Mike MacKinnon said:
Your in the UK doing med school now?
If so which are the better med schools to apply for and what sortof cost are you looking at?
The entire reason im interested in going to the UK/Ireland has to do with the cultural exchange idea. I think it is a once in a lifetime oppertunity.
Which schools should I look into?
thanks
PM doesnt seem to be working for me, so Ill post my comments here.
They're no medical schools which are 'better' for Americans to apply to - they'll all treat you the same way AFAIK. The great advantage of the UK is the sheer diversity of educational options when it comes to medicine. PBL, SBL, traditonal learning - you name it, they've got it! 4 year graduate courses or 5/6 year undergraduate courses.
I can't really advise you on where to apply due to fact that they're so many options out there as I mentioned above, and one man's pleasure is another man's poison. The snob in me want to tell you to apply to the Ancients; Oxbridge, Glasgow & Aberdeen (some of us don't consider Edinburgh to be a 'real' Ancient as it's post-Reformation)!
Joking aside, the best thing to do is to go to the
UCAS website, look up the medical schools and their entry requirements and if they match what you want, investigate further by going to the schools website and sending them an e-mail outlining your position and they'll let you know what they think. Take a look at the schools website and read about the city in general to see if it's the type of place you want to spend the next few years.
I don't know too much about fees, as I'm paying the same as Scottish students (nothing - God bless the EU!). Here's a webpage detailing fees in Glasgow though - I don't know if the same is true across the UK though with regard to price, although I don't think there's any school like RCSI that charges far more than the others. Keep in mind that with the exception of London the cost of living is generally cheaper in the UK than Ireland.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/registry/students/fees/tuitionfees.html
If you want my particular insight on a certain medical school (if I know anything about it), or if you think you'll go ahead and apply to the UK (you might as well, nothing ventured, nothing gained) and need some help with the application, send me another PM. Good luck hunting!
leorl said:
I think it's generally harder for non-Uk people to get into UK schools than Ireland. Some (Oxbridge) require you to take their own form of entrance exams
The Oxford entrance exam was one of the easiest tests I've sat in my life. Shame that the interviews are so difficult though!