St. Andrews Medical School Applicants 2012

Ahhhh congratulations i'm so jealous well I was unaware that anything gets updated on track for interview. I thought it only updated if you got an offer or rejected. Don't worry about it though, the main thing is you got an interview

Also, just out of curiosity, what was your ukcat ?

OMG!! Just came home from school to an email inviting me to an interview at St Andrews on the 30th November!! :O

I've replied to the email but there's nothing updated on my track - I thought that it usually updated with the word "interview" under the decisions column?? Am I getting that wrong??

Just got notification of my interview today, it will be on the 30th of November!
Im so Excited!!! What should I wear and does anyone have any good tips? Is anyone else going on the same day?

Just got notification of my interview today, it will be on the 30th of November!
Im so Excited!!! What should I wear and does anyone have any good tips? Is anyone else going on the same day?

I'm a guy and I don't know if I should look smart or just wear normal clothes. I think I will wear a shirt but shirt and tie or only shirt? First impressions are important!!! :L

Thank you I went to the open day and they said they interview in a completely random order, so don't worry about it. To be honest I'm now panicking - it's less than 4 weeks away!!! :O

And my UKCAT average was 690 (I wrote my total 2760 on my UCAS form)

St. Andrews are being weird this year cause some people havn't heard anything, some have had acknowledgements, some have acknowledgement and interview, and then some have no acknowledgement but do have an interview Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it

I hope they send out a postcard this year, I absolutely loved that last year1 Such a nice personal touch

ah did they ? that's ok then i'm just worried because i have a total score of 2490/ 623 which is just above average so i might not make the interview cut well, get researching/preparing and good luck !!

I just hope we get that delightful merry christmas email again

Hey we got the same ukcat score, I really hope we make the interview cut off.

Yes same it says the cut off is between 2400-2500 each year so hopefully we'll just make it

Last year there were many people with 625 on they UKCAT and they got an interview. there were very few with scores under 625 - i think someone with 590 got an interview as well. The thing is, the interview counts for very little actually. I was talking to one of the professors few days ago and they said they keep interviews just to see how the person looks like. The main question they ask themselves is "Does this person look like a doctor and could I trust this person as a doctor?". They also have a good laugh when people write big PSs, but in reality they are nothing like what they've said in the PS... so I hope no one invented big incredible stories in their PS )

The main thing that counts is the rest... grades, ukcat etc. So if you do get an interview, that is not going to change much. I think your place in the list will be pretty much the same = unless loads of people mess up so badly i.e. forget to talk during the interview. So even though you make it to the interview, you may not get an offer. And this is what happened last year. Most of the people with ukcat scores of under 640 got a rejection even tough, when asking for feedback, they were told that their interviews got top grades. So don't rely on your interview only, because the interview is not going to change much... the best you could do is hope that others do really bad so you can get it :P Well, I'm joking ... Or am I?

I say it again.. My academics were not great, my UKCAT was 635.. but I managed to get a place. So anything is possible!