BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

Juber

The end of an era marks the beginning of something truly amazing. It was a dream from when I was very young to have a career as a medic but due to unfortunate circumstances including my A-level results, I was not able to secure the conditional offers I held for medicine in two of London’s greatest medical schools including Kings College London and Barts and The London School of Medicine. Having lost all offers felt like living the worst nightmare ever. However, things did start to settle in once I was fortunate enough to gain a place through clearing at the University of Greenwich to read BSc H Biomedical Science.

My experience at Greenwich was truly amazing and I knew if I was to achieve the very best in this degree, I would be eligible to apply for post-graduate medicine to enable me to fulfil my dreams.

From my very first day at the University of Greenwich, I was able to make new friends and understand the course I had commenced with an aim to achieve the very best. I had met many other students within my course who had similar plans as myself having obtained a place at the university through Clearing and hence this ensured me that I was not the odd one out. We were all like a massive family with similar if not the same aspirations in life. The lecturers were great and always made time during lectures and out of lectures for us to have our questions answered whether it was personal or regarding the course. The primary involvement of lab based work intertwined within the degree programme is extremely advantageous as it enables students to gain the all vital lab experience in order to pursue a career as a Biomedical Scientist. I extremely enjoyed being set coursework and exam questions which required us to read through patient medical history in order to come to a firm decision on both a diagnosis and treatment for patients. This is very similar to what physicians have to undergo on a regular basis and hence having completed such activities has prepared me very well for my future studies.

The School of Science is located in Medway and hence students who travel from various other locations really have to visit the place to discover the advantages of studying at Medway. One of these advantages includes the fact that Medway is a quiet town which makes it an ideal location for university studies. Medway also offers students a thriving night life with numerous local night clubs including Bliss in Gillingham and the Casino rooms and Amadeus in Rochester. Just to note we are also very fortunate to have access to a state-of-the-art, award-winning £10 million Drill Hall Library which is also classed as the longest library in Europe. Student who wish to stay in London whilst studying have the advantage of using the inter-campus buses to commute from the Greenwich campus to the Medway campus and vice versa. I personally drove to Medway when I had labs/lectures and hence was glad to be able to park my car within the campus at very cheap rates.

My three years at the University of Greenwich has come to an end and I must say it flew by. I am ever so grateful to the University of Greenwich and its enquiry unit for helping me thoroughly understand what clearing was all about and helping me become aware of the choices I had available prior to gaining a place at their institution. It was definitely not the end of world but the start of something rather fun, interesting and rewarding. I have successfully completed reading BSc H Biomedical Science this academic year (July 2013) with a first class honours and will be going onto studying medicine in the future to fulfil my dreams. It is much easier for me now to not only obtain a place but secure a place at a medical school as I am an eligible candidate with the required entry qualifications taking into account my A-levels were not great. Giving up is a rather quick decision to make but for us to achieve in life we must continue to believe and work hard. In order to succeed you must build a foundation and for me the University of Greenwich has enabled me to build mine. I would like to thank all the amazing lecturers and staff who ensured all students had a great university experience whilst learning the required course specification.