Birmingham Medicine applicants 2015

Congrats
When did you get your further consideration email? And when is your interview for?


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30th Sept. And I don't know, haven't booked it yet You get a fair few dates to choose from.

sorry, but if you don't know what UKCAT is then you can't be interested in Medicine in the UK !!

30th Sept. And I don't know, haven't booked it yet You get a fair few dates to choose from.

No I know what it is but Birmingham uni don't do it right? That's all I really wanted to know to be frank.

OKAY so i'm going to clear somethings up for people here! The email said your application has been reviewed- hasn't anyone considered that this just means its been reviewed for mitigating situations i.e. health problems, issues concerning fitness and also evidence of work experience. These are things most of us don't have to worry about, we're all likely to receive further consideration emails either now, December or just before march. Its the admissions tutor that actually decides who gets rejected or not. Also I think they are doing this based on who applied first, and going through systematically if any one hasn't heard its likely they are being considered for a later interview session. Birmingham put applicants into 3 groups according to their interview periods. They first shave of the fat- low grades not meeting requirements and then interview the best and borderline candidates first which makes for easier selection. Then they can hold any really good academics that just missed the interview average or any borderline academic profiles with great interviews scores and save them for later. This means that if average drops later on these people may still be selected. so DONT WORRY

sorry, but if you don't know what UKCAT is then you can't be interested in Medicine in the UK !!

Yes that is right. they may well introduce it next year though.


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So, is there a correlation between when people receive their further consideration email and when they are interviewed?

My UCAS application was sent off on the 14th and I got a further consideration email today, while some people who sent off their applications earlier are still waiting on one.




That is a total exaggeration given that the person you replied to is in year 12.

Like I said, I called and they confirmed that best and borderline applicants tend to be interviewed first, people who haven't been given consideration yet may either have been seen and are being held or just haven't quite made the mark. After the first set of interview they have something to compare midranking applications to, and can give a second set of interviews

Got an interview!! Sent mine off on sept
29th

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omg interview for Birmingham medicine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When did you get your further consideration email?
Want to try and work out how they are calling people



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3rd October

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cheers
have you done much prep? got mine on 10th, so don't really know how long it is will be
what time period could you book your interview within?

Haven't done anything yet, have been focusing on bmat, wanted to wait till I knew if I had an interview! The dates are the week beginning 17th Nov

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Was it from the 17th-21st? I think they give out interviews per week up till december?