Fund twins at medical school
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Hi, we are Alex and James, a set of hard-working identical twins, and we really need your help to finish our last three years of medical school.
Raised in Bromley on a low family income, Alex and I attended Ravenswood School, and upon leaving we both accepted places at different universities to study Biomedical Sciences. During, and even before our studies, Alex and I knew we wanted to study medicine. We had felt this way for a while, but at every turn we were told we would be hard pressed to find a place in medical school.
Finally, after three long years of hard work and insufficient sleep, both Alex and I graduated from university with first class degrees. We were of course over the moon and hugely relieved.
Shortly after we both received the news that we had been offered places to study medicine at Barts and Southampton...
This news truly meant the world to us, but it brought with it the question of funding. This is because we had taken the decision to apply to an equal number of BM5 (5-year) and BM4 (4-year) medicine degrees, and the government has decided that graduates studying the BM5 (5-year) course don't quite deserve funding.
Given this, my family as a whole were given the daunting task of raising £92,500 in just 5 years...
My parents have very little money, and so we began reaching out to relatives, my parents have secured a small loan, and I am working at every available opportunity.
As a result, we have managed to self-fund years 1 and 2, and 'only' have £54,000 left to raise...
It would be a real shame if Alex and I were unable to finish medical school this way just because we are from a poorer background, especially as we both achieved some of the highest year 1 results in our respective medical schools!
We have included our first year results transcripts below, and we thank you very much for reading about us.
Raised in Bromley on a low family income, Alex and I attended Ravenswood School, and upon leaving we both accepted places at different universities to study Biomedical Sciences. During, and even before our studies, Alex and I knew we wanted to study medicine. We had felt this way for a while, but at every turn we were told we would be hard pressed to find a place in medical school.
Finally, after three long years of hard work and insufficient sleep, both Alex and I graduated from university with first class degrees. We were of course over the moon and hugely relieved.
Shortly after we both received the news that we had been offered places to study medicine at Barts and Southampton...
This news truly meant the world to us, but it brought with it the question of funding. This is because we had taken the decision to apply to an equal number of BM5 (5-year) and BM4 (4-year) medicine degrees, and the government has decided that graduates studying the BM5 (5-year) course don't quite deserve funding.
Given this, my family as a whole were given the daunting task of raising £92,500 in just 5 years...
My parents have very little money, and so we began reaching out to relatives, my parents have secured a small loan, and I am working at every available opportunity.
As a result, we have managed to self-fund years 1 and 2, and 'only' have £54,000 left to raise...
It would be a real shame if Alex and I were unable to finish medical school this way just because we are from a poorer background, especially as we both achieved some of the highest year 1 results in our respective medical schools!
We have included our first year results transcripts below, and we thank you very much for reading about us.
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