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Ive got an interview at St. Georges! Help!

Hey everyone.. i got a letter in the post this morning informing of an interview at st georges on the 6th of november !!! I was shocked. That is so soon! I havent started preparing at all .. yikes. Anyone else got an interview here yet? Anyone got any tips because i have no clue..
I really hope i can talk properly as well - i just got braces and i think i have a slight lisp lol.
Thanks guys :smile:

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Reply 1

Democracy

I dunno how to answer your question but congrats for getting an interview :smile:

Reply 2

lil_dreamer90

Thanks democracy! good luck with ur app. :smile:

Reply 3

greenerwhiterblacker

Another Med school starting interviews AHHHH! Best of luck though, you're the first person I've heard about for St Georges!

Reply 4

Tyraell

Congratulations! Good luck with your interview in two weeks time. :eek:

You're the first 2008 applicant I know of who has an interview (although my friend already has an offer in computing...). I applied to St. Georges too, so if I don't hear back from them I will beat you with a lollipop in a jealous rage.

I need to stop eating lollies while I make posts...

Reply 5

person 34

LOL ^^

Yeah well done. Just crash read all the medical suppliments and BBC health bit, and learn your PS very well.

Reply 6

Becca-Sarah

I just read my PS for the first time since making those last minute 4am changes very near to deadline day. I cannot believe the drivel that I supposedly spouted. I really don't want to have to justify some of the statements in it.

I may start planning my next year out now...

EDIT: And good luck to the OP!

Reply 7

m197

well done lil_dreamer, thats amazing! i applied to St George's too. i haven't received a confirmation yet, let alone an interview! i'm not in the mood for interviews yet, i need to concentrate on some catching up this half term, im sooooooooo behinde with revision.

try getting the 150 answers to medical interview questions or something like that just to put on the right track,i havent read the book but i ordered a copy to see what it's like. it should be good from the reviews i read.

good luck!

Reply 8

lil groovy dude

Revise up on recent news in Medicine, go over your Personal Statement once again so you can make sure you can talk about everything you mentioned. For example, if you said that you volunteered at a Special Needs school .. make sure you can talk about the illnesses and disabilities that the kids suffered and a general knowledge of the illness etc. :smile:

Good Luck! Hope it goes well :smile:

Reply 9

mouse_mat

Good gravy, they're already dishing out offers...Hmm wonder how quickly they take to send out rejections...

Reply 10

lukeciez

Well done!

malaz, can i have the ISBN for that book please?

Reply 11

lil one

My friend got one as well yesterday, congrats. :smile:

Reply 12

minim

WoW! I applied to St. George's as well and haven't even received a confirmation letter yet. I hope I don't have my interview too soon because that's the last thing I need on my head right now - this BMAT preparation is the biggest pain in the arse since I revised all my computing AS syllabus in the weekend before the exam last year.

Although, I really hope that letter will come :frown:

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Is this the book you were talking about? I'm just about to order it!

Reply 13

icapturethecastle

congrats on ur interview
tips for the interview:
- read up on current health+nhs issues
- read st.george's prospectus
- read up on ur own school...might be random, but a friend of mine last year was at the cambridge med interview, and they asked her who ellen wilkinson was(ellen wilkinson is the name of our school) but since no real emphasis is put on ellen w in our school, it was lucky that she knew already :rolleyes:

- good luck :smile:

Reply 14

theshape

minim

Is this the book you were talking about? I'm just about to order it!

I've got that book. It has a lot of useful stuff in it but also some stuff that they would never expect you to know as an applicant. Or at least i hope they won't expect us to know it.

Reply 15

SilentGirl

And yeah read BMJ (British Medical Journal), specially, in the morning of your interview day. They tend to be more interested on very recent medical issues which you can easily find in BBC, newspapers or BMJ.

Reply 16

lil groovy dude

Yeah, but before mentioning something you read in the BMJ; make sure you understand the article fully as sometimes the terminology used is quite complex and if you talk about something you don't understand, its most likely that they'll question you further on what you just mentioned even if it was just a passing reference.

Make sure you know what happens after you graduate btw .. FY1, FY2 etc.

And the course structure and what you can bring to the med school in general etc. :smile:

Reply 17

m197

malaz, can i have the ISBN for that book please?

ISBN-10: 1905812043 that's the ISBN for the book.

Is this the book you were talking about? I'm just about to order it!

Yes this is the one. mine has arrived but i gotts go to pick it up. the thing is i stopped going to the town centre since this BMAT revision started i have to read up on my GCSE stuff again, fun! i was so pleased not to resit any of my GCSE's and now i have to go through them again.grrr