St Mary's Twickenham vs Worcester Medical School

St Mary's Twickenham requires AAA prediction and offer requirements, must include chemistry or biology as well as one of biology/chemistry/physics/maths. Resits only considered in exceptional circumstances. GCSEs: grade 6 minimum in maths, English language, biology and chemistry (or dual award science).

Worcester Medical School requires BBB including Chemistry and Biology.

St Mary's Twickenham is the stricter A-Level offer; Worcester Medical School is slightly more forgiving. If your predicted grades are borderline, Worcester Medical School carries the lower academic-rejection risk pre-interview.

Both St Mary's Twickenham and Worcester Medical School 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: St Mary's Twickenham interviews in December - March; Worcester Medical School in January - March.

St Mary's Twickenham: For international students only and new this year - apply directly in addition to your 4 UCAS medical choices, so no harm in giving it a try. The medical school is actively seeking links with international applicants.

Worcester Medical School: Partnership with Swansea University Medical School (provides degree accreditation while Worcester completes GMC accreditation). Emphasis on community-based learning and serving local populations in the West Midlands.