Even for internationals, it's the same.

Most of them who didnt secure a place during first round would take time to improve their UKCAT score and personal statement throughout the year. This involves during more voluntary work and hospital attachments.

mr. kong is referring to people who retake their a levels....NOT applying the next year with your first a level results....

If he read my original post, he would have noticed I wrote "apply" to med schools, not retake A levels.

i think he is referring to those whose a levels results did not make the conditional offer cutoff of a*aa, in the hope that they can get better results the 2nd time round....

of course, if you ended up with 3a* and no offers, it would be logical to take a gap year and try again....

If I am not wrong, some require 2A**.
Is it documented that the selection is based on the above criteria and not forecast results? If your forecast is AAB, I don't think you stand a chance. Furthermore, why need a forecast if its merely to get an interview. As for Ukcat many unis only need just a slightly above average score.
Locally, I am sure academic counts first though you might argue $$$ comes first. A lot of ppl could be angry at you when they found out that not necessary that $$$ can get them a place at a preferred uni!

Wonder how this works...probably don't even have to go through UCAS.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/educatio...ed-8786841.html

http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/medicine/under...bchb/admissions

Recognition ?

No idea, since it will only start in Jan 2015. I suppose details will be made available in due course.

there was initial opposition to a private medical school, but it appears that has been swept aside, and they have gmc agreement to proceed.....

it is obviously designed for international students.....it is unlikely any local student will enrol, unless they have a scholarship, or rich parents willing to foot the bill....

the unusual start date of jan is obviously geared towards foreign students, as well as possibly some domestic students who have exhausted all standard avenues...obviously no brit is going for this UNLESS they cannot get a place elsewhere.....and the 4 1/2 year duration to ensure graduates can participate in the fy starting in august.....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Aug 28 2013, 07:26 PM

The content is licensed from Leicester Uni....

Jet-setting super rich parents? No wonder we are treated as their cash cows!
No public funding. So viability and sustainability could be a factor. If successful, more will join the bandwagon and a similar situation in bolehland will happen.
The public unis could just double up the number of places made available to the internationals.

I think UK's GMC is more proper than MMA/C.

I particularly like this in their website:

"But the customer at Buckingham is you"

http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/about/independence

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Hmm, I've recently been through the admissions cycle and most of the basic requirements are only AAA, and conditional offers my friends and I got were only AAA, one even being AABa. As for the forecast results, from what I experienced I also think it's just to see if we're academically strong enough, rest of the selection are based on our interview performance, personal statement, teacher's reference and UKCAT. So they basically give scores for each section and decide from there.

I remember doing an interview survey by a foreigner on our thoughts of a private medical university in UK that resembles a lot like this university, sky-high fees and uncapped international student quota. It's really happening!

Don't mind sharing which are the universities.

I did the survey too. hoho.

Different universities rank their applicants differently
You may ask the universities about the admission procedures, usually they have some kind of form to rank them,
through FOI.

You mean those with the academic requirement or those who need the others I stated?

Those that give the conditional offers.

Sheffield, Dundee, Leicester, Queen's Belfast.. this is what I know. Off course it's no comparable to entry standards of Oxbridge etc.

Which one did you firm?