Y11 medicine

Hi,
I am in Y10 rn and becoming Y11 this september. My goal is to get into a top medical school like Oxbridge.
What should I do to get a higher chance of achieving my goal from now? Should I start doing extra curricular like work experience, volunteering, medicine essay competition, etc.? To be honest, I don't even know what extra curricular I should do. Any advice? Is extra curricular even important to get into a medical school?
Any books I should read or literally anything that I can do right now to show my interest in medicine?
Thank you.

Hi,
I am in Y10 rn and becoming Y11 this september. My goal is to get into a top medical school like Oxbridge.
What should I do to get a higher chance of achieving my goal from now? Should I start doing extra curricular like work experience, volunteering, medicine essay competition, etc.? To be honest, I don't even know what extra curricular I should do. Any advice? Is extra curricular even important to get into a medical school?
Any books I should read or literally anything that I can do right now to show my interest in medicine?
Thank you.

There are no ‘top medical schools’ – all medicine degrees are considered equivalent.
What is different is the way they are taught; what research have you done on this?

right now it's best to just focus on your gcses and achieve top grades. if you still want to do something extra then do volunteering - in a care home or hospital ideally, bsms virtual work experience, and books such as this is going to hurt. extracurriculars are not that important in my opinion, i got 3 offers for medicine with minimal extra activities, alongside volunteering and work experience. also, rankings don't really matter for medicine, at the end of the day you get all get a medical degree and have the same job opportunities.

I mean yh you are kind of right. All medicine degrees are considered equivalent. But the exam pass rates for doctors in speciality training are all different. for example, Oxford has the highest pass rates in the UK so I would consider Oxford as the best medical school in the UK. you know what I mean?

That is not a sensible approach - it's not a correlation.

then what's your sensible approach?

Look at the different ways each uni teaches - Oxford has much less patient contact in the early years. Most students want a less theoretical focus.

do you know which uni has more patient contact in the early years?

Hi,
I am in Y10 rn and becoming Y11 this september. My goal is to get into a top medical school like Oxbridge.
What should I do to get a higher chance of achieving my goal from now? Should I start doing extra curricular like work experience, volunteering, medicine essay competition, etc.? To be honest, I don't even know what extra curricular I should do. Any advice? Is extra curricular even important to get into a medical school?
Any books I should read or literally anything that I can do right now to show my interest in medicine?
Thank you.

hi, I'm in year 12 and writing my personal statement atm. I advise you to focus on your gcses, but after that try and get a volunteering position during the summer since you will have lots of free time

Grades. Nothing else. 9+ A Stars (8s/9s) at GCSE just to be considered an average interview holder. Don’t focus on anything else at ALL. Just your grades. Everything in your personal statement can be done in 1 month of y12 summer

Thanks

if you live in London then kings college hospital is a good try because they have lots of positions and you can volunteer there when you turn 16 which is lower than other hospitals

Grades. Nothing else. 9+ A Stars (8s/9s) at GCSE just to be considered an average interview holder. Don’t focus on anything else at ALL. Just your grades. Everything in your personal statement can be done in 1 month of y12 summer

Don’t let anyone tell you GCSE’s arent important for top unis they are coping it can make up to 30-40% of the reason why you got offered an interview