Hanifah
recommended
University College London, University of London
Medicine
4th Year
DBS
4.9
40
14About Me
Fourth year UCL med student, with all 5-star reviews on MedicMind, multiple years experience with 6MED and UniAdmissions, top UCAT/BMAT scores and offers from 4/4 medical schools.
I have tutored students in the preparation of the UCAT, BMAT, personal statement, and interviews, on behalf of top admission prep companies (MedicMind, 6med, UniAdmissions), including both 1-1 sessions and group full-day workshops and weekend crash courses. I have taught over 700 hours of admissions prep, including 350 hours with medicmind alone (achieving a position in their Top 10 Tutors thrice) and have a flexible schedule; I have tutored international applicants extensively in the past so am happy to adjust to their time zone. Also, I have worked with dentistry applicants, majority of whom successfully entered their first choice university. I have recently been promoted to a recommended tutor at MedicMind and a crash course lead at 6med. I have 24 months experience as an online tutor at London Science Academy, working with small groups of 3-7 students each week and 18 months experience teaching medical admissions courses. I also have experience helping Oxbridge applicants with their admissions exams and interviews, thus am well versed in specific criterion. Some reviews left by students include:
I strongly believe that every applicant has an edge that just needs to be developed/marketed correctly;
Maybe you have completed a range of hospital placements- however, can you effectively express what you learned from the doctor’s behavior (as opposed to listing and name-dropping)?
Maybe your experience is limited to non-medical backgrounds (part-time jobs as tutors, cashiers)- how will you use this to prove that you have developed the skills necessary to become a doctor in the same manner as medical work experience?
Are you an older applicant- how will you use your age and various experiences to shape your profile during an interview?
These are all questions you should be asking yourselves, and I am excited to help you guys along the way!
My teaching style
Tailored to not only your strengths and weaknesses but also the schools you aim to apply for; for example, KCL and UCL have a holistic approach to valuing exam scores, whereas Cardiff University focuses particularly on the Situational Judgement score. As such, the time dedicated to each component of the UCAT/ BMAT, as well as the order in which they are targetted, varies from student to student.
With interview coaching, I have created my own condensed lesson plans for students that need to cram interview prep last minute, as well as more developed plans for students that prefer to approach slow and steady. The content taught is tailored to how well you answer, so as to make maximum use of your lesson times and constant feedback is provided.
The first session typically consists of a ‘diagnostic test’ to see how you approach questions and a comprehensive questioning of all the experiences, extracurriculars, skills, etc developed over the years. After this, my students often find that they had forgotten about some of the above.
I have accumulated a number of reviews (see below) and some frequent feedback I receive is that I use each student’s unique set of skills/ experiences to set their application apart and provide precise areas of improvement.
Happy to adapt to your learning styles and can give a mix of everything to help you find an efficient method!
My past experience
Fourth year UCL med student, with all 5-star reviews on MedicMind, multiple years experience with 6MED and UniAdmissions, top UCAT/BMAT scores and offers from 4/4 medical schools.
I have tutored students in the preparation of the UCAT, BMAT, personal statement, and interviews, on behalf of top admission prep companies (MedicMind, 6med, UniAdmissions), including both 1-1 sessions and group full-day workshops and weekend crash courses. I have taught over 700 hours of admissions prep, including 350 hours with medicmind alone (achieving a position in their Top 10 Tutors thrice) and have a flexible schedule; I have tutored international applicants extensively in the past so am happy to adjust to their time zone. Also, I have worked with dentistry applicants, majority of whom successfully entered their first choice university. I have recently been promoted to a recommended tutor at MedicMind and a crash course lead at 6med. I have 24 months experience as an online tutor at London Science Academy, working with small groups of 3-7 students each week and 18 months experience teaching medical admissions courses. I also have experience helping Oxbridge applicants with their admissions exams and interviews, thus am well versed in specific criterion. Some reviews left by students include:
My Proudest Achievements
For a while, getting into my first choice med school was a key achievement for me but during my time as a med application tutor, I have found that helping applicants achieve the same goals I had brings such satisfaction (as cheesy as it sounds)!
A key memory is one of my older applicants telling me that I made her feel like she had something special to show the interviewers, as she had previously thought she had a weak profile as a middle-aged applicant. However, some probing quickly revealed that there was much to say about all the experiences she had had!
Reviews (9)
I teach
- Medicine Interview
- BMAT
- UCAT
- Med Personal Statement
- Dent Personal Statement
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Geography
- Maths
- Science
- UCAT ANZ
- Physics
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Science
My Results and Achievements
- bmat top 10% S1 (6.5)
- UCAT top 15% (2820)
- UCAT SJT B1
- UCAT QR top 10% (700)
- UCAT DM 800
- 4 interview invitations
- offer to UCL med school
- offer to KCL med school
- offer to Southampton med (reduced-interview score
- offer to sheffield med school