CURRENT YEAR 13s-Hopeful Medics (Mk. II)!

well I went to both open days, both talks. Difficult to say.

In Imperial, they emphasised that they didn't mind students resitting the odd module exam within the 2 years. They also highlighted that predicted grades were a big factor after the BMAT.

UCL said they didn't like resits, it's not the be-all but they don't like it. They also heavily rely on the BMAT, predicted grades, but they said they might give a chance to those who were particularly strong in one particular area. Perhaps if the PS was very good, or if the Bmat score was very high etc.

it seemed a little risky and too variable for me to opt for UCL, considering I'd like to retake an economics exam in jan. I also got AABB at AS. I think I'll be predicted 2A*2As, so I felt Imperial would be more interested in that than UCL would be. I felt that if the BMAT went well, Imperial would look more kindly towards my application than UCL.

This question has probably been asked before but I'll ask again...

Does it matter how many A* predictions you get? Is it advantageous when applying to any unis to have a few A* predictions instead of just As?

It depends entirely on the university/medical school. For example, it gives you an advantage if you're applying to Barts and The London school.

Ah yes of course - Barts do the whole ucas points thing. I want to apply to Barts I think. Do you know if Barts accept points from General Studies well when ranking based on UCAS points (Im doing 4 subjects to A2 but also GenStu AS as well).

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That's what I'm going to do as well. What about maths though for me as I finished it in the November exam so do I put January 2011 as that's when the results were (WILL IT COUNT??? )

Now I'm not going to UCL or anything (in fact ICL was one of my choices ), but I've heard that they shortlist so many candidates on the basis of the PS and maybe grades too before the BMAT results are released. I'm not totally certain, but you may want to look into that on TSR.

For what's its worth, I got the impression this year that the BMAT is really important for interview at ICL, though once you're there I don't know how much they take it into account (that is, when giving out offers after interview). In fact, they gave out offers to apply for their scholarship based on "interview performance", I think.

That's what I'm going to do as well. What about maths though for me as I finished it in the November exam so do I put January 2011 as that's when the results were (WILL IT COUNT??? )

Hello, I think I saw a question on the personal statement thread by you asking how could you check for plagiarism and I found this site which was conveniently on the TSR medicine personal statement wiki! Just make sure you press plagiarism detection as ON
Will
http://ed.grammarly.com/editor/view/?f=1

Ah thanks so much will give it a try.

You are going to at leats get an interveiw at Kings, your GCSEs and UKCAT (if I remember) were brilliant.

You seem motivated and determined. There's nothing stopping you from getting an offer (or four!).

Anyone know Biomed courses that allow transfer to medicine apart from Newcastle?

And you guys putting down 5th choices? My deadline is tomorrow :O

Yep! I tried mine and apparently it's an original piece of text and it's not plagiarised! Yeahy Also, for KCL, what's you GCSEs like?

Just did my ukcat. Got 640 i know this isnr too bad but im so gutted. Any chance i could apply for kings?

Hope so, I'm gonna go for Kings, and that way if I don't get any offers I can apply to Bham next year

Thanks for the advice though ^^

For January exams you put March, for June exams you put August

Ah, actually I didn't think about this! I finished my GCSE maths a year early too... Hmmm I guess I'll just put it as when I've been certified for that (as in a year earlier than other GCSEs!)

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Anyone know Biomed courses that allow transfer to medicine apart from Newcastle?

And you guys putting down 5th choices? My deadline is tomorrow :O