Medical schools should be more transparent about their admission data

When prospective students are considering applying to study medicine they typically start by consulting official university websites to determine their eligibility. By looking at the entry requirements and various prerequisites applicants should be able to gain a realistic appreciation of their chances of success. However, for UK students hoping to study medicine there exists a less well known repository of information that can prove crucial to a successful application process. This information should be transparently available to all applicants, to make the admission process fairer and easier to navigate.When I first applied to graduate entry medicine in England my application strategy was solely based on the information I’d gleaned from official university websites. I was unanimously rejected.Although my academic credentials and the result of my university clinical aptitude test (UCAT) were technically above the minimum criteria officially required by my chosen schools, I was told that this was unfortunately a…
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