Aberdeen Medical Applicants 2014

Isn't that for non-medicine courses?

I got my letter today. Do you think they are serious they will make decision after 15 January? Cause thats a lot of waiting!

Aberdeen traditionally have been one of the last unis to finish handing out offers - typically into March. Be prepared to be very patient

hmm...okay . Pity I didn't knew before lol

Why, you'd have applied somewhere different had you known? Might as well get used to it - the FY jobs process takes from October to April (at least).

No, I don't think I would change. Just that I kinda thought Aberdeen will be the quickest to answer (maybe cause they say they don't really look at ukcat). So now I am a bit surprised xD.
What is FY?

The UKCAT makes up 40% of your pre-interview score...

FY = Foundation Years. Should you get into, and through, medical school, it's your first jobs as a doctor.

really? From what I read ppl with low ukcat usually chose Aberdeen cause it doesn't look on ukcat. I mean, its not a problem for me since my score was pretty good .

Ohh...got it now. Thanks for the explanation

The admissions policy has changed quite a bit since last year, but Aberdeen have always used UKCAT to some extent.

They give u a form to fill in and take to interview. You write a brief description about what you did, and offer address/email/phone number of the place. They then phone up random contacts to check that applicants have indeed carried out the experience.

Hope this helps.

Visited the Sutti centre today, it does look quite impressive, very modern indeed, are they extending it or still finishing it?

DOB: Date of Birth - you have to enter it in 26 Dec 1996 format

It's complete... The building work round the back is for the nutrition research place to move to, they're currently outside the city somewhere.

Oright, yeah well it looks good although I didn't really know where to go and students kept on looking at me awkwardly. Managed to go to the library at the polwarth building but not much else receptionist didn't allow anymore.

There's not really much more you're permitted to see at this stage. You can see the clinical skills department on interview day tours and the anatomy department is out of bounds by law until you enrol.

Oh right. you said earlier that ukcat is worth 40%
but see after interviews, it changes to 20% right, with academics being 30% and interview 50%??
thanks

what about the personal statement.......how much weighting is that given. I understood it is considered around interview stage. Is that correct and how is it measured?