UCAS Midwifery 2023

Hi everyone! Hoping someone might be able to help me. I’ve applied for midwifery at Bournemouth Uni for sept 2023 start.

I have revived this email message from them

“ We have carefully considered your application and we regret to inform you that you have not been selected for interview at this time. This course receives a large number of applications for a small number of places, so only applicants that meet all our shortlisting criteria are invited to interview at this stage.

However, we recognise the strength of your application and have therefore placed your application on our waiting list. We will contact you later in the year if a place becomes available, normally by the end of May.“


Anyone have experience with this, how likely is it that I will get a chance to get invited for interview? Is it only if others pull out or just until the first lot of interviews are done? It’s so frustrating, I know I just need to be patient and wait and see but if anyone has had similar or knows any extra info I would love to hear from you ☺️!

Holly xx

Unfortunately all anybody else can suggest is examples of what they might have put into there personal statement as it's up the individual candidate to write there own information.

I think that Nicky1310 is absolutely right about doing her personal statement etc early as it gives you time to research about other things you might need for a interview.
I was exactly the same as her when I did my adult nursing applications and get rejected still every year for about 5 years on the trot until I eventually put down midwifing and got offered that over adult nursing which actually saved me going back to university to do the shortened top-up degree course.

I would say be yourself and do all your research and revision for any potential interview okay.

The waiting list is like you said if anybody pull's out of the course. They will go down the list until they fill the amount of places up.
Depending on where about you are on the list you may get a opportunity still.

Yes every university in the UK has a limited amount of places for midwifing which makes it more competitive than other course's.

Keep faith in yourself and hopefully you will be invited to a interview if others pull out.


A NHS registered midwife

hiya i have my midwifery interview next week and I'm currently preparing, do you have any tips?

Thank you! I really appreciate your reply and words of encouragement ☺️👍!
I shall let you know if I hear back from them!
Fingers crossed!!!! X

Hi!

ive also applyed to go to Oxford Brookes! As well as Liverpoole john moores, middlesex, salford and northumbria a group chats a good idea

Try not to be nervous when you do your interview but if you are the interviewers will hopefully make you feel comfortable throughout it.
If you are completely nervous throughout your interview then you may not get a offer. ( But you never know what can happen)
You'll need to put enough information over to the interviewers to have a good opportunity of being offered a place on the course.
Do plenty of revision for it and if you received anything from the university about what you are to prepare for the interview then follow this.


PM if you have any questions you want help with ok.

Good luck with your interview next week.

Hi @Alice20042004,

Fab to hear you've applied to us - good luck with your applications and decision making

All the best,

Rowan
- University of Salford Rep

My interview is remote so ill be answering pre-recorded questions while being timed so hopefully that will help with nerves, thank you for the tips!

Hi!

ive also applyed to go to Oxford Brookes! As well as Liverpoole john moores, middlesex, salford and northumbria a group chats a good idea

Hi Chantel xx
Thanks for your reply 😃

So you having a remote online interview which hopefully will help you keep your nerves at bay ☺️.

Just make sure you are 100% satisfied with your answers that you giving before moving onto the next question etc but obviously within the time limit you are allocated.

There's no worries about trying to give you some ideas on what to do okay 🙂🙂🙂

Keep me posted and if you have any thing you want asking about you are welcome to PM anytime okay.

Best of luck with your interview ☺️☺️

hiya just to update i didn't think the interview went that well initially but I ended up receiving a conditional offer! thank you for the tips

Hi Chantal 😚

Thanks for your update on how you got on with your interview ☺️
Don't worry about how you think it went because as long as you have put enough information over in the interview you'll be fine okay.
But obviously you must have done something right if you have been given a conditional offer for it.... Is it one of your popular university you want to go to for midwifery.

It's not a problem giving you some advice on what you should do at the interview.😀

I'm here if you want to ask me anything okay as you can always PM message okay, and have you got any more interviews to do still....!!
Well done for getting a conditional offer xx

it's not my top choice but it will most likely be my insurance choice as it gave me aow offer and I wouldn't mind going there, since then I've done two other interviews and I think I've got the hang of the type of questions they ask and the interview technique which is great Thank you!.

hey guys, i’m a first year student midwife so did the application process not too long ago. just thought i’d jump on in case anyone had any questions!

Hey I was just wondering if you can give some advice for the personal statement and what they actually look for. I'm going to apply for 2024

Hi

Although it was not your number one choice at least you have a backup just incase you may need it if you weren't given any other offers.

You'll find that each university may ask questions differently from others. But hopefully you are getting better at answering questions with each interview you do.

Just remember that it doesn't matter what university you go to as long as you are qualify as a midwife meeting at the end of the course. Each university are guided by what the NMC set's out for the course and the only difference is how every university will provide it..


There is no idea problems with trying to assist you with things 🙂🙂🙂🙂

Hey I was just wondering if you can give some advice for the personal statement and what they actually look for. I'm going to apply for 2024