Get Into UK Medicine
From knowing absolutely nothing about the application process to holding an offer from your dream medical school. A step-by-step guide written by a King's College London medical student who has been through every single stage.
- Every stage of the UK application, start to finish
- Written for GCSEs onward - no prior knowledge assumed
- The current 2026 UCAT format and 3-question personal statement, covered properly
- A full year-by-year application timeline from Year 10 onward
Every chapter, in full
What is UK medicine, actually?
What the degree looks like · How long it takes · What you do after · Is it right for you?
How the application system works
What UCAS is · How medical applications differ · The key dates · The whole process, mapped
GCSEs - your starting point
Which ones matter for medicine · What grades you need · Building a strong foundation
A-Levels - the most important stage
Which subjects you need · Grade requirements · The EPQ explained
The UCAT - what it is and how to ace it
Why it exists · The current 2026 format · What a good score looks like · Aadi's strategy
Work experience - why it matters
What counts · How to get it · What to do with it in your application
Your UCAS application & personal statement
Filling in UCAS · The new 3-question personal statement · What tutors look for
Choosing your four medical schools
How to choose · Overview of top schools · Fees · Aadi's choices and why
Interviews - how they work and how to prepare
What an MMI is · What each station tests · Medical ethics, explained simply
Student finance - what you actually pay
Tuition fee loans · Maintenance loans for 2026-27 · Repayment · NHS bursary
If you don't get in - what to do next
Gap year strategy · Reapplication · HCA route · European schools · Graduate entry
Master application timeline
Complete year-by-year roadmap, Year 10 to your first day at medical school
The actual opening of Chapter 1
What is UK medicine, actually?
Before thinking about how to get into medical school, it is worth making sure you understand what you are actually applying for. A lot of students apply because it is what their family expects, or because they have always assumed it is what they want to do, without really understanding what medical school involves day-to-day, or what life as a doctor actually looks like. This chapter covers the basics.
Unlike in the United States, where you complete a four-year undergraduate degree first and then apply to medical school, in the UK you apply directly from school at age 17 or 18. If you get in, you spend five years at medical school and graduate as a qualified doctor. You do not need any degree before starting.
My decision to pursue medicine came from a combination of things:
How Aadi answers "Why medicine?" is in the full guide
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A note from Aadi
- King's College London, MBBS Medicine (Year 4)
- UCAT 3130 - top 1% nationally, 2022
- 10 × Grade 9 GCSEs
- 4 × A* A-Levels: Biology, Chemistry, Maths, EPQ (49/50)
I grew up in the UK from the age of six. Like a lot of students thinking about medicine for the first time, I remember how overwhelming the whole process felt. There were endless acronyms, conflicting advice online, and a constant feeling that everyone else somehow understood the system better than I did.
What I eventually realised is that applying to medical school is not actually as complicated as it first seems, once somebody explains it properly, in plain English, step by step. That is exactly what this guide is designed to do. I applied to four medical schools. I got interviews at all four and eventually firmed King's College London, where I am now a fourth-year medical student. This guide contains everything I know, including the things I wish someone had told me earlier.
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