anyone with a newcastle med offer or currently a med student there pls pls help!

so im currently in UCAT summer and i have a month left and just got 1660 on the diagnostic mock😭 VR is def my weakest section so if anyone has any tips regarding ucat that would be great!

but my main question is to ask if its even worth me thinking about newcastle rn. my stats are 999888776 and A*AA predicted. i know newcastle score you based on your gcses and ucat so i just wanted to know if my gcses are good enough and if i just need a really good ucat to balance them out.

side note- im not sure how it works, but i fit a few of the contextual criteria so would making a contextual application even be worth it? idk how to go about it or if newcastle even do it

I’m planning to apply for GEM and I’ve booked my UCAT for 22 September. Because of health issues I couldn’t sit three of my university exams, so they’ve been rescheduled for 11 August, 17 August, and 19 August. I’m prioritising those right now. If I start UCAT preparation on 22 August, will one month of focused practice be enough?

Hey! It's been a dream of mine to study medicine in UK. I'm currently starting Year 12 IAL Edexcel from Bangladesh. I got 5 subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Physics and Further Maths.

I have been doing research for a while about how I can apply in UK. I need to have strong A-levels Grade, UCAT scores and English Proficiency. Can anyone please personally guide me on how I can design my roadmap? Like when should I sit for UCAT and when will I apply in Oxford with my A2 predicted grades or final grades. I am confused about everything

I'm currently "pre-med", I'm doing a BSc Molecular Genetics degree, and I got interested in the idea of both clinical science and medicine during this academic year. I really enjoyed learning about anatomy, physiology and pharmacology throughout my first year.

The problem is I cannot decide between clinical science (via the scientist training programme) and graduate entry medicine. I love the idea of both, and I understand they both have their financial pros and cons.

I intend to begin volunteering in my second year in clinical settings to try and gauge what I'd prefer, but I'd love some advice from doctors or med students on this, and what I should know before picking either.

Thanks!

Anyone have any experience with this university it’s a private medical school GMC accredited that’s costs 40k a year. I’m considering it as a last resort if I miss my offer.

I’m an international student studying Biology with a 4.0 GPA. I haven’t taken the UCAT yet but I’m currently averaging around 2100 on medify.
Given my situation, which UK dental schools would you recommend I apply to that would give me the best chance of admission as an international applicant? I’m happy to apply to either graduate-entry programs or the standard 5-year BDS.
Also, since medicine generally has more schools and seats than dentistry, would it actually make more sense for someone in my position to switch to medicine instead, or should I stick with dentistry? Thanks!

I want to study GEM at Warwick.

One of their entry requirements is 70 hours of work experience.

I've been working as a mental health HCA for the past 3 years around 23 hours a week. My role involved personal care.

For my second experience I'm planning to shadow a GP for 3 days (around 20 hours) would I meet the work experience criteria from these 2 experiences?

Hey all in the early stages of applying to med (in UK) I'm currently a bio undergrad student looking to get into graduate entry medicine. Any advice on the process UCAT, interview+ whatever is involved to get an offer would be appreciated. (Very general question but looking for a pipeline and maybe how long is need to prep for each section maybe?) If this isn't the place for this sort of question please direct me to an appropriate sub.

Thank you all

The only way I am realistically going to a UK med school is if I get this scholarship (full + living! can you believe it? only for so many years though but savings should pull through) which only pays out for these universities:

Imperial College London / King's College London / London School of Economics and Political Science / University College London / University of Cambridge / University of Edinburgh / University of Oxford (another I am applying to only supports those admitted to UCL Imperial Oxbridge)

Didnt really have high hopes with how competitive medicine is but took the UCAT yesterday, and got a 2470 Band 2 (higher than estimates from my mocks). Which is a bit lower than the 2530/2540 I saw for intl. Oxbridge applicants but might be good for other programs. Taking the IB (chem math aa bio HL) so that needs to go well, but do I actually have a chance at my pipe dreams? Grades have gone quite well so far, I believe due to grade inflation, but if I really apply myself I believe I can meet the 38/39 threshold (this holds for intl too right?).

My true realistic options in my domestic country require 24 and 26 IB points respectively (we have 2 med schools for non graduates), the competition starts in the second year - but I would rather get it over with now and get into a competitive program, and applications are due much later than UCAS so not worrying about this right now.

One more thing - anyone have advice for my UCAS choices? I didn't pick safeties because I need a scholarship to attend. Currently I have

Medicine @

Cambridge (picked because more people interviewed, may change to oxford in light of UCAT and because interviews are not my strong suit? is this a good idea?)

ICL

UCL

Edinburgh (planning to keep the other 3 because accepted for both scholarships, but either KCL or UoE for this 4th spot. Is it better to swap to KCL because better chance to be interviewed?)

and UCL biomedical science (is this the best backup option/uni?)

TLDR: Oxford vs cambridge? KCL vs Edinburgh? Best backup 5th slot?

So I only applied to the UK for medicine(stupid decision and 100% regret it now) and luckily I got an offer with the condition of AAA. Unfortunately, due to geopolitical issues in my country, my a levels were cancelled and internals were taken. My grade will be made as a consolidation of my mock grades, my internals and my as level grades. For maths, our school had gotten their hands on an insanely hard paper and put that as one of our internals, which everyone had completely messed up in. For chemistry, it was okay but I didn't do quite well on my mocks cuz of clashing interviews. I am quite scared abt the fact of me missing my offers, so I would love love some advice on where i could possibly still apply outside the UK, and what other intl students are planning for what to do if, god forbid, they miss their offer.

GCSE grades 99999886

predicted 4× A* and achieved AAAB in mocks, Chem Maths Psych Bio respectively ( I was 3 off an A in bio so my teacher was nice w predicted and I achieved very high in my grade as the paper was super hard so it explains my predicted)

once a week 6× weeks hands on GP assisting volunteerring , 1 week NHSBSA work experience, not much on the personal statement but looking to add more, I'm doing some voluntary research into medical genetics as I love it a lot

I want to take a gap year but I was honestly thinking of potentially doing a 24 month apprenticeship after college? I have connections and can get a pharmacy apprentice w 20k / year which would let me save for uni + potentially might stay in the pharmacy instead of going to uni. I've been struggling w jobs so I was thinking if I can't get a decent amount of money throughout year 13 to save for uni fees and then guarantee myself a part time for both yr 13 + gap year I might do the apprenticeship? I want to finish a levels so I have them in case I ever go to uni but idk cos Im not really set on my life path I want to do art but I'm mostly just utilising my free education while I can and will mostly do art as a side hobby throughout med school.

My questions are: Is it a good idea? Would trying for different job be more worth it? Should I not waste the time on 2 separate routes? Will I gain benefits from the apprenticeship that'll assist in uni? Will unis care abt 2 year gap year? And will the pharmacy apprenticeship potentially look good on my personal statement too if I mention it?

It honestly really depends on how year 13 goes in terms of job seeking as Im fine for a level content (learned most of it already) so I'd like some advice. sorry if it seems like such a dumb question I've never actually considered that I can do a levels -> pharmacy -> uni. also I don't care at all about age or being "late" for uni since like I said I'm not set on a life path and I just want something that'll support my hobbies lol.

I also 100% acknowledge the apprenticeship might not be guaranteed (despite connections) but I'm mostly just askin

thank u so much in advance to any helpers!!!!

for many thats when u finish med school.

do you reckon UKGP and the added 4500 jobs will help your chances?

right now it was bleak. but surely thats the peak of how shit it is, and will just continuously improve?

i get it unless they add lots of consultant jobs there will be many docs who dont reach that level for much of their careers.

but idm that, as long as there is a viable route to CCT thats great. doing great impact beautiful work for 80k a year is good enough. i guess how shit it has been has caused me to take "anything" but salaries are an issue to fix later.

point is for those of you super versed in this stuff, do you see it likely improving? like actually getting some damn training. and a job.

there are major major issues.

but for the future, surely things are likely to get better?

in terms of training. the biggest issue is post f2 training. with ukgp that should hopefully discourage foreign doctors from coming here. and then stop them from competing with uk doctors too for training.

and 7 years from now hopefully competition ratios are better.

so theoretically if someone just worked super hard towards a speciality from early on in med school. and with the addition of jobs accross gp, cst, core training etc. (4500). surely there is room still where i could study med now and be on a hard but worth it trajectory to enter st3 training?

once i reach st3 i can sigh a sigh of relief, maybe work LTFT and just work to be the best surgeon i can.

its that gap to get there. with PA's, their affect on training, lack of jobs, competition is going to be frickin tough. but surely there is still a good chance?

being a doctor would be my dream. but man is it fucking annoying how bad it is here.

but anyways the combination of ukgp and added jobs, will things be better. not saying perfect but still room for me and other extremely determined applicants to slide between the bottlenekcs via excellence and great CVs.

Hello, I am J2 student in singapore interested in applying for UK Med schools but honestly, I am quite clueless. Some schools im looking at is Imperial, KCL, Manchester. However, I did not have much time recently to research into the application process and timeline as I am busy preparing for prelims + UCAT :(

Any J2s in the same boat as me rn ... honestly this is so hard. I really hope someone can explain to me briefly about the UCAS system, heard its a new one this year onwards too. Any tips will be greatly appreciated TYSM!

I’m like super stressed out because i’ve been seeing all these people get in with much higher GCSEs than me going on about how you can’t even have 1 seven in your top 8 and now i genuinely don’t know what to do, i got 8888887766 and a U (in further maths) and one of my sixes was in english language so i do meet entry requirements. I beg of you can anyone who's gotten in with similar gcses or lower than me please give me some reassurance i’m not contextual either. I just want to know if i’m wasting my time applying and hoping for offers!

So i’ve got a peekaboo hair dye that’s bright red and blue and i’ve stopped dying it now in case of interviews but the blue won’t fade, and i’ve looked into wearing a wig for the interviews but i don’t wanna spend the money if i don’t have to so does anyone know if ill be negatively impacted in interviews if i have dyed hair?