<p>My AP scores came in, I got a five in Chemistry, five in English Lang Arts, and 4 in US History. I am definitely applying into Chemistry should I apply.</p>
<p>There are no quotas in any subject other than medicine. Like I posted above, it’s about the UK national health service.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info everybody! I suppose I should ask for chances in Chemistry then. I think I would have a lot to talk about it an interview should I be lucky enough to be granted one :)</p>
<p>For any Applicant your chances are much higher for Chemistry as it’s such an unpopular subject in the UK so there are few applications. 40-50% get in I think.</p>
<p>Cupcake: Why is it an unpopular major, and can you still apply to medical school after the major, because I looked at the curriculum and there are ONLY chemistry classes. Does that mean it’s just the core curriculum for that major and you can take the required courses for medicine on the side, or are those the only classes you take. </p>
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<p>Everyone in the UK wants to do media studies and other fashionable but less employable courses. Hard sciences struggle to fill their places and have done for years.</p>
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<p>4 year graduate medicine in the UK, yes. </p>
<p>US, I have no idea. </p>
<p>If you intending to do undergraduate abroad and then apply to a US medical school it is really important to check the requirements of your preferred medical schools now.</p>
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<p>Of course. This is what studying in the UK is about. I honestly don’t think you should apply if you don’t understand this. No majors, no minors. Just a single course as described on website/in prospectus.</p>
<p>Someone will now post here that Scotland is so much more flexible. But it really isn’t compared to the US. You get an extra year in which to take some minors (also possible at some English universities eg Lancaster) and then choose, but it is in no way a fully flexible system like the US. </p>
<p>If you are unsure of your “major” (course) then the UK is a very poor choice for you.</p>
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<p>Those are the only classes you can take (you can sit in on as many lectures as you want. I know someone who learnt Dutch in his spare time this way. But you will sit endless exams in Chemistry and these are the only exams which count).</p>
<p>I see, well I understand that the British system focuses only on your course, but the coursework was a little unclear, so thanks for clearing that up. I am dead set on medicine and I have a passion for Chemistry (and it’s one of the recommended UG courses for graduate medicine in Oxford). Thanks for all the help :)</p>
<p>If you get an interview for Chemistry, don’t say you’re only doing it so you can get into medicine later! That just looks indecisive, and they will wonder why you didn’t just apply to medicine (and also, it may have changed but when I was at Oxford graduate medicine there was open to EU students only. Check this).</p>
<p>Of course. If I am lucky enough to get an interview I would probably spend a lot of time talking about the Chemistry research I did and my experiences in the hospital lab, of course emphasizing the Chemistry part.</p>
<p>Oh and about the graduate part, I’m pretty sure the information on their website didn’t restrict it to EU only anymore (at least not openly as from what I have read), however, I have dual citizenship (US and France) and will have been living in the EU for three years by then. If that counts towards taxes, I don’t know, but I’ll find that out soon enough.</p>
<p>sorry for the triple post, but just found out that yes, it’s open for international students also according to [Oxford</a> Graduate-Entry Prospectus: 14](<a href=“http://bmra.pharm.ox.ac.uk/FTProsp14.html]Oxford”>http://bmra.pharm.ox.ac.uk/FTProsp14.html)</p>