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Originally Posted by avs
Oxford has possibly the best reputation of all universities in the UK and may be tricky to get into depending on which college you apply to.
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Best overall uni probably, but several Brit med student friends have told me the med school itself is not considered tops for UK. Not that any of them think it's bad, just not as good as, say, Cambridge or Edinburgh, and a few others. Of course Americans don't know that
(and Cambridge I think still doesn't accept non-EU students, not sure about Edinburgh).
BTW Oxford on their site somewhere says they want a 3.5 in one of a list of acceptable biomedical degrees for int'l student.
I think the only advantage to doing an Atlantic Bridge school instead is that you'd get better USMLE prep help (if not at least b.c. you'd be surrounded by N. Americans to help you), although a disad. might be a slight stigma due to common perception they're 2nd Chance schools.
-pitman