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Applying for Medicine?25/02/201824/03/2020

5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Applying for Medical School

When applying to Medicine, plenty of things will be running through your head. From the best work experience, the pressure to perform well in assessments and even the standing of your GCSEs. It’s easy to get carried away worrying about being perfect, or overestimating the difficulty of getting into Medicine. Not to mention, it can be…

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Year 116/02/201823/03/2020

10 Things You Might Not Know About Life at Medical School

When you tell people you’ve applied for Medicine, you might hear a lot about what to expect – especially about the workload. However, there are some things you might not know about studying medicine and life at med school. From the course-life balance, the value of the internet and more, here are a list of ten…

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Why Medicine?
personal-statement Year 110/02/201808/02/2019

Why Medicine? – in 10 Words!

One of the truths about choosing do study Medicine is that, from the moment you decide to go down that road, you are bombarded with the same question. Why Medicine? You’d think that once you get into the medical school, you’ll never be asked that question ever again, but you are, and many times over…

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Applying for Medicine? Interviews31/01/201803/04/2019

Essential Medicine Interview Checklist!

Here’s a list of 20 things you MUST know before you go for your medical school interview…

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Applying for Medicine? Interviews24/01/201801/04/2019

5 Most Common Interview Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)

There are potentially a whole range of things that can go wrong in an interview, but instead of focussing on all the negatives and unnecessarily worrying about them why don’t try to see if you can avoid making some of the most common mistakes. Have a read of what you should try to avoid in…

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Applying for Medicine? Interviews04/01/201801/04/2019

3 Secrets For MMI Success

Got an MMI coming up? Here are the tips and tricks you need to succeed and get that med school offer!

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