Pharmacy applicants 2012

Original post by danaxx94

woahh! thats soooo quick!!! i sent off mine but havent recieved a welcome letter from ucas yet so my school hasnt sent it of yet! hoping they send it of next week! what unis did u apply for? have u heard from anywhere else?

yeah i havent recieved my welcom letter yet from ucas but Medway emailed me the next morning.

I applied to lsop, kings, medway, hertfordshire, and manchester. How about you?

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Original post by Sharmz_Gi

WOW!!! OMG well doneee!! :biggrin:

p.s btw do you remember me :wink:

......hint: we saw KUMAR :wink:

ring a bell lol xx

loooooooool omg. wow i didnt know it was you. wow haha i wont ever forget that day :wink:

Hows your ucas stuff going?

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Original post by FunkeyMunkey

I have a question please, is it bad to mention work experience at a dentist or hospital in a pharmacy personal statement? Just to show that you've interacted with patients and increased communication skills... or is that a no-no ? Because not everyone has pharmacy work experience :s ..

No, as long as you back it up with why its gonna help you in PHARMACY.

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FunkeyMunkey

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Original post by aneesax

No, as long as you back it up with why its gonna help you in PHARMACY.

Cool! Thats what I did ofcourse! Just making sure it was acceptable as I've heard that some places do not look at your application if you even hint at anything to do with dentistry or medicine

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Original post by FunkeyMunkey

Cool! Thats what I did ofcourse! Just making sure it was acceptable as I've heard that some places do not look at your application if you even hint at anything to do with dentistry or medicine

ohhh im not to sure about that. you can always ask the universities?

goodluck.

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Original post by Inspire12

Hii revision is okay how many exams r u resitting?? Im looking for work experience atm but all pharmacies say they cant give me any because of insurance :frown:

Love to go to Aston, I'm still thinking about my options
:smile:

I'm resittin 4 in jan, 3 or which are biology as it was biology that let me down. I thought about applying to Aston but I didn't in the end, I didn't think I'd get an offer. Yeah I'm really struggling to find work experience too. I wanted to have a go at hospital pharmacy but that's like impossible to get!

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whitelily29

Original post by NeverSoShy

Are there any other IB applicants around here?

My predicted grades are:
Chemistry HL- 6
Biology HL- 6
History HL- 6
Italian ab- 6
English SL- 5
Maths Studies- 7

I think my college automatically predicts the three extra points, which gives me an overall prediction of 39 (though I'm not sure that this is realistic)

Slightly worried about the maths, but from what I can gather, getting a seven and having achieved an A at GCSE, doing studies shouldn't be a problem.

Applying for Bath, UEA, Nottingham, Keele and Brighton, most of which ask for relatively unreasonable grades compared to A Levels!

I also did a week's work experience in a local independent pharmacy which led to me getting a more or less full time job over the summer and a Saturday job during term time.

Getting rather terrified about it all to be honest!

I did the IB! But I sat for that in 2010, so I already have my results (: I think you'll do fine. Most of the schools have an entry requirement of 34-36! You should be okay!

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Inspire12

Original post by Pink_dreams

I'm resittin 4 in jan, 3 or which are biology as it was biology that let me down. I thought about applying to Aston but I didn't in the end, I didn't think I'd get an offer. Yeah I'm really struggling to find work experience too. I wanted to have a go at hospital pharmacy but that's like impossible to get!

I'm retaking 4 too! I know what you mean!!! All you want is to be able to see what its like in a pharmacy environemt but every one just ends up turning u away!! Hows the personal statement going!

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Inspire12

Original post by FunkeyMunkey

Same! Its so hard getting work experience even if its just for a DAY!

I know

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I.LoveSyria.Aleppo

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ahhh I neeeed hepl in my personal stament

I don't know what to write about my subjects in relation to pharmacy...
chemistry, biology, and maths

help!!! anyone?

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Original post by Inspire12

I'm retaking 4 too! I know what you mean!!! All you want is to be able to see what its like in a pharmacy environemt but every one just ends up turning u away!! Hows the personal statement going!

Ooooh which ones are u retaking? I know it's not fair! :frown:

I've actually sent my ucas off already. I sent it off towards the end of September/start of October. But I haven't had any acknowledgements yet and it's really worrying me; when I applied last year I had acknowledgements within days :s. What about you? How's your application coming along? And where did you apply last year?

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danaxx94

Original post by aneesax

yeah i havent recieved my welcom letter yet from ucas but Medway emailed me the next morning.

I applied to lsop, kings, medway, hertfordshire, and manchester. How about you?

but how do the unis know about u before u got ur welcome letter? i thought it isnt sent off until u get a welcome letter?! lol im confused, but huge congrats anyways!! Yeah same! i applied LSOP, kings, aston, cardiff and bath! really want lsop :P good luck!!! :biggrin:

xx

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danaxx94

Original post by FunkeyMunkey

I have a question please, is it bad to mention work experience at a dentist or hospital in a pharmacy personal statement? Just to show that you've interacted with patients and increased communication skills... or is that a no-no ? Because not everyone has pharmacy work experience :s ..

its a no no! lol u get alot of patient interaction in a pharmacy tho! esp community, because the pharmacist has a consultation room where he/she discusses the patients drug history and stuff! also when people cant be bothered to go to the gp they go to the pharmacist and they advise them medication! so u can just talk about that if u have done work experience there :smile:

xxx

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Original post by danaxx94

but how do the unis know about u before u got ur welcome letter? i thought it isnt sent off until u get a welcome letter?! lol im confused, but huge congrats anyways!! Yeah same! i applied LSOP, kings, aston, cardiff and bath! really want lsop :P good luck!!! :biggrin:

xx

thank you. same i wanna go to either lsop or kings not sure yet. I received my welcom letter today :smile:

but if you log onto ucas it should say your application has been sent off to your ubniversities; read the welcome page.

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Original post by aneesax

I sent off my ucas form yesterday and got an email from Medway today saying ive been invited for an interview in 3 weeks. I'm freaking out.
Anyone know anything about what interviews at Medway are like?

I've also applied to Medway and got an interview in a couple of weeks, is your interview on the 29th by any chance. Also have u heard from anywhere else?

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I.LoveSyria.Aleppo

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Original post by Pink_dreams

Well I applied last year and went to all the open days last year and got all offers but I didnt get the grades this year :frown:

so im resitting and reapplying. Last year I was predicted ABB and I got all offers but Manchester offered me AAB.

mmm I'm applying this year, and was just wondering when you applied to Manchester did they just tell you if you get AAB we'll accept you?

or how does it work

you see I'm still a noob :biggrin:

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