UK Medical School International Applicants Discussion Megathread 2012 entry

still waiting to hear from leeds and newcastle.. rejected by king's and liverpool already

Eek got my Manchester offer!!! Now to cross my fingers and hope I manage to meet the grade requirements :/ good luck with the interviews and everything else fellow internationals - id like to believe we'll all make it to the UK this year

Eek got my Manchester offer!!! Now to cross my fingers and hope I manage to meet the grade requirements :/ good luck with the interviews and everything else fellow internationals - id like to believe we'll all make it to the UK this year

I flew here via British Airways... Their services are quite good, but I had the most uncomfortable flight on the way here because I was sitting in between a large woman who snored the whole flight through (glad she was comfortable) and a kid who wouldnt stop picking his nose... so yeah, quite interesting

congrats fellow singaporean hope i hear good news too hehe.

Congrats!! That is awesome

Haha its a 2-3-2 arrangement and I picked a window seat, hopefully I will sit next to an attractive blonde.
For most people who go to UK for interviews, do they just stay for couple of days?

You see, I was expecting the same thing too, but I think I got a little bit ahead of myself - I was expecting to sit beside TWO attractive ladies.... ended up sitting beside a baby who wouldnt stop crying and a large woman who had to constantly use the bathroom and snore loudly...


But who knows? Your luck/charisma might be a charm

How did the interviews go?

It went... okay I guess? I don't really know what to expect, really. The people who interviewed me were so nice! Didn't really expect that at all Southampton is currently at the top of my list atm... hope that the interviewers saw my burning desire to study medicine ahahaha

To the singaporeans out there with offers, do we have to take an IELTS test?
I have an offer from glasgow and as part of the conditions, it has an IELTS requirement but I always thought it didnt apply to singapore. Should I go take it? :/

Congrats on the Glasgow offer! \o/ as for IELTS maybe you should check with your school - our career guidance counselors sent out an email saying they would 'clear these [the issue of IELTS requirements] after A level results at the university-wide level'. Lol frankly I think it's a little lame that they require it, I mean our exams are all in English and the interview was in English too right?

Congrats on the Glasgow offer! \o/ as for IELTS maybe you should check with your school - our career guidance counselors sent out an email saying they would 'clear these [the issue of IELTS requirements] after A level results at the university-wide level'. Lol frankly I think it's a little lame that they require it, I mean our exams are all in English and the interview was in English too right?

To the singaporeans out there with offers, do we have to take an IELTS test?
I have an offer from glasgow and as part of the conditions, it has an IELTS requirement but I always thought it didnt apply to singapore. Should I go take it? :/

Yeah thats why!! Hahaha I really hope your teachers do something then. All the best for your offers Which schools did you apply to!

I'm on 'Hold' with Manchester. Better than an outright rejection I guess



Hey, I have the same offer from Glasgow I think. For me I guess it is because I do not have 'O' Level English, and they do not accept my Lang Arts or GP grade (yes, I asked them). Not too sure if you still have to take the IELTS given you have 'O' Level English. Best to email them and ask?

Right now I'm just worried all the army talk will affect the speech component of my IELTS test lol.

Oh congrats!!! Are you going to accept the offer? Oh I'm guessing you were from IP? Yeah I think I'll just email them to check. HAHA oh yeah I heard ns does that to you. Don't worry, cant be that hard to meet the IELTS requirement

I applied to Bristol, Nottingham, Manchester and Sheffield for Med - Bristol & Nottingham rejected me without interview (I R DISAPPOINT HDU okay kidding i'm cool with it) but Manchester gave me an offer so \o/. I was deciding between Nottingham and Glasgow actually and I do kinda wish I applied to Glasgow - at might've at least gotten an interview heh.

Btw, any of you reapplying to NUS or to NTU-Imperial tie-up?