Medicine Abroad!

What about Ireland? (I realise giving you even more chocies to make is not helpful!)

I looked into this but you need AAAA to even stand a chance and they dont interview! You need VERY VERY good grades bassically! If i could get into Ireland i would get into UK schools...

Also before anyone says you need to learn the language.. thats isnt really a problem! 2 years to learn a language which you only need to know the basics of and you could learn what you need and using english should be enough! Plus im fairly gd at language.. They say the course is MUCH harder though?

You sure about that? You intend to practice medicine (during clinical years) with only a basic grasp of the language. I wouldn't want someone who could only speak basic English to treat me, so the same applies with the other countries. I suggest you need to re-think that one.

I was only saying...hey im good with languages anyway i know, arabic, urdu, punjabi, hindi, english and bits of frech and german...

But i just CANNOT see myself going to uni elsewhere so this thread was pointless im going to just go upstairs and revise for my resits and get into a UK med school even if it kills me! lol

I looked into this but you need AAAA to even stand a chance and they dont interview! You need VERY VERY good grades bassically! If i could get into Ireland i would get into UK schools...

Also before anyone says you need to learn the language.. thats isnt really a problem! 2 years to learn a language which you only need to know the basics of and you could learn what you need and using english should be enough! Plus im fairly gd at language.. They say the course is MUCH harder though?

Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu are basically the same language..no?

Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu are basically the same language..no?

No, they are VERY distinct languages.

Hence the reason why most asian people can only fluently speak/understand one.

true for trinity college, not true for the other 4 - that being said, aab is probably required; but if u didnt do so well i believe rcsi has a foundation course which requires lower grades

Avoid the carribean as much as you can, for St Mathews the GMC say your qualification 'may' be accepted. http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/registration_applications/join_the_register/acceptable_primary_medical_qualification.asp

So they may or may not accept you, that would mean you could end up never practising medicine in this country and wasting 200,000$.

I also think that all those 'english' European degrees are a scam, in the sense that, they are only running the course to increase revenue, they don't care about academia or quality.

I would say out of those, your option 5 would be the best.

Yeah i do agree with you, Option 5 is good cos the GMC recognises all the medical schools in Pakistan and they do come out with gd doctors unlike the bad rep for the Eeastern EU unis...

'To be competitive for the medical programme, applicants should present at least three ‘A2’ level grades plus one AS Level at grade A'

I would have thought the foundaiton course is for people who haven't done 3 out of Chem, Physics, Bio & Maths... I couldnt find anything about it though on their site :-S If i was to apply would they look at MY grades or my predicted? Also do they accept resitters? I might phone them..

Okay now people makes these threads but they always fail because everyone is so negative about going abroad to do Medicine if you can't get in here. Bassically i want to apply abroad however i have applied here this year, this is a back up! I just want to know if anyone has ANY experience or any information about if this is a good idea or which is best.

Option 1: Charles University, Prague (5 yr)
Option 2: Comenius University, Slovakia (6 yr)
Option 3: Gdansk Uni, Poland (6 yr)
Option 4: 1 Year Pre-Med Followed by going to St Matthews in the Cayman Islands.. I spoke to M&D Europe and they said as long as you complete the course chances are high of getting a place at SMU.
Option 5: Go back home to Pakistan & come back to the UK and do the PLAB.
Option 6: Get my AAAA / AAAB and reapply + Option 5 as backup!

I would maybe consider reapplying here again IF i get AAA in my resits in January... But 2 gap years and what if i dont get in!

A lot of options but which one! I dont even want to go abroad thats the worest thing but i will if i have too! I would prefer the 5 yr course as then i can back to the UK asap! But any reasons for picking the others?

This info will be useful for a lot of people its a fairly general Medicine Abroad thread not specifically my problems.

Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu are basically the same language..no?

Sorry, are you resitting your A2s? I thought UCL dont accept resit candidates

It seems as the OP's UCL interview is for a different course.

You sure about that? You intend to practice medicine (during clinical years) with only a basic grasp of the language. I wouldn't want someone who could only speak basic English to treat me, so the same applies with the other countries. I suggest you need to re-think that one.

Yeah they are, most people think that anyone who speaks urdu can speak hindi but not true! The hindi they speak in films is pretty much urdu! They have quite a lot of different words.. Also punjabi is completely different! I can also understand other types of dialect which are VERY different...