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Hi
If i apply for medicine and i dont get through can i apply to any other university for example engineering with a different personal statement.I am new to UK education system
Thanks

Reply 1

University of Sheffield Students

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Original post by shapre

Hi
If i apply for medicine and i dont get through can i apply to any other university for example engineering with a different personal statement.I am new to UK education system
Thanks

Hi,
Each year you apply you can only apply with one personal statement. So you would have to tailor it towards medicine if you want to apply for that. You have 5 options to apply for each year, and up to 4 of those can be medical courses. You can pick Engineering as your fifth option. Or you can apply for less medicine courses - although i would recommend applying to 4 if you really want to do medicine to maximise your chances.
So, you could put engineering as your fifth option, but I would choose a university that does not look at the personal statements, because it will be tailored to medicine and they would be less likely to pick you - unless perhaps it is a medically related course such as biomedical engineering.
I hope that makes sense,
Evie (final year medic at UoS)

Reply 2

McGinger

You have only 4 Medicine choices - your 5th UCAS course choice must be for a different subject.

Most Med applicants would choose a Med related subject for the additional choice - Biochem, Biomed, Pharmacy etc - but you dont have to. You do need to check with the Uni where you intend to apply for Engineering, IF they will accept an application from a Med applicant and if they would allow you to submit a separate PS directly to that University - many very competitive Engineering courses won't.