<p>Hey everyone :)</p>
<p>I’m a student from SouthEast Asia and I really want to go to the UK to study medicine (one of my cousins went there and she’s having a really great time). </p>
<p>So yeah could you give me honest chances of getting into the top colleges for medicine in the UK, i.e. King’s College, Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College, UCL</p>
<p>Academic stuff:
- Taking A levels next year (got straight As this year)
- Top high school in the country, top 5% of cohort of 1200, 3.83 GPA, dean’s list for Biology and Geography
- Taking H3 (higher level) Biology next year
- 2310 for SAT (750 R, 770 W, 790 M) [I don’t think UK colleges look at this though]
- Fluent in 3 languages
- Participated in a national debate competition, won 3rd place
- Participated in loads of national geography competitions
- Poem published in an international anthology
- Top 50 in an international Haiku competition</p>
<p>ECs:
- Red Cross Society (2 years)
- Biology Society (2 years)
- Angklung Ensemble (2 years), won gold in a national competition
- Peer Support Board (Executive Committee)
- Students’ Council
- Organized and facilitated an international convention for youth leaders</p>
<p>Service:
- Went to Vietnam to teach the kids there English (3 months preparation, 1 week in Vietnam)
- Initiated a programme within my community where I teach piano to less priviliged kids. 6 months of preparation before the kids put up a performance for their parents.
- Many other ad-hoc activities
[I really love working with kids so I may want to specialize as a paediatrician if possible]</p>
<p>Work experience:
- Attachment at a national medical institution (4 weeks)
- Attachment at a clinic (1 week)
- Short attachment at a research facility (few days)</p>
<p>Future plans:
- Becoming a health ambassador for youth
- Giving free online lectures to students taking A levels (will be sorting out the curriculum this year, and giving lectures next year) </p>
<p>Teacher recommendations:
- Should be quite good (I’ve received awards for character/leadership, which are awarded based on nominations from peers and teachers), so hopefully this will show in the recs</p>
<p>Yup that’s it, thanks so much in advance! :)</p>