Medic Mentor Reviews CLASS of 2019-2020
Below are a collection of Medic Mentor Reviews from our most recent cohort of summer school attendees. These are all students who will be starting Medical School in September 2020. Click on their profiles to find out how they successfully obtained their medical school offers!
Zoe Okoye, Year 12, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Zoe Okoye and I am a year 12 student who has been enrolled in Medic mentor’s medical leadership programme for the past year and let me tell you it has been one incredible journey! ( This picture shows me presenting at a NHW earlier this year!) Some of...
Ruqayyah Naeem, Year 13, Bolton School, Medic Mentor Review
Hello! I am Ruqayyah Naeem, a school society member and scholar for Medic Mentor. I am currently in year 13 at Bolton School and I have attended Medic Mentor National Healthcare Weekends since year 10. Starting to attend these conferences from a relatively young...
Oliver Smyth, Year 12, Fallibroome Academy, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Oliver Smyth and I currently attend TheFallibroome Academy in Macclesfield, Cheshire. I am currently in year 12and studying A-level Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Geography.My first experience with Medic Mentor was several months ago when Iattended a...
Sahil Ravisangar, Medic Mentor Review
I did not always know I wanted to study medicine. Up until midway of year 12 I had wanted to study dentistry and when I had my doubts about that I started searching for some medicine-related events and found the Medic Mentor National Healthcare Weekend. I was inspired...
Shaan Kulkarni, Year 12, Sir Thomas Rich’s School, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Shaan Kulkarni and I’m an aspiring medic in Year 12 at Sir Thomas Rich’s School. Since joining the Medical Leadership Programme (MLP) at Medic Mentor I have been able to access a huge number of unique experiences and learning opportunities which I...
Shreeja Tripathi, S6, Cults Academy, Medic Mentor Review
Hello everyone! My name is Shreeja Tripathi and I am the Vice President of the National Virtual Medical Society (VMS). I am an S6 student at Cults Academy and an aspiring Medic. I’ll be sharing my experience with regards to the Medical Leadership Programme (MLP) and...
Tess Anderson, S6, Largs Academy, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Tess Anderson. I went to Largs Academy in North Ayrshire, Scotland. I have been a School Ambassador for a year and co-founded a Medical Society at my school. The Medical Leadership Program and other opportunities that Medic Mentor has provided, have helped...
Seren Adams, S6, Dunblane High School, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Seren Adams and I am an S6 pupil at Dunblane High School. I first discovered Medic Mentor in my fifth year of high school (the year of the dreaded higher examinations), when Dr Siva came to talk to the pupils at my school that were interested in medicine....
Ronan Kennedy, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Ronan, and I am currently 18 years old, attend a state school and have applied to study medicine. This journey has been fairly long, probably starting around year 10 – and building momentum through the years. I won’t bore you with the ‘what sparked my...
Scarlett Debbage, Year 13, Chesham Grammar School, Medic Mentor Review
Hi, I’m Scarlett. I’m in year 13 at Chesham Grammar School and am hoping (if I get the grades!) to study dentistry at Leeds in September. I never knew what I wanted to be, so rather than focusing on a career I decided to build up my CV, by completing my Gold...
Riyan Shah, Year 10, Watford Grammar School, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Riyan Shah and I attend Watford Grammar School for Boysin Hertfordshire. I am currently in Year 10 and became a MedicalLeadership School Ambassador with Medic Mentor in 2019. I have beenpart of this fantastic programme for a year now and I can honestly...
Rahul Shamji, Bishop Vesey Grammar School, Year 12, Medic Mentor Review
My journey to Medic mentor began when I attended the National Health Conference in February 2020. Here, I saw perspectives from recent successful applicants giving me an insight on what it is like to be a medical student. This motivated me to apply for the...
Manas Agrawal, George Heriots School, Medic Mentor Review
Hello everyone, I am Manas Agrawal. I am 16 years old and I go to George Heriots School in Edinburgh. I am extremely passionate about pursuing a career in Medicine. My first involvement with Medic Mentor was when I attended the National Healthcare weekend in Stirling...
Namrata Juneja, Medic Mentor Review
One of my earliest memories with Medic Mentor is writing about learning how to suture on a banana as part of a course in a CV building workshop at a National Healthcare Weekend. This was where I first encountered a few friendly medical students who later became an...
Megan Richardson, Medic Mentor Review
After attending a Medic Mentor event in year 10, I set up a school society for students in my school through medic mentor. It was such an amazing opportunity to be a leader and build my confidence in a group of like-minded peers. Since then, I have enjoyed and...
Canbright Tianfield, S6, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Canbright Tianfield; I am a recent school leaver and aspiring medic from Glasgow. I didn’t actually want to be a doctor until I finished sitting my National 5s and was picking my Higher subjects. The first time I began to question what I wanted to do in the...
Jessica Longden, Year 13, Medic Mentor Review
My journey with Medic Mentor began in the Autumn of 2017: at this point I had just begun year 11 and was confident with the idea that medicine was the course I wanted to apply for however had very little knowledge on what the process really involved. So, I decided to...
Isabella Kressel, Year 12, Priestley Sixth Form College, Medic Mentor Review
After having joined the Medical Leadership Programme this past academic year, the experiences and opportunities which have been afforded to me, have led to my own vast personal development, in both an academic and personal sense. My name is Isabella Kressel and I am...
Harry Collier-Smith, Year 12, The Bishop’s Stortford High School, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Harry Collier-Smith, and I am a year 12 student at The Bishop’s Stortford High School. Within my school I am a Deputy Head Boy with my specific role being aiding the transition of year 7 and 12 students, helping them to integrate into school life. This...
James Xiang Yu Ong, Year 11, Bishop Stopford School, Medic Mentor Review
My name is James and I am in Year 11 at Bishop Stopford School in Kettering. In my free time I enjoy playing the piano (here I am playing “Funk Groove #5 in D Minor” as a finalist for the Woodard Musician of the Year award, which took place on Zoom instead of...
Holly Brennan, Year 12, Harlington Upper School, Medic Mentor Review
Hello, my name is Holly Brennan, I am currently in Year 12 at Harlington Upper School studying Chemistry, Maths, Physics and Further Maths(AS). My aspiration is to become a doctor. My journey with Medic Mentor started with the ‘Insight into Medicine Conference’ on the...
Fathimah Saqib, Year 12, King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar school, Medic Mentor Review
Hi, I’m Fathimah, a year 12 student at King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar school. The opportunity to be part of the ‘Medic Mentor Leadership Programme’ has been very beneficial in my journey in, hopefully, becoming a medical student and doctor. I have attended two of...
Erin McGee, S6, St Andrew’s and St Bride’s High School, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Erin McGee (second on the left), and I am a new S6 at St Andrew’s and St Bride’s High School. Over the past year, medic mentor has provided me with so many excellent opportunities which have helped my growth, not just as an aspiring medic, but as a person....
Eloise North, Year 12, Carmel College, Medic Mentor Review
As a Year 12 student (this is me hiking Moel Famau with my Hype Merseyside group in preparation for our Social Action trip to South Africa) studying A Levels in Maths, Chemistry and Biology in a new College, as soon as I heard about the Medic Mentors Leadership...
Charlotte MacMahon, Year 12, Bedford Girls’ School, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Charlotte MacMahon, I am currently in year twelve at Bedford Girls’ School and I hope to study Veterinary at university. I have been part of the Medic Mentor Leadership Programme for almost a year and I have found it very beneficial so far due to the wide...
Aimée Schilder, Year 11, The Hertfordshire and Essex High School & Science College, Medic Mentor Review
My name is Aimée Schilder, and I am a Year 11 student at The Hertfordshire and Essex High School & Science College. I have completed my first year of being a Medic Mentor Student Ambassador, and have attended 3 Medical Leadership Programme conferences this...
Tessa Yau, 3 Medical School Offers, S6 Albyn School Medic Mentor Review
Hey everyone, my name is Tessa and I will hopefully be studying medicine at the University of Aberdeen (as long as I get the grades!). I had been keen on studying medicine since I was about 15 so I had attended a fair number of medical insight events before I came...
Hannah Affany, 4 Medical School Offers, Gap Year St Olave’s Grammar School, Medic Mentor Review
I think I was 11-years-old when I decided I was going to be a doctor. Being quite impressionable, I loved the idea of this heroic career where I could right all the wrongs and save humanity from the evil grips of suffering. It is also worth noting I was quite dramatic...
Carolyn Thomas, 4 Medical School Offers, S6 Cults Academy, Medic Mentor Review
Hello everyone! My name is Carolyn Thomas, a recent school leaver hopefully going on to study medicine at the University of Dundee this coming October. Like many of you out there interested in a career in healthcare, I was fascinated by the sciences and how they can...
Honor Kitson, 4 Medical School Offers, Yr13 Herts & Essex High School, Medic Mentor Review
When I was 6 years old on ‘dress up as your dream career’ day at school, I went as a doctor. However, this was not because I was this incredibly focused child that knew I wanted to pursue medicine from a young age. It was actually because Doctor was the first costume...
Koby Kalavannan, 4 Medical School Offers, Hampton Boys School, Year 13, Medic Mentor Summer School Review 2020
My name is Koby Kalavannan and I’m one of the Year 13 Medic Mentor Summer School students who managed to secure 4 medical offers from Cambridge, Imperial, Keele and Cardiff. I’ve been part of the Medic Mentor community for the past year and I can’t begin to imagine...
Olivia King, 2 Medical School Offers, Yr 13 Townley Grammar School, Medic Mentor Review
Hi! My name is Olivia, I am currently in Year 13 and I am planning to study medicine at Leicester University in September. I first discovered Medic Mentor at the beginning of Year 12 when I went to the Get into Medicine Conference. I was really inspired by the mentors...