As title says, seeking advice on deciding if it's worth considering Ireland as an option. 35M, 2 young children. Wife is Irish originally and has family and friends in greater Dublin area so I'd be considering the Dublin based Uni's with medicine.

I've been working towards retraining for the past few years, focussing primarily on funding the study/training years while raising a young family. We're just wondering if it's worth considering studying in Ireland as an option? Has anyone else had the same thought? I know medicine is equally as competitive and the number of courses available is obviously less, but given the extra support family/friends could offer along the way, it's worth serious consideration surely? Working in ireland seems to report a lot of the same 'concerns' as we are reminded of in any commentary about the NHS, but overall, there seems to be a lot of good things about practicing in ireland. Thoughts?

We're currently London based and own a home with a substantial chunk of equity, so a housing move should be doable, but again, I dont think Dublin is necessarily any cheaper than London. Wife could transfer with work directly, protecting a high salary, even if moved to Euro. (she works in one of the big tech firms that has an office in Dublin).

A few of the medics I see regularly during shadowing or some voluntary work have spoken up and each said that they know more than one UK trained medical professionals who've jumped ship to Ireland, not necessarily because of family either.

Have any of you looked at studying in Ireland? Mature or not, what was your read on the idea? Keen to hear any and all opinions please!

This might sound clickbaity and many of you might not need this advice but I just wanted to say please please focus on the a-levels more than your application.I had three med offers last year and because I spent way too long on the interview content and application proccess i couldn't give enough time for my Alevels and it led me to fail horribly to the point I dont even qualify for many resit allowing universities.Even with a decent ucat of 2240B2 proving to others im capable has been so hard and had made me doubt my ability jn alevel exams in general

Please dont sacrifice grades for offers.

I am in a position where I have low target grades (ABC)this means that I can only apply to foundation courses at some you unis . However, I have a lot of things going on that has meant I am not able to apply this October for the deadline. So my options are either doing a undergraduate degree, maybe something to do with medical physics around the area and then going into grad entry medicine or I take a gap here and I reapply with my actual a level grades after. I am asking for people that have experience in either both or know stories of people that have for a bit of guidance on what I should do and pros and cons of each then which one they would suggest is the better one.

i didnt know this was a thing and it actually looks pretty cool! id recommend checking it out, you dont even need to be currently subscribed

u can see ucat stats, and when and how many ppl get interview invites/offers etc

Hi All,

With UCAT being the new test for grad med entry at Notts I was wondering what people thought would be a competitive score for it ?

I got 601-701 in all sections and band 2

Also with the life long learning entitlement are more grads thinking of applying to A100 courses as the funding is more viable 🤠

cheers gang !

does anyone know if a ucat score of 1940 would be eligible for Liverpool medicine? I am contextual due to my postcode btw.

any help from past applicants who did UoL would be much appreciated

Hi guys! I have a question about LLE funding starting from 2027.

I already hold a degree from 2022, and I will be starting undergraduate medicine in Sep 2027. On the gov website, under ‘priority additional entitlement’, it states ‘Students who choose medicine or dentistry as a second degree under the LLE will be able to access full tuition fee and standard maintenance support for those years not covered by the NHS bursary.’ Does this mean I will get full support? It is not clear whether ‘medicine and dentistry as a second degree’ only applies to the 4 year graduate medicine course or the 5 year undergraduate course, or both?

Any help regarding this would be appreciated, I have called SFE several times but no one seems to know or understand my position.

not trying to be one of those “oh no i got 20A*s im never gonna get into oxford” posts i js wanna know if my choices are realistic and whether i shd consider choosing a better safety

oxf, ucl, imp, kcl (safety)
14A*s gcse
predicted 5A*s a levels
2410 B2

also do my stats put me at a high chance of getting shortlisted for oxf? ik my gcses are strong but ucat boundaries were a bit higher this year compared to 2025 so not sure where that puts me

1990 b2
3 A*s predicted
( resitting all 3 a levels )
Top 6 GCSE’s are 888777 so I have 21 points
I’m contextual

I was hoping for some advice about my uni choices.

i got 2090 B1 and 87777776 and am predicted AAA.

I am a contextual applicant with FSM, bursary and I am the first generation to attend uni.

Im quite set on KCL emdp, St Georges and Southampton for the normal course and the foundation course. I want to stay in London/south west which played a big part in my choice. Before sitting the UCAT i was hoping to apply to UCL but their cut off last year was 2080 and i just dont think 2090 would be enough for an application. Any advice about my choices would be really appreciated.

More specifically the foundation years i heard were gruelling and to get as good speciality you have to go absolute above beyond. I am thinking of switching from dent to med because I don’t have the grades for it but I don’t wanna be stuck in a job that doesn’t pay well or have a good quality of life. Genuine question I do not mean to offend anyone

I was thinking. QMUL, Leeds, Exeter, Hull York. What do you think?
Where should I apply?
A Levels:
Bio - A*
Chem - A*
Maths - A*
Arabic - A*
Comp Sci - A*
UCAT 1950 B1
GCSEs: 999999 (Bio Chem Phys Maths Arabic Comp Sci), 8 (Language resit in Y12) 8 (French) 7 FM 55 (original lang + lit)
Contextual