A Conversation Every Parent Needs to Have Picture this: Your child has dreamed of becoming a doctor since they were eight years old. They’ve worked tirelessly—top grades, volunteer work, shadowing physicians. You’ve invested in the best education, supported their ambitions, and now they’re on track for medical school. But here’s
The Certificate Trap That’s Costing Students Their Dreams I need to tell you something that might upset you: those Coursera and edX certificates your child has been collecting? They’re not going to get them into a top UK medical school. I know this is hard to hear, especially if you’ve
The Uncomfortable Truth About Medical School Admissions in 2026 Let me be straight with you: if you think a stellar UCAT score and perfect A-levels are your golden ticket to medical school, you’re in for a rude awakening. I’ve watched countless students—brilliant, dedicated, passionate about medicine—get rejection letters despite scoring
UCAT (University Clinical Aptitude Test), or as known previously as the UKCAT, is an admission test or medical entrance exam most widely accepted and approved as a part of the selection process to a consortium of universities through the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. After establishing itself as an