Peninsula Medical School Applicants thread 2012 entry.

The peninsula interview day was utter shambles.

I had an interview Tuesday. I must say I can't understand the hate, it does seem very different to all the other medical schools i've seen, but no one forces you to apply there, at the end of the day everyone learns in different ways and if everywhere was the same we would end up with a pretty homologous group of medical professionals now, wouldn't we?

As for the organisation it seemed fine to me, the medical students and interviewers where really friendly, (even when i knocked my coke over in the waiting room) and although my interview was the last one and I can see the benefits of a non scripted interview, at some places its a lot more scripted and less friendly and i can understand why, for validity and comparability they do it as such. Also megga love for the students who sold me a pancake.

Personally I loved the place, it looks like it suits my style of learning and interests perfectly and really hope i get an offer now. fingers crossed

Ahh so ur the one who knocked over the coke in the waiting room. I was the fake international applicant :L

Oh you mean the rubbish liar

How awesome where my cleaning skills though!

not bad tbh. Where else did u apply and any news?

Is anyone in the position where they are really depending on Peninsula, being on the waiting list?

Ahh so ur the one who knocked over the coke in the waiting room. I was the fake international applicant :L

Only Peninsula and Belfast that haven't rejected me.

You know when i left my Panel interview bit I was the only one there everyone else had gone.

And yourself?

Were you guys am or pm?

I've just firmed peninsula and my conditions are only the health check and form signing; anyone else in the same boat and knows what happens next?

Congrats..a great decision

Last year I was told by email in April which campus we were allocated to and then informed that the CRB check would be initiated. A few days later I received a pack through the post about accommodation etc but I had already applied ( think there may have been a link in the email). This pack also had info on links to things like the medical school agreement,term dates, text book list etc and info about what would happen next. As I recall that was pretty much done until results were out and then it was just a matter of getting notification of your halls placement.

lol Thanks!

How much did you spend of the books? And once you firmed, how soon did you receive the email and pack?

Where you on the same day that I was ?

the only disorganised part for me was when they where checking everyone ID

I was on the 21 in the afternoon. For us, it was just LOADS of waiting around and doing nothing. We started an hour later than we should have.

Wha? where you in the group who did the late tour? because I went on the tour first and I got into my interview only a few minutes after everyone else at 5

Ye, I was in the late tour group. So had to sit for two hours. Then have my interview. Than wait for another hour. I decided to not go on the tour though. At the end of my interview I just wanted flop down somewhere and stuff my face...So I left. :P Did feel to bad about it, though... As I was leaving I got an offer from southampton

Fair enough then, i think you got the raw deal, Time seemed to go really quickly for me, which is good because i didnt fancy waiting 5 hours how was your interview though?