<p>^^^ thanks for telling me…lol…I have no idea about these schools…If I don’t get into any of the schools that waitlisted me…I may consider going to uk…</p>
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<p>Ten times is an obvious exaggeration. The actual tax burden (including social security) in the UK must be roughly 37 % of GDP. That may look like a lot compared to the tax burden in the US (approx. 27 % of GDP), but it is still much lower than in the countries like e.g. France (approximately 45 % of GDP) or Sweden ( 51 % of GDP).</p>
<p>^^^ I wasn’t going to spend time looking up the “ACTUAL” amount…</p>
<p>Anyone know if British Medical Schools are still accepting applications…I hear for British Med, you don’t have to spend 4 years getting a bachelors…</p>
<p>^^true, but you still need to go to (and get into) medical school in the US if you want to practice here. And economics to medicine is a strange jump?
Your best bet is St.Andrews – the deadline is somewhere around 2nd week of May. It accepts a ton of US students, which will give you a great network back home, and has a great reputation here. They will want to see grades of Bplus and above. They care more about APs than SAT scores. As opposed to Oxford/Cambridge its a 4 year college. The cost is about $35,000 per year, including housing/food. A word of warning – at all English colleges you need to study whatever major you applied for. The requirements fluctuate at all of these places, meaning that you may have lower grades for Spanish major than Chemistry or Economics.</p>
<p>I know economics to medicine is a strange jump…but my uncle and his friends (they are docotors) told me that being a science major in College is worthless…it doesn’t help for medical school. They told me to major in something more practical to medicine…like economics because the healthcare industry in the United States is in a bad state right now…</p>
<p>I thought that if I got into a British Med School, I could do pre-med and the first 2 years of med school in 3 years, then I can transfer back to the U.S. for my clinical rounds, then I can do my residency and internships?..</p>
<p>British medical school deadlines were back in October 15, and is very competitive even without the 7.5% quota on internationals so late applications would stand no chance. It’s 5/6 years for the MBBS, and to practise in the US you need to do the USMLE and some other qualification board stuff - no re-going to med school, but you’re second choice after US-born, US-educated doctors for residency.</p>
<p>Also in a British med school, you study just medicine. No such thing as “pre-med”, you’re Medicine all the 5/6 years through. You’d also not be able to fulfil US “pre-med” requirements due to the Physics and Composition requirements.</p>
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<p>Several UK universities like Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London offer medicine as a six-year course leading to the double awarding of a first BSc (BA at Oxbridge) degree and then the dual degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the end of the course. </p>
<p>Keep in mind though that UK universities accept very few foreign students to read medicine straight out of secondary school. Imperial (London) for examples takes in only 21 overseas applicants each year according to its own website. </p>
<p>Entry requirements are also very strict for the medicine course. Normally, you will be expected to offer 3 full UK A-Levels, including Chemistry and/or Biology, plus another science (e.g. Physics) or Mathematics, AND a fourth subject at AS-level at least (if either Chemistry or Biology are not taken at full A-level, they must be taken at AS-level). For Oxbridge applicants, full A-level Chemistry is mandatory. Top grades (i.e. grade A) are required in your A-levels. In addition, applicants are also expected to have passes in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, and English at GCSE level with grades AAABB. </p>
<p>The full (i.e six-subject) IB Diploma is also acceptable as an alternative to the A-level qualifications above, provided that you take Chemistry or Biology, plus another science or Mathematics at higher level. If either Chemistry or Biology are not taken at higher level, they must be taken at standard level. Again, for Oxbridge, I believe Chemistry HL is mandatory.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, other international qualifications, including US AP exams, are normally not accepted as an alternative to UK A-levels or the IB diploma for the purpose of entry into a UK medical course. All applicants, irrespective of their qualifications, are also required to take an additional standardized test known as the BMAT (Biomedical Admissions Test), which consists of 3 separate sections on critical thinking/reasoning, specific scientific knowledge, and writing tasks. </p>
<p>From the information you supplied about your academic background, it doesn’t seem that you meet the requirements for admission to a UK medicine course as an undergraduate.</p>
<p>if you want to study medicine/premed in UK your best bet is St Andrews. They have a 4 year medicine program that will be treated in the US as a regular pre-med education.</p>
<p>Quite a few people take degrees in things like biomedical sciences and then apply for medicine as a graduate, but even then its VERY competitive. Work experience is a must also.</p>