Do Admissions Tutors monitor these forums?

GKT admissions tutors have a bit of a presence on New Media Medicine:

http://www.newmediamedicine.com/forum/guy-s-king-s-st-thomas-gkt-school-medicine/28349-statement-kings-college-london.html

Reply 61

Sarky

18

People in Southampton read this and NMM

Reply 62

lil_dreamer90

If they did then they really should of given me a place - i mean for 2 years ive been trawling through these forums trying to help other applicants and writing essays of why i want to do medicine so much and my sob story of being rejected twice .. they could have at least had pity on me and seen how much i want it. lol. Just a theory!
But this thread is interesting.. give it a few years maybe and i think they will definatley have to resort to such measures!

Reply 63

Favourite Worst Nightmare

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lil_dreamer90

If they did then they really should of given me a place - i mean for 2 years ive been trawling through these forums trying to help other applicants and writing essays of why i want to do medicine so much and my sob story of being rejected twice .. they could have at least had pity on me and seen how much i want it. lol. Just a theory!
But this thread is interesting.. give it a few years maybe and i think they will definatley have to resort to such measures!

Did you get any feedback about why you didn't get a place? It obv wasn't because of your grades...

Reply 64

lil_dreamer90

Favourite Worst Nightmare

Did you get any feedback about why you didn't get a place? It obv wasn't because of your grades...

All i got was the generic feeback of too much competition, etc etc.. wouldnt give anything specific no matter how much i pestered them!

i think it was my reference though, my referee isnt the most supportive person for medic applicants and he wouldnt include anything personal about me.. who knows though at the end of the day? i think its just pick-a-name-out of the hat nowadays.

Reply 65

Favourite Worst Nightmare

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lil_dreamer90

All i got was the generic feeback of too much competition, etc etc.. wouldnt give anything specific no matter how much i pestered them!

i think it was my reference though, my referee isnt the most supportive person for medic applicants and he wouldnt include anything personal about me.. who knows though at the end of the day? i think its just pick-a-name-out of the hat nowadays.

Yeah i was reading about that in the times uni guide yesterday, obviously the unis don't admit to it but just say we take more things into account now as everyone seems to be as good as each other.

Why was your referee not supportive of medics? Could you not have got a different referee?

Reply 66

Phalanges

18

lil_dreamer90

i think its just pick-a-name-out of the hat nowadays.

Would your attitude be the same if you held an offer, do you think?

Reply 67

Gizmo!

11

YES.

the application system is often the equivalent of that, but that shouldnt belittle the work you put in to get in.

Reply 68

lil_dreamer90

Phalanges

Would your attitude be the same if you held an offer, do you think?

First off it's not an attitude, it's a theory and second off I agree with gizmo- it is perfectly tangible that some places will randomly pick qualifying students for an offer and if I had got an offer then yes my belief that this is true would still stand.
And as said it shouldn't make those who did get an offer feel any less of their application because to be fair, (most) people who apply are equally and perfectly capable and deserving to study medicine.

Reply 69

Erebus

lil_dreamer90

If they did then they really should of given me a place - i mean for 2 years ive been trawling through these forums trying to help other applicants and writing essays of why i want to do medicine so much and my sob story of being rejected twice .. they could have at least had pity on me and seen how much i want it. lol. Just a theory!
But this thread is interesting.. give it a few years maybe and i think they will definatley have to resort to such measures!