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Dear Dorothy, Dyslexia should not preclude a student wanting to do medicine. There is keen competition for places so could it have been that this person had not reached the academic and other criteria the schools that she applied to set? Our candidates are selected on the following basis: Offers are only made on the basis of competitive interviews. About 20 per cent of applicants are shortlisted for interview on the basis of : academic ability breadth of interests and achievements evidence of concern for the welfare of others ability to communicate well; motivation commitment to medicine. Those candidates who have a successful interview and who will be sitting their A and AS levels for the first time in June 1999 will normally be offered a place conditional on achieving: Grades ABB at A level or Grades AB at A level, and grades BB at AS level or Grades BB at A level, and grades AA at AS level. Candidates offering AS level Chemistry will be required to achieve grade A. Hope this helps and I hope that you keep well. Regards, Loretto. At 14:15 09/03/98 +0000, you wrote: >I have had a query from a would-be medical student who has dyslexia. >Despite excellent GCSE's and a good school record of extra-mural >activities, she has been turned down by three medical schools without >interview. She feels that this is because of dyslexia. > >I do know of some dyslexic medical students scattered around UK >Universities (We don't have a Medical School at Bangor) but would be >grateful for comment from anyone who works in a University with a Medical >School as to attitudes towards dyslexia. > >This girl was also told that dyslexic doctors might not be able to get >professional indemnity insurance?????? > >I'd be grateful for any comments. > >Dorothy > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%