has anyone ever had 4 interviews?

The Medicine Forum "chill out" zone - for relaxed discussion on (and off) topic.

Announcements Posted on
Important: please read these guidelines before posting about exams on The Student Room 28-04-2013
Sign in to Reply
  1. rozca's Avatar
    • Adored and Respected Member
    • Posts: 592
    has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    im on a gap year and applying to medicine, boredoms taking over right now.. i was curious if anyone has ever had 4/4 interviews for medicine in the same year? I personally don't know of this, but then again where I'm from, I could probably count all the medical applicants for the past 5 years on one hand. Also, has anyone had 3 interviews AND not been made a single offer?

  2. gunner4lyf44's Avatar
    • Adored and Respected Member
    • Posts: 452
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    Yeah I know loads of people whose had that. Mainly three of them happen to be between Oxbridge, UCL, and Imperial because they have done well on BMAT and then the last one usually BHAM or Kings.
  3. rozca's Avatar
    • Adored and Respected Member
    • Posts: 592
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    ..and if so, how common is it? I've read on here many times that soemthing like 65% of applicants get 0 offers. So most people that do get in, have they aced 1 interview? Just wanting to know the chances..
  4. llamelvin's Avatar
    • Full Member
    • Location: Singapore
    • Posts: 88
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    I have been offered 4 interviews. Went for three but sadly can't make the last one. I have one offer (conditional on IELTS) so far. I'm currently on a gap year too and applied for 2013 entry.

    I think with regards to chances, you should just stay hopeful and not try to think so much of the probability of getting an interview/offer. Instead, cater more time to preparing for your interview so that it goes smoothly.
  5. omlette's Avatar
    • Exalted and Worshipped Member
    • Location: London/Cardiff - depending on my mood
    • Posts: 1,122
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    Got 4 interviews and 3 offers! (my swansea one was off the waiting list as well) But, bear in mind that in total I've applied to 12 places, had a total of 7 interviews, and 9 rejections. The experience that I got, through both three UCAS cycles and life in general, plus applying to places that suit your strengths, definitely helped.

    Plus, you only need 1.
  6. Sorro10's Avatar
    • Adored and Respected Member
    • Posts: 409
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    My friend got 4 Interviews at Oxbridge, Imperial and 2 other top Unis, and he REJECTED the offer from Inperial because he had a better offer.
  7. thegodofgod's Avatar
    • TSR Legend
    • Location: London
    • Posts: 11,055
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    A friend of mine has had 4 interviews (will have his last one soon) - Nottingham, Kings, Birmingham and UCL, with offers of AAA from the first 3.
  8. Straight up G's Avatar
    • TSR Demigod
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    Yeah, I don't think it's as rare as you'd imagine. People with excellent all round applications meet the criteria everywhere. I know one guy with 3 offers and 4 interviews, another with 4 interviews...
  9. flying saucers's Avatar
    • Full Member
    • Posts: 127
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    Yeah I have 4. I applied based on my strengths and my personal statement was the best thing I'd ever written. I also already have my grades. Still shocked though.

    I know someone who had 4 interviews and 0 offers. I'm freaking out that it could be me this year!
  10. apple17's Avatar
    • PS Helper
    • Overlord in Training
    • Posts: 3,267
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    Yeah, I had 4 interviews this year and like flying saucers, just applied to my strengths but am still shocked.
    Good luck.
  11. Talexe's Avatar
    • PS Helper
    • Adored and Respected Member
    • Location: London
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    (Original post by Sorro10)
    My friend got 4 Interviews at Oxbridge, Imperial and 2 other top Unis, and he REJECTED the offer from Inperial because he had a better offer.
    Pah, no such thing! :rolleyes:
  12. fletchdd02's Avatar
    • Overlord in Training
    • Posts: 2,358
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    (Original post by rozca)
    im on a gap year and applying to medicine, boredoms taking over right now.. i was curious if anyone has ever had 4/4 interviews for medicine in the same year? I personally don't know of this, but then again where I'm from, I could probably count all the medical applicants for the past 5 years on one hand. Also, has anyone had 3 interviews AND not been made a single offer?

    Yeah my girlfriend has 4 interviews from Liverpool, Nottingham, Newcastle and Manchester.

    With an offer from Manc.
  13. FJH's Avatar
    • Junior Member
    • Posts: 54
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    I had 4 interviews this yea,r first application so far had one offer and one rejection but my offer is from my top choice so yeah pretty happy only need one offer
  14. islanders's Avatar
    • Respected Member
    • Posts: 188
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    I've had 4 interviews this year, and 2 offers.. just waiting on the last 2!
  15. AkDo's Avatar
    • Benevolent Member
    • Location: Somewhere on Mars
    • Posts: 688
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    (Original post by rozca)
    im on a gap year and applying to medicine, boredoms taking over right now.. i was curious if anyone has ever had 4/4 interviews for medicine in the same year? I personally don't know of this, but then again where I'm from, I could probably count all the medical applicants for the past 5 years on one hand. Also, has anyone had 3 interviews AND not been made a single offer?

    So many of my school mates did. All 4 and didn't get one offer. However, they were immature imbeciles and "immaturity" was the actual word used in their feedback.
  16. planetconwy1's Avatar
    • PS Helper
    • Exalted and Worshipped Member
    • Location: Conwy, North Wales
    • Posts: 1,081
    Re: has anyone ever had 4 interviews?
    (Original post by Talexe)
    Pah, no such thing! :rolleyes:
    I agree. Imperial is where its at, in London of course.
Sign in to Reply
Share this discussion:  
Article updates
Moderators

We have a brilliant team of more than 60 volunteers looking after discussions on The Student Room, helping to make it a fun, safe and useful place to hang out.

Reputation gems:
The Reputation gems seen here indicate how well reputed the user is, red gem indicate negative reputation and green indicates a good rep.
Post rating score:
These scores show if a post has been positively or negatively rated by our members.