Sheffield Hallam biomed to Medicine

Such transfer schemes are normally much more competitive than directly applying to medicine and you normally need to meet all the same requirements anyway.
Don't start a degree you don't intent to finish. Just take a gap year and reapply as needed.

hey thanks for the reply! I will actually be applying to three other med unis through ucas. I've decided to do this just in case i do not get in(again) and have something to lean on

Such transfer schemes are normally much more competitive than directly applying to medicine and you normally need to meet all the same requirements anyway.
Don't start a degree you don't intent to finish. Just take a gap year and reapply as needed.

"It's not that competitive, you just need to achieve 70% in your first year and then interview for limited spots against everyone in your cohort trying to do the same" is an interesting take.

youre very stubborn and misinformed. it’s okay to say you spoke out of turn. 40/100 is a much higher probability than the standard entry. Not everyone even wants to apply for medicine or gets the 70%, or fits the WP criteria. My goodness ik for a fact u don’t have a medical degree🤣

Ummmm not sure where you got that idea from but you’re very incorrect and to be honest quite condescending. These schemes are actually less competitive as each school receives 40 offered for a cohort of about 120. Not all 120 will even be eligible for this scheme, which leave you with a greater probability than normal medical admission. Also A levels aren’t looked at for this scheme so no it is not at all more competitive. Please research before misinforming people

I’d suggest you look up the number of spaces available for transfers and the number that actually occur before you start calling people misinformed.
NB. I’ve no idea where you’ve gotten the idea that I’m stubborn from my single previous post in this thread. Presumably my calm statement of facts tipped me over the edge into that category.

That make no sense whatsoever and it doesn't align with information available.
A FOIA from last year showed they only take on 20 students from the transfer scheme, and it's from FOUR different courses across two universities: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/sheffield_university_medicine_wi - so it's not "40 out of 120" it's at most 20 and potentially 0 as they state explicitly they don't have set numbers from each course so may well not take any from one of the courses, and it's not out of 120 its out of the sum total of students across all four of those courses which may well be over 400.
Also to be considered the applicants need to meet all other requirements and have achieved at least a first class result in the first year, meet the GCSE requirements, take the UCAT and meet the minimum threshold, AND meet specified widening participation criteria.
It's not easier and you are misrepresenting the true numbers involved in a very disingenuous manner.

i already have 🤣 which is why i told you. straight from the uni of bradford website argue w them 🗣️

This thread is about transferring from Sheffield Hallam biomed. A BSc programme.
When you speak about Bradford, are you referring to the figures on this page?
https://www.bradford.ac.uk/courses/ug/foundation-clinical-sciences-medicine/

yes👍

The university of bradford and hallam both state on their websites that around 40 students progress into medicine from the stated scheme. The WP GCSEs and UCAT are granted and not difficult to achieve

dont listen to this guy I am at hallam now and your A levels are not even considered on application. It just standard GCSE's, your interview showing experience and commitment and achieving 70% in your first year in order to transfer. It's actually not as competitive as people make it out to be. I know someone who had just one day of work experience in a care home but still got a place as they showed willing.

can i ask when you did your UCAT and when you're supposed to? i only heard of this scheme now and i plan on applying via clearing but of course i've never done the UCAT and i know that's a requirement for sheffield.. i'm unsure of when to do it and what the whole process is like.

Hey dont worry i'm planning on doing this route too and i havent sat my ucat yet but we can either sit it this year or next year as long as it's before july 2025 cause that's when they'll conduct the interviews

what are you currently doing in your holidays? are you studying for any of the content before your course because i feel so unproductive rn lmao i plan on applying to clinical sciences foundation year in bradford via clearing and i've literally just heard that they do transfer schemes, i thought that medicine would be impossible for me to access so i've given up but knowing this now i'm quite determined but unsure of where to start