Biomedical Sciences BMS Oxford

Hi,
As you study all areas in your first year it doesn’t really matter what area you focus on in your personal statement. I focused mainly on human disease and metabolic processes in mine yet I have just graduated with a neuroscience degree from Oxford from the biomedical sciences course

I would recommend writing about what you are passionate about because at interview you will be interviewed by different professors with a range of specialities from across the biomedical sciences course.

If you would like to include something on neuroscience then the spark of life is a great book for an introduction to basic neuroscience concepts

thanks for your reassuring reply. i’ve been looking at the selection criteria for the course and i noticed the points “research intensive” and “laboratory based” - do you need to mention examples of these in your PS? i’ve only done practicals in class and i dropped my epq after a few months of taking it so no real progress was made. i’m worried i will be rejected because of the lack of evidence of such skills

From what I remember I did not write about practical skills in my personal statement for Oxford and I definitely was not asked about them at interview. The practicals in first year are quite basic and teach you the necessary skills so I wouldn’t worry. Just focus on conveying your passion for the subject and you will be good!

ok thank you! does this also apply for research as oxford mentioned the course is research intensive. do i still have a good chance of getting in without any research experience?

ok thank you! does this also apply for research as oxford mentioned the course is research intensive. do i still have a good chance of getting in without any research experience?

Yes it also applies to research! I also had no research experiments but just made sure I had a strong ps and bmat scores and got my offer.