Anyone got a low offer for medicine

Yeah, I posted after looking at the first page, I didn't know you said the exact same thing on page 2

Oh btw, did Aziz tell you he got rejected from Imperial

Yeah, I posted after looking at the first page, I didn't know you said the exact same thing on page 2

Oh btw, did Aziz tell you he got rejected from Imperial

Then that's a question of intelligence, not deprivation. If someone wants to become a doctor, they should have the capability of achieving a C in science subjects based on reading alone. If they're unable to do that at A-level then they'd make absolutely useless medical students and future doctors, who have to glean a vast proportion of their knowledge simply from textbook material.

Oh c'mon. I work very hard and I live in a deprived area, but if I was applying for medicine I would work harder. We get a lot more support and help from our council when we apply for courses like Medicine.
It's not like your brain is deprived, it's just the determination you need. No matter where you live, if you work hard and have the determination you can achieve anything.

It's not like your brain is deprived

No matter where you live

Sorry but if after getting CCC offer for medicine you get CDD without any extenuating circumstances (ie. hit by car/family member dying) then thats just lazy. The result speaks for itself. That or the person simply didn't have the intelligence needed and therefore shouldn't be doing medicine in the first place.

I'm sorry but that is just ridiculous.
I applied to an access scheme 2 years ago and here was one of the criterion:

''Live in an area with a postcode which falls within the lowest 20% of the IMD (Index of Multiple Deprivation) or a member of a travelling family (this will be authenticated by the University''.

I'm sorry but that is just ridiculous.
I applied to an access scheme 2 years ago and here was one of the criterion:

''Live in an area with a postcode which falls within the lowest 20% of the IMD (Index of Multiple Deprivation) or a member of a travelling family (this will be authenticated by the University''.

As you can imagine you've got to be pretty low down the list of deprivation in Britain to be in the lowest 20% never mind even be on the list at all (believe me I had to trawl though it - there's hundereds of thousands of these postcodes).
Where I grew up was in the lowest 5%.

My school was a joke, the teaching standards were and are still a joke, no-one in the place wanted to be there and it ended in a situation where A-levels were jointly taught by 4 local schools (the other 3 were no better than my own) and one of my tutors (from one of the other schools) being suspended because she lied about my attendance in order to explain my poor grades when in fact she literally didn't teach us. Where I lived was a compete **** hole and I was in a single parent family. I'm bright as a button. Now you tell me that I was going to achieve AAA at A-level because I ''worked hard and had determination''. I achieved much less than that by working hard and having determination.
Also I got jack **** from my council when I applied for medicine - what did you get? (I'm not being sarcastic I really want to know)


Of course not but your education is and your upbringing is.

I think I pretty much covered that but seriously I cannot believe that you think that 'determination' will magic everthing better.

I'm sorry but that is just ridiculous.
I applied to an access scheme 2 years ago and here was one of the criterion:

''Live in an area with a postcode which falls within the lowest 20% of the IMD (Index of Multiple Deprivation) or a member of a travelling family (this will be authenticated by the University''.

As you can imagine you've got to be pretty low down the list of deprivation in Britain to be in the lowest 20% never mind even be on the list at all (believe me I had to trawl though it - there's hundereds of thousands of these postcodes).
Where I grew up was in the lowest 5%.

My school was a joke, the teaching standards were and are still a joke, no-one in the place wanted to be there and it ended in a situation where A-levels were jointly taught by 4 local schools (the other 3 were no better than my own) and one of my tutors (from one of the other schools) being suspended because she lied about my attendance in order to explain my poor grades when in fact she literally didn't teach us. Where I lived was a compete **** hole and I was in a single parent family. I'm bright as a button. Now you tell me that I was going to achieve AAA at A-level because I ''worked hard and had determination''. I achieved much less than that by working hard and having determination.
Also I got jack **** from my council when I applied for medicine - what did you get? (I'm not being sarcastic I really want to know)


Of course not but your education is and your upbringing is.

I think I pretty much covered that but seriously I cannot believe that you think that 'determination' will magic everthing better.

I don't understand what you mean by this - what did you want from your council? (i didn't get anything either )

We get a lot more support and help from our council when we apply for courses like Medicine.

This, this, and three times this (I applied for Medicine last year so I know what it's like... in fact I nearly reapplied this year =/)
Going to a school like this just saps your faith in humanity tbh.

Is that Soton?

The guy who I quoted (and I shall quote again) said:

Hence my reply - I haven't a clue what we were supposed to got from our council

Well if it's any consolation i got absolutely nothing from my council - and neither did anyone else i know

i agree, and if i was to be their patient, i would definitely want to be treated by someone who is at least semi intelligent and determined to make me better. If they can't even get a C at A level i would be very doubtful about the doctor's ability and his knowledge.

YOU GUYS KNOW EACH OTHER IN IRL!!!!

Ah you expressed what I could not - that's how I feel.

I'm sorry but that is just ridiculous.
I applied to an access scheme 2 years ago and here was one of the criterion:

''Live in an area with a postcode which falls within the lowest 20% of the IMD (Index of Multiple Deprivation) or a member of a travelling family (this will be authenticated by the University''.

As you can imagine you've got to be pretty low down the list of deprivation in Britain to be in the lowest 20% never mind even be on the list at all (believe me I had to trawl though it - there's hundereds of thousands of these postcodes).
Where I grew up was in the lowest 5%.

My school was a joke, the teaching standards were and are still a joke, no-one in the place wanted to be there and it ended in a situation where A-levels were jointly taught by 4 local schools (the other 3 were no better than my own) and one of my tutors (from one of the other schools) being suspended because she lied about my attendance in order to explain my poor grades when in fact she literally didn't teach us. Where I lived was a compete **** hole and I was in a single parent family. I'm bright as a button. Now you tell me that I was going to achieve AAA at A-level because I ''worked hard and had determination''. I achieved much less than that by working hard and having determination.
Also I got jack **** from my council when I applied for medicine - what did you get? (I'm not being sarcastic I really want to know)


Of course not but your education is and your upbringing is.

I think I pretty much covered that but seriously I cannot believe that you think that 'determination' will magic everthing better.

I don't see why ethnic minorities have a more chance of being accepted. It's not fair.

And i also 100% agree with this. Im an applicant to bm6 and i think the course provides a great opportunity to those who have had difficulties. For a whole load of reasons i have underacheived in public examinations and at school i was told that my application to medicine was a joke. My school favours the AAA type geniuses and tries to push them into medicine so in the run up to UCAS i was pushed aside and everyone at school tried to stop me applying because they thought my background was not suitable. They were so shocked when they found out I had received interviews that some of my teachers thought i was lying about them. It is not justifiable to say "if you work hard and have determination you'll get there" and "it is not your brain that is deprived". there are so many factors that come into play and so many barriers people have to face. To even get to stage where i am in my own app has been a complete nighmare and i honestly dont know what i will do if i get anymore rejections because for me getting AAA is just not an option. For me getting a B is more of an acheviement than when some of you get As because it has taken me a lot of time and work and effort to get it.

Oh c'mon. I work very hard and I live in a deprived area, but if I was applying for medicine I would work harder. We get a lot more support and help from our council when we apply for courses like Medicine.
It's not like your brain is deprived, it's just the determination you need. No matter where you live, if you work hard and have the determination you can achieve anything.