Cardiff Medicine Applicants 2012

Are you sure its as many as 40? MillB's post (above) says her cousin started at 20 something and got to 8th on the list two years ago. That suggests they took fewer than 20 from the waiting list that year.

Are you sure its as many as 40? MillB's post (above) says her cousin started at 20 something and got to 8th on the list two years ago. That suggests they took fewer than 20 from the waiting list that year.

Aww right thank you very much, so when should I look at other courses through clearing because if I don't get in through the waiting list I think I'm still going to go to uni then apply post grad? Sorry to be a pain

I should imagine it varies greatly each year. Out of the 400 or so offers they give out I can't imagine the exact same amount of people fail to meet the grades each year.
There's 280 places, so if one year 270 meet their offer, 10 get in off the waiting list. The next year 240 meet their offer, then 40 get in off the waiting list. Both are perfectly possible scenarios.

her cousin moved up the list because others on the list didn't meet the grades. i'm not sure how she knows which number she started off and finish off at? anyway, they may have taken in more than 20, but she was the 8th to be offered a place.
this year about 40 people have come in and i've been told it has been a similar number for a few years - these are numbers quoted at student-staff meetings!

Does anyone know roughly how likely they are to accept students who firm but then don't make their offers?

Firmed! Now to apply for accommodation, which would anyone say is the best?

Does anyone know roughly how likely they are to accept students who firm but then don't make their offers?

I wouldn't say chances are as low as 99% against. I didn't make the grades - and cardiff was my insurance, but i was still offered a place!

on the offer letter on ucas, it said i have to submit photocopies of my certificates. does anyone know if this includes gcse ones or just the a-level ones??

also, it said that they would send CRB and an Occupational Health Questionnaire. has anyone with an offer got this yet?? if not, do you know when we get them? is it only after firming cardiff??

I wouldn't say chances are as low as 99% against. I didn't make the grades - and cardiff was my insurance, but i was still offered a place! I know of quite a few others who missed their grades too. And you have more chance of getting in if you miss your grades by, say, one grade than getting in off the waiting list, because they appreciate that academics is not the most important part of being a doctor - after all you have been given an offer based on your interview/PS and obviously were deemed to have an edge over the waiting list students. I was told i had been offered a place based on my interview, and that they had come to the conclusion i would cope with the course fine even though i didn't get the grades.
I guess it goes without saying that this does not apply if you epically fail all of your exams!

It isn't all about academics but performance at 15-20 interview is not a good guide to who will be the best doctor. Some applicants get coached by their schools on how to write their PS and do interviews which gives them an advantage. Grades are a fairer measure of ability.

I won't be going on the waiting list so it doesn't affect me but it seems unfair to give preference to people who get offers and then fail to get the grades. It isn't all about academics but performance at 15-20 interview is not a good guide to who will be the best doctor. Some applicants get coached by their schools on how to write their PS and do interviews which gives them an advantage. Grades are a fairer measure of ability.