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What is the process of applying to medical school in England as an international student? What years of study do they look at for your GPA calculation, or does it depend on each school?

I am a third year student completing a Bsc in Canada, and currently do not have UK citizenship but am trying to get it. Do you know how many seats they typically have for international vs. UK students?

Thanks!

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What is the process of applying to medical school in England as an international student? What years of study do they look at for your GPA calculation, or does it depend on each school?

I am a third year student completing a Bsc in Canada, and currently do not have UK citizenship but am trying to get it. Do you know how many seats they typically have for international vs. UK students?

Thanks!

 

I think they look at all of your years. There is no formulation since there aren't enough people applying using GPA that they will have one.

 

Medical Schools in the UK can reserve a max of 7% of their UK/EU seats for internationals.

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What is the process of applying to medical school in England as an international student? What years of study do they look at for your GPA calculation, or does it depend on each school?

I am a third year student completing a Bsc in Canada, and currently do not have UK citizenship but am trying to get it. Do you know how many seats they typically have for international vs. UK students?

Thanks!

 

Each UK medical school has their own admissions criteria. Also since you'll be applying as a grad, you have the option of going for either grad courses (4 years) or undergrad courses (5 years). You should note that the grad courses only take 1-2 international students while the undergrad courses take about 10-20.

 

You should send your academic transcript to the schools you're looking to apply to and ask them whether they would consider you as an international applicant. They'll come back to you with either "yes, your international grades match our criteria" or "no, you don't have the required grades". Either way, this will give you a clear answer of whether your application will be looked at.

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Are there UK med schools that will accept the MCAT instead?

 

I know Edinburgh will take the MCAT. They require 9/10/10/M as their minimum, but they mark on a points based system and due to the competitiveness of the program they will really only take people who can reach the maximum number of academic points so you will probably need a 33+ MCAT in order to get the full points on MCAT and probably a 3.7+ GPA.

 

I attached the handbook, if you scroll down to the Canadian section you can see the details.

 

http://docstore.mvm.ed.ac.uk/PoliciesAndProcedures/Undergraduate/Handbook.pdf

 

or http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/medicine-vet-medicine/staff-students/staff/policies-procedures under "undergraduate" and under "selectors handbook"

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I've just gone through my first UK application cycle and am going to Leeds this Sept 2014. If you have any questions, ask away!

 

I also have an entire library of UKCAT revision books that I'm going to get rid of :D

 

Did you receive an undergrad degree prior to applying? A few of the medical schools i have looked into, for example UCL (which is my #1 choice) said they wont take students with a bachelors degree.. They admit out of high school.

Do you know which schools actually take people who have a degree already?

How difficult is it to get into UK med school as a Canadian? And what does it look like in terms of coming back to Canada to work or do a residency here?

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Did you receive an undergrad degree prior to applying? A few of the medical schools i have looked into, for example UCL (which is my #1 choice) said they wont take students with a bachelors degree.. They admit out of high school.

Do you know which schools actually take people who have a degree already?

How difficult is it to get into UK med school as a Canadian? And what does it look like in terms of coming back to Canada to work or do a residency here?

 

Yeah I checked UCL again and they don't accept non-UK undergrad degrees. I know that Edinburgh and Imperial both accept Canadians and St Andrews as well. I think UCL is the exception rather than the rule so I would just look up more schools. Edinburgh requires the MCAT from US and Canadian applicants however. http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/international/country/north-america/canada/qualifications

 

It is usually quite difficult, i'm not sure how difficult but it depends on the school, the program, GEM tends to be more difficult as there is more competition for those spots. I would aim mostly for 4 or 5 year programs rather than 6 years to save time and money.

 

The prospects for coming back to Canada are approximately the same as Ireland. Its going to be a lot tougher to come back in the next few years as a lot of people are going abroad now compared to much fewer several years ago. I wouldn't go to the UK unless you are open to staying there at least until you finish your residency.

 

With that being said, the UK is probably one of the best options out of any international school as they actually allow you to stay after you graduate and apply for residency just like any UK citizen graduate would. They will also put you on the path to citizenship once you begin your residency. Other places don't give you that same guarantee. Of course, this isn't 100%, the UK could technically change the rules, but I think that it is unlikely to happen and even if the rules change they would likely grandfather you in.

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Yeah I checked UCL again and they don't accept non-UK undergrad degrees. I know that Edinburgh and Imperial both accept Canadians and St Andrews as well. I think UCL is the exception rather than the rule so I would just look up more schools. Edinburgh requires the MCAT from US and Canadian applicants however. http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/international/country/north-america/canada/qualifications

 

It is usually quite difficult, i'm not sure how difficult but it depends on the school, the program, GEM tends to be more difficult as there is more competition for those spots. I would aim mostly for 4 or 5 year programs rather than 6 years to save time and money.

 

The prospects for coming back to Canada are approximately the same as Ireland. Its going to be a lot tougher to come back in the next few years as a lot of people are going abroad now compared to much fewer several years ago. I wouldn't go to the UK unless you are open to staying there at least until you finish your residency.

 

With that being said, the UK is probably one of the best options out of any international school as they actually allow you to stay after you graduate and apply for residency just like any UK citizen graduate would. They will also put you on the path to citizenship once you begin your residency. Other places don't give you that same guarantee. Of course, this isn't 100%, the UK could technically change the rules, but I think that it is unlikely to happen and even if the rules change they would likely grandfather you in.

 

Well said. I think the above is right on the ball given the current climate.

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No, they all want the BMAT or UKCAT. I think some may consider the MCAT, but it definitely can't be the only test score you can get accepted with.

I think that at least for the current app cycle there are some exceptions to this. 

Bristol currently doesn't require any admissions test (UKCAT, BMAT, GAMSAT etc). As well Birmingham doesn't use the UKCAT or any other admissions test. 

 

See http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1629090

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Hello! I am currently a Canadian high school student (Grade 12) and I am interesting in applying for Medicine at the St. George University of London. I am just confused as to what they want from Canadian students and what grades should I be getting (I have a Grade 12 average of 91%, but 9-11 were poor in the 70-80% range). With studying in London, are you able to come back to Canada? Also, I would like to hear anyone's experiences studying in London. Thank you!

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Hello! I am currently a Canadian high school student (Grade 12) and I am interesting in applying for Medicine at the St. George University of London. I am just confused as to what they want from Canadian students and what grades should I be getting (I have a Grade 12 average of 91%, but 9-11 were poor in the 70-80% range). With studying in London, are you able to come back to Canada? Also, I would like to hear anyone's experiences studying in London. Thank you!

 

Its very hard to come back to Canada. Only about 40-60% of the students who want to come back make it. If you are applying to the A100 program you can stay but if you are applying to the A900 program i'm not sure what the status is of the program right now, you might not be able to stay in the UK, you might have to try to apply to the US. 

 

Just an FYI you might not want to stay in the UK anyways, doctors aren't doing so hot in the UK, the managers have been cramping down on trainee doctor pay and theres been a huge fight over it. Attendings don't make as much as they do here either. The upside is they don't usually work as many hours as we do here. 

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Hello! I am currently a Canadian high school student (Grade 12) and I am interesting in applying for Medicine at the St. George University of London. I am just confused as to what they want from Canadian students and what grades should I be getting (I have a Grade 12 average of 91%, but 9-11 were poor in the 70-80% range). With studying in London, are you able to come back to Canada? Also, I would like to hear anyone's experiences studying in London. Thank you!

 

If there is any chance you want to practice medicine in Canada you should exhaust your chances at domestic schools before going overseas.

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Are there UK med schools that will accept the MCAT instead?

no. They do not take MCAT. Different medical schools would want different things (either UKCAT or BMAT or none of these).

you would need to do BMAT if you are looking to apply to Cambridge, UCL, Imperial, Oxford, etc. 

Other schools accept UKCAT.

 

if you're interested, I have written abit about applying to UK medical schools. Here's the link:

http://bit.ly/2gTK28V 

You would need to apply to these medical schools via UCAS (and not directly to the medical schools) and each year, you could only apply to 4 medical schools 

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Hello! I am currently a Canadian high school student (Grade 12) and I am interesting in applying for Medicine at the St. George University of London. I am just confused as to what they want from Canadian students and what grades should I be getting (I have a Grade 12 average of 91%, but 9-11 were poor in the 70-80% range). With studying in London, are you able to come back to Canada? Also, I would like to hear anyone's experiences studying in London. Thank you!

 

Hi. I am an international student studying in UK at Barts and the London at the moment. London medical schools are pretty competitive and you would need to get the best grades possible. In addition, they tend to look at your extra curricular activities and would want to know if you have done any volunteering/medicine-related job shadowing. It is basically about convincing them to think that you are genuinely interested in medicine.

 

I write blogs about studying medicine in London. check it out if you're interested. In short, London is really an amazing place to be in! We benefited a lot from being affiliated to important specialist hospitals that received referrals from all over London.

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Hi. I am an international student studying in UK at Barts and the London at the moment. London medical schools are pretty competitive and you would need to get the best grades possible. In addition, they tend to look at your extra curricular activities and would want to know if you have done any volunteering/medicine-related job shadowing. It is basically about convincing them to think that you are genuinely interested in medicine.

 

I write blogs about studying medicine in London. check it out if you're interested. In short, London is really an amazing place to be in! We benefited a lot from being affiliated to important specialist hospitals that received referrals from all over London.

Hi, I am wondering, do they take Canadian applicants? What are the requirements to get in (GPA, MCAT)? Is it possible to come back to Canada, US to match? Help would be appreciated!

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