About PremedGuide

Free, independent guidance for aspiring doctors — built by people who have been through the process.

Our mission

Making medical school accessible

The medical school application process is opaque, stressful, and — if you don't know where to look — deeply unequal. Students at well-resourced schools benefit from dedicated advisers and expensive tutoring. Students without those advantages are left to figure it out alone.

PremedGuide exists to close that gap. Everything here is free, written from experience, and updated each application cycle. We don't sell courses, take advertising, or favour particular schools or services.

Our commitment: PremedGuide will always be free. No paywalls, no premium tiers, no upsells. If we can't say something for free, we won't say it at all.

What we are

  • ✓Free and independent
  • ✓Written with reference to official admissions guidance
  • ✓Updated each application cycle
  • ✓Focused on UK undergraduate medical applications
  • ✓Honest about uncertainty and variation between schools

What we are not

  • ✗Affiliated with any medical school or admissions body
  • ✗A tutoring or coaching service
  • ✗A substitute for official admissions guidance
  • ✗Able to guarantee admissions outcomes
  • ✗Providing medical or clinical advice
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Accuracy first

We only publish information we can verify against official sources. When we're uncertain, we say so.

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Updated regularly

Entry requirements, UCAT thresholds, and interview formats change. We review all content each cycle.

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Plain language

No jargon, no filler. Every page is written to be useful to a Year 11 student and a gap-year applicant alike.

Disclaimer

An important note

All content on PremedGuide is provided for general guidance only. Entry requirements, interview formats, UCAT thresholds, and application procedures change from year to year and vary between universities.

Always verify any information on this site directly with the relevant university's admissions office and with official bodies including UCAS, the UCAT Consortium, and the AAMC (for MCAT). We cannot be responsible for decisions made based on information that has since changed.

If you spot an error or outdated information, please contact us — we take accuracy seriously and will review it promptly.