Graduate entry

[Tiff_100]

Hi.
If i didn't get straight into medicine i would be looking to do a degree and then attempt a graduate entry,
just wondering if anyone knows of any courses that probably wouldn't be accepted as a graduate entry?
as if any, i would probably do something like midwifery or cardiac phyiology, but would they be accepted?

and also are GCSE's still taken into account at graduate entry?

please help ASAP, need to apply on UCAS soon.

thanks.

[Zedd]

Well I have heard folk talking about some unis even accept art degrees so anything relevant to health care or life sciences would definitely be acceptable.

[***Kathryn***]

i would advise doing a science based degree, i have done psychology and as it is accredited by the BPS (british psych association) it is accepted (its a bsc) but youd benefit most from something grounded in biology and chemistry. However you need to so something youll do relatively well in as most unis like a 2;1, in the meantime whatever you choose just be sure to get loads of experience!

good luck!

p.s. i feel better having done a 'regular' degree first as you get to experience uni life.. socialising etc.. instead of being thrown straight into a heavy workload (which im now prepared for!)

all the best,
K xx

[Tiff_100]

Thank you both!
big help

goodluck with what you do.

x

[giella]

As long as you have passed the GAMSAT, any degree is acceptable. The only exceptions to that would be Oxbridge and perhaps one or two others that I don't know about, as they specify subjects which are acceptable.
Well, with the possible exception of things like Yacht Studies and Golf Course Management.

[mussed]

Not all of the information above is correct. Here is some slightly better info - I won't claim it's all correct though!
GAMSAT + any degree at >2:2 - St G's and Nottingham, Peninsula 5yr
GAMSAT + any degree at >2:1 i think - Swansea
Science Grads (usually UKCAT), >2:1, sometimes further subject restrictions - Imperial, Oxford, Warwick, Bart's, Birmingham (you need a 1st here), Bristol
All Grads (usually UKCAT), >2:1, King's, Newcastle, Cambridge, Leicester now apparently (although lots of work experience required for the last).

I'm sure there are ones I have missed off but here you should do some research of your own.

Don't hasten to choose your last UCAS subject, you can always apply in clearing. Midwifery is a career degree, you should work out what you would like to do as a midwife before applying.

[giella]

True about the degree classification part. I tend to make the assumption that people would have a 2.1 or above. I would probably also add that many universities would like you to have Chemistry A level.
It actually far more complicated than either of us could condense into a few lines. The AP is right. You need to find out where you want to study and see what the requirements are for that institution.

[aspirant doc]

I advise against doing a science degree, unless you want to do that degree. Do the degree you want and get a 2:1 or 1st in it. Having an arts degree at 2:1 or 1st scarcely narrows down your options of medical schools.

Medicine is not all about science; there's something else that it is all about, but it ain't science, and doing a degree that interests you will help you more with applying to medical schools and being a doctor and with what medicine is about than choosing a science degree for the sake of a science degree will help you.

[runnerbean]

I agree that is essential to do what interests you, get the best possible results and be a rounded applicant. However, if you have to choose between science or arts then science will give you many more options in where you can apply, at least for the GEP courses. If you can afford to go the 5/6year route then I dont think it matters, though doing science would probably help in the course (depending on what degree you do).

As an arts graduate myself I wasnt eligible to apply for lots of the GEP courses and had far less choice. I also had to do lots of study in my spare time in order to be able to tackle the GAMSAT exam whereas if I had done a science degree I think it would have been easier.

[Rachel_bluesky]

I have a BSc but it is really an arts degree and boy do I regret not taking up the offers I had for Biomedicine/ Human Sciences. Would have made my life a lot easier applying to medicine.
At the end of the day, follow your interests but I won't lie...Doing a life science degree would make things a lot easier for you in the long run if you want to apply to do medicine later on in life.