medicine

I also want to add — I was one of the majority that got 4/4 pre interview rejections last year. I was not the most academic, scraping around E’s and D’s at A level due to lack of motivation. I managed to get ABB for my A levels and despite being several grades below standard entry, I managed to hold an unconditional offer for medicine with a foundation year which is another route one can take (if meeting WP criteria). As someone who went through the application twice, it is brutal out there. From the UCAT, to personal statement, to interview revision, to waiting whilst everyone else gets offers for med. Many toxic, classist med applicants there as well who don’t wish anyone the best. But if your heart truly wants to do medicine, then you have to give your all. I learnt that it’s not academics that will get me to medicine, but sheer determination. Remember medicine is not a race but a marathon, and there are endless routes (internal transfer, grad med, undergrad etc). There are people who hold offers on my course that are on their first/second gap years and it shows that there is no standard route. If you are a medicine applicant and reading this, good luck and don’t give up if it is something you truly want!!