Medicine Decision: Buckingham (UK) vs 2nd Faculty of Medicine (Prague)

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I got an offer from both Buckingham University at the Buckingham campus (around 1 hour 30 minutes away from London) as well as the Second Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in Prague. I am not sure which one to pick. Buckingham has very high fees but it is a 4.5 year degree whereas Charles University is a 6 year degree but considerably cheaper (around £100,000 difference), however I have to learn a language. I was wondering if anyone had any advice/shed some light on what would be best to pick.

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by ray06

I got an offer from both Buckingham University at the Buckingham campus (around 1 hour 30 minutes away from London) as well as the Second Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in Prague. I am not sure which one to pick. Buckingham has very high fees but it is a 4.5 year degree whereas Charles University is a 6 year degree but considerably cheaper (around £100,000 difference), however I have to learn a language. I was wondering if anyone had any advice/shed some light on what would be best to pick.

Hello! I'm an international student currently studying at Buckingham. Even I had received offers from Charles University 1st faculty and Debrecen but I chose Buckingham since 1. The course is shorter(4.5 years) meaning I can graduate earlier and 2. Being a UK graduate school I do not need to write PLAB, and allocation for foundation years is guaranteed for all UK medical students. Additionally the curriculum is also well structured, and we get clinical exposure right from the first term in 1st year.

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ace1800

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There is no more plab and everyone will have to write the exam in UK regardless where you have studied medicine ! Charles University stands a lot higher in terms of the ranking compared to Buckingham!

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by med_student24

Hello! I'm an international student currently studying at Buckingham. Even I had received offers from Charles University 1st faculty and Debrecen but I chose Buckingham since 1. The course is shorter(4.5 years) meaning I can graduate earlier and 2. Being a UK graduate school I do not need to write PLAB, and allocation for foundation years is guaranteed for all UK medical students. Additionally the curriculum is also well structured, and we get clinical exposure right from the first term in 1st year.

Hii!! Please could you tell me about the admissions process at buckingham and how hard it is to get in? What kind of things do they assess you on in the MMA? and how hard is it to complete + how is the interview?

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Hii!! Please could you tell me about the admissions process at buckingham and how hard it is to get in? What kind of things do they assess you on in the MMA? and how hard is it to complete + how is the interview?

i wouldn't say it is super super hard to get into! if you receive an invitation to round 1 of the MMA, it's just typed questions and answers, basic knowledge on character strengths (communication + leadership), some mental math (which u can do on paper) and other typed questions. round 2 is obviously MMI based, didn't get questions about the UK medical system (NHS) but had other regular MMI questions that i can't obviously disclose haha. i didn't do that much prep and i got an offer so if you're already an above average student who is well spoken and good at english, u should be fine.

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