How to get into Medical School... Reviews

http://www.acareerinmedicine.net is the accompanying website for the RSM press book "A career in medicine", which is a comprehensive guide to medical school applications, medical school life, the MMC process and life after graduation. It contains a chapter on student finance, from student loans to applying to bursaries. It also has a ...

One thing in the interview: If they ask you "Why do you want to go to medical school/be a doctor?" DO NOT SAY "To help people." 1/ It's very unoriginal 2/ It's what LOTS AND LOTS of people say You may be someone that actually means it but try to say beforehand that you ...

If any graduates or mature students are thinking about applying to Medical School, pleases take the time to read this. It is a bit long-winded, but I hope to discuss some salient points that will help others if they wish to train to be doctors. Here goes, i'm 29, have a BSc in biochemistry and a PhD in clinical biochem. For a number ...

Having just secured a place at medical school (having unconventionally started an engineering degree first) I felt I had to pass on some of the little bits no-one told me before I applied, and I wished someone had! 1) It is far easier to swap from medicine to another degree than the other way round. That is, if like me you start an ...

Man, I must be getting old. There was once a time when I was on this boat of trying to get into medical school. Well I was one of those who made it in, but haven't yet made it out. I'm currently in the final year, and hope to qualify in 2002. I can just lend you a few words on what it was like when I applied. A-Levels -------- ...

There was once a time when I wanted to get into Medical school myself. Looking back, I'm really glad that I didn't, but I'm not condemning anyone who wishes to apply. Despite now being a second year Psychology student at St Andrews, I do still remember the agony of attempting to get into medical school. For me, this was a ...

Getting into medical school is hyped up as being incredibly difficult, but I don't know anyone who wasn't offered a place even though there is a lot of competition. I'm studying medicine at Imperial and was offered a place by 3 out of my five choices. Rather than giving a huge monologue about my applications, these are the key points ...