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!

 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

  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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hi everyone I’m Finlay. I’m an aspiring medical student from Aberdeen, and have accepted an offer for Medicine from Dundee University. When I first decided I wanted to study medicine, I didn’t really know enough about what the profession even involved, never mind how...

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...

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...