UK Medical School Application Process! Part 2
Well, sending off the application doesn't mean you've finished all the work. For some UK medical schools, you have to also do an examination. The one I had to do was called the BMAT (BioMedical Admissions Test) I think I did it on the 15th of November. On the website, it says that revision is not neccesary, and that the only thing you need is your GCSE/IGCSE knowledge...but come on, who remember that stuff five minutes after the exams!
So of course, I tried to study a bit, but with my hectic school schedule, and socialising, I didn't really have time for it. Anyway, you have to sign up for the exam at your local British Council (if you are living overseas). In the spirit of things, they had no idea what this BMAT was, after much explanation they finally figured it out, and then weren't sure how much they were supposed to charge! So of course another lengthy coversation ensued, with us telling them the price on the website for registration, £26.00, but no, that wasn't enough for them so in the end they ended up chargin us close to £100! What could I do, I needed to register to do the exam and so I paid up.
Exam day comes and I am really nervous, they call us into the room, and I sit down to the exam, IGCSE/GCSE level, some of the questions required really advanced levels of physics knowledge, a subject which I did not like. A university graduate would have had trouble, let alone a highschool student.
Well, I muddled through did as much as I could, and walked out thinking that here goes my chance of getting into that Medical school, at least I had other backups which didn't require the BMAT.
More later
So of course, I tried to study a bit, but with my hectic school schedule, and socialising, I didn't really have time for it. Anyway, you have to sign up for the exam at your local British Council (if you are living overseas). In the spirit of things, they had no idea what this BMAT was, after much explanation they finally figured it out, and then weren't sure how much they were supposed to charge! So of course another lengthy coversation ensued, with us telling them the price on the website for registration, £26.00, but no, that wasn't enough for them so in the end they ended up chargin us close to £100! What could I do, I needed to register to do the exam and so I paid up.
Exam day comes and I am really nervous, they call us into the room, and I sit down to the exam, IGCSE/GCSE level, some of the questions required really advanced levels of physics knowledge, a subject which I did not like. A university graduate would have had trouble, let alone a highschool student.
Well, I muddled through did as much as I could, and walked out thinking that here goes my chance of getting into that Medical school, at least I had other backups which didn't require the BMAT.
More later
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