Lancaster Medicine Applicants 2012 :)

Thanks for your help, the information from both sites are so misleading, now I've just screwed up one choice :frown:

Reply 62

Original post by lizzy999

Thanks for your help, the information from both sites are so misleading, now I've just screwed up one choice :frown:

OMG, I feel so bad for letting you know about it.

Did you call Lancaster?! You really should! If they say that they can't accept you then ask to be put into another course at the uni for something that is not med so that you don't just waste a choice.

Best of luck!

Reply 63

Original post by areyousure?

Don't feel bad, it was my fault for not checking clearly :smile:

I still have three choices left for medicine : Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool. But I just have a general question, why does Lancaster only have 50 spots, whereas others would have like 200..?

Reply 64

Original post by lizzy999

Don't feel bad, it was my fault for not checking clearly :smile:

I still have three choices left for medicine : Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool. But I just have a general question, why does Lancaster only have 50 spots, whereas others would have like 200..?

aw sorry

. All of oyur choises will love you! :biggrin:

So I am sure you'll get lots and lots of offers :smile:

Reply 65

Original post by lizzy999

Don't feel bad, it was my fault for not checking clearly :smile:

I still have three choices left for medicine : Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool. But I just have a general question, why does Lancaster only have 50 spots, whereas others would have like 200..?

From what I understand it is because they don't actually run the course as such. Like regularly you watch lectures live from Liverpool or something like that, so then I guess if there were more places and the teaching is like this it will be very difficult for students to do well.

Other than that I don't see any other reason why they only have 50 places, unless its to do with being a new med school built just to provide more doctors at a time where the numbers were running low..

As I said, do call them and talk about it. Ask to be put for something else.

Reply 66

Original post by areyousure?

Thanks

I will wake up at 5:00 am to ask them about it :wink:

. It's a five hour difference from Canada!

Reply 67

Original post by lizzy999

Thanks

I will wake up at 5:00 am to ask them about it :wink:

. It's a five hour difference from Canada!

yeah, but Canada is awesome :P so its okayy!! I applied to UofT last year :P

are you actually calling them then?

Reply 68

Original post by areyousure?

yeah, but Canada is awesome :P so its okayy!! I applied to UofT last year :P

are you actually calling them then?

Yepp I called them, they told me to ask my referee to send a letter to UCAS regarding my situation :rolleyes:

I hope all goes well. Is it generally extremely competitive in the UK when applying for med schools? I was looking at the amount of med schools in the UK .... And it was 22! We only have 9 or 10 in Canada :frown:

and you would have to finish an undergrad degree in order to even attempt to apply to med school :frown:

Reply 69

Original post by lizzy999

Yepp I called them, they told me to ask my referee to send a letter to UCAS regarding my situation :rolleyes:

and you would have to finish an undergrad degree in order to even attempt to apply to med school :frown:

Yes it is VERY competitive in the UK. According to some stats that I can't really quote only 40% of all applicants get in or something like that..

Are you also applying to unis in your country for an Undergrad?

Reply 70

Original post by areyousure?

Lol I am already in my first year at u of t studying life sciences :smile:

I was late in applying last year, so I applied this year :biggrin:

that's still good 40% ?... Getting into med school in Canada is like trying to win the lottery :rolleyes:

Reply 71

Original post by lizzy999

Lol I am already in my first year at u of t studying life sciences :smile:

I was late in applying last year, so I applied this year :biggrin:

that's still good 40% ?... Getting into med school in Canada is like trying to win the lottery :rolleyes:

Oh! you go to UofT ! how cool :biggrin:

Well that 40 % was good enough for me last year, I just didn't get the grades they asked for!

Reply 72

Original post by areyousure?

Oh! you go to UofT ! how cool :biggrin:

Well that 40 % was good enough for me last year, I just didn't get the grades they asked for!

No worries! This time, we will definitely ace it :smile:

Reply 73

Lancaster is an amazing city. I went there yesterday and WOAH. Nightlife is meh but it's not too bad! :biggrin:

Reply 74

Original post by Doctor.

Lancaster is an amazing city. I went there yesterday and WOAH. Nightlife is meh but it's not too bad! :biggrin:

I agree on that!! I thought it was small but its very nice!

Reply 75

Original post by areyousure?

I agree on that!! I thought it was small but its very nice!

I'm just glad I know people who go there :smile:

. So I won't be a loner :frown:

Reply 76

Original post by Doctor.

I'm just glad I know people who go there :smile:

. So I won't be a loner :frown:

Well, you can always meet new people so knowing someone there already is not essential!

Reply 77

BlackThought

Anyone know when Lancaster start notifying us of Interviews/Offers/Rejections? The waiting is KILLING me. :/

Reply 78

Original post by BlackThought

Anyone know when Lancaster start notifying us of Interviews/Offers/Rejections? The waiting is KILLING me. :/

around December time I think... because they interview in January.

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