Is 6 years at Imperial worth it?if u can go for a five year course at a different?

[ankit.kumar1]

yeah, east london will be alright, make us a bit stronger, lol

[electrophilic_addition]

I heard curry is as cheap as chips in those parts. Over here I pay a tenner for chicken tikka massala with pilau rice. I feel outraged sometimes.

[ankit.kumar1]

lol, my dad owns an indian resturant up here where i live so im okay for curry!

[baskem]

Guys, wherever you end up you'll love it! UCL is great, KCL is great, ICL is great...and that goes for all London universities (except those fishy ones ontop of kebab-shops - but then again they don't do medicine (thankfully)).

Good luck with your applications guys!

[sbailey]

Originally Posted by baskem

Guys, wherever you end up you'll love it! UCL is great, KCL is great, ICL is great...and that goes for all London universities (except those fishy ones ontop of kebab-shops - but then again they don't do medicine (thankfully)).

Good luck with your applications guys!

You missed out Barts and SGUL. Gizmo will 'ave you for that!

By the way, I think it's probably true about SGUL/Barts exposing you to different types of patients and this being a good thing. I'd still definitely pick Imperial over them, though, because the course sounds better to me.

[Gizmo says -]

hehe. not really, mind, its a typical foreign med applicant post, tbh.
not typical of a foreigner's point of view, i wuld add, though.

[mubeen rahman]

Originally Posted by sbailey

You missed out Barts and SGUL. Gizmo will 'ave you for that!

By the way, I think it's probably true about SGUL/Barts exposing you to different types of patients and this being a good thing. I'd still definitely pick Imperial over them, though, because the course sounds better to me.

yeah, sgul may be messy with implementing the new course, and people cant seem to find enough info bout bl's course, while imperial and ucl go into a lot of depth about thier course, which attracts a lot of people as they know exactly what they are gonna get.

[baskem]

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

hehe. not really, mind, its a typical foreign med applicant post, tbh.
not typical of a foreigner's point of view, i wuld add, though.

Lol...sorry, Gizmo. I included those under the "other London unis/medical schools". The point I wanted to prove is still the same though - ALL medical schools in London and the UK have their pros and cons, but they all have one thing in common - they are good.

And just for the record. I was an applicant LAST year.

[switchday]

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

funny ow all the peeple who say they'd pick Imperial over BL anyday are the peeple who avent lived in either and ave merely read a prospectus.... such a good way of choosing where to spend a seventh of your life time....

firstly, i've seen barts and the london and i'm currently studying at imperial...so yes, i've seen both.

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

so its better to be forced to do summat than ave a choice? hmmmm...
i fort we'd reached the conclusion that a random Bsc doesnt elp wif jobs later on. So zero reason there.

who's we? the royal we? WE never reached that conclusion. most of the doctors i've spoken to have said it's worth having that BSc and a few other people on this thread have also said this.

and my main point here is that you may not get the chance to do it at Barts because (i think) only a certain percentage are allowed.

ICSM are allowing you to do something that will benefit your career which you may not get to do at BL.

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

why? wuld you be capable of mekking friends in one year and none elsewhere then? zilch answer, again.

your friends are mostly from your year..this is how it works out at every university and on every course. if some do the BSc and some don't, you'll find your group of friends becomes staggered...

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

therefore a zilch answer, by your own admission.

that was pre-****ing-cisely my point, which is why i said...IC is better than QMUL, no one really cares about it for medicine though..so dont bother letting that factor (that others may tell you) influence you

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

dubble the cost in pies, rent and living. So thats not even a zilch answer, its a negative answer.

double? proof please? it'll cost you a bit more in year 1 when you're in south ken (IF you end up in south ken halls) but after year 2, you're in reasonable hammersmith anyway.

and you're paying a bit more to live in the swankiest part of london as opposed to the skankiest part of london

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

if anyone wants a reason why they shuld choose BL over ICSM then this is a useful post, i wuld say.....

not really. where have you made one positive point about why BL is a better choice than ICSM?

in conclusion, thou is the zilch.

come to ICSM.

oh, and whoever said BL would make you better at dealing with ethnic minorities....wherever you go in london be it BL or any of ICSM's hospitals (the main ones being Charing Cross and St Mary's) you'll find ethnic minorities..and a healthy mix of them.

another advantage of IC is the shitloads of money the college has. the facilities are amazing..including the state of the art gym that's free for all

[mubeen rahman]

Originally Posted by switchday

and my main point here is that you may not get the chance to do it at Barts because (i think) only a certain percentage are allowed.

ICSM are allowing you to do something that will benefit your career which you may not get to do at BL.

that was pre-****ing-cisely my point, which is why i said...IC is better than QMUL, no one really cares about it for medicine though..so dont bother letting that factor (that others may tell you) influence you


double? proof please? it'll cost you a bit more in year 1 when you're in south ken (IF you end up in south ken halls) but after year 2, you're in reasonable hammersmith anyway.

and you're paying a bit more to live in the swankiest part of london as opposed to the skankiest part of london

and whoever said BL would make you better at dealing with ethnic minorities....wherever you go in london be it BL or any of ICSM's hospitals (the main ones being Charing Cross and St Mary's) you'll find ethnic minorities..and a healthy mix of them.

another advantage of IC is the shitloads of money the college has. the facilities are amazing..including the state of the art gym that's free for all

i think with barts, if you dont get it, its cos they think you may not be up to it. however, i think that if you plead your case, theyll allow you to do one (do you think they will deny themselves to suck you of more cash? ).

with the iBSc, i think it very much depends on the FY post you apply for or the career path you take. for example, a dude with a iBSc in tumour miology may be better suited than a equal-in-all-other-respect- candidate for a job as a clinical oncologist.

with gizmo's doubling thing-he was just (slightly ) exagerrating-but he is right, imperial's are does require you to have a thicker wallet (in my experience).

with the thing about paying to live like 50 cent (im exaggerating), if you check out the student accomodation for bl compared to ic's, i think you will find that although the east end is slightly less well off, your accomodation definity is top notch stuff.

finally, I said the thing about ethnic minorities blah blah blah, and it is true-imperial is trumped by all the other london medical schools (ucl is saved due to UCLH in my opinion.)

hope i havent offended anyone-peace out.