2024 entry A100 / A101 Medicine fastest and slowest offer senders

@Medpapa I'm at a independent school on a full academic bursary - I worked hard to earn my place but now feel that I'm being penalised. Some of my friends are well off but there are others from working class backgrounds. Their parents made a choice to forgo holidays/cars etc so their children could get a better education.

I understand that we want our workforce to represent soceity, be it medics or MP's. However, we might be at a point where we are over compensating. I wanted to apply to Birmingham, had max 8.5 (UCAT+GCSE) but not having any contextual points put me off. The irony is that if I had attended a state school, I would have had max contextual points and as a result my application would've been a lot stronger!

I agree with some of what you say.

I don’t like your ‘anti smart’ comment - it suggests that those from a state school aren’t smart. I for one am glad that my smart girl who attended a non selective state school will get some recognition for achieving her grades without the privilege of a grammar/private school.

I am quite happy to go head to head on the humble beginnings but this isn’t a competition 🤣

I have worked with many medical students and medics and imho the best are those who come from a non privileged background.

We absolutely need a cross section of society. We need Drs who understand the struggles of their patients. Not just the grammar/private school ‘smart’ kids who have never set foot on a council estate.

hi, this I have a question about personal statements - my ps is under 4000 characters, but when I put paragraph breaks, as in a blank line, separating paragraphs in UCAS, it makes me go over the line limit by 4 lines, and I can't prevent that unless I cut out nearly a whole paragraph.
is it really bad if I dont have clear paragraph breaks? in the preview, each of the paragraphs do begin on a new line, but there's not a blank line separating them.

anyone got any thoughts ??

hi!! good luck to everybody

Applied: 13/10
UCAT: 2820 b1
BMAT: tbc
GCSEs: 999999999998
Predicted / achieved A-Levels: A*A*A* in bio, chem, maths
Contextual: No

Cambridge / A100
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St Andrews / A100S
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you don't have to have paragraph breaks x

Applied: 09/10/23
UCAT: 2900 SJT B2
BMAT: TBA
GCSEs: 9999999988
Predicted A-Levels: A*A*A* (Bio, Chem, Maths)
Contextual: Yes polar 4 quintile 4, low school attainment 8


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Leeds | A100
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Ooh oxford applicant at last. Good luck with your bmat !!

Applied: 9/10
UCAT: 2950 B2
GCSEs: 9999998887
Predicted: A*A*A*


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Well done on your offer from Birmingham, how did it come through so fast?

t'was B900 (Biomed Sciences)

Applied: 13/10/2023
UCAT: 3130 B2
BMAT: TBC but went awful
GCSEs: 9999999999
Predicted A-Levels: A*A*A* in Chemistry, Biology, Maths
Contextual: No, except for Birmingham and Bristol due to school

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