Got a letter from Kings today

Because letters are much more personal than emails.

Still, they have a point. Also, not everyone has e-mail at home...

Everyone can receive post.

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... hence why they told me when they emailed me to "ring them and confirm my interview" if I wasn't able to access my email.

*dies*

o___O

'''2A* and you're thinking about medicine? get real!!!!'''

whoever said that, was being really rude. There are reasons for getting those gcse's..above all, i feel PASSIONATE about medicine which many ppl lacks..they just wana be a doctor coz they think they can have it all just with their grades alone. I have more to offer than just simple grades which everyone has nowdays.

Its not ur business, whether i get in to medicine or not.


thanks a lot for your 'rep' ! !

Only a LOSER wud say ' I GIVE UP'! How wud u knw if u dnt even giv it a go..

if gcse's are soo imporatnt to YOU then why even bother doing a-levels...unis will love to have u if u r of such a geneous.

I remember when that happened to me last year! I thought that was class.
But then they write the same thing on the letter that they send you after the email and then it all makes sense.

Heh, I just read this post, who exactly is this directed to or have I missed an important part in this thread?

If I may add, you are making a sweeping generalisation by stating that people want to be a doctor because they think they can 'have it all with their grades alone' - a significant number of people that apply for medicine tend to have higher grades than average. It is an extremely competitive course, so it does seem likely that students with a higher academic abilities will apply to read medicine. Furthermore, how exactly can you tell that many people lack what you have got?

Everyone's different- there may be ppl with way higher grades than me, i might have something more than them in some other area..med school look into diff aspects of a student. But, I am happy with what i have earned in a given time frame(i came to uk in year 10 therefore, english is my second lingo). Its impossible for me to get A* in english or history. I did have to spend an awful lot of time on specially those 2 subjects, rather than spending enough time on my sciences and maths. Im so glad i kept an A for english. I know getting 5 A* nowdays are normal and i strongly believe, if i wasnt abroad for 9 years, i would get those A*s easily. I was indeed a bright student back home (1 of the top 3 every year). Im not being big headed but thats the truth.

There are reasons for those grades and unluckily i didnt have good teachers ( i did the best gcse results in my school data). so, i can present enough evidence to present my explanation for those grades and i will ofcourse have my a-levels. Now, i dnt have subjects like english or history or any other essay based subject for alevel, so hopefully it shouldnt be too hard for me to get the grades that i want.

and as you might see from my posts, I hjave a strong passion for medicine. So, its natural to be angry or frustrated, if someone comments on my grades like that. Ofcourse, i am aware of the competition, other wise, call me a stupid. :P

lol, why don't you just ingore people who 'comment on your grades like that.' It's not as if anything they say will affect your chances... so just get on with it and prove them wrong - 'tis the best way