Newcastle medicine A100 offer holders thread

Same with me! Just gotta wait I guess and fill it out as soon as they send it lol when I saw condition I was all "what you playing at Newcastle" but then read it and was like "that's fine, I'm pretty sure I'm not a criminal" haha, I just want to get it done early so that hopefully I can get accommodation allocated early!


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I think Newcastle requires that the DBS checks not be done more than 3 months before the course start date, which is September 22nd, meaning that the earliest the date on the DBS form can be is June 22nd. (I believe it's written also in the Track letter.) Even for the Occupational Health Check, the questionnaire won't be sent until May (and the deadline to return isn't until the end of July), which is pretty late to even receive the form.
But if accommodations were to wait for the checks to go through, it feels like they'd be putting themselves in a tight time bind, so I'm guessing that they'll just let us *apply* for accommodations before all that DBS and OHC stuff and then just take their time with the allocations? I'm not sure but I don't think they allocate early just because you apply early, right? You needn't worry.


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Same with me! Just gotta wait I guess and fill it out as soon as they send it lol when I saw condition I was all "what you playing at Newcastle" but then read it and was like "that's fine, I'm pretty sure I'm not a criminal" haha, I just want to get it done early so that hopefully I can get accommodation allocated early!


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what halls are close to the med school? i like the look of castle court but it is on the main campus and google maps is telling me that its a 56min walk to the med school! haha

Castle Court is like 5-10 minutes (4-5 minutes is my record) from the med school. You have to walk through Leazes field, which is common land so farmers put cattle on it during the summer to graze. It isn't like some kind of farming land, there's a lit concrete path and stuff.

Oh great thanks!! Also is castle court close to the city centre as well? I want one thats sort of easy to get to everywhere! lol Or do you have better suggestions?

So see the way the off-campus accommodation is cheaper? Does it work out roughly the same cost per year as the on campus ones when you add in travelling via public transport to the med school everyday? Or are the on campus ones just much more convenient?

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what halls are close to the med school? i like the look of castle court but it is on the main campus and google maps is telling me that its a 56min walk to the med school! haha

I think you should use the maps on Newcastle's website, they're much more accurate. From what I can see, Castle Court isn't that far away at all but apparently you have to walk through a field with cows to get to the school.
Perhaps practice some cow-tipping as stress relief on your way back after school? haha


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Closest is Ricky Road - 2-5 mins walk depending on which block you're in.
Marris House is also about 5 mins walk at most.
Castle Leazes/Court is 7-8 for me (Beska, you must walk freakishly fast?!)
Leazes Parade probably about 9-10.
Liberty Plaza (aka Central Link) probably 15ish, and Victoria Halls about 20-25.

Henderson Hall and St Mary's College require bussing/biking/getting up way too early for my liking.

Pretty rough estimates, but you get the idea



I loved the cows! Sad times when they all mysteriously disappeared one day...

WAIT. WHAT. ARE THEY GONE FOREVER? EVER? One of the reasons I applied to Court was for the cows!

Serious note: did you get your first choice of accommodation? Do med students usually get their first choice?


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Anyone else coming to the post-offer day this Wednesday?

Yep