Leicester Medical School Applicants 2012 :)

Thank-you for that. How did you find adjusting to 1st year medicine, I'm pretty worried of not being able to cope academically. How do students generally find ESA1 in January and subsequently ESA2 and the OSCE in the summer? And also - how have you found your time to be at Leicester? (Apologies for all the questions)

I am genuinely excited about starting - Leicester seems like an incredible medical school

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Medicine_Applicants_Stalking_Page_2012_Entry#Leicester

Does that help?

Note: this is a small sample and is probably not representative...tbh it could all be lies. But, most people are inclined to believe this is an alright thing to use to draw some basic conclusions.

Most people cope quite well, ESA1 is always the hardest as you're not yet used to the exam system and they give no past papers. By the time ESA2 comes around you get a little more used to how they like asking questions. Again the OSCE is a bit of a scary experience first time around but the majority of people pass. Leicester is brilliant. You have a lot to look forward to. My advice though would be to enjoy your summer holiday as much as possible, the hard work starts in Sept!

Got an offer from Liverpool, just waiting on Leicester now.

SO BADLY WANT ONE FROM LEICESTER! lol

Check with the administrative staff over there? Because certain part of the tour involves going inside the lecture theatres itself then it would end inside the waiting room so there may be some issues there :/





Congrats! When was your interview and are you an international?

Really appreciated the response - so thank-you!

With the exception of all the assessments/exams - I'm pretty excited. Agreed, I'm definitely trying to make the most of my year out, although I don't want it to end - I can't wait for september.

Does the medical school provide decent support or is it like a 'you're at university now, so it's independant?' Also apart from exams does Leicester require essays/additional deadlines as form of assessment or is purely exam based?

Sorry for all the questions, there aren't many Leicester medics on this forum aha

The support is brilliant. Both academically and pastoral support, can't fault it. There's always someone you can email/go to with problems.

There was a 10,000 word dissertation to do in my 3rd year (there was talk of getting rid of this, so not sure if its still done now, may have been replaced with something else), but the GMC bang on about medical schools producing 'reflective' doctors, so you will have to do lots of reflective writing, fairly easy albeit a pain sometimes. You will have to continue reflective practice after graduation though so its all good prep.

Got an offer from Liverpool, just waiting on Leicester now.

SO BADLY WANT ONE FROM LEICESTER! lol

Had my interview on the 28th of March, how long do they usually take to get back to you?

How long does each mini station last??

I had one on the 27th and they told me early April.