Did anyone who studied biomed at Imperial go on to do medicine

I would like to study at imperial, I visited the campus and I think it’s a good uni and I would fit in, I applied last year to med but got rejected due to low BMAT, this year I’m trying to apply for medical biosciences and then go on to do grad med at the same uni or somewhere else even, I would like to know if anyone has done that before and if they could guide me

Reply 1

Songbird19

Is going to imperial more important than studying medicine? All med schools are equal (you end up being a doctor at the end) so if that’s the target then scrap applying to do a different degree and reapply for med at safer uni’s. Loads of people have to reapply to med school - it’s quite normal! I’ve heard grad med is even harder to get into plus you end up with several years more student debt (in fact, am I right in thinking you can’t get a student loan for a second degree?)

If studying at imperial is your real ambition then pick a subject you love, enjoy your time there and see where life takes you. Good luck :smile:

Reply 2

Physician

Original post by Songbird19

Is going to imperial more important than studying medicine? All med schools are equal (you end up being a doctor at the end) so if that’s the target then scrap applying to do a different degree and reapply for med at safer uni’s. Loads of people have to reapply to med school - it’s quite normal! I’ve heard grad med is even harder to get into plus you end up with several years more student debt (in fact, am I right in thinking you can’t get a student loan for a second degree?)
If studying at imperial is your real ambition then pick a subject you love, enjoy your time there and see where life takes you. Good luck :smile:

I don't necessarily agree that Graduate Entry Medicine is harder to gain entry into than the undergraduate route. One of my past acquaintances got BBB at A level, and then a 2.1 degree from KCL. They sat one of the the UCAT / GMAT tests, and got into KCL GEM.

GEM is competitive, but still doable as long as you meet the minimum requirements for entry. Getting at strong UCAT / BMAT score is really important, as they rank your score alongside that of other candidates, but this is also the case for undergraduate entry. The main problem with GEM is the cost of funding the 4 years, which would be very expensive, unless that is you can live at home, or if you come from a well off background.