Medical School:The Applicant's Guide

Medicine is widely known to be one of the most competitive and demanding degrees in the world. This practical guide provides invaluable information and advice from over sixty students, doctors and professors in the field, collating the essential insights one needs to excel. It provides thorough and clear explanations on how to maximise an individual's chances to gain entry into medical school in the United Kingdom.

This book summarises the key facts surrounding medical school applications, and focuses on the personal journeys of medical students, graduates and renowned experts in the UK. Edited by doctors with a keen interest in academia, it is written by senior medical students and graduates while being edited by professors to ensure that all the information is up to date and relevant. This is a compendium of the best-kept secrets about how to get into UK medical schools.

This book will help the user to:
Optimally approach medical school applications
Succeed in interviews
Perform well in medical entry exams such as UKCAT, BMAT and GAMSAT
Effectively manage ones finances
Make the most of a gap year
Consider alternative routes into medicine

Peer review
"Contained in this guide is a treasure trove of invaluable information. The text is concise, lucid and readable. I recommend this book without reservation"
Sir Graeme Catto, MD, DSc, FRCP, FMedSci, FRSE
Current President of the College of Medicine

Customer review
"An incredibly resourceful book for prospective medical applicants. Student testimonials and multiple links to further reading makes this book a very useful starting point."
Mr Chetan Khatri
Medical Student, Imperial College London