Undergraduate Medicine Application 2025

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Predicted grades: they matter! Aim for AAA at least. If you have a predicted grade of B or below: make a plan. Sit down with your teacher and outline exactly how you will improve it to an A by October.

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UCAT: 85% of medical applicants get rejected by every medical school. You need to be in the top 15% and if you want to be a competitive applicant make that top 10%. Historically this requires a UCAT of 2850-2900+. That is difficult so practice practice practice. A few hours a day, every day, all summer. www.medify.co.uk course is the one used.

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Work experience: You need a portfolio of experience that you can link to a career in medicine. It’s not what you do, it’s how well you can link it to a career in medicine. You are competing against thousands of house captains, football team captains, musicians: have something medically relevant that will stand out. The www.clustermed.co.uk course is super great for this and the best value out of what is out there. (they also offer a free review and analysis of your personal statement which is also pretty useful)

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Personal statement: choose an experience, link it to medicine, reflect on what you learnt from, explain how this lesson could make you a better doctor, repeat. Simple. Stay away from general statements. As a rule of thumb: every sentence should include something personal to you and your experiences.

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interview: Make a group chat with everyone you know applying to medicine. Arrange zoom calls pr meet ups between you where do mock interviews with each other. Don’t bother practicing interviews solo. Make a list of all the key skills: communication, teamwork, leadership etc and have a clear life experience where you demonstrated and learnt each of them. This will save you hesitating during interview. If any of the above helped, please share and feel free to contact me directly or through the website. Happy to help!

1.

Predicted grades: they matter! Aim for AAA at least. If you have a predicted grade of B or below: make a plan. Sit down with your teacher and outline exactly how you will improve it to an A by October.

2.

UCAT: 85% of medical applicants get rejected by every medical school. You need to be in the top 15% and if you want to be a competitive applicant make that top 10%. Historically this requires a UCAT of 2850-2900+. That is difficult so practice practice practice. A few hours a day, every day, all summer. www.medify.co.uk course is the one used.

3.

Work experience: You need a portfolio of experience that you can link to a career in medicine. It’s not what you do, it’s how well you can link it to a career in medicine. You are competing against thousands of house captains, football team captains, musicians: have something medically relevant that will stand out. The www.clustermed.co.uk course is super great for this and the best value out of what is out there. (they also offer a free review and analysis of your personal statement which is also pretty useful)

4.

Personal statement: choose an experience, link it to medicine, reflect on what you learnt from, explain how this lesson could make you a better doctor, repeat. Simple. Stay away from general statements. As a rule of thumb: every sentence should include something personal to you and your experiences.

5.

interview: Make a group chat with everyone you know applying to medicine. Arrange zoom calls pr meet ups between you where do mock interviews with each other. Don’t bother practicing interviews solo. Make a list of all the key skills: communication, teamwork, leadership etc and have a clear life experience where you demonstrated and learnt each of them. This will save you hesitating during interview. If any of the above helped, please share and feel free to contact me directly or through the website. Happy to help!