The Unofficial Guide to Getting Into Medical School (2^nd Ed.)

This book is designed to help you become one of the few applicants to get into a highly competitive medicine degree, based on the insights of over 300 medical students across 32 UK medical schools.

Written in a clear and engaging style, the Unofficial Guide offers unique content to help you stand out from the crowd with useful tips and information at every stage of the process. It demystifies what you can expect from the degree, talks you though writing the application, covers what you need to know (and appear to know) for the interview, and provides a full guide to exam preparation.

Updated to incorporate recent post-COVID changes to the admission process, and full of real-life examples from those who have succeeded before you, this will be a much-cherished companion for every would-be doctor.

• Unique, highly relevant and inspirational content, all based on real-life experiences
• Complete approach that focuses on every aspect of getting into medical school
• Written by doctors and medical students - full of tips and tricks that work
• Improve your application - covers what admission tutors are looking for when making their selection
• Blitz the interview - strategies and techniques, the top 120 most commonly encountered questions, plus all the extra-curricular background reading required
• Ace your entrance exams - 20-hour preparation strategy
• Write a fantastic personal statement - step-by-step support using previous successful examples
• Graduate medicine applications and dedicated section for international students
• Includes a section dedicated to international students

• Content updated to include post-COVID changes to the process
• More real-life examples
• How to select the best medical school to increase your chances
• New diagrams

Bogdan Chiva Giurca BMBS has worked globally in widening access to medical school, through setting up Medefine Education - a network of 500+ successful and enthusiastic medical students and doctors from all over the UK. For his achievements, he has been granted a series of outstanding awards including New Leaders Award (2018), Student Leader of the Year (2016-2017), Medical Student of the Year (2017-2018, College of Medicine), as well as meeting HRH Prince of Wales on two occasions and receiving an honorarium for community impact.
Zeshan Qureshi, BM, BSc (Hons), MSc, MRCPCH, FAcadMEd, MRCPS(Glasg)
Paediatric Registrar
London Deanery
United Kingdom