UCL or Imperial Medicine?

ok i was wrong about the other thing but I don't have to explicitly state that its my opinion on a student room chat, you'd make a good lawyer, if you could amount to much.

so to clarify UCL and imperial acc don't look at gcses once you've met the minimum requirements? As in they play no role in the admissions process at all? If so I may have wasted a fair bit of time revising for my gcses :/

Too busy being a doctor, thanks. Doctors also like evidence based information.
A tip for medicine applications - don't try and blag your way through by insisting you are right when you actually know nothing about a topic. Ask, research, learn, don't try to impress in this sort of situation or you will end up looking silly

so to clarify UCL and imperial acc don't look at gcses once you've met the minimum requirements? As in they play no role in the admissions process at all? If so I may have wasted a fair bit of time revising for my gcses :/

yup that's correct. Their main selectors are BMAT scores and predicted or achieved a-levels.
Obviously all unis are not the same in this regard!

Hey my brother said that last part too! You proved me wrong, I was misinformed and now I slightly less misinformed. I don't see the appeal in being a doctor though but it must be rewarding in some sense for many people to want to be one; thanks for the info tho.

You should listen to your brother!
Why are you planning on applying if you don't see the appeal?

You really don't want to head into this discussion @GANFYD, trust me. They are planning to do a med degree then go into investment banking.

Ahhh. Explains a lot, then!

The GCSE work will be useful to revisit when you start preparing for BMAT next year.
And while IB internships really only look at Alevels and super curricula, a good set of GCSEs will look good on the application CV

If so I may have wasted a fair bit of time revising for my gcses :/

Eh my cousins did medicine at UCL and Imperial and got alot of internships from big funds and banks due to the extended period of time they studied at university

Medical students are allowed to do internships in their elective year during term time apparently(?) unlike many other degrees

My family also knows the medical route a fair amount so getting admission whilst not easy should be more straight-forward for us.

Eh my cousins did medicine at UCL and Imperial and got alot of internships from big funds and banks due to the extended period of time they studied at university. Medical students are allowed to do internships in their elective year during term time apparently(?) unlike many other degrees. I want to do investment banking and the best route for that is to go to a target school, unfortunately now isn't a great time to get into the industry so medicine atleast provides some job security if I ever find myself strolling the streets of Unemployment. Was my mother's idea to be fair. My family also knows the medical route a fair amount so getting admission whilst not easy should be more straight-forward for us. O well we shall see; my girlfriend is in a similar position as OP she only wants to apply to 1 london school and acc wants to be a doctor, aside from UCAT and BMAT scores do you know what other factors she could base her decision off of?

I’m applying next year but only want to put one London university down for Medicine. I’m torn between UCL and Imperial. Imperial has an international reputation as does UCL, as ‘London’s Global University’. I just want the place that will give me the best 6 year life there but also make me a great doctor. I like UCLs campus feel, and there’s loads of societies. Apparently imperial is moving their medical school and South Kensington campus? I’m completely torn. Is one better than the other?

choose Imperial