The Medicine FAQs

Hello prospective medics! Yes, yes I know there’s been a rather long absence and my sincerest of apologies for that but let’s just follow a ‘new year, new me’ sort of thing for the time being… Sh, I said I’m sorry alright. I’ve had lots of messages mainly on The Student Room between now and […]

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I want an A* at A Level

The mighty A*; king of grades and ticket to medicine. So you want one? Well join the que – everybody wants one! But they’re naturally, very tricky to get. Although no medical courses have a requirement of 3 A*s, you might be in the position where you need to take a gap year in which […]

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How to demolish the UKCAT

Yes, I know. It’s literally the worst thing to have ever happened to us all. Not only are we expected to gain tremendous amounts of work experience, achieve golden grades as well as write eloquent personal statements, we’re also required to give up our summers to practice for the UK Clinical Aptitude Test. Now, contrary […]

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