Dear mentors and mentees, welcome to our mentoring scheme this coming year.
This is our 7th year of helping African Caribbean prospective medical and dental students achieve their
dreams with mentoring on a 1 to 1 basis during the course of UCAS applications. ACMM
started after identifying the need to have more black students represented in medical school
and therefore within the profession. On our journey into and during medical school, we found
a lack of support for black students, combined with a lack of representation within the field.
This was backed up by various statistics that demonstrate our underrepresentation and
attainment gap in Medicine and Dentistry. We therefore co-founded ACMM to help further
the chances of prospective black and mixed African and Caribbean students into medical
school, to realise the potential of these students and to encourage future applicants to think
about a career in medicine.
What does the ACMM mentoring scheme involve?
As a mentor you will be matched with one mentee, who you will support for a year – from
June 2025 until June of 2026 You will support your mentee in their medical/dental school
application by providing help and advice on entrance exams, personal statements and
hopefully interview preparation. We will try and match you with a mentee who has similar
personal characteristics to you in order to make the mentoring relationship as beneficial as
possible. You will commit to monthly contact as a bare minimum, but we encourage you to
tailor this mentoring relationship to suit the needs of both the mentor and mentee.
How ACMM will support mentors and mentees:
You can contact us at any time through the following avenues:
Thank you for your interest in ACMM.
Please note that we will only accept one application per an applicant. ACMM applications are very competitive so prior to submission please ensure questions are answered and all details are accurate. If you are interested our schemes or just want to find out more please go to our website.