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Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year... - The Student Room
Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
My friend said he found that on UCAS [I can't find it :-/] There are approximately 6500 places for medicine overall...
Less than a quarter of applicants will get in!
:eek3:
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
Quote: : My friend said he found that on UCAS [I can't find it :-/] There are approximately 6500 places for medicine overall...
Less than a quarter of applicants will get in!
:eek3:
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
oh well, guess I'll apply next year...
And the year after....and the year after..
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
Quote: : My friend said he found that on UCAS [I can't find it :-/] There are approximately 6500 places for medicine overall...
Less than a quarter of applicants will get in!
:eek3:
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
source proof
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
Holy.
Freakin'. Crap.
Is that inc.
GEP or just for regular?
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
Surely there's no way that can be true?
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
Sorry for freaking you guys out O_O
I was kinda hoping someone would be able to prove it otherwise...
:-/
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
I imagine he is talking about this (clicky) .
When looking for figures look in the media or publications or news sections.
First of all as far as I can see the total number of applications for Medicine is 21389, not 27500.
Secondly, by 6500, do you mean 6500 places or 6500 offers.
I think the former is more likely.
Therefore you should take into account that more offers are made than places, as some people will get multiple offers and some will miss their grades.
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
Not sure about the overall number of applicants BUT according to an article in the telegraph, the number of applicants for medicine has increased by 13.6% :eek3:
Figures from Ucas showed applications for medicine were up 13.7 per cent, dentistry increased by 12.6 per cent and veterinary medicine was up 14 per cent.
Applications from outside the UK increased by 16.6 per cent, it was revealed.
This included a 26.8 per cent rise among Chinese students.
Oxford University, which shuts its admissions earlier than other universities, along with Cambridge, reported a 12 per cent rise in applications.
The National Union of Students called for an urgent expansion of university places.
Wes Streeting, NUS president, said: "We now have a clear indication that competition for university places will be fierce again during the next admissions round.
Given that tens of thousands of people lost out this year, the Government must look immediately at an expansion of places.”
David Lammy, the Higher Education Minister, said: “This year there will be more students than ever before going to university.
It is still early in the application cycle for next year, but it is encouraging to see that overall application numbers in England to some of the most selective courses and institutions are up on this time last year.
"We have encouraged people from all backgrounds to aspire to university, and our initiatives have seen the percentage of young entrants to first time degrees from state schools, lower social groups and low participation backgrounds all increase over the last decade.”
Oxford University announced it had received more than 17,000 applications this year for around 3,000 undergraduate places - an increase of 12 per cent.
Most of the 1,808 additional applications came from state schools.
Virginia Isaac, Ucas acting chief executive, said: “While it is pleasing to see the continued rise in applications, it is too early in the cycle to tell whether this significant increase will be sustained throughout 2010 entry.
“It does indicate, however, that in certain areas, once again, prospective students will be facing strong competition for places."
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
argh this is really really depressing.
You guys ever wish you didnt want to do medicine aha?
Im like "ah if only i didnt care about doing it so much...."
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
That is quite a lot.
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
1/4 roughly - that's not bad odds tbh.
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8338245.stm
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
and alot of the failed medics will go into pharmacy
boo
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
oh fiddlesticks
Come on gap year working as a porter!
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
look on the bright side...
If we dont get in we can go on awesome gap years then re-apply with amazing w/e, extra maturity and more understanding of how the admissions system works!
or lets just hope those 1000s of extra applicants applying this year are all rubbish...
:P
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
I am officially pooing my pants
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Re: Apparently there are 27500 applicants for medicine this year...
oh and also remember that it includes graduate entry and foundation courses...
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