Applying To Leicester Medical School

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What this guide to applying to study Medicine at Leicester Medical School covers

This medical school profile provides key information for applying to Leicester Medical School to study Medicine. We start by discussing the Medicine courses offered by Leicester Medical School. We also cover Leicester Medical School’s entry requirements for studying Medicine. This includes how Leicester Medical School uses applicants UKCAT results; Leicester Medical Schools Medicine interview process; the role of the Medicine personal statement at Leicester Medical School and other key details and statistics that will help you to apply to study Medicine at Leicester Medical School. Then, we cover tips on how to write a successful Medicine personal statement for Leicester Medical School and tips on how to pass the Leicester Medical School MMI interview.

Medicine Courses offered by Leicester Medical School:

  • Standard Entry Medicine (5 years). UCAS course code A100.

  • Medicine with a Foundation Year (6 years) UCAS course code A199 – only open to applicants who meet certain widening participation criteria.

The competition for offers for a place to study Medicine at Leicester Medical School:

Competition for the 5-year Standard Entry Medicine Course at Leicester Medical School is as follows:

Home graduate applicants to Leicester Medical School

For 2018 entry to Medicine, Leicester Medical School received 581 applications from home graduate applicants. Leicester Medical School interviewed 209 graduate applicants and gave 148 offers to these graduate applicants to study Medicine at Leicester Medical School.

Home non-graduate applicants to Leicester Medical School

For 2018 entry to Medicine, Leicester Medical School received 1488 applications from home non-graduate applicants. Leicester Medical School interviewed 828 home non-graduate applicants and from this gave 520 offers to study Medicine at Leicester Medical School.

Overseas graduate applicants to Leicester Medical School

For 2018 entry to Medicine, Leicester Medical School received 38 applications from overseas graduate applicants. Leicester Medical School interviewed 4 of these international graduate applicants and gave 3 offers to study Medicine at Leicester Medical School.

Overseas non-graduate applicants to Leicester Medical School

For 2018 entry to Medicine, Leicester Medical School received 202 applications from overseas non-graduate applicants. Leicester Medical School interviewed 54 non-graduate international applicants and gave out 30 offers to study Medicine at Leicester Medical School.

Competition for the 6-year Medicine with a Foundation Year course at Leicester Medical School:

Number of applicants per interview: 4.1 (home/EEA only)

Number of applicants per place: 7.5 (home/EEA only)

International Applicants to Medicine at Leicester Medical School

Leicester Medical School welcomes applications from home and international applicants. The statistics for the number of home and overseas applicants who applied to study Medicine at Leicester Medical School and their success rate is listed above.

Graduate Entry Medicine at Leicester Medical School:

Leicester Medical School does not teach an accelerated 4-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme. Graduates wishing to apply to study Medicine at Leicester should apply to the standard five-year Medicine programme. Leicester Medical School accepts applications from graduates from any discipline if they meet the minimum GCSE requirements and have a grade B in either A-level Chemistry or A-level Biology. Note that Leicester Medical School does not accept deferred applications for Graduate applicants. See our free guide to applying to Medicine as a graduate for information on the process including a detailed breakdown on deciding if applying to Medicine as a graduate is for you, fees, funding, choosing between accelerated programmes and standard entry Medicine programmes and much more. We also have a free guide on how to write an excellent graduate entry Medicine personal statement. This comprehensive guide takes you from the ideas phase with no plan or draft all the way to a finished Graduate entry Medicine personal statement ready for submission.

Course structure at Leicester Medical School:

The course structure at Leicester Medical School is based on an integrated curriculum. It has been recently revised to make it even more patient-focused. Integrated curriculums are the most common way of teaching Medicine in the UK. Integrated Medicine programmes combine scientific teaching with clinical teaching instead of making a distinct separation between the two (as is the case in traditional Medicine courses which are now rare). This allows students to learn the scientific disciplines in the context of how patients present. Integrated curriculums typically allow for much earlier patient contact which is the case at Leicester Medical School. Leicester Medical School has a several week early clinical experience which is towards the beginning of the first semester. This will help students understand the clinical context of the topics they will learn at Leicester Medical School.

The teaching at Leicester Medical School focuses on using small clinical teaching groups and apprenticeship style learning. Leicester Medical School course structure and curriculum also incorporates technology and preparing medical students for future developments in Medicine. Students are given iPads for free in the first year of study and are also taught about holding consultations in online environments.

Anatomy at Leicester Medical School

Leicester Medical School is one of a small number of medical schools which still offers full body human dissection and prosection to teach anatomy. Small groups of medical students will have access to an entire human cadaver.

Intercalation at Leicester Medical School

Leicester Medical School provides an intercalation programme for medical students wishing to take up this opportunity. Intercalation is offered throughout UK medical schools and is a popular option. You can learn more about intercalation in our free medical blogs section. Intercalation allows students to interrupt their medical school degree and study for another degree in a chosen subject and then return to their Medicine degree. This allows medical students to gain an additional qualification on top of their Medicine degree and often in a much quicker and cheaper manner. For example, a BSc can be awarded in one year instead of the typical three it would take a non-intercalating student to achieve. Leicester Medical School also accepts applications from external students from other medical schools wishing to intercalate at Leicester Medical School.

Open days at Leicester Medical School

Leicester Medical School has several open days. Attending a Leicester Medical School open day allows you to see the medical school yourself and speak to staff and students. A Leicester Medical School open day also provides an excellent chance for you to experience the city of Leicester.

Entry Requirements for the Leicester Medical School 5-year Medicine programme:

Applying to any medical school is competitive and will involve meeting high entry requirements. While sharing many similarities, medical schools will also have very different entry requirements and policies in specific areas. The entry requirements for Leicester Medical School are no different in this regard so you must carefully understand the entry requirements for Leicester Medical School before you make an application there. Below are some headline details about the entry requirements for Leicester Medical School for 2019 entry. You can see the full information on their prospectus or website.

A-Level requirements for Leicester Medical School: Typical offer of AAA at A-level including Chemistry and one of; Physics, Biology, or Psychology. Subjects such as Maths and Further Maths cannot act as two A-levels. If applicants are taking a language subject that is in their native language, then Leicester Medical School may adjust the requirement for this subject to be A* instead of A making the offer to study Medicine at Leicester A*AA instead of AAA. General Studies, Critical Thinking, Global Perspectives (Cambridge Pre-U) and Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate are not accepted. A fourth AS or EPQ is not required, but in the case of very similar applicants may serve as a tiebreaker.

GCSE requirements for Leicester Medical School: There is no minimum number of A*/8/9 grades for applications to study Medicine at Leicester Medical School. However, applications to Leicester Medical School are very competitive, and GCSE performance is part of the selection process. Candidates must have a minimum grade B/6 in English, Maths and two Science subject including Chemistry and Biology (or Double Science)

Admissions tests – how does Leicester Medical School use UKCAT scores?

Leicester Medical School uses the UKCAT for its admissions process. Note that Leicester Medical School will automatically reject applicants who score a band 4 (lowest band) in the SJT component of the UKCAT. Applicants will be scored out of 32 for their UKCAT scores based on which deciles their UKCAT score falls in. A candidate’s academic performance also offers a score of 32 which means academic performance and the UKCAT score combine for a score of 64 at the pre-interview stage. For more information about the UKCAT and how to prepare for the UKCAT, see our free guide and FAQ.

How Does Leicester Medical School use the Medicine personal statement?

Leicester Medical School does not routinely use the Medicine personal statement for deciding which candidates should be interviewed except for Access to Medicine applicants. However, Leicester Medical School does sometimes use the entire UCAS form, including the personal statement when deciding whether to interview similar or borderline candidates. Additionally, the whole ucas form is used when determining whether to give offers to candidates with similar or borderline interview performance.

Tips on how to write a successful Medicine personal statement for Leicester Medical School

  • Read our comprehensive free guide on how to write a medical school personal statement in 10 steps. This guide takes you from step 1 – with no draft, plan or anything written down, all the way to step 10 – a completed and excellent medical school personal statement ready for you to submit to UCAS
  • The meaning and insight gained from experiences such as work experience or extracurricular activities are the most critical thing admissions tutors are looking for, even more so then what you actually did. Simply making long lists of achievements or diary accounts of activities is not what admissions tutors at Leicester Medical School or any other medical school are looking for. It is up to you to make the most of what you have done and show the medical school admissions panel how your experiences will make an excellent candidate to study Medicine. Our free article: How to display the attributes of self-reflection and personal insight in your Medicine application will help you to write in the manner that admissions tutors are looking for.
  • We also provide an excellent medical school personal statement review service. A professional editor and then a doctor (who received all four offers to study Medicine) will examine your personal statement line by line and make the appropriate corrections. After making sure the grammar and writing are flawless, they will also comment on the overall strength of the application and make suggestions of things which may be asked at your Medicine interview based on your medical school personal statement.

How many students does Leicester Medical School interview? How many offers does Leicester Medical School make?

We provide a breakdown of how many applications, interviews and offers to Leicester Medical School took place for 2018 entry earlier in this guide. After interviews, when deciding which candidates to give offers to if candidates are borderline or there is a tie than UCAS applications can be used to make a final decision.

What type of interviews does Leicester Medical School use?

Leicester Medical School uses MMI interviews in their selection process. A Leicester Medical School MMI interview consists of 8 MMI stations.

Tips for passing a Leicester Medical School MMI interview

Success at a Leicester Medical School interview or any medical school interview is not random. It involves a tried and tested set of steps that you can also follow:

  • A strategic plan on how to prepare for your Medicine interview – We cover this in detail in our entirely free guide on how to prepare for your Medicine interview in seven steps.
  • Learning key Medicine interview strategies – We have a wealth of free articles covering Medicine interview strategies. We also have a free database of real Medicine interview questions with full competent answers, analysis, and advice on how to answer these medical school interview questions. We also have a free guide to Medical Ethics and free blog articles such as answering opinion questions, dealing with rude or hostile interviewers/ MMI actors and many more topics.
  • Avoiding common Medicine interview pitfalls – See our free guide on common Medicine Interview pitfalls and how to avoid them.
  • Intelligent, reflective Medicine interview practice – Use our free exclusive database of Medicine interview questions and answers.
  • Execution on the interview day – Preparation and practice are one part of success. The other part is peak performance and execution on the day. Read our free article about dealing with nerves in your Medicine interview.

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