Manchester Medicine Applicants 2012

has anyone with a UKcat of 660 or lower got an interview yet?

I got an Interview 2/11
Im really worried though, i've made such a gaff, i was returning the email when i pressed the wrong button, now they've got an email "inviting them to gmail chat"
i've apologised, will they think i'm a dick?

I'm bloody over the moon though.

Hahahaha you've made my day! Tbh, they'd probably find it hilarious.

I am actually worried, i imagine the only course of action they can take is to revoke my interview and pass the information around to all the other medical schools :/ .

Have you got an interview?

I'll probs wear my man city football kit to show how much I love manchester...

Mate, you're worrying too much, and it's definitely not going to affect your interview, let alone telling other med schools (which they don't even know) lol.

I'm still waiting. Early stage I know, but I guess I have to just sit and wait. Congrats on your interview, btw!

Question: does living in a poorer area but going to a private school through bursaries raise a contextual flag and lower the ukcat, or is that case sort of balanced out so treated as normal?

Interview on the 7th Dec at 11:30! Received today at 10:30, sooo happy, now time to prepare for the interview, anyone got any good books to prepare or advice, my stats are in the sig, and my second name starts with D, just saying because they might be sending interviews by surname.

Hey guys
First year manchester medic here - I know I used the student room a lot for advice last year so if youve got any questions that I might be able to help with then feel free to ask


ps manchester is amazingggg!

I found the ISC medicine interview book so helpful - its about £25
Also keep reading the bbc health section or the student BMJ

Good luck!

Hay. ^_^
I've done a bit of research on Medicine at Manchester and a lot of people have said it's not very good. The main reasons being that it's PBL and the student satisfaction is pretty low.
I love the idea of PBL and was just wondering how you found it? Manchester is my first choice, just wish I can get an interview!

Well PBL is quite difficult - but once you get into it, its a great way to learn. We get a case on Monday and as a group define questions to research, we then have to research on our own the issues surrounding the case and attend lectures which are relevant to that week. On friday we regroup and share what we found out.
We also do dissections which most med schools have stopped which is such an amazing experience and we are really lucky for the opportunity.

My PBL group is great, we're all really good friends and I am actually living with them next year . I know some groups arent as close, but you change groups every semester anyway so chances are youll make some close friends.

Also we have early experience which a lot of med schools dont have - so already I have been on 2 hospital placements and a GP placement which is really nice to just remind you why your doing medicine really.

I guess in terms of PBL it depends on how you like to learn. I personally would hate just having lectures on body systems but for some people it works best - I got honours on our first mid-semester test so it cant be so bad :P

And as for student satisfaction, I dont think I have met any medics who dont like manchester but again I suppose that depends on the person.

Finally dont get too stressed about interviews - I got 687.5 on my UKCAT, 3A*s and an A in my Alevels, loads of sports and work experience and my interview was in February.

The best thing you can do is start preparing for your interviews now, so that when they come around youll be better prepared that someone who waited until they heard back. Hope it goes well

Yep just ordered that book and have been reading bbc health for a while know but Ive never heard of the student BMJ, thank you and how was the group interview like, I don't know how to approach it, thanks again

Well PBL is quite difficult - but once you get into it, its a great way to learn. We get a case on Monday and as a group define questions to research, we then have to research on our own the issues surrounding the case and attend lectures which are relevant to that week. On friday we regroup and share what we found out.
We also do dissections which most med schools have stopped which is such an amazing experience and we are really lucky for the opportunity.

My PBL group is great, we're all really good friends and I am actually living with them next year . I know some groups arent as close, but you change groups every semester anyway so chances are youll make some close friends.

Also we have early experience which a lot of med schools dont have - so already I have been on 2 hospital placements and a GP placement which is really nice to just remind you why your doing medicine really.

I guess in terms of PBL it depends on how you like to learn. I personally would hate just having lectures on body systems but for some people it works best - I got honours on our first mid-semester test so it cant be so bad :P

And as for student satisfaction, I dont think I have met any medics who dont like manchester but again I suppose that depends on the person.

Finally dont get too stressed about interviews - I got 687.5 on my UKCAT, 3A*s and an A in my Alevels, loads of sports and work experience and my interview was in February.

The best thing you can do is start preparing for your interviews now, so that when they come around youll be better prepared that someone who waited until they heard back. Hope it goes well

Thanks for that! It really helped.
Just have to try not to stress about interviews. >.<