I’m currently a senior in high school going through the application process, and I’ve considered the UK as an international student for quite a while now. I want to study medicine, but I’ve heard that since my current school follows an American curriculum, I need to do the UkCat? Or something like that? I’m not really sure, but is it true that I need to do such a test if I wanted to study medicine in the Uk? Won’t my sats/standardised tests cut it?
Thanks.
Contact the universities in the UK and ask each of them what it is that they require. Do not be surprised if each of them has different requirements. Just do whatever A wants for A, and whatever B wants for B, and then see how things work out.
Except for the University of Buckingham and the University of Central Lancashire, you have to take one of two standardized tests (UKCAT or BMAT)- not b/c of your curriculum but b/c ALL medicine applicants have to take it.
Those 2 unis are brand new (the first classes are only in their 1st or 2nd year), are only for international students, and cost about £35,000 in tuition (room and board are extra).
Your chances of getting into any other medical schools in the UK are very very small: all the other medical schools are public (ie, state funded), and the NHS sets very tight limits on how many international students they can accept.
Every university has the exact requirements on their websites. You will typically need a solid SAT score (less important) and 3 APs with a score of 5, including Chem and Physics.
You should double check this, but I think you would have had to apply last October and have already taken UKCAT or BMAT. Your case may be different from the US, but my son applied as a EU resident and those were the deadlines. They are already starting interviews for next school year.
Hi @alcibiade! Is your son going for dark blue to contrast with his sister’s light blue?!
Yes, OP is too late for Autumn, 2017 entry for the main UK unis, as the test date for the BMAT was 2 Nov and UKCAT closed testing in mid-Oct, but Birmingham admissions are still open for January 2018 intake and Lancaster is still open for September 2017.
(also, it won’t matter to the OP, but for the sake of accuracy, a friend corrected me: Lancaster is only for international students, but Birmingham is open to both UK and international students, with no cap on internationals).
Hi @collegemom3717, he refused to apply to Oxbridge after having witnessed what his sister went through, and we are fine with that. He has his first interview next month. After the Trump victory, he has also decided not to apply in the US, which I am not happy about. He did get French citizenship, so can apply to McGill and attend at Canadian tuition (the Quebois want the French to come).