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Old 20-12-2007, 10:19 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Kings or Imperial?

Will anybody please be kind enough to compare and contrast these 2 colleges for me? I guess Imperial will be a lot more expensive and also has the disadvantage of the first GEP batch. Anything else for or against?
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Old 23-12-2007, 06:57 PM   #2 (permalink)
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well even though this is a forum intended for helping people out, there is no point in being given information on a plate when it is very much simple to visit the websites, jot down a few bullet points on each of the colleges ciriculum,the yearly intake, the learning style.
also it is very much you own opinion. even though they are both in london, which area are they in?how far is the HOR to the lecture theatres?

it is you who chooses the universities dependant on your needs. i have just given you some questions you can ask yourself and research by looking on the websites.

PS by your post it seems you have done no research whatsoever, so i adivse you do this.
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Old 23-12-2007, 08:31 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Many thanks for your pointers. In my defense, i would like to tell you that I am an international student and its not that i am completely ignorant, i wanted to hear morel local opinions.

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Old 23-12-2007, 08:38 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Good luck to you if you get a kings place! even if you get an interview (which i didnt ) its still 150 interviews for 25 places, thats some 6 people interviewed per place, then probably it will be even more restricted offers to international students, I would start worrying about which to choose when you get the offer, GEP for both of these are going to be super competitive and i think they (admissions tutors) make the choices more than we do!
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Old 23-12-2007, 09:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
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King's all the way Although clearly I'm going to be biased.

I would try to use the argument that King's is better because it's not just Science subjects taught there, unlike Imperial where I believe it's all Sciencey stuff. BUT to be honest medicine is taught at the Guys campus which is all Science subjects, so it's only really Halls for me (and some clubs/societies if you join them) where I meet non Science students. You might like/dislike this.

At King's there are a LOT of Grads, not all necessarily on the GPEP but also in the normal 5 year course. I'm not sure how this compares to Imperial though I'm afraid as I never applied/looked there.

I'd say a disadvantage of King's is the accomodation. I live miles away from the campus, and lots of people I know didn't get any accomodation. Mine is also very expensive as well, but again don't know how this compares to Imperial.

I picked King's over my other three based on a few things- location (I wanted to be in London, and thought the London Bridge area is nicer than my other London med school which was in Whitechapel), reputation (I know people say don't go on this but it did help), friendliness (the students I met at the open day were really nice), facilities (lots of computers, big library etc even though it can be pretty noisy in some places), recommendations from teachers/careers advisors/doctors.
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Old 24-12-2007, 09:28 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I picked King's over my other three based on a few things- ......
Thanks for your inputs Miss Monkey. Does this mean that you actually had more than one offer to pick from? I am asking bcos i also heard that very very few get more than one offer....
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Old 24-12-2007, 10:57 AM   #7 (permalink)
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yeah as i remember it miss monkey got four offers last year, tres impressive!
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Old 25-12-2007, 12:27 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I'd say a disadvantage of King's is the accomodation. I live miles away from the campus, and lots of people I know didn't get any accomodation.
When you say 'lots' of people you know didn't get accommodation, is that a slight exaggeration or were there really lots of people who didn't get accommodation? This is the main thing that worries me about King's because i live within the M25 ring road and all i would have to do is take one 20 minute train journey get there, but i really want to live in halls for the first year. Presumably, though, i'd be given lower priority and would be likely to not get any accommodation.
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Old 25-12-2007, 05:06 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Imperial medics are by far the coolest!! in terms of accomodation all is good apart from 2 which are just really annoying to get to campus also theres no bias against londoners so its a matter of praying for good luck as its a bit of a lottery whether you get the halls you want

also picked imperial over kings because the area is far nicer than London bridge and despite the fact that charing cross is not the nicest hospital, hammersmith and st marys are still very good and we have loads of computers as well and everyones friendly!
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Old 26-12-2007, 12:31 AM   #10 (permalink)
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ICSM is a world class medical school at a world class university.
GKT is also an awesome medical school, but at an average university.

Easy choice, innit?
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