Year of Entry : 2008 (applied while on gap)
GCSEs: 5A*'s 5A's
AS Level: AAAABc (PE, Bio, GS, Maths, Chem, Crit Think)
A2 Level: AAABB (PE, Bio, GS, Maths, Chem)
AEA: Bio U
BMAT: N/A
UKCAT: 702.5 I think... obv changed when they cut a section.
Work Experience: Year of hosp volunteering, year of hospice volunteering, was on gap year working as GP receptionist, 3 days GP, 2 weeks Paeds, Resp, Vasc, Endo, GI. 1 week Ortho. 1 day Dialysis. 1 week Care of Elderly, 2 days Genetics labs
Extracurricular Activities: House Captain, Prefect, DoE [nearly] Gold, plus Bronze & Silver, Bio Olympiad Bronze, Clarinet Grade 5, Peer Mentor for a year, Charity Committee Leader, volunteer teaching assistant with Yr7 science, school hockey, netball, football and athletics, district cross country, worked since I was 15 (paper round, chip shop), ballet & jazz dancing, orchestra....
Applications and Results:
Aberdeen: Interview, Unconditional Offer - now completed 1st year and loving it
Cardiff: Withdrew before I ever heard anything from them
Sheffield: Rejected after interview (was terrified, performed at the level of a primary school child, complete with long silences and giggles)
Leeds: Rejected without interview (A2 grades not good enough).
Originally applied for Medical Genetics at Sheffield, Leeds, Leicester, and Nottingham, Evoluntionary Bio at Exeter, and NatSci (Bio) at Cambridge, and got offers from the first five (Cambridge interview was dire). Only decided I wanted to do Med in Jan 08, and pretty much all work exp was done after that.