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What you can do in your summer before Year 13

The penultimate summer as a student at school can be a busy one for those applying to medicine. Considering you have to have your application sorted by mid-October, medical applicants have less time than the majority of other university applicants. To save yourself from rushing once September comes round, we have devised five recommendations of how you can best utilise your summer before Year 13 to make your life easier and application stronger.

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5 things to consider when applying to medical school

With the backlog of exams and interviews, applicants often overlook the importance of recent medical news. What if you were asked, “Tell me where you think the future of medicine is going,” a popular question among interviewers? Let’s see how you could prove to the interviewers that you can give your best version and solutions!

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The Fifth UCAS Choice

“What are your five UCAS choices?” As October approaches, this question becomes the most common topic among Year 13 students. For those considering Medicine as a degree, they would then explain to their friends that they don’t have a fifth choice because they are only allowed to pick four Medical Schools. Yet, do they really have no choice?

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Medical School Myths

There are tons of medical school myths out there, no doubt you have heard some already. Learn the truth about medical schools and the misconceptions about doctors. Don’t believe all you hear on forums.

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Medicine: Alternative Careers?

Can we just stop for a moment and realise how strange a career in medicine is? Think of it this way: you probably have friends who are applying for careers other than medicine (you know, all those careers for sane people that you’d be considering if you only wanted yourself) but unlike them, you seem to have your mind made up. You’re going to be a doctor!

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Medicine vs. Science Degrees

Is Medical School for me?
Inevitably there will come that moment, possibly after standing awkwardly during a day’s work experience, possibly during a particularly inspiring chemistry class, when a little voice inside you keeps nagging: “Is medical school really for me?
Read on to explore these unanswerable questions.

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applications

What you can do in your summer before Year 13

The penultimate summer as a student at school can be a busy one for those applying to medicine. Considering you have to have your application sorted by mid-October, medical applicants have less time than the majority of other university applicants. To save yourself from rushing once September comes round, we have devised five recommendations of how you can best utilise your summer before Year 13 to make your life easier and application stronger.

Read More »
application

5 things to consider when applying to medical school

With the backlog of exams and interviews, applicants often overlook the importance of recent medical news. What if you were asked, “Tell me where you think the future of medicine is going,” a popular question among interviewers? Let’s see how you could prove to the interviewers that you can give your best version and solutions!

Read More »
5th-ucas-choice-medicine
application

The Fifth UCAS Choice

“What are your five UCAS choices?” As October approaches, this question becomes the most common topic among Year 13 students. For those considering Medicine as a degree, they would then explain to their friends that they don’t have a fifth choice because they are only allowed to pick four Medical Schools. Yet, do they really have no choice?

Read More »
medical-school-myths
applications

Medical School Myths

There are tons of medical school myths out there, no doubt you have heard some already. Learn the truth about medical schools and the misconceptions about doctors. Don’t believe all you hear on forums.

Read More »
medical-research
decisions

Medicine: Alternative Careers?

Can we just stop for a moment and realise how strange a career in medicine is? Think of it this way: you probably have friends who are applying for careers other than medicine (you know, all those careers for sane people that you’d be considering if you only wanted yourself) but unlike them, you seem to have your mind made up. You’re going to be a doctor!

Read More »
medicine-vs-science-degrees
applications

Medicine vs. Science Degrees

Is Medical School for me?
Inevitably there will come that moment, possibly after standing awkwardly during a day’s work experience, possibly during a particularly inspiring chemistry class, when a little voice inside you keeps nagging: “Is medical school really for me?
Read on to explore these unanswerable questions.

Read More »

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