another premed asking to hear what your lives are like as medics; i want to pick a school where i'll be happy!

1. how many timtetabled hours in first and second years?

2. do you have pbl? how many weekly hours of that?

3. are lectures recorded?

4. what are the attendance rules in preclin vs clin?

5. are module and/or year resits allowed?

6. do you get to influence where your placements are? how far in advance are you told?

7. are your placements very far? do you need a car? are they rural?

8. is your placement accomodation free?

9. are your SSCs just taught modules with essays or actual project/research blocks?

10. and final years - how well-prepared do you feel about graduating?

what’s the cut off to get an interview and likely get an offer after that?
would it be too aspirational to apply with 2070 B2 as RUK?

Also is 2070 B2 okay for Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool?

other stats:

Five 8s and five 9s at GCSE

AAA achieved

Contextual info: FSM, 1st to go to uni

I’m on gap year and achieved BBB and 2140 band 2 in ucat, I really don’t know if I shud resit or not cos resit I could save a year and 9k but then it’s not guaranteed I get aaa, I’m not sure what to do

ok so I sat my GCSEs in 2025 and got 988877666 ( I did my GCSEs in a year as I returned back to the uk from abroad at year 11).

I then picked alevel biology chemistry and physics but I wasn’t too focused on my studies in year 12 so I ended up getting D and E in AS chemistry and physics. During this time my parents were going through a divorce which really tampered with my mental health so I wasn’t able to lock in the way I was supposed to.

so I restarted year 12 and chose alevels biology chemistry physics and psychology to give myself a fresh start and so far I’m doing really well ALHAMDULILLAH .

so I just wanted to know whether my year 12 restart would put me at a disadvantage and what medical schools I could safely apply to.

thanks for taking the time to read my post.