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UCAS application timeline
- 1
Year 12 — spring
Shortlist courses, start work experience, book any admissions test.
- 2
Summer
Draft your personal statement and attend open days.
- 3
September
Sit admissions tests where required; finalise your UCAS choices.
- 4
Autumn deadline
Medicine and dentistry close earlier than most courses — check UCAS for the current date.
- 5
Winter
Interview invitations arrive; practise MMI stations out loud.
- 6
Spring
Firm and insurance decisions, then results day preparation.
Dates change each cycle — always confirm deadlines on the UCAS website, and check each healthcare course guide for pathway-specific deadlines.
Personal statement checklist
- Answers each UCAS question directly rather than as one essay
- Reflects on experience instead of listing it
- Names specific skills the course assesses
- Avoids claims you could not defend at interview
- Reads naturally out loud, with no filler opening line
- Checked by someone who has not read your earlier drafts
Interview preparation checklist
- Practised a structured framework for ethical scenarios
- Rehearsed answers verbally and against a timer
- Can explain why this profession and not the adjacent one
- Know current issues affecting the profession in the UK
- Prepared two questions to ask the interviewers
- Planned travel, ID and documents for the day
Work experience reflection log
Copy these five columns into a document or spreadsheet and fill one row in after every session, while the detail is fresh.
- Date
- Setting
- What happened
- What it showed me
- What I would do differently
Want more detail?
Our advice articles go deeper on each stage, the free healthcare career quiz helps you narrow down a pathway, and the Pharmacy Interview Master Guide covers 60+ MMI questions with answer frameworks.
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