Transfer to Medicine University of Leicester

If your goal is medicine it is always better to take a gap year and reapply. Transfer to medicine schemes are even more competitive than the alternative - there are probably 200+ students on that course all applying to that scheme, and rather than being able to get placed into any of the available places, they're usually competing for 1-10 places only. You also normally need to meet all the exact same requirements as if you'd just applied through UCAS as a gap year student, and you can only apply to the single medical school.
There's really no good reason to ever accept a place on one of those courses if that's your only reason to do so.

Yeah i do understand that but my problem is that I would have to resit all three of my a levels because I got BBB and i’m really worried about doing that all over again.

Ive got an offer to study biological sciences at the University of Leicester with the option to transfer to Medicine after first year provided i get a first in exams, high ucat score and a similar interview process. I’m unsure of whether to go through this and how difficult this process might be instead of just resitting my a levels and trying to apply to medicine that way. Has anyone been through this process before and could explain how difficult it is?

Hey, I successfully transferred in 2023 from BioSci to medicine. I had ABC at A-Level. I’m not sure if you have already made your decision, but I’ll give some advice anyway.
My advice to you is to weigh up how willing you are to resit your A-Levels vs how willing you are to potentially complete the degree in BioSci. I was not willing to resit A-Levels and was happy to end up with the degree in BioSci so for me, it made the most sense.
As for the actual process, having to consistently achieve high grades at university level is quite stressful but doable. The major downside is that you will not be able to have a “chill” first year like your peers and focus on socialising as much. Juggling revision for uni exams and UCAT is quite tricky but again all of this is doable. The requirement is sitting the first week or so of UCAT testing and then the interview itself is in August, so you are effectively spending a lot more time preparing application that you would for general entry (pro or a con depending on how you look at it).
Basically, come up with a pros and cons lists relevant to your situation and use that to guide your decision. Key ones I would suggest you think about are:

Happy to answer any more questions and good luck!

Hello im considering transferring this year through to medicine as i am currently in my first year of the biological science course here at Leicester. I was just wondering how high your end of year credit weighed average was that helped in you in successfully transferring?

Hey, my credit weighted average was 73.6% - so not the highest! Good luck and I’m happy to answer any questions

Hey, thank you for replying- thats still a first so well done to you. Makes me feel better knowing you dont actually really need something as high as 85% to get in.
When it came to applying did this mean the UCAT score was the most important score to make sure you did well in?

Thank you i really appreciate this information and yes i agree that potentially talking to others about stats for the transfer may be unnerving . I was just wondering if you knew how many people possibly could transfer? Because i know this year they said they may try do more ~ 20, but im unsure how true this is

I didn’t know the number of places at the time. The number of places changes in each cohort. I was one of 6 transfers from BioSci in my year

How you organise your revision is very much up to you and your other commitments. Realistically you will have to manage UCAT prep on top of uni work to some degree. I started my UCAT prep in Easter and incorporated it into my revision timetable for end of module exams and then had the week before & week of end of module exams as a UCAT free period.

Hey, I successfully transferred in 2023 from BioSci to medicine. I had ABC at A-Level. I’m not sure if you have already made your decision, but I’ll give some advice anyway.
My advice to you is to weigh up how willing you are to resit your A-Levels vs how willing you are to potentially complete the degree in BioSci. I was not willing to resit A-Levels and was happy to end up with the degree in BioSci so for me, it made the most sense.
As for the actual process, having to consistently achieve high grades at university level is quite stressful but doable. The major downside is that you will not be able to have a “chill” first year like your peers and focus on socialising as much. Juggling revision for uni exams and UCAT is quite tricky but again all of this is doable. The requirement is sitting the first week or so of UCAT testing and then the interview itself is in August, so you are effectively spending a lot more time preparing application that you would for general entry (pro or a con depending on how you look at it).
Basically, come up with a pros and cons lists relevant to your situation and use that to guide your decision. Key ones I would suggest you think about are:

Happy to answer any more questions and good luck!

Hey, I was also considering to transfer into Med through the scheme but my A-level grades weren’t the best- I got BCD (I know it’s quite bad but a lot of things were going on at exam time as well as the stress if exam period and I think that hindered me from reaching my full potential). I wanted to re-sit them as I feel like I could do them if I really locked in, but I know that I would be at a disadvantage to the other applicants as well as it already being so competitive. I’ve spoken to the Admissions team and they said to apply anyways as they want more people to apply this year. I’m just not sure if it’s worth going through the whole process all over again now with Uni exams as well as UCAT prep.
Also, I don’t know if me trying to resit and apply now will impact me if I most likely don’t get in now and it to apply later on as a graduate?
I apologise for if this is a lot *and I appreciate any knowledge in this because I just feel so lost and can’t really find anyone in my situation or something similar.

Hey, I successfully transferred in 2023 from BioSci to medicine. I had ABC at A-Level. I’m not sure if you have already made your decision, but I’ll give some advice anyway.
My advice to you is to weigh up how willing you are to resit your A-Levels vs how willing you are to potentially complete the degree in BioSci. I was not willing to resit A-Levels and was happy to end up with the degree in BioSci so for me, it made the most sense.
As for the actual process, having to consistently achieve high grades at university level is quite stressful but doable. The major downside is that you will not be able to have a “chill” first year like your peers and focus on socialising as much. Juggling revision for uni exams and UCAT is quite tricky but again all of this is doable. The requirement is sitting the first week or so of UCAT testing and then the interview itself is in August, so you are effectively spending a lot more time preparing application that you would for general entry (pro or a con depending on how you look at it).
Basically, come up with a pros and cons lists relevant to your situation and use that to guide your decision. Key ones I would suggest you think about are:

Happy to answer any more questions and good luck!

Hey, I was also considering to transfer into Med through the scheme but my A-level grades weren’t the best- I got BCD (I know it’s quite bad but a lot of things were going on at exam time as well as the stress if exam period and I think that hindered me from reaching my full potential). I wanted to re-sit them as I feel like I could do them if I really locked in, but I know that I would be at a disadvantage to the other applicants as well as it already being so competitive. I’ve spoken to the Admissions team and they said to apply anyways as they want more people to apply this year. I’m just not sure if it’s worth going through the whole process all over again now with Uni exams as well as UCAT prep.
Also, I don’t know if me trying to resit and apply now will impact me if I most likely don’t get in now and it to apply later on as a graduate?
I apologise for if this is a lot *and I appreciate any knowledge in this because I just feel so lost and can’t really find anyone in my situation or something similar.

Hi I was just wondering the same thing, I dont mind sitting the UCAT again, but havnt achieved the entry grades for A-Levels. I got BCC. I was just wondering if they would still accept an application from me in the first year?