the UK. I am aware that a few universities in the UK accept students from non scientific backgrounds for their Graduate Entry Medicine (such as Newcastle, Warwick...). Plus, I studied advanced science in highschool for the baccalaureat (basically equivalent as saying I took my A-Levels in Biology/Maths/Chemistry/Physics) and my Psychology degree is more scientific than most (while obviously still not equivalent to a biology degree).
I also know that you should pass the UCAT and also have some relevant healthcare experience.
I have searched the internet a lot and yet, some questions remain... This is why I am desperately looking for someone who, just like me, was a European student and decided to apply in the UK (preferably medicine), or someone who knows about the steps for an EU student as I don't know how bursaries work (if, as an EU student, I am eligible), how I should apply on UCAS, accommodation...
Also, we can't really shadow doctors here in France and it's fairly impossible to get work experience in a hospital if you're not a medical professionnal or student so, aside from working in a nursing home in the summer, I don't think I could get much experience...
And yet, this gives me no experience of the NHS.
Therefore, do you think schools would be more lenient that I don't have much experience coming from another country, or should I really find a solution to get some work experience IN the UK...
Thank you! 😊