How To Become A Doctor

In this episode, learn all about the process of clearing for medical courses. Lucy and Ciara chat to Sophie, a Medic at St Georges, about her experience of clearing. Sophie shares what she wish she knew before going through clearing, so you can be as prepared as possible if you use this route. If you found this episode helpful, please do hit subscribe so you don't miss out on any of our amazing upcoming episodes!

In this episode, Lucy and Ciara discuss how to ace your personal statement for medical school using their amazing Personal Statement Handbook. They discuss the common pitfalls students fall into, as well as how to confidently demonstrate you are an excellent candidate for medicine - from introduction right through to conclusion. They even discuss how to tailor your personal statements to your specific medical schools, including advice for students applying to Oxford and Cambridge. This episode is NOT one to miss.

In this Open Pod episode, Lucy interviews Ciara from the University of Birmingham. Birmingham is an integrated course with an optional intercalation year. The A Level entry requirements for 2021 entry are AAA, and the UCAT score will be used to rank applicants for interview. Whilst there is no minimum UCAT cut-off score, the total UCAT scores of all applicants to the university will be ranked and put into deciles and given a score out of 3. For example, the top 10% of applicants’ scores will be in the top decile and will receive a maximum score of 3.0 in the process. Listen to this episode to hear all about how students really find the course and get some top tips on how to get in! Comment any questions for Ciara on her post on Instagram @howtobecomeadr!

In this Open Pod episode, Ciara and Lucy interview Robbie from Newcastle University. Newcastle is an integrated course with an optional intercalation year. The A Level entry requirements for 2021 entry are AAA, and the UCAT score will be used to rank applicants for interview. In 2020, the UCAT cut-off (interview threshold) was 2730. The national average was 2483.  Listen to this episode to hear all about how students really find the course and get some top tips on how to get in! Comment any questions for Robbie on his post on Instagram @howtobecomeadr!

In this episode, Ciara will talk you through those transferable skills everyone keeps talking about. She will discuss why transferable skills are critical to your application and how you can tease them out of even the most mundane scenarios!

In this episode, Lucy and Ciara will discuss how to write an article and the opportunities to publish them with Medic Mentor. They will discuss how to start writing an article, and give you some top tips on how to be selected from all of the other articles (or essay competitions) submitted!

In this Open Pod episode, Ciara and Lucy interview Dani from the University of Exeter. Exeter is an integrated course with an optional intercalation year. Whilst the A Level entry requirements for 2021 entry are AAA, Applicants are then ranked according to their best three A-level (or equivalent) prediction of achievement. Only those with A*A*A* predictions will be ranked in Tier 1. Where there are too many applicants for the places available from a given tier of A Level Predictions, applicants will be ranked by overall UKCAT score. Listen to this episode to hear all about how students really find the course and get some top tips on how to get in! Comment any questions for Dani on his post on Instagram @howtobecomeadr!

In this Open Pod episode, Ciara and Lucy interview Sanjana from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (part of Queen Mary, University of London). Barts is an integrated course with an optional intercalation year. Barts is unique in that it focuses on the UCAS tariff (which is a point system with points allocated to GCSE, A Levels and other qualifications such as music grades). The UCAS tariff is used in a 50/50 weighting with the UCAT, and so if you have performed badly in one but excellently in the other you could still be invited for interview. For students that received offers for interviews, the highest and lowest UCAS Tariff scores were 355 and 144, whilst the highest and lowest UCAT scores were 3410 and 2300. Listen to this episode to hear all about how students really find the course and get some top tips on how to get in! Comment any questions for Sanjana on her post on Instagram @howtobecomeadr!

In this Open Pod episode, Ciara and Lucy interview Haider from Imperial College London (ICL). ICL is an integrated course with a compulsory intercalation year. The A Level entry requirements for 2021 entry are AAA, and a BMAT cut off is used as part of their selection for interview. In 2029,  Candidates were required to score a minimum of 3.5 in Section 1 and Section 2, with the sum of scores in these two Sections being at least 8.6. They were required to score a minimum of 2.5C in Section 3.  Listen to this episode to hear all about how students really find the course and get some top tips on how to get in! Comment any questions for Haider on the Medic Mentor blog: https://medicmentor.co.uk/how-to-become-a-doctor-blog/ or on @howtobecomeadr on instagram!

In this Open Pod episode, Ciara and Lucy interview Elif from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). ARU is an integrated course with an optional intercalation year. The A Level entry requirements for 2021 entry are AAA, and the UCAT score will be used to rank applicants for interview. The top 400 will be invited for an MMI.  Listen to this episode to hear all about how students really find the course and get some top tips on how to get in! Comment any questions for Elif on the Medic Mentor blog: https://medicmentor.co.uk/how-to-become-a-doctor-blog/ or on @howtobecomeadr on instagram!