Newcastle Medical School 2012 Entry Applicants

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Reply 1880

iDream_iLive

Nothing

But unconditional from Dundee woohoo!!!

WHY NEGATIVE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 1881

crazychef

Rejected, ah well. At least UCAS is over now :biggrin:

Reply 1882

Idonteven

Rejection at 12:15 :frown:

Good luck to all waiting, well done to all offer holders :smile:

Reply 1883

Steerforth

Original post by crazychef

Rejected, ah well. At least UCAS is over now :biggrin:

Original post by Idonteven

Rejection at 12:15 :frown:

Good luck to all waiting, well done to all offer holders :smile:

Sorry to hear about all the rejections that have been given out. I hope you guys had offers from somewhere else. I was rejected by my 4 last year so know what being rejected feels like. Gap years are a fantastic way to build up experience which will enable you to really go for medicine a second time around. Good luck!

Reply 1884

Hughsie

Does anyone know what the UKCAT cut-off score ended up being then??

Reply 1885

lorry:)

Original post by Hughsie

Does anyone know what the UKCAT cut-off score ended up being then??

i think it was around 665 AFAIK :smile:

much lower than i expected!

Reply 1886

Hughsie

Jeez, and earlier in the thread people were estimating early 700s! Lol
I didnt apply this year but it'll be my first choice next year for Medicine, cant miss out on its legendary night life. Apparently they are 3rd in Europe for best night life, and 7th in the world, according to their spokeswoman anyway!

Reply 1887

Beska

The UKCAT cut-off decreased?? :eek:

Reply 1888

InkyOne

Original post by Beska

The UKCAT cut-off decreased?? :eek:

I think it stayed on 667.5, i haven't seen anyone with lower, but I could be wrong

Reply 1889

lorry:)

rejected

have no idea why they made me wait so long, all it did was spark a little bit of useless hope :redface:

Reply 1890

Nick526

Original post by laurie:)

rejected

have no idea why they made me wait so long, all it did was spark a little bit of useless hope :redface:

Sorry to hear about that :frown:

Did they tell you why you were rejected?

Reply 1891

lorry:)

Original post by Nick526

Sorry to hear about that :frown:

Did they tell you why you were rejected?

nope

but i am very certain it was because i did horrendously awful in the interview, seriously, it was one of my worst interviews :tongue:

Reply 1892

platty1907

Original post by laurie:)

rejected

have no idea why they made me wait so long, all it did was spark a little bit of useless hope :redface:

Awww no

When I read that I thought surely they have replied to me then!! ...but nope :frown:

Reply 1893

lorry:)

Original post by platty1907

Awww no

When I read that I thought surely they have replied to me then!! ...but nope :frown:

no news is good news :redface:

Reply 1894

platty1907

Original post by laurie:)

no news is good news :redface:

It does seem though that they gave out some offers, then they've trickled out rejections since. I sense the trickle is still happening and I will be in it soon :tongue:

Reply 1895

Panda89

Original post by Beska

The UKCAT cut-off decreased?? :eek:

It's 665, a decrease of 2.5.

Reply 1896

InkyOne

Original post by Panda89

It's 665, a decrease of 2.5.

That's interesting - isn't that bang on the 75th percentile score? Maybe that's how they set it?

Reply 1897

mel608

I was wondering if somebody with an offer could help me out?

I'm seeing a nurse tomorrow to discuss/get immunisations after the letter Newcastle sent, but i don't really understand what immunisations i need? :confused:

I know the letter says to undertake a course of immunisation covering diptheria, polio etc, but it doesn't specifically say to be immunised against Hepatitis B, C and TB... do i need to be vaccinated for these?

Thank you to anyone with some advice! :biggrin:

Reply 1898

SilverArch

Original post by mel608

The impression I got was that we need to be immune to Hep B before starting the clinical bits of the course, but not necessarily before starting first year. I think we get tested on arrival, and get the jabs if not immune yet. If your GP is offering the vacc for free though, I'd get it now. Unfortunately for me, I forgot to book my last appointment (6 months after 2nd jab) so I think I'm going to have to start the whole course again :frown:

Ooops

You need polio, diptheria, tetanus (most people get that young then have a booster aged 13-15 sometime), MMR, and chaicken pox before starting the course i think though. Those I think all just involve one jab

Reply 1899

mel608

Original post by SilverArch

Thank you so much! It turns out I've been vaccinated for everything except Hep B due to holidays abroad to places where i've needed them. The nurse terrified me when she mentioned a £60-£70 price tag for 3 Hep B injections, but she's managed to give them to me for free by giving a different kind of first injection which combines Hep A and Hep B, which is free :smile: