<p>Hi everyone!
I'm currently a senior in high school in the US, and I really want to study medicine at Oxford, it's been a dream of mine. I'm fairly comfortable with the application process, and I am aware of the quota on medical students at Oxford. That aside, I thought I might as well give i a shot if only to say that I had at least tried. I've registered to take the BMAT, and I still have to take a Chemistry Subject Test, which I'm fairly confident I can get at least a 750 in.</p>
<p>My other stats are as follows
SAT I: 2270 (single sitting) 2280 (superscore -_-)</p>
<p>SAT II's: US history (which i figure is useless) 720
Biology: 800
Math II: 770</p>
<p>AP Scores:
Government/Politics, World History, and APUSH: 4's
Biology, Calculus BC, and Language/Composition: 5's</p>
<p>I've done a Medical pathway at my school, and I am in the final year, and I have vounteered at hospitals and private practices in the past, along with community service ECs, and National Honor Society.</p>
<p>Please help?</p>
<p>I think you have as good a chance as any international applicant - which as you know is not much because of the quota, but worth a shot. Relevant work experience is actually quite important for UK medical applicants so don’t forget to elaborate on this in your UCAS personal statement.</p>
<p>You may already know this, but just checking you know that you cannot immediately practice medicine I the US with a UK medical degree? I’m not by any means an expert on this but I know there are some tests you have to take (and pay for) before you can work in the US. Just making sure you know this and have looked up the detail.</p>
<p>yeah, i’d have to come back to the US and take the USMLE and do a residency here before i could practice, but i don;t really know if i even want to come back to the US to practice medicine, i might just wanna stay in the UK or go to India…
Does anyone know of somewhere I could go to find decent information on writing a personal statement, because we don’t have to do one of those here, so i’m not 100% on what i need for that</p>
<p>Penguin - The Student Room has a wealth of information, including a free and secure PS help service, which reviews personal statements for applicants.</p>
<p>We generally tell people that if they have three AP tests with scores of “5”, that they have a shot at Oxford (or Cambridge) and should apply.</p>
<p>We also tell people not to talk about their ECs that are unrelated to their intended field of study, so only talk about ECs that are connected with Medicine, leave the others out. British unis do not want someone who may be distracted by other interests.</p>
<p>Best of luck with that personal statement!</p>
<p>KEVP</p>
<p>Medicine is a special case. In practice, it is very rare for an overseas student to be admitted to read medicine (check the statistics…you will see how rare). The course is also very expensive and you will have to go through hoops to practise medicine in the US after you finish (there are special exams etc). A more viable option is to read natural sciences and then apply to medical school in the USA.</p>