Certain universities allow candidates to reapply for Medicine if they were unsuccessful previously. This table lists what the university websites currently say about reapplying, where details are available. For the most accurate, up-to-date information, you should always contact the Medical School directly and check with them.
Medical School | Can You Reapply? |
---|---|
Aberdeen | Yes |
Aston | Yes, but they recommend asking the admissions team for more info |
Anglia Ruskin | Not specified |
Barts | Yes |
Birmingham | Yes if you didn’t get invited to interview; No if you were rejected after an interview |
Brighton & Sussex | Yes |
Bristol | Not specified |
Buckingham | Not specified |
Cambridge | Yes |
Cardiff | Yes |
Dundee | Not specified |
Edge Hill | Yes |
Edinburgh | Yes |
Exeter | Not specified |
Glasgow | Yes |
Hull York | Not specified |
Imperial | Not specified |
Keele | Not specified |
Kent and Medway | Not specified |
King’s College London | Not specified |
Lancaster | Yes if you didn’t get invited to interview; No if you were rejected after an interview |
Leeds | Yes |
Leicester | Yes if you didn’t get invited to interview or if your interview score was no more than 10% below the level that was needed for an offer |
Lincoln | Yes |
Liverpool | Yes |
Manchester | Yes, but they recommend checking with the admissions office |
Newcastle | Yes |
Norwich (UEA) | Yes |
Nottingham | Yes |
Oxford | Yes |
Plymouth | Not specified |
Queen’s Belfast | Yes if certain criteria are met (see QUB’s Medicine Admissions Policy) |
Sheffield | Yes |
Southampton | Yes |
St Andrews | Yes |
St George’s | Yes |
Sunderland | Yes |
UCL (University College London) | Yes |
University of Central Lancashire | Yes |
If you’ve applied to Medical School before, you still need to register with UCAS again. The username and password that you previously used won’t work, so you’ll need to create a new account.
The rest of the application process is the same – you need to sit the UCAT and/or BMAT (your score from last year won’t count), submit a Personal Statement and select your Medical School choices. When making your choices, double-check which Medical Schools allow reapplications, because you don’t want to waste an application choice!
Don’t forget to update your Personal Statement from last year, e.g. with any new work experience or volunteering experience you now have and with information on how you have made the most of your gap year.
If you’re resitting any A-Levels, remember to include your new predicted A-Level grades in your application – and only apply to Medical Schools which will accept your A-Level resits.
If you didn’t get into Medical School last time, you’ll naturally want to improve your application and boost your chances of getting in this time. Some universities specifically ask that reapplicants show new evidence of improvement in their application.
Ways of improving your application could include:
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