HOW TO CHOOSE A MEDICAL SCHOOL | How I got 3 offers to study Medicine at UNI with a LOW UCAT score

How to choose a medical school and How I got 3 offers to study medicine at a uni with a low UCAT score.
How to choose just 4 uni's to study medicine at? How to choose a uni? I share with you my 7 top tips for choosing a uni as well as how I actually chose my uni's!
I show you how to choose / get into a uni with a low/bad UCAT score
Consider the following when choosing a medical school:
1. Where do you want to be for your 4/5/6/7 years, depending on what specific course you do?
2. Do you want a campus uni or city uni?
3. What admissions tests do you want to sit? UCAT +/- BMAT +/- GAMSAT (graduates)
4. What course structure do you want - Integrated? PBL? CBL? Traditional? Early clinical contact?
5. Is an intercalation year mandatory, optional or not offered?
6. What is the standard academic grades offer? A*A*A, A*AA, AAA, AAB?
7. How are candidates chosen for the interview?
8. Choosing an aspirational, medium level and “easy” choice. (I say “easy” as no medical school is easy to get into obviously, but relatively speaking I mean.)
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Who am I?
I'm an intercalating / 4th year Medical student at King's College London. But I'm much more than just a med student as hopefully you'll find out!
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Socials
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Send me a DM on Insta or for collaborations please email: [e-mail]
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[@JennieLatham-vf9dg]

honestly this is SO helpful never seen a video that goes into so much detail!

[@sadiahussain9020]

Love thisss - especially hearing your own process when choosing unis - super useful :)

[@DrTashBinnie]

Thank you!!

[@kayceelondon]

8:51 what I came for lol

[@fatimasharif3951]

ahh thank you so much for this video, it actually gave me so much hope! I am hoping to start biochemistry this september at kings but really wanted to get into medicine this year! I did the ucat this summer and got an average of 610 and really wanted to apply to kings but doing my research, they require a high ucat score! Any advice on how you went about the process would be incredibly helpful!

[@carleyedwards_]

This is great! You can actually have the best of both unis sometimes - when I went to QMUL, this is of course in London and I also lived on campus 😊 (well in the first year).

[@DrTashBinnie]

Aw that's good to know! And thank you so much x

[@simplyfran7041]

This is so interesting! Wish I had this video when I was applying!

[@DrTashBinnie]

Aww thanks Fran xx

[@temis6639]

This is a very helpful video!! Thank you so muchxx

[@faroukalsalkhadi8590]

very informative thank you so much

[@DrTashBinnie]

Glad it was helpful!

[@zaynsalah4255]

Do you think I could get an interview at KCL with a score of 2550, all 8/9s at GCSE, predicted A*AA and quite a good PS? Thanks!

[@DrTashBinnie]

I’d say that’s a good application but I really don’t know as I’m not an admissions tutor!

[@abubakrbaz9769]

Did you apply in the end? How did it go?

[@amenartist2851]

Hi :) this is so informative! thanks ! If the medical school is new like QMUL in malta, which is not yet fully recognised by GMC, it is not recommended to go? As an international student, I am wondering whether I should not apply for not GMCed medical schools 🙏🏼

[@LeahRebecca]

great tips👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@DrTashBinnie]

Thank you so much!

[@ronanjensen4570]

Ensure to do lots of research into university entry requirements & make sure you apply strategically. A few universities to name that have low UCAT cut off points in the UK. But, if you want to get admission in top medical university, you should have high UCAT score and academic grades. Well, I took my UCAT coaching from iCanMed and they helped to get admission in top university in the UK.

[@liyf2994]

Hi, can you list out those low ucat score universities for medicine? 15th Oct is coming to town, i m so scared. Thank you.

[@ronanjensen4570]

@@liyf2994 Here are some low ucat score universities for medicine: Aston University. Cardiff University. University of East Anglia. Hull York Medical School. Keele University. University of Leicester. University of Plymouth. Queen's University Belfast ALL THE BEST

[@liyf2994]

@@ronanjensen4570 how about St. Andrews in Scotland?

[@ronanjensen4570]

@@liyf2994 University of St Andrews is known across the globe as a world leader in education. Good choice!

[@Riitz4eva]

I got UCAT avg 655 Band 1. I’ve had a look at Queenmary - they said they look at the UCAT as 50:50 with academic ability? I’ve got all A* in my grades and 1st class in my first degree. There is also Kings which look at the application holistically and SJT is used in the selection process. Do you think I have chance at either?

[@Ash-en4ul]

You could probably get into Queen Mary

[@kiransahni100]

Please advice on which uni to apply with average UCAT score?

[@btsxarmy411]

Hi I’m in year 12 right now I got good GCSE scores with 8’s in triple science a 7 in math but I am really worried about English language as I got a grade 5. A lot of universities require a grade 6. What should I do? 😭

[@DrTashBinnie]

Aw I’m not 100% sure. Remember you can only apply to 4 med schools so maybe choose ones that don’t focus on GCSE’s? X

[@btsxarmy411]

@@DrTashBinnie oh thank you do u know any by chance that don’t because I looked into quite a lot and I couldn’t find any x

[@AJALARAJ]

OH my lordy lord. what university are you studying in right now?

[@ashkhan5548]

This is very helpfullll I see you got into Kings I want to apply there too but my ucat is low how did you get in with a ucat that wasn't that high???? Great video :)

[@nithu8]

Strong personal statement and very good predictions

[@sayanikasaha7660]

I got below 550. I don't even stand a chance.

[@Am-kd4qh]

Are u studying medicine with schloarship

[@Francescaezennolim]

So you did the BMAT and what uni do you go?

[@sharanjitkaur3206]

What universities do not care about GCSE

[@mbaig2012]

Sharanjit Kaur i don’t think Newcastle does

[@sharanjitkaur3206]

@@mbaig2012 any other universities ?

[@mbaig2012]

@@sharanjitkaur3206 Exeter. Look at foundation courses maybe

[@emma-to6md]

East anglia , anglia ruskin , exter , Bristol , Southampton

[@itorisan278]

I can't believe i'm only seeing this now😫😂

[@zaynsalah4255]

Did you mean 575 or 675?

[@DrTashBinnie]

574 I think :)) But it was 4 years ago!!

[@anna-ds3zh]

Tash The Medic when you say average does that mean that your overall score was around 2296? x