Medicine Resit Applicants 2015 Entry

Original post by Dr. Django

Basically if I need an A in chem I'll do both, if A* then not!

Good luck with your application

Okay good plan! Good luck with yours too :smile:

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ScienceGUYY

Hi,

I've been working on my personal statement and I was just wondering, Is it okay to use parts of your own personal statement from last year or do you have to write a completely fresh one?

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Original post by ScienceGUYY

Hi,

I've been working on my personal statement and I was just wondering, Is it okay to use parts of your own personal statement from last year or do you have to write a completely fresh one?

I used parts of my old one and it wasn't a problem. Seems like a lot of other re-applicants are doing the same thing.

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How did you guys acknowledge and reflect on the need to resit in your PS - do you think Liverpool/ Lancaster would reject you just because there wasn't enough material regarding this ? Thanks :smile:

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Original post by neverstop

How did you guys acknowledge and reflect on the need to resit in your PS - do you think Liverpool/ Lancaster would reject you just because there wasn't enough material regarding this ? Thanks :smile:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Personal_Statement:Medicine_97
This is a link to a personal statement I found for a resit applicant who applied to both Liverpool and Lancaster. They only wrote about a few lines on it at the end and got offers from both.

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Original post by Curlsss

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Personal_Statement:Medicine_97
This is a link to a personal statement I found for a resit applicant who applied to both Liverpool and Lancaster. They only wrote about a few lines on it at the end and got offers from both.

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Cheers thanks a lot .

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sm786

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Hey guys im stuck between Liverpool and Lancaster? Some people on tsr are saying its the same??? apparently if one gives you an offer, another doesn't. whats the difference between them, is the intake same for both?

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sm786

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Original post by Dr. Django

Dayum that is brutal :/ 4 A's too ;(

Have you made any progress since you last posted? Quite a few places only need chem at AS I think

Im opting for Keele, but then im so confused as to whether I should apply to Liverpool or not then, because Liverpool require me to reflect in my personal statement as to why I am resitting but I already meet Keeles grades of AAA AND Keele don't allow resits, I am so confused

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Is it true that if you apply to Lancaster or Liverpool you can only get one ??

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OP

Original post by sm786

Im opting for Keele, but then im so confused as to whether I should apply to Liverpool or not then, because Liverpool require me to reflect in my personal statement as to why I am resitting but I already meet Keeles grades of AAA AND Keele don't allow resits, I am so confused

I rang Keele about exactly this and they said it's fine and that if you meet their requirements they'll know you're not resitting! As they have relatively unique requirements (particularly with allowing A*AB) I imagine they are quite used to it.

Original post by neverstop

Is it true that if you apply to Lancaster or Liverpool you can only get one ??

At the Lancaster open day they never mentioned any association with Liverpool, I think they are now almost completely separate?

Original post by sm786

Hey guys im stuck between Liverpool and Lancaster? Some people on tsr are saying its the same??? apparently if one gives you an offer, another doesn't. whats the difference between them, is the intake same for both?

From what I've gathered (been to Lancaster but not Liverpool open day) they are now quite distinct. Their interview processes are different (liverpools is traditional lancaster a is mmi I think). Also, Liverpool state that higher /18 scores are beneficial whereas Lancaster said (I think) that once you meet the threshold then it doesn't matter

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Original post by ScienceGUYY

Hi,

I've been working on my personal statement and I was just wondering, Is it okay to use parts of your own personal statement from last year or do you have to write a completely fresh one?

Yeah I've been told it's fine. Apparently the UCAS plagiarism thing will detect the similarities but then will automatically recognise (due to DOB, name etc) that it is your own work so will not flag anything up.

From an admissions standpoint, no one would expect us to have another raft of experiences etc in the few months since we found out we didn't get a place to write a ps! Mine is 60% same to last years

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Original post by sm786

Im opting for Keele, but then im so confused as to whether I should apply to Liverpool or not then, because Liverpool require me to reflect in my personal statement as to why I am resitting but I already meet Keeles grades of AAA AND Keele don't allow resits, I am so confused

Have you looked at this (I presume you have), aren't there enough places you can apply to not worry about having to resit?http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Medical_School_A_Level_Requirements

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Original post by neverstop

Is it true that if you apply to Lancaster or Liverpool you can only get one ??

No, they have separate medical schools now

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Lancaster's intake is so small so PS must be really heavy. Do you think it's given more weight than Keele gives to it?

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Original post by neverstop

Lancaster's intake is so small so PS must be really heavy. Do you think it's given more weight than Keele gives to it?

Less people apply usually. I think unless you get auto interview at Keele for academics then they basically have same policy for interview selection

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Original post by Dr. Django

Less people apply usually. I think unless you get auto interview at Keele for academics then they basically have same policy for interview selection

ah okay. dude PM me, discuss Keele

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sm786

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Original post by Dr. Django

Have you looked at this (I presume you have), aren't there enough places you can apply to not worry about having to resit?http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Medical_School_A_Level_Requirements

I got an extremely bad ukcat, worse than last year and most of the not chem unis want pretty decent ukcats and I got 637.5:'( thanks for your advice though, i may be thinking barts because I have a tariff of nearly 700 so it nearly outweighs my rubbish ukcat but I don't know if I'm gunna stand a chance with that or not.

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ScienceGUYY