Lincoln Medical School vs Warwick (GEM)

Lincoln Medical School requires AAB including Chemistry and Biology.

Warwick (GEM) requires A*AA (for undergraduate) - Graduate entry also available.

Warwick (GEM) is the stricter A-Level offer; Lincoln Medical School is slightly more forgiving. If your predicted grades are borderline, Lincoln Medical School carries the lower academic-rejection risk pre-interview.

GCSE profile matters at both schools — Lincoln Medical School: Min 6 GCSEs at grade 6 including Maths, English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics (or dual-award Science). Warwick (GEM): Not applicable - Warwick is a graduate-entry-only programme. Requires a 2:1 honours degree (any subject).

Both Lincoln Medical School and Warwick (GEM) use MMI interviews, so the underlying prep approach is the same — practise ethics frameworks, NHS hot-topic answers and (for MMI) structured station responses against a timer.

Interview windows: Lincoln Medical School interviews in December - March; Warwick (GEM) in December.

Lincoln Medical School runs a Integrated curriculum; Warwick (GEM) runs a PBL curriculum. The teaching philosophies are different — Lincoln Medical School delivers more didactic lectures with structured systems-based progression, while Warwick (GEM) centres learning around clinical cases.

Specifics: Five-year MBBChir partnered with Nottingham. Lincoln-based teaching with Lincolnshire NHS clinical placements (Lincoln County Hospital, Pilgrim Hospit Four-year accelerated MBChB for graduate entrants. Problem-based learning with significant clinical exposure from Year 1.

Intake size: Lincoln Medical School — ~80 places per year (small cohort, focused on Lincolnshire placements).; Warwick (GEM) — ~190 home + ~15 international places per year (4-year accelerated MBChB).. A larger cohort means more peer breadth; a smaller cohort means more tutor contact.

Lincoln Medical School: Strong choice for low-UCAT, high-SJT applicants. SJT scored heavily (B1 = 15, B2 = 10, B3 = 5, B4 = 0). A band 1 SJT can offset a relatively modest UCAT score in the overall ranking.

Warwick (GEM): Graduate entry programme with selection-centre structure rather than traditional MMI. Strong emphasis on team working and observed group behaviour. Interviewers score across the full range of activities.