A new study has found that medical students who went to state schools, were most likely to fare better than those who were educated privately. Paper's lead author, Professor Jen Cleland from the University of Aberdeen, said, “While this study didn't look at why students from state school significantly outperform students from independent schools, one possibility is that once given equal access to resources, state-educated students take advantage of the opportunities available to them. All students who get into medical school have had to work hard, but those from state schools may have had less support in place to assist them, and so once they get to university, they may already have well-developed non-academic attributes such as motivation and resilience, which set them up to manage medical school effectively.”
For the study, the team took the demographics of the candidates into account, including pre-admission test scores and pre-entry grades.
