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	Medicine is a popular course at university. Find out if it's for you and get help making your application with our articles. Routes Into Medicine • Entry Requirements • Admission Tests • Work Experience • Personal Statements • Improving Your Application Where To Apply • Interviews • What to Do if Everything Goes Wrong • Life as a Medical Student or Doctor • Miscellaneous • Current Students

Overview of applying to medicine
Interested in applying to medicine but don't know where to start? Have a look at our Frequently Asked Questions/Question and Answer page here to start with. Below is a list of most of the resources available on The Student Room, but if you can't find what you're looking for or your question is a little more individual feel free to post in our medicine forum and someone will be there to help you!

Routes Into Medicine

Medicine at University - The main TSR Medicine guide. It looks at making your application and has lots of information about medicine in general.
Medical School Resit Policies - A summary of the policies of each medical school when it comes to resit students.
Medical School Foundation and Widening Access to Medicine Programs - A summary of the Foundation and Widening Access programmes offered by UK Medical Schools.
Access to Medicine - A summary of the degree courses that allow entry into medicine without standard A Levels
Graduate Entry Medicine - a guide - A guide for graduate applicants to medical school.
Applying for Medicine Whilst on a Different Course - Universities views on applying for medicine while in the first year of another degree.
Studying Medicine in the USA - A brief guide to studying medicine in the USA.
The Medic Portal - A complete guide for getting into Medical School with online and offline learning tools for every step!

Entry Requirements

Medical School A Level Requirements - Summary of A level requirements for each medical school, including required subjects and typical offers.
Medical School GCSE Requirements - Summary of the minimum GCSE requirements for each medical school.
Medical School Entry requirements for Scottish Students - Summary of each medical schools requirements for Scottish students.
Medical School IB Requirements - Summary of IB requirements for each medical school.
5yr Medicine for Graduates - Summary of requirements for graduates applying to A100 courses.

Admission Tests
UKCAT - All about the UKCAT. What does it test? Who needs it and how are they using it? Practice questions and more. BMAT - All about the BMAT. Who needs it? What does it test? Practice questions. GAMSAT - All about the GAMSAT. Who needs it? What does it test?

Work Experience
Medicine Work Experience - A guide for prospective medical students who want to know information about work experience. Medicine Work Experience Directory - Useful links for finding work/voluntary experience in your local area.

Personal Statements
Advice for People Writing their Medicine Personal Statements - General and specific advice for perfecting a medicine personal statement. View example Personal Statements used to apply for medicine - Read examples of medicine personal statements to get a feel for how to write your own.

Improving Your Application

Medicine Applications Further Reading - Recommended books, websites, and journals. Contains links to various blogs recommended and written by users of the site about all things medicine and otherwise.
Medicine Application Courses - A summary of the various courses available when applying for medical school and some reviews of them
Applying to Medical School using your Strengths - A guide on how to apply 'smart', with admissions policies for all forms of entry into medical school.

Where To Apply

Medicine Course Structure - A description of the different types of course structure available at UK medical schools.
Where to Study Medicine- There are 32 medical schools in the UK, with 15 of them offering graduate entry programmes. Find out more.
Where should I apply? - What to consider when you're picking your medical school.
Which medical school is best - There is no best medical school, and all provide the same degree. This page is a summary as why this is the case.
Medical School Competition Ratios - Comparisons of how many applications each medical school have compared to their offers given.

Interviews
What you should expect at a medical school interview - Information on interviews for entry into medical school.

What to Do if Everything Goes Wrong

What to do if you have four Medicine Rejections - Received 4 rejections? Don't worry, 60% of people do. Find out more.
What to do if you do not get into medical school - Not successful with your application? It's not the end of the world. There are still lots of different options open to you.
Medicine Gap Years - What should you do on your medicine reapplication gap year?
Medicine prospects for students with poor AS grades - Information for those who have received their AS results and haven't done quite as well as they hoped.

Life as a Medical Student or Doctor
How much does a doctor get paid - Find out once and for all how much you might get paid at the end of medical school Reflections of a First Year Medical Student - A summary of several medical students thoughts at the end of first year. A Week in the Life of a Medical Student - A continuation of TSR's 'Week in the Life' guides, this time for medical students

Miscellaneous

A Rookies Guide To Getting Into Medical School - A brief guide to medical school applications
Immunisations Required For Medical School - A summary of the immunisations needed by medical schools and links to the individual medical schools requirements.
Medical Application Myth Busting - Dispelling those numerous myths that surround medical school applications.
Medics and Applicants Profiles - Links to profiles of successful and unsuccessful medicine applications.
Medicine Applicants Stalking Page 2010 Entry - The place to stalk 2010 applicants and see where they are in their applications and who's got in where.
Medicine Applicants Stalking Page 2011 Entry - The place to stalk 2011 applicants and see where they are in their applications and who's got in where.
Medicine Applicants Stalking Page 2012 Entry - The place to stalk 2012 applicants and see where they are in their applications and who's got in where.
Medicine Applicants Stalking Page 2013 Entry - The place to stalk 2013 applicants and see where they are in their applications and who's got in where.
Medicine Applicants Stalking Page 2014 Entry - The place to stalk 2014 applicants and see where they are in their applications and who's got in where.
Medicine Stalking Page 2015 - The place to stalk 2015 applicants and see where they are in their applications and who's got in where.

Current Students

Resources for Medical Students - Already a medical student? Find lots of useful help and advice here.
Medicine Revision Notes - Have an exam coming up? Read medicine revision notes here. You can also add your own to the library!
Medicine Textbook Recommendations - Which textbook should I buy? Current medical students give you their opinions.
A Brief Guide to Intercalated Degrees - Should you intercalate? Find out more here.
Example SOAP note
Medical Electives - A guide to organising your elective
Electives in America - What to expect from your elective
Guide to FPAS - A guide to applying for foundation jobs
FPAS Foundation Schools - An overview of each Foundation School

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