Durham foundation year medicine

its taking sooo longg!

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I emailed the foundation centre and they said that they haven't got all the applications back so they have not yet decided who to give interviews to

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Original post by Nicolle Waine

I emailed the foundation centre and they said that they haven't got all the applications back so they have not yet decided who to give interviews to

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oh but how could they not have all the applications back yet coz i swear the deadline was the 15th of october :s-smilie:

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I think it's because we are doing foundation they have to get all the applications from other courses even the ones that were due 15th January

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Original post by Nicolle Waine

I think it's because we are doing foundation they have to get all the applications from other courses even the ones that were due 15th January

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oohh okaayy do you know how many offers they give out?

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I'm not too sure but I don't think it's that many. Should be soon I hope !

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Original post by barmutlu1

oohh okaayy do you know how many offers they give out?

Deadline for this course was 15th January like all others, because its via the Foundation centre. I applied on 15th Jan 2013 & got an interview (rejected, but I wasn't surprised) on 15th April 2013.

I reapplied on 23rd December this time round and have had an acknowledgement but thats it so far. So nerve wracking! I've started doing interview prep even though no guarantee of an interview as I think thats really what let me down last time round.

@Nicolle - I thought you got an offer last year? What happened??

@barmutlu1 - I was told by the Foundation Centre way back when I was thinking of applying there are usually 5-6 places only. But I'm fairly sure the application :tongue:

lace ratio is much lower than Direct Entry

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I did get an offer but I needed to get 645 ukcat but I got 640

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OMG sooo close! How devastating!

I didn't sit it last year as I failed the interview so couldn't see the point... But I'm sitting it regardless this year as if I don't get in via foundation I'm going to do an access course in September. Desperately want to go via Foundation if I can though...

Whereabouts are you from?

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Yeah I know I was very disappointed. Yeah it's a better option as your already in medical school and if you do it in a college you have to enter the 5 year course and you'll need a even higher ukcat.
I'm from kent. Where you from ?

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Newcastle so not too far from Stockton really :-)

I went to school in Dartford though - small world!

Have you applied anywhere else?

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Fair enough. Ha I used to live in dartford and went to college there.

Yeah I applied to keele, Bradford, Southampton, durham and Canterbury as my non medical option to do biosciences. I have been rejected by all of my medical ones except durham obviously cause we haven't heard back, but I have received an unconditional from Canterbury so at least I know I will defiantly have something to do in September !
How about you ?

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Original post by Nicolle Waine

Did you get a rejection from the bm6 southampton 2014 course?

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Yes i did as I did not meet 2 of their extenuating circumstances criteria

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Original post by Nicolle Waine

Gutted! Just Durham for me as I don't meet the criteria for other Foundation courses. If I don't get in this time I'm going to do an access course in September so I can apply for direct entry at some other places too.

When did you get your invitation to interview last year? Mine wasn't til end of March for an April interview so still all to play for!

Chin up and 😀 for now. No point worrying yet.

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