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What Med Schools In The Uk Are The Easiest To Get Into

What is easier: law school or medicine?

Each will deal with a different set of skills. So for example, you're going to find medicine difficult: if you're squeamish, if you dislike memorizing the details life processes, if mathematics and chemistry and biology weren't your forte in high school.You'd find law difficult: if you dislike writing long essays and doing lots of research, if english, literature, business economics and additional languages weren't your forte in high school. One thing that's certain is that the difficulty of a subject is dependent on a student's natural capacity, as opposed to some external force that determines difficulty. Mathematics is seen as 'more difficult' than languages because most people's brains are naturally oriented towards communicating in words as opposed to numbers. So what's difficult to the majority will also be the general standard that determines what's easier, but this definition will never cater to individuals. So for some individuals (such as certain autistic individuals), languages will be more difficult because their brains are oriented towards communicating in numbers. But for law and medicine, I'd say they're pretty evenly matched in the general conception of difficulty. Physics and mathematics would be a few rungs above, I'd imagine.

cardiology in easiest way ?.?

Many people go to russia for private funded schooling as physicians. After that its up to you to pass your boards and come back. If you know spanish, cuba has a good school system as well.

But then again.. from the way you were too lazy to hit the shift key when typing... I doubt you would be motivated enough to travel half way around the globe to study either.

Easy entry Vet Med schools?

I'm attending Michigan State University and majoring in Zoology, and when I graduate I plan to have about a 3.3 GPA. This is nowhere near good enough to gain entry to State's Vet Med program, as of now you need basically a 3.8 to even have your application looked at (or so I've been told).

What are some universities with Vet Med graduate programs I could look into? If there's any in the Big Ten area, that'd be ideal, but I wouldn't mind moving far for school. I really want to be a vet.

Thanks!

Which medical school is easiest to get into?

there will be a few that regularly are a bit easier For the UK, Georges hospital medical school is pretty straightforward if you show some committment to them and meet requirements obviously.But if theres one you want above all, that becomes easiest because you’ll try every which way and above to get a place. Something u really really want, the effort feels less.

How hard is it to get into IU medical school?

i plan on applying to Indiana University in Bloomington next year. Obviously, im going to have to do my first four years of pre-med school and then apply to medical school. if i dont get into medical school..is there anything else i can do to finish out my major?

Getting into medical school?????

I was accepted a few months ago and will be starting this fall. My stats are pretty average: BA in Human Bio, MCAT 28, GPA 3.86, volunteered for 1.5 years at a free clinic, worked as a medical assistant for about 1 year, ESL, played the piano for almost 10 years. I had strong letters of recommendation (LOR), and a very good (well, personal opinion) personal statement. What you hear all the time is how they (admissions committee) want well-rounded applicants so it's good to have some interests outside of medicine, and show committment. Having solid clinical experience is VERY IMPORTANT since they want to know you really know what you're getting into. Knowledge of current issues in medicine, etc. The best you can do is apply as soon as you can (I think they open the AMCAS app on June 1st or around that time), and start writing the personal statement EARLY because it can take some time (I bought a book and checked some sites online like essayedge-i do not endorse them-for tips on writing that monster). Also start chasing your recommenders early because some tend to take their sweet time to write the LOR, and some don't even bother to do it. Read the specifications for LOR's for the schools you are applying to (I had like 7 letters: 1 Physics, 1 Bio, 1 Organic Chem, 1 Ethics, 1 Anthropology, 1 from my employer and 1 from the clinic I volunteered at). Read the pre-requisited they ask for so as not to have unpleasant surprises later in the process. If you are invited to an interview, be enthusiastic and well prepared! Practice, practice, practice. Some are relaxed, others aren't.
I applied to 17 schools but sent secondary apps to only 13. I applied to 3 dream-schools. Got 6 interviews but I went to only 2 (got into my first choice, luckily!). Get those secondaries sent out fast, don't sit on them like I did ;) And send thank-you notes to your interviewers (I sent them by e-mail and it worked)
You'll hear it's a random process, it certainly seems that way. But really really APPLY EARLY (that can't be emphasized enough) and proofread. Let me know if you have any more questions, and best of luck!

cristy_ku@yahoo.com

Overall, is it harder to get into a US or UK medical school?

The biggest difference between them is when you start. In the UK, you start directly after finishing high school, while in the USA you start after already completing a degree. The benefits of starting later after a degree is that you have so much more time to stand out by doing research or something noteworthy. It’s difficult to stand out for UK applications just because it is hard to do anything truly noteworthy as a high school student. Many research labs won’t take high school students, or don’t allow them to do their own research. In this regard, it’s easier to get into USA schools.You also have the admissions tests. In the UK, the majority of schools ask for the UKCAT. This is where it becomes easier to get into UK schools. The UKCAT is pretty similar to a IQ test- it tests your ability to recognize patterns, pull out important information quickly, do some maths. These are skills that you will need as doctors, but the good thing is that it is very hard to really prepare for this kind of test. You can do practice questions, but there really isn’t anything entirely difficult about it. In the USA, you take the MCAT, which is based on all of the sciences you will have studied in college. While some schools in the UK ask for the BMAT, which is pretty similar, since you are just coming out of high school the content on the BMAT is much easier than the MCAT. Thus, in regards to test, the UK is easier to get into.Overall however, medical schools are extremely difficult to get into no matter where you go.

How easy it is to get into a medical school in Canada compared to the UK?

It is VERY VERY difficult to get into medical school in Canada. The number of applicants vastly outnumber the spaces available. You must have better than top marks in your undergrad & on the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) & ace an interview.Medical College Admission Test - Wikipedia

Caribbean Med School vs. Irish/UK/Australian Med School?

worse. But it is also easier to get into those Caribbean schools. If you couldn't get into a US med school, it's doubtful you could get into an UK school---with the exception of St. George's. That is a Caribbean school, but it's run by the Brits. I know someone who went there and then got an OB/GYN residency in the US.

Which med course in Australia is the easiest to get into?

The ‘easiness’ of entry into med schools varies from person to person as most schools use multiple metrics to assess applicants.If you are good at taking tests but are socially delicate, a program that does not hold interviews (e.g. UQ) would be easier to get into than one that does (e.g. Newcastle/UNE). On the other hand, someone who is bad at taking psychometric tests but is socially apt would do well to choose a school that did not weigh the UMAT heavily but instead placed a bigger emphasis on the interview (e.g. Adelaide).That being said, the University of the Sunshine Coast began offering a provisional pathway into the Griffith MD via their Medical Sciences degree this year. Entry was based on ATAR only with a cut-off of around 99.30. This is absurdly low for a program that bases entry solely on ATAR and is immediately advantageous given that they do not consider UMAT nor interview. If you are strong academically (which most med applicants are), this is by far the easiest course to get into.

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