Aberdeen Medical School Applicants 2012

Original post by Braddd

So I just had a look on the website. For 2011 entry they gave interviewed 597 people and gave out 368 offers. Basically more than a 60% chance of getting an offer after interview. I'm okay with this.

Cheered me up, thanks! :smile:

(edited 12 years ago)

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Everyone is going to hate me now, but i'd br surprised if any more interviews came out now. Maybe just a couple more. How i come to this conclusion is;

On an interview day they have two room interviewing every 20 mins. S0 9-12 is 18 candidates. They had a break from 12 until 1.30p, for the tour and lunch. And then some afternoon slots. So 12 candidates. 30 MINIMUM in any one interview day.

On the stalking WIKI there have been 16 interview days and two others that i know of from friends that aren't on there. The 1st and 7th Feb. So in total 18 days. How many other days thats arent on there i have no clue.

18 x 30 = 540 interviews.......

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jonnywalsh

Original post by DrWannabe

Everyone is going to hate me now, but i'd br surprised if any more interviews came out now. Maybe just a couple more. How i come to this conclusion is;

On an interview day they have two room interviewing every 20 mins. S0 9-12 is 18 candidates. They had a break from 12 until 1.30p, for the tour and lunch. And then some afternoon slots. So 12 candidates. 30 MINIMUM in any one interview day.

On the stalking WIKI there have been 16 interview days and two others that i know of from friends that aren't on there. The 1st and 7th Feb. So in total 18 days. How many other days thats arent on there i have no clue.

18 x 30 = 540 interviews.......

Aberdeen clearly state they give out interviews until the end of march in no particular order, is it march? i think not........be an optimist !!!

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coffeeloverr

Original post by DrWannabe

Everyone is going to hate me now, but i'd br surprised if any more interviews came out now. Maybe just a couple more. How i come to this conclusion is;

On an interview day they have two room interviewing every 20 mins. S0 9-12 is 18 candidates. They had a break from 12 until 1.30p, for the tour and lunch. And then some afternoon slots. So 12 candidates. 30 MINIMUM in any one interview day.

On the stalking WIKI there have been 16 interview days and two others that i know of from friends that aren't on there. The 1st and 7th Feb. So in total 18 days. How many other days thats arent on there i have no clue.

18 x 30 = 540 interviews.......

i think they vary the notice period of the interviews. they gave me 1 weeks notice of my interview but a boy i was talking to at my interview was given 4 weeks. i think there are still more interviews to come.

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Becca-Sarah

19

Original post by TheRabbit

Sorry for being so frank, I wasn't really thinking, its just considerably more than I remember it being for my year and so doesn't seem such a good deal anymore. Its all about the flat mates - he could pay more and not have a great flat. Those who lived in HB had a few complaints about temperature, dodgy cookers and the odd arrangement of sinks in the toilets but had good intra and interflat relationships.

It is a lot more... I seem to recall paying £72/wk for HB! And the cookers were not dodgy, they were retro. I had zero complaints about the temperature and remember being able to sit around in strappy tops pretty much year round if I so wanted. The shower, however, needed fixing every month or so to get it to produce hot water.

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Original post by DrWannabe

Everyone is going to hate me now, but i'd br surprised if any more interviews came out now. Maybe just a couple more. How i come to this conclusion is;

On an interview day they have two room interviewing every 20 mins. S0 9-12 is 18 candidates. They had a break from 12 until 1.30p, for the tour and lunch. And then some afternoon slots. So 12 candidates. 30 MINIMUM in any one interview day.

On the stalking WIKI there have been 16 interview days and two others that i know of from friends that aren't on there. The 1st and 7th Feb. So in total 18 days. How many other days thats arent on there i have no clue.

18 x 30 = 540 interviews.......

Even if this is the case, there are still 40 interviews to be given. And at least 5 were given interviews in March last year (on the stalking page) so I think a fair few others on here will be given interviews!

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CalumBlack

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Original post by DrWannabe

Everyone is going to hate me now, but i'd br surprised if any more interviews came out now. Maybe just a couple more. How i come to this conclusion is;

On an interview day they have two room interviewing every 20 mins. S0 9-12 is 18 candidates. They had a break from 12 until 1.30p, for the tour and lunch. And then some afternoon slots. So 12 candidates. 30 MINIMUM in any one interview day.

On the stalking WIKI there have been 16 interview days and two others that i know of from friends that aren't on there. The 1st and 7th Feb. So in total 18 days. How many other days thats arent on there i have no clue.

18 x 30 = 540 interviews.......

That would suggest that they were on time with every interview and that each lasted exactly 20 mins. Therefore I would say 30 is probably the maximum they could do in a day. Anyway why would admissions lie to us? They've said that about 350 have been given out

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Original post by CalumBlack

That would suggest that they were on time with every interview and that each lasted exactly 20 mins. Therefore I would say 30 is probably the maximum they could do in a day. Anyway why would admissions lie to us? They've said that about 350 have been given out

Judging by the timescale from Nov-March, they are approx 4/5 of the way through handing out the interviews, which would imply that about 480 had been given out by now. However, this does not take into account months that they may give away more or less interviews in.

I think you're right though, they surely wouldn't lie.

Reply 991

Hey. I'm just putting across what we know, doesn't mean to say i'm completely right :smile:

There are another 6 interview days left in this month according to the WIKI with the last being on the 21st. Im not saying there will be absolutely no more interviews after this. Im saying that time is wearing a little thin that's all.

EDIT: Had a feeling this would get negged. But im sure some people who are desperate to know all they can will appreciate it. Its not a post to scare or hurt people.

(edited 12 years ago)

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a05aafzul

7

Have pre-interview rejections gone out at all out of interest? sorry if it's cropped up before, I'm new to this thread :smile:

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Original post by a05aafzul

Have pre-interview rejections gone out at all out of interest? sorry if it's cropped up before, I'm new to this thread :smile:

I've not been in the thread from the start, but i'm pretty sure no rejections have gone out yet according to TSR.

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Tomorrow! How is it the 7th of February already? :redface:

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Original post by noregrets

Tomorrow! How is it the 7th of February already? :redface:

You have nothing to worry about :smile:

You'll do great.

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Original post by DrWannabe

You have nothing to worry about :smile:

You'll do great.

Haha thanks, it's my first (and only) interview but we'll see what happens. Going into it with an open mind, can only do my best!

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