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How do I prepare for my interview for med school?

The most useful way to prepare for your interview is to go through your personal statement and pick out 5 main points that you want to get across to your interviewer.

For example:

Answered by Andie L. • Medical School Preparation tutor

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What/how much work experience should I do?

Unfortunately there is no set amount/type of work experience that you can do that will garuntee that you will obtain a place at medical school. From what I understand the medical school are more intere...

Answered by Hannah G. • Medical School Preparation tutor

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Do I need to have shadowed a GP before applying?

In short, no. It's an unfortunately common myth that shadowing a GP is essential for a successful application but this is very much not the case. Basically, what a medical school wants to see in your p...

Answered by Varun J. • Medical School Preparation tutor

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What sort of work experience should I be trying to get and how much is appropriate?

Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to this question. A lot of the answer isn’t based on a pro forma tick list, but in understanding and proving your motives both to yourself and the medical schools ...

Answered by Rhys T. • Medical School Preparation tutor

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Do I have to have had work experience in a hospital?

No, although it looks good and is valuable (and so if you can thats great) medical schools understand that it can be very difficult to actually get work experience in hospitals. It would look equally i...

Answered by Millie O. • Medical School Preparation tutor

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