Keele Medical School Applicants 2012

Congrats! would you mind posting your stats please?

can somebody tell me what exactly is Keele looking for. I know grades aren't everything, but if you have loads of work experience, you can't possibly fit that all in your 2000 word personal statement. So everybody must be really similar.. I am really disappointed, I had 8A* 3A at GCSE, A Chemistry, A Biology, A Maths, A Further maths at AS predicted 3A* A at A2, 620 ukcat had decent work experience in hospitals, clinics, charity shops.. I got rejected w/o interview!!!

Yeahh think keele are big on work experience.

I only got 4 A's at gcse and 6 B's
And BBBE for my AS (shocking)
Predicted AAA
Uk at was 550
(academic wise - I'm sh**)

But iv donee a stupid amount of workkk experience.
Iv volunteered in hospital for over 2 years, I went to go work in the Caribbean, St.Lucia for 3 weeks at the hospital, where I got clinical training, was doing canulars and taking blood. Helped a woman give birth when I was at the maternity ward. In England, I was given the chance to do a 3 week placement where I got basic clinical training and did two day placements in each department. And, I'm currently working part time as a Health Care Assistant in A&E. Done loads of other stuff.
And I managed to bag an interview for keele.
So they proper love dedicated to medicine people!
I just need to focus this year on getting the three A's :')

Hey, congratulations on getting the interview... I shouldn't have applied to Keele, should have applied more tacticlly...

How did you fit all your work experience into your personal statement, I would really like to know !

I can't help but be really disappointed... I don't even know what to think about the fact they put soooo much emphasis on personals tatement/work experience and not so much on all that effort someone has put into studying and achieving those A*s. Again disappointed.. and gutted...

GOOD LUCk !!

You'll be OK- if you haven't been rejected in this wave, then that's a good sign xxx

Yeahh think keele are big on work experience.

I only got 4 A's at gcse and 6 B's
And BBBE for my AS (shocking)
Predicted AAA
Uk at was 550
(academic wise - I'm sh**)

But iv donee a stupid amount of workkk experience.
Iv volunteered in hospital for over 2 years, I went to go work in the Caribbean, St.Lucia for 3 weeks at the hospital, where I got clinical training, was doing canulars and taking blood. Helped a woman give birth when I was at the maternity ward. In England, I was given the chance to do a 3 week placement where I got basic clinical training and did two day placements in each department. And, I'm currently working part time as a Health Care Assistant in A&E. Done loads of other stuff.
And I managed to bag an interview for keele.
So they proper love dedicated to medicine people!
I just need to focus this year on getting the three A's :')

Hey, congratulations on getting the interview... I shouldn't have applied to Keele, should have applied more tacticlly...

How did you fit all your work experience into your personal statement, I would really like to know !

I can't help but be really disappointed... I don't even know what to think about the fact they put soooo much emphasis on personals tatement/work experience and not so much on all that effort someone has put into studying and achieving those A*s. Again disappointed.. and gutted...

GOOD LUCk !!

It shouldn't be a narrative of what you did, then what you did, then what you did, then what you did etc. Its about what you learn, how you reflect. If you were with a GP for a morning, what did you learn from it, how did it confirm your choice to do medicine? Did it highlight an aspect of healthcare you feel is important? Did it show potential problems with a career as a doctor, and how you would look to overcome them?

Its this sort of thing that looks good, rather than following a consultant around a ward for 12 weeks. I follow a consultant around a ward 3 times a week and, even as a third year, the amount I learn is minimal. Its about going away and making sense of it relevent to what you want to get out of it

seen as you go to Keele, i was wondering what you think is their teaching style? it says intergrated on their website but is it more PBL? thank you

Integrated is about the the preclinical-clinical divide. It has nothing to do with structure (i.e., PBL/lecture-based).

I think UEA is the only purely integrated course (i.e., they don't have a preclinical phase preceding a clinical phase).

thanks also, do you know the difference between summatives and formatives?

Keele has to get back to us either today, Monday or Tuesday (according to the fact that they said they'll get back to us in January). Fingers crossed!

Keele said they would notify us about our application in Jan

Why leave it late?

can somebody tell me what exactly is Keele looking for. I know grades aren't everything, but if you have loads of work experience, you can't possibly fit that all in your 2000 word personal statement. So everybody must be really similar.. I am really disappointed, I had 8A* 3A at GCSE, A Chemistry, A Biology, A Maths, A Further maths at AS predicted 3A* A at A2, 620 ukcat had decent work experience in hospitals, clinics, charity shops.. I got rejected w/o interview!!!