CURRENT YEAR 13s-Hopeful Medics (Mk. II)!

Hi, I know this is an old post, but just looking through I noticed a few people have said things like this. It might be worth noting that Sheffield changed their admissions policy this year. They considered all applicants with an above average UKCAT (625), and we aren't quite sure where they moved the emphasis to... but probably PS. Can't say how they'll do it next year, but they have changed.
Last year i think it was 717.5 or above for an interview. This year I have managed an offer with 632.5. So potentially Sheffield might be moving out of the UKCAT loving category.

Do I resit biology unit 1 with 80? because its only JUST an A or work really hard for unit 2????

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thanks for the answer and what do you mean a scam and is it a good uni and at the medsim wud we have to sit the application test?

Do I resit biology unit 1 with 80? because its only JUST an A or work really hard for unit 2????

Hello
So I was wondering if any of you could help me?
I am a y13 medical school applicant and because I got
an offer my year leader has asked me to do a talk/q&a session
with the y12 prospective medics at my school which I'm looking forward
to so I was just wondering what sort of things you think I should talk about?
Thanks xxx

All prospective medicine students want to know why you got an offer.Show them what grades you got, work experience, volunteering etc, because honestly, the minute I hear someone has an offer, I litterally scrutinise every single thing about them, to understand why they got one - and then use it to try and better myself as an applicant. I hate to say it, but it's all about comparisons. Just share your experience of the whole thing, any hints and tips of the admissions process, and what you wish you'd known. The biggest thing though, is about your experience and what you know, and what you've learnt.

Your going to be ask a LOT if their grades are good enough - prepare for this. Your going to be asked a LOT what to do when you cant get hospital work experience etc. At first, people might seem unwilling to ask questions, so first explain yourself, who you are, why you applied, and then the questions will come rolling in.

Hello
So I was wondering if any of you could help me?
I am a y13 medical school applicant and because I got
an offer my year leader has asked me to do a talk/q&a session
with the y12 prospective medics at my school which I'm looking forward
to so I was just wondering what sort of things you think I should talk about?
Thanks xxx

Ameelia pretty much said it all but make sure you stress the importance of getting a long term volunteering place and just getting work experience as early as possible.
Maybe mention that when applying take into consideration the different ways in which universities rank their applicants - whether it be on ukcat/bmat or base it more on PS and all that, so they know to apply carefully when they do

Thank you This is all really helpful!
So would you say like more focus on the actual applying than say interview? x

Oo interview would be helpful too! I have heard pretty much zilch about interviews in the talks at my college.
Can you come to my college and do it for us too? hahah.

Oo interview would be helpful too! I have heard pretty much zilch about interviews in the talks at my college... but a balance would be better, just try and make it half and half i guess
Can you come to my college and do it for us too? hahah.

Also, in the midst of doing Bio+Chem EMPA. AQA Bio EMPA is so messed up, the table was insane compared to every one of the ones in previous years...had like 5 main columns and a few sub-columns within those :/

Im in the same position as you!
Got 80 UMS in bio unit 1, after much thought just decided to focus on unit 2.
Got 75 UMS in chem unit 1 so im resitting that for a hopeful A (chem 1 is not that bad though)

Also, in the midst of doing Bio+Chem EMPA. AQA Bio EMPA is so messed up, the table was insane compared to every one of the ones in previous years...had like 5 main columns and a few sub-columns within those :/

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thanks for the answer and what do you mean a scam and is it a good uni and at the medsim wud we have to sit the application test?

OK, so i'll try to explain as best i can.

There are significantly more people in the UK who want to do medicine than there are places to do medicine, about 3:1 overall. Therefore there's a considerable number of people every year who don't get places but are desperate enough to move to a country hundreds of miles away where they don't speak the language, just so they can study medicine.

Charles University is not bad, it's about as old as Cambridge, and very prestigious, the medicine course isn't bad either and it's in English.

The reason i said it was likea scam, is because it's enticing young and impressionable students into the idea that there's an easy route into medicine, when studying in Prague is an awful idea. You wouldn't be able to communicate with patients or the general public, and when you came back to the UK you wouldn't be respected by colleagues.

So, yeah you could but shouldn't.

Medsim wouldn't make you sit it.

anyone doing these Kaplan things? School managed to get them to come in for a 3-day discounted price session so might as well go on it

Also, in the midst of doing Bio+Chem EMPA. AQA Bio EMPA is so messed up, the table was insane compared to every one of the ones in previous years...had like 5 main columns and a few sub-columns within those :/

Wish I didn't open my emails. I've just been rejected from the work experience I applied ti for the summer, that's everywhere I've applied to (quite a few places) who've let me down now. I may as well not bother now