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When can we start applying for accommodation? The accoms portal says: "Please note that it is only possible to apply for accommodation for the 2021-2022 academic year." I thought it opens in the beginning of march.
When can we start applying for accommodation? The accoms portal says: "Please note that it is only possible to apply for accommodation for the 2021-2022 academic year." I thought it opens in the beginning of march.
i saw a thread from last year where someone emailed the accommodation dept and they said it opens mid to late march so hopefully around then
Does anyone know whether UCL do an offer holders day?
i think they did like an online thing last year but i cant find anything about an offer holder day on the UCL offer holders webpage so i guess more info about it might come later on. i looked at last years thread and there was an offer holder session in April (which they were saying was basically just a q&a for stuff you can find on the website) and a medicine specific offer holder q&a in may
Just want to wish everyone a massive congrats on receiving your med offer this year for UCL!!
I remember that I had a lot of questions and doubts before entering UCL two years ago, so if you have any concerns, worries, queries, or anything else related to medicine at UCL or just UCL in general then let me know in this thread (you can @MedicMind or reply to this message )!
And if you're still trying to decide whether you want to go to UCL or a different uni you have an offer for, choose UCL ! The med school here is incredibly friendly and there's a very warm community all around, so it's the best uni out there imo (+ alongside lots of other reasons ofc ).
Good luck with your A-Levels/equivalents, and I look forward to seeing you all in September .
Just want to wish everyone a massive congrats on receiving your med offer this year for UCL!!
I remember that I had a lot of questions and doubts before entering UCL two years ago, so if you have any concerns, worries, queries, or anything else related to medicine at UCL or just UCL in general then let me know in this thread (you can @MedicMind or reply to this message )!
And if you're still trying to decide whether you want to go to UCL or a different uni you have an offer for, choose UCL ! The med school here is incredibly friendly and there's a very warm community all around, so it's the best uni out there imo (+ alongside lots of other reasons ofc ).
Good luck with your A-Levels/equivalents, and I look forward to seeing you all in September .
thank you!! i still genuinely still cant believe i got an offer even tho its been like 2 weeks now lol. UCL has been one of my dream unis for so long!
i just wanted to ask how much patient contact do you actually get in 1st year and do you learn any clinical procedures from year 1 in the cpp modules or are they mainly there to discuss ethics and stuff? I also wanted to ask if it's common or allowed to do your intercalated bsc at another uni if you wanted to? also would doing a part time job alongside the med degree be viable?
thank you!! i still genuinely still cant believe i got an offer even tho its been like 2 weeks now lol. UCL has been one of my dream unis for so long!
i just wanted to ask how much patient contact do you actually get in 1st year and do you learn any clinical procedures from year 1 in the cpp modules or are they mainly there to discuss ethics and stuff? I also wanted to ask if it's common or allowed to do your intercalated bsc at another uni if you wanted to? also would doing a part time job alongside the med degree be viable?
thank you in advance
Hi, I’m a current student so I thought I’d give you some insight. Firstly COVID had changed things for us this year too which impacts how CPP was scheduled. In yr 1 you do get some patient contact but this was all done online. We also had a hospital tour online. In CPP there are so many different topics/themes covered which does include but not limited to ethics. These include social determinants of health and doctor as a data scientist. Medical ethics is discussed usually in term 2. You do learn clinical skills in year 1 and I think it’s the best part of CPP. They are distributed in the 2nd term and fit in with the modules you are learning. You can do your ibc in another uni, there is an application for this but it should be a degree that isn’t available at UCL. I’m not sure about opting to do a degree somewhere else when you could do it at UCL. Some students do have part time jobs in uni, it’s not very popular but it is doable if you can plan your time well enough. There are jobs available with the students union which is more flexible.
Hi, I’m a current student so I thought I’d give you some insight. Firstly COVID had changed things for us this year too which impacts how CPP was scheduled. In yr 1 you do get some patient contact but this was all done online. We also had a hospital tour online. In CPP there are so many different topics/themes covered which does include but not limited to ethics. These include social determinants of health and doctor as a data scientist. Medical ethics is discussed usually in term 2. You do learn clinical skills in year 1 and I think it’s the best part of CPP. They are distributed in the 2nd term and fit in with the modules you are learning. You can do your ibc in another uni, there is an application for this but it should be a degree that isn’t available at UCL. I’m not sure about opting to do a degree somewhere else when you could do it at UCL. Some students do have part time jobs in uni, it’s not very popular but it is doable if you can plan your time well enough. There are jobs available with the students union which is more flexible.
Congrats on your offer!!
thank you! i rly wanted to go to Edinburgh uni too so i thought intercalating there would give me that experience lol. do you know if and when things are gonna go back to like they were pre-covid?
thank you!! i still genuinely still cant believe i got an offer even tho its been like 2 weeks now lol. UCL has been one of my dream unis for so long!
i just wanted to ask how much patient contact do you actually get in 1st year and do you learn any clinical procedures from year 1 in the cpp modules or are they mainly there to discuss ethics and stuff? I also wanted to ask if it's common or allowed to do your intercalated bsc at another uni if you wanted to? also would doing a part time job alongside the med degree be viable?
thank you in advance
Hi there!
Aw yay I'm glad you're happy with the offer .
So to answer the first question, my first year was the first covid year haha so @lara147 will be able to give you a much better idea of how many in-person clinical things you might do in first year. The two clinical placements in the whole year that we had were online, and it sounds like that was the way it was this year too. We really didn't learn many clinical procedures (mainly cardiac arrest and x2 examinations), and when we did they were conducted online. These two clinically-focused aspects of CPP occur throughout the year but really not that often, and it's not like you have one day each week dedicated to just clinical skills, or like visiting a hospital/GP which I know a lot of other unis do. UCL Medical School still very much lean towards the 'traditional' side of the spectrum of course types even though it's 'intercalated', so you'll have much less clinical skills stuff from day 1 than most other unis. Are you thinking that you would rather have a more clinically-focused approach to learning or don't mind? And if i remember correctly, CPP sessions were held once a week on Thursday mornings and most weeks we would discuss a different topic in our tutorial group from around 8 (can't quite remember) modules, like 'mental health' or 'ethics and law'. I found it to be a nice break from the other days that were just saturated with science-based lectures .
So with iBScs, yep, you can do it elsewhere but it's very very very uncommon (i only know of one person in my year right now who's managed to arrange their iBSc next yr in Edinburgh uni [i think!] coincidentally haha). I personally wouldn't want to do it elsewhere because I'm very happy with sticking with my friends and the UCL environment for 3rd year and I really would not be happy if i had to start afresh with settling into another uni to only be there for a year, and I think most people in my year have that opinion. However, that shouldn't stop you from deciding to go to Edinburgh and doing your iBSc there if you really want to do that! Edinburgh is so beautiful so I totally get the desire haha .
And as for part-time jobs, it's definitely do-able. I know plenty of people in my year who do a few hours of tutoring a week, which is the most common form of a part-time job bc it's incredibly flexible and you don't have to travel. I personally do tutoring a lot, and i'm still able to balance work, socialising and self-care; it actually helps me more to have a job than to not because I use my time much more wisely haha. How much are you intending to work at uni? However, I do recommend that at least for the first term of first year, that you work less than other times in the year because first term is when you really want to be putting the time in to get to grips with the style of learning at uni (which is v different from school), and feeling settled etc.
I hope all of this helped! If you have more questions then lmk
thank you! i rly wanted to go to Edinburgh uni too so i thought intercalating there would give me that experience lol. do you know if and when things are gonna go back to like they were pre-covid?
So I've heard rumours that UCL are planning on having all lectures and tutorials in-person next year, but I'm quite skeptical. Ik that most other med schools have returned to pre-covid teaching but UCL are still doing most things online ... The other frustrating thing is that because of the increase in cohort sizes in the recent years, the lecture theatres that were previously used pre-covid are too small to fit everyone in, so bigger lecture theatres (which are shared with more courses) have to be used instead. And because more departments want to use them, more timetabling issues arise, and so it's harder to book slots up for the medical school so less in-person lectures...
UCL probably won't confirm what next year will be like until at least September lol. Would you choose a different uni if other unis have more in-person teaching?
So I've heard rumours that UCL are planning on having all lectures and tutorials in-person next year, but I'm quite skeptical. Ik that most other med schools have returned to pre-covid teaching but UCL are still doing most things online ... The other frustrating thing is that because of the increase in cohort sizes in the recent years, the lecture theatres that were previously used pre-covid are too small to fit everyone in, so bigger lecture theatres (which are shared with more courses) have to be used instead. And because more departments want to use them, more timetabling issues arise, and so it's harder to book slots up for the medical school so less in-person lectures...
UCL probably won't confirm what next year will be like until at least September lol. Would you choose a different uni if other unis have more in-person teaching?
Thank you for all the information you have given so far, its been really helpful..
I just wanted to ask whether staying in accommodation was worth it, what a typical UCL first year medic timetable would look like, whether it is more or less than other medical schools timetables and lastly, how much self/private study is expected of a first year per week?
thank you! i rly wanted to go to Edinburgh uni too so i thought intercalating there would give me that experience lol. do you know if and when things are gonna go back to like they were pre-covid?
The way the timetable works for us now changes with covid waves. So for example, my last module’s original timetable had more in person but because there was an increase in COVID cases they revised it. If there isn’t another wave and things stay the way they are/improve then you could have more inperson. They do want to return to a sense of normality but it’s uncertain. Also I do want to say that even if covid does not get better you would still have some in person sessions just less frequently. Its quite uncertain and things do change really fast & the team will say that too.
So to answer the first question, my first year was the first covid year haha so @lara147 will be able to give you a much better idea of how many in-person clinical things you might do in first year. The two clinical placements in the whole year that we had were online, and it sounds like that was the way it was this year too. We really didn't learn many clinical procedures (mainly cardiac arrest and x2 examinations), and when we did they were conducted online. These two clinically-focused aspects of CPP occur throughout the year but really not that often, and it's not like you have one day each week dedicated to just clinical skills, or like visiting a hospital/GP which I know a lot of other unis do. UCL Medical School still very much lean towards the 'traditional' side of the spectrum of course types even though it's 'intercalated', so you'll have much less clinical skills stuff from day 1 than most other unis. Are you thinking that you would rather have a more clinically-focused approach to learning or don't mind? And if i remember correctly, CPP sessions were held once a week on Thursday mornings and most weeks we would discuss a different topic in our tutorial group from around 8 (can't quite remember) modules, like 'mental health' or 'ethics and law'. I found it to be a nice break from the other days that were just saturated with science-based lectures .
i'm not too fussed tbh. i quite like ucl cos of the fact it's traditional leaning cos i'm a bit scared to have patient contact from the start lol but i thought it would be cool to still practice a few clinical skills in pre-clinical years but i still think the cpp modules are a great idea cos i feel like i would definitely needs breaks from science every now and then to discuss more general topics in medicine
So with iBScs, yep, you can do it elsewhere but it's very very very uncommon (i only know of one person in my year right now who's managed to arrange their iBSc next yr in Edinburgh uni [i think!] coincidentally haha). I personally wouldn't want to do it elsewhere because I'm very happy with sticking with my friends and the UCL environment for 3rd year and I really would not be happy if i had to start afresh with settling into another uni to only be there for a year, and I think most people in my year have that opinion. However, that shouldn't stop you from deciding to go to Edinburgh and doing your iBSc there if you really want to do that! Edinburgh is so beautiful so I totally get the desire haha .
yeah i love Edinburgh! but i might end up sharing your opinion when it comes time for me to intercalate cos it would seem scary to just up leave for a year but idk i kinda like doing things like that. also i might not even get into a ibsc programme there lol and i think ucl has some really good ibscs the paediatrics one
And as for part-time jobs, it's definitely do-able. I know plenty of people in my year who do a few hours of tutoring a week, which is the most common form of a part-time job bc it's incredibly flexible and you don't have to travel. I personally do tutoring a lot, and i'm still able to balance work, socialising and self-care; it actually helps me more to have a job than to not because I use my time much more wisely haha. How much are you intending to work at uni? However, I do recommend that at least for the first term of first year, that you work less than other times in the year because first term is when you really want to be putting the time in to get to grips with the style of learning at uni (which is v different from school), and feeling settled etc.
i think i would only work like a few hours a week. my sister was a student ambassador at her uni and used to work at events and tours like every week or two which i thought was a good idea. And yeah thats good advice i should probably try and get settled before i try to juggle working along with uni stuff
Would you choose a different uni if other unis have more in-person teaching?
ucl is my only offer so far lol but i feel like i would still choose ucl because it was my top choice from the start (apart from oxford, but we dont talk about them) Manchester is the only uni im yet to hear back from but i think they are still online for quite a few lectures (also ive heard rumours that they might stick to having some lectures online permanently) and its also very heavily pbl based which im not the biggest fan off. the best thing about them is that i live near it so i could commute and Manchester's much cheaper than london in general so i wouldn't be as pressured money wise. but tbh i feel like ucl is worth it lol
The way the timetable works for us now changes with covid waves. So for example, my last module’s original timetable had more in person but because there was an increase in COVID cases they revised it. If there isn’t another wave and things stay the way they are/improve then you could have more in person. They do want to return to a sense of normality but it’s uncertain. Also I do want to say that even if covid does not get better you would still have some in person sessions just less frequently. Its quite uncertain and things do change really fast & the team will say that too.
hoping for the best but i gotta prepare for the worst too ig. i really wish covid could just go away
anyway thank you both for your replies!! they've been incredibly helpful (: