I also believe that these are individual cases and does not represent the majority....

Merely 3As will not be sufficient for UK unis. I have friend with 4A* but not so strong UKcat was rejected by all 4 unis. Another 3A* friend was called by only one uni for interview.

Medical work experience is perequisite for UK unis. I shadowed some doctors for a few weeks, I volunteer in hospice and went to kampung to visit terminally ill patients.

Beside that, UKcat or Bmat and PS is very impt in the application to secure some interviews. After that, is up to your perfomance during interview.

The 3As is only the basic requirement, in reality, you need more than that. UK unis have very low quota for international students. Abt 20s per uni on average. That make it very competitive.

Are you done with all your interviews? Good experience?

These are the minimum, not the optimum. Not the same thing if you care think about it. For example, it's like saying the minimum money one need to eat in KL is RM10 but the optimum may be RM50 or RM100 .

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Added on January 28, 2012, 1:50 pm

Ya, I believe many uses this as back door entry to 'better' universities. In other word, they can't get in through the front door.

if there is already a conditional offer, the applicant would already have succeeded in the interview, which would mean this applicant had good UKCAT scores and/or impressive PS (reflecting amongst other things, work experience).

Not all interviwers focus on PS. Some unis are heavy on ethics, eg Kings. Some are MMI like St Georges and Manchester ( if interview in UK). For me,  no questions were asked on PS during my 3 interviews except for one which picked on some topic I mentioned.

But before u get the interview, u have to impress them on your PS and your result. For some uni in UK,  they received 3500 applications for abt 300 places, and only abt 20s for international. So a candidate with 3 A will not be so impressive as someone with 4A*. They might give u 3A as condotional offer, that does not mean that with a predicted 3A, u will even get an offer of interview.

hahahaha, i thought NHS was never a good place to work for in the 1st place, ever.

even b4 the Ukraine war, NHS was in bad state

Hi! How are you?  Offspring still in the UK, I gather?
Son still there, 2 odd years to CCT.  Still believes in the NHS, but also thinks should be paid more.

Am well, thanks.  Looks like we both will have a nephrologist in the family. 😂

Agree with you on their so-called policies.  British trained doctors should also be prioritised for specialty training.  And now the controversies surrounding PAs.