Aberdeen Medical School Applicants 2012

Is there any graduates who are doing 5 year course in aberdeen starting in 2012? I need your help. Not sure if i can/should apply?

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Reply 1988

Original post by nasir_12

Is there any graduates who are doing 5 year course in aberdeen starting in 2012? I need your help. Not sure if i can/should apply?

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Hi, I'm applying for 2013 entry. What's your background etc?

Reply 1989

Hi Zedd,
I am doing BSc in Clinical Sciences in Bradford and will Start my 3rd year in two weeks time. But had my UKCAT yesterday and i dont know what happened but VR just killed me :frown:

It was nothing like the practise qs i had done so i ended up with these results:
VR 460
QR 700
AR 720
DA 710.

I was now wondering if it was worth me applying anywhere at all? I dont mind 5 year courses as I havent taken out any loans and would be able to manage with some maintence loan and working through summer but i think i might have kissed good bye to medicine for another 2 year at very least with such a bad performance in ukcat.
I also have B in chemistry A level but i think because of my degree I might be ok with that. Another reason apparently aberdeen takes quite a few grads from our programme. Might be because of high standard of people we have on our course or they might like our degree content. Need to email them and ask regarding this.

In extra stuff the usual medical applicant regular hockey player, d of e, St. John amb etc/8 months volunteering in local hospital/ 3 months working as support worker and now about to start as a hca in my local hospital.
Please if any of you aberdeen medics /TSRers have any comments regarding my chances. Please reply. I will appericate all your comments.
What about you Zedd? Whats your background?

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Reply 1990

leezee

feeling pretty nervous about next monday ...

Reply 1991

izzypetrie

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i got below average score in my ukcat, is it even worth the application to aberdeen?

Reply 1992

Original post by leezee

feeling pretty nervous about next monday ...

Dont be. Its not very hard but you just have to stay calm and try and deal with it as if its just another practise run while trying your very best. I panicked and probably lost out on very easy qs so just keep practising and you will be fine. Good luck.

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Reply 1993

Original post by nasir_12

Hi Zedd,
I am doing BSc in Clinical Sciences in Bradford and will Start my 3rd year in two weeks time. But had my UKCAT yesterday and i dont know what happened but VR just killed me :frown:

It was nothing like the practise qs i had done so i ended up with these results:
VR 460
QR 700
AR 720
DA 710.

I was now wondering if it was worth me applying anywhere at all? I dont mind 5 year courses as I havent taken out any loans and would be able to manage with some maintence loan and working through summer but i think i might have kissed good bye to medicine for another 2 year at very least with such a bad performance in ukcat.
I also have B in chemistry A level but i think because of my degree I might be ok with that. Another reason apparently aberdeen takes quite a few grads from our programme. Might be because of high standard of people we have on our course or they might like our degree content. Need to email them and ask regarding this.

In extra stuff the usual medical applicant regular hockey player, d of e, St. John amb etc/8 months volunteering in local hospital/ 3 months working as support worker and now about to start as a hca in my local hospital.
Please if any of you aberdeen medics /TSRers have any comments regarding my chances. Please reply. I will appericate all your comments.
What about you Zedd? Whats your background?

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I know you say that you should be able to afford it but you do realise that you'll be charged £9000 per year for the first four years of the course, don't you? I'm not sure if you would get a tuition fee loan for that (you should check the medicine wiki page and track down that info if you haven't already: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Medicine

My background is too messy to go into much but I'm currently in the last year of a philosophy degree and am applying to 2-3 medical schools this October (non-science degree = limited choices big time)

Reply 1994

izzypetrie

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Original post by fabregassed

Your grades are fine. Got more than I did.

Whats your work experience like?

I got a really bad score in my ukcat at 2240, do you think aberdeen will like me with 3 A's at AS and a c
2A'S and 1 A* predicted A2?
i'm so worried that my c grade and bad ukcat score means i can't apply to aberdeen

Reply 1995

username600675

Original post by izzypetrie

i got below average score in my ukcat, is it even worth the application to aberdeen?

ukcat is worth 8%, which isn't a lot really, so it's up to you whether on not you think everything else on your application is up to scratch.

Reply 1996

Original post by Zedd

I know you say that you should be able to afford it but you do realise that you'll be charged £9000 per year for the first four years of the course, don't you? I'm not sure if you would get a tuition fee loan for that (you should check the medicine wiki page and track down that info if you haven't already: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Medicine

My background is too messy to go into much but I'm currently in the last year of a philosophy degree and am applying to 2-3 medical schools this October (non-science degree = limited choices big time)

I spent the whole of last year trying to answer that question. :frown:

I know its very large sum of money per year but i think i should be able to cover the costs if i earn enough in summer and a bit of helping hand from family should help me through it. If i am not wrong I am not entitled to any tuition fee loan which i didnt even take out in my current degree so I am currently debt free! But I am entitled to maintenance loan despite being a graduate.

So right now all I hoping for is an interview perhaps than an offer if i ever make it to that stage than funding will be a very big factor! But I would rather deal with funding headache than this application process!! What about Warwick and other GEPs? Are you a scottish student by any chance?

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Reply 1997

Original post by nasir_12

What about Warwick and other GEPs? Are you a scottish student by any chance?

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Yes I'm Scottish, so unfortunately I'm ineligible for support on GEPs, otherwise I'd be including Warwick and KCL in my 4 medicine applications.

Reply 1998

Original post by Zedd

Yes I'm Scottish, so unfortunately I'm ineligible for support on GEPs, otherwise I'd be including Warwick and KCL in my 4 medicine applications.

Sounds like another hurdle being put in place to make it harder for us applicants. But i guess you wont pay as much as English applicants? Have you done UKCAT yet? How did you do?

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Reply 1999