Best place?

[Emma18]

Heya all

Just wondering if your are an access student which med schools favour this fact?? I know UEA is quite encouraging but i am not sure of the rest!!

Any advice would be appricited

Thanks
Emma xx

[DH2005]

Quite reliable supporters last year were also Manchester, Sheffield, Leicester, GKT, UCL, Hull York, Liverpool... though it can very considerably, from one year to the next.

[Emma18]

Thanks xx

[DH2005]

No worries.

Be sure to do your own research - give all of your target med schools a call (e-mails can, and at busy times will be, ignored) and ask them whether they'd seriously consider you.

Can I ask whether you're going to King's Lynn, or whether there's a newly-founded course at Kings College London? Your signature intrigues me...

[Emma18]

Kings Lynn!! lol and i cant wait!! I shall defo give them a call..

I was thinking of UEA, Southampton, manchester and keele, not a 100% tho!!

How about you?

xx

[DH2005]

I'm going to Manchester in September. I was at West Anglia last year.

UEA are a must - anyone who turns-down a guaranteed interview is a bit of a fool, I think.

Southampton have been very supportive in the past, but they gave us very few offers, last year. They could make many more, next year - impossible to say.

I think 12 applied to Manchester last year. 6 were interviewed, and 5 offers were made - fairly standard figures for Manchester, so they're a reasonably good bet... they require a B in English Language GCSE, however.

Keele made a few offers, but I don't have any figures.

Your choices seem reasonable but, like I said, call-up their admissions departments before making any potentially-wasteful applications.

[olimaunsell]

Hey DH2005 -

Can I just ask - were many of the non-grads on the KL access course last year offered interviews/places?

I am starting KL access in Sept (can't wait!), but am worried that around half of the people doing it are graduates and was wondering if you feel they have a huge advantage when it comes to applying for med school?

I did half a french degree then left to run my own business, and am now wishing I had seen it through!

Should I be worried, or is the whole point of the access course to give everyone a fair chance?

[DH2005]

Check your private message box, dude.

[dh102]

dont worry! i left uni after the first year, so we are in the same boat, but from what i gather we all have equal chances as long as we are applying for the right reasons, which we all kno we are!