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Here is my updated profile:

Year of Entry: 2009
Deferred?: Nope
GCSEs: A* A* A* A* A* A A A A
AS Grades: A A A A
A2 Predictions: A A A A
UKCAT: 605 ~ (540, 690, 560, 630)
BMAT: 18.4 ~ (5.0, 4.4, 9.0)
Work Experience/Volunteering:
- A year with Age Concern (volunteering at a residential care home and afternoon club)
- Over a year volunteering at Oxfam
- 1 week voluntary placement on a Care of the Elderly ward
- 1 week shadowing a Consultant Ophthalmologist at two hospitals
- 1 week observing and working alongside Radiographers & Physiotherapists
Extra Curricular:
- Oxjam fundraising (don't really know where this one fits?)
- Workshop mentor at school (mentor a student for a year)
- Tennis
- Photography
Universities applied to and decisions:
- UCL: Unsuccessful
- King's: Unsuccessful
- BSMS: Unsuccessful
- SGUL: Conditional (AAA)
Year of Entry: 2009

Deferred?: No, already on a gap year (Reapplicant)

GCSEs: 4A*'s, 6A's and 1B

AS Grades: AAAA (Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths)

A2 Results: AAAA (Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths)

Previous Degree (if applicable): -N/A

UKCAT: 610,680,680,630 = 650
BMAT: N/A

Work Experience/Volunteering:
-1 week in a health centre.
-1 week on surgical assessment/Urology ward.
-1 week Neurosurgery.
-3 weeks shadowing doctors in America, involved Gastroenterology, Neurology, Peadiatrics and a GP. (i have my links, lol)
-1.5 years and ongoing volunteering at hospital X-ray and A and E.
-6 months and ongoing volunteering at a chinese medicine store. (something different eh)
-6 months and ongoing job at care home.


Universities applied to and decisions:
Manchester: Offer - FIRM
Leicester: Offer - INSURANCE
St Georges: Offer - DECLINED
Leeds: Unsuccessful - FORGOTTEN
Reply 82
Year of Entry: 2009
Deferred?: No
GCSEs: 3A* 7A 1B
AS Grades: AABBB (Chemistry, Ancient Greek, Biology, Physics, History)
A2 Prediction/Results: AAAB (Chemistry, Ancient Greek, Biology, Physics)
Previous Degree (if applicable): N?A
UKCAT (if applicable): 635
BMAT (if applicable): 5.3, 6.1, 12.0= 23.4
Work Experience/Volunteering:
1 week in a elderly care home
6 months in local shopmobility charity
Extra Curricular:
Badminton
Table tennis
Universities applied to and decisions:
Imperial- Firm
UCL- Unsuccessful
KCL- Unsuccessful
Southampton- Unsuccessful
Reply 83
Year of Entry: 2009
Deferred?: No
GCSEs: 6A*, 5A
AS Grades: AAAB
A2 Prediction/Results: AAA (Bio, Chem, Maths)
UKCAT (if applicable): 540, 720, 620, 650 (average 632.5)
BMAT (if applicable): -
Work Experience/Volunteering: 2 week hospital wards, GP shadowing, St John Ambulance volunteer for 2years
Extra Curricular: Piano, violin, singing, county youth orchestra, house captain and prefect, young enterprise, weekend job at Tesco
Universities applied to and decisions:
Cardiff - Unsuccessful after interview ~ waiting list
Bristol - Unsuccessful after interview
Southampton - Unsuccessful
BSMS - Unsuccessful

My best piece of advice: make sure Medicine is really for you before you apply, don't let yourself be pressured. If you have any doubts these will be picked up on at the interview.

Good luck :smile: x
Reply 84
Year of Entry: 2009
Deferred?: Naa
GCSEs: A*A*A*A*AAAAAAA
AS Grades: AAAA
A2 Predictions: AAAA
UKCAT: 675 cant remember the breakdown
BMAT: -
Work Experience/Volunteering:
- Week at the HRI Ophthalmology department, shadowing consultants
- About a year at a special needs school
- Hospice work since October '08
Extra Curricular:
- Football, Cricket, Golf
- Guitar
Universities applied to and decisions:
- Newcastle AAA
- Manchester AAB
- Cardiff - Withdrawn
- Sheffield - Rejected
Reply 85
Year of Entry:Deferred?: 2009

GCSEs: 8 A *s 4As

AS Grades: AAABC ( As in chem, french, german, B in bio, C in crit think

A2 Prediction/Results: Predictions- AAAA (i dropped crit think- **** waste of time)

UKCAT (if applicable): 585

BMAT (if applicable): NA

Work Experience/Volunteering:
- week in A&E
- various placements in radiology, plastic surgery, burns, gynaecology,general practice and district nursing
- 6 months volunteering in a school specialised with learning disabilities
- 1 year at Scope shop
- volunteer at old peeps home, Scope residential home

Extra Curricular:
- tennis, horse riding, sailing
- viola, piano

Universities applied to and decisions
Bristol- AAB ..... Firm
Leeds- AAB ...... Insurance
Birmingham- AAB ..... Declined
Cardiff- AAB.... Declined


I think with my application it shows that you dont have to have 4 As and a high UKCAT to get an offer. I only had one A in one science and a poor UKCAT, but despite that i still got offers. I did select my unis very carefully- Brum and Bristol dont require UKCAT, and Leeds and Cardiff do not put much emphasis on it. As well Leeds and Bristol do not look at AS grades. I selected unis which looked at my GCSEs closely but not the UKCAT or ASs.

I think if you have a strong personal statment and just look at how each uni selects their applicants then you will have a good chance.
Year of Entry: 2009

Deferred?:no

GCSEs:3A* 4A 2B 1D

AS Grades:A bio and physics, B maths, C chem ( A-E-A in the units)

A2 Prediction/Results: AAA

Previous Degree (if applicable): no

UKCAT (if applicable):615

BMAT (if applicable): 20.9

Work Experience/Volunteering: Old peopls nomes, A&E, ICU, Orthapaedics, Gastro, Surgery, optometry, opthalmology

Extra Curricular: Sports Captain, Music

Universities applied to and decisions:

UCL AAB (2nd interview)
Manchester Withdrew
Reply 87
Year of Entry: 2009

Deferred: No

GCSE's: 10A*, 2A (+2 top fives in Eng Lit + Bio)

AS Grades: 7A's (Bio, Chem, Maths, English, Hist, Critical Thinking + GS)

A2: Predicted AAAAAAA

UKCAT: ~625

BMAT: 19.6

Work Experience/Volunteering: 1 month volunteering as an assistant nurse in a Kenyan hospital, . 2 weeks at a local GP, 2 years at Cancer Research UK (shop + lab), 6 months at a nursing home, week placement in radiology, academic year at a specialist disabled primary school

Extra Curricular: 1 month volunteering as a general assistant at an orphanage in Nairobi, 4week Raleigh trip to Costa Rica/Nicaragua (volunteering in the local community, working on small projects/ providing clean water, etc), School hockey captain, school senior prefect, badminton/tennis clubs, written a book :awesome:

Uni's Applied to and Decisions:

Oxford: Interview/Rejection
Imperial: Rejection
KCL: Interview/Offer AAA
SGUL: Interview/Offer AAA/Withdrew

*Remember it's not all about grades prospective medics*
Reply 88
Year of Entry: 2009
Deferred?: Negative

GCSEs: A* | AAAAAa | BB | C [business | dual science, geography, history, english literature, RS | english language, maths | french]
AS Grades: ABBC [biology, chemistry, psychology, physics]
A2 Prediction/Results: AABc/AACc [biology, chemistry, psychology, physics]
UKCAT: Avg. 537.5

Work Experience/Volunteering: Three, one week placements with a nice mixture of departments/volunteered at a youth club for about 4-5 months
Extra Curricular: Football, cricket, snooker and fishing

Universities applied to and decisions:
Leeds - Unsuccessful [PS: 19/24, academia and referee statement: 11/22 | Total: 30/46 | Cut-off for interview: 38/46]
Keele - Interviewed - Offer (AAB)
Nottingham - Withdrawn
BSMS - Unsuccessful [academic score not competitive]
(edited 10 years ago)
Year of Entry: 2009

Deferred?: No

GCSEs: 9A*s 1A

AS Grades: AABA Chem, Bio, Phy and German (taken in year 11)

A2 Prediction: AAB Chem, Bio, Phy and German (Taken in year 12) B

UKCAT (if applicable): 615

BMAT (if applicable): N/A

Work Experience/Volunteering: 1 week at paediatric department in Maidstone and Tunbridge wells, 1 week in Cardiothoracic surgery in Kings College London, On going volunteering at local nursing home and Mencap.

Extra Curricular: Dep Head Girl, Leader of School orchestra, 1st violinist of London Schools' Symphony Orchestra, South Indian Dancing, Salsa and Ballroom dancing, Hockey player. Charity fundraiser - annual Diwali event. School President of Amnesty International.

Universities applied to and decisions:
St Andrews - Rejected w/o interview (predicted grades)
BSMS - Offer - AAB
Cardiff - Offer - AAB
Sheffield - Rejected w/o interview (predicted grades and UKCAT score)
Reply 90
Well, my info's thoroughly out of date but hey, might as well post it just in case it's of use to anyone.

Year of Entry: 2006

Deferred?: Yes - applied for deferred entry during 2004-5 cycle, to start course in 2006-7 academic year.

GCSEs: 8A*, 1A, 1B

A2 Results: AAAA in Biology, Chemistry, English Literature and Theatre Studies

Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A

UKCAT (if applicable): N/A

BMAT (if applicable): N/A

Work Experience/Volunteering: One day shadowing an occupational therapist, two weeks shadowing an orthopaedic consultant and his team. Two weeks in a local primary school. Volunteered in my local hospital, both on a general ward and in the oncology department. Two years' volunteering in a summer scheme for kids with ASDs. Volunteered on peer mentoring scheme with young asylum seekers. Gap year volunteering - teaching English to kids in Thailand (obviously not done when applying, but mentioned plans on application).

Extra Curricular: Head Girl at school. St John Ambulance cadets. Lots and lots of musical theatre (and I'm pretty sure the only thing that got me a place was how enthusiastic I was about this particular e/c activity in interview!)

Universities applied to and decisions:
King's College London - conditional offer AAB - accepted
Newcastle - rejected w/o interview
Edinburgh - rejected w/o interview
Nottingham - rejected w/o interview

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Reply 91
Year of Entry: 2009
Deferred?: No
GCSEs: 8 A*s, 1 A (maths, statistics, english, double science, geography, history, french, citizenship & R.E), distinction in GNVQ ICT
AS Grades: AAAA
A2 Prediction/Results: AAA in english, french, history
UKCAT (if applicable): 695 ish
Work Experience/Volunteering: 6 months working as a ward assistant, 1.5yr working as care assistant, volunteering at a playgroup for children with learning difficulties, 2 weeks work experience at GP surgery, 4 days work experience at hospital (sitting on clinics/shadowing staff on the wards), 1 week shadowing consultant psychiatrist
Extra Curricular: Deputy head girl - organised mentor schemes & tours for parents, member of school & community orchestras (clarinet), badminton
Universities applied to and decisions:
Bristol - medicine with foundation year - rejected without interview
Cardiff - medicine with foundation year - cancelled my application as they were taking too long & had an offer from Sheffield which was my first choice
Sheffield - medicine with foundation year - offer (unconditional as already have the grades)
Year of Entry: 2006
Deferred?: nope
GCSEs: 8A* 3A
AS Grades: AAAAA
A2 Prediction/Results: AAA
Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
UKCAT (if applicable): N/A
BMAT (if applicable): N/A
Work Experience/Volunteering: 2 years worth of volunteering with Age Concern and a local stroke club. Sum total of about a month of shaddowing in hospital, GP and some community care settings (this was particularly useful to talk about! most med schools seem a bit mental about care in the community)
Extra Curricular: DoE, musical instrument, lots of random schooly things that i don't really remember anymore, quite a lot of maths stuff as well....
Universities applied to and decisions:
Liverpool AABb
Glasgow AAB
Bristol rejected w/o interview
Edinburgh REJECT
Year of Entry: '09
Deferred?: Nup.
Standard Grade: 1111112 (Eng, Math, French, Comp, Chem, Phys, Geo)
Higher: AAAAA (Eng, Bio, Chem, Maths, Geo)
Adv Higher (Prediction): AAB (Maths, Chem, Bio)
UKCAT (if applicable): 655 avg.
Work Experience/Volunteering: 1 week at w/e programme at hospital. 6-ish months volunteering at nursing home.
Extra Curricular: Snowboarding, Football, Basketball etc. etc.

Universities applied to and decisions:
Aberdeen: Rejected post-interview
Dundee: Unconditional post-interview
Glasgow: Rejected post-interview
Edinburgh: Out-right Rejected (no interviews)
Ohai....

Year of Entry : 2007
GCSEs: 4A* 5A
AS Level: AAAAB (Bio, chem, physics, econ, self taught law that I resat a module in A2 to bump up to an A)
A2 Level: AAA (Bio, chem, econ)
BMAT: N/A
UKCAT: 650ish
Work Experience: 6 months 2 hrs a week in a special needs school, six months in a walk in centre 2hrs a week, one week in a hospital shadowing docs.
Extracurricular Activities: ABRSM Grade 5 guitar, sailing RYA level 2, PADI Open Water diving, Young Enterprise MD.

Applications and Results:

Barts and the London AAB Firm
Leeds AAB
Glasgow AAB
Sheffield Rejected without interview
Helenia
God you guys make me feel old!

Year of Entry: 2003
Deferred?: Yes
GCSEs: 10 A*s, 2Β½ As
AS Grades: AAAA (Maths, Chem, Bio, German)
A2 Prediction/Results: AAAA (predicted and achieved)
Previous Degree (if applicable): None
UKCAT (if applicable): Not invented. :redface:
BMAT (if applicable): Took the MVAT (its precursor) and got As for both papers (A=top 20%)
Work Experience/Volunteering:
2 weeks in GP, mostly reception/admin, with a couple of clinics.
1 week A&E shadowing various SHOs (and fainting on a nurse!)
Medlink
Volunteering - 3ish years as a Young Leader with Brownies (plus work in regional youth council and taking Queen's Guide award), several weeks here and there at a local nursery.
Extra Curricular: School choir - head chorister. Grade 7 cello, grade 6 piano, played in county youth orchestra. House prefect. On various school teams for netball, hockey and swimming, but not outstanding.
Universities applied to and decisions:
Cambridge - interview and offer AAA in Maths, Chemistry and Biology (accepted)
Nottingham - interview and offer AAB, with As in Chemistry and Biology (declined)
Southampton - offer AAB (declined)
Newcastle - rejected.

I feel older still...
And i realise i did jack all work to get in. I must be great at interview!


Year of Entry: 2001
Deferred?: No
GCSEs: 3A*s, 4As 3Bs
A -level Grades (before the days of AS!): AAAA (Maths, Chem, Bio, General studies)
Previous Degree (if applicable): None
UKCAT (if applicable): Not invented. :redface:
BMAT (if applicable): Took the MVAT (its precursor) and got something goodish. Never given the score though
Work Experience/Volunteering:
2 days in GP,
Medsim (sucks, don't waste your money)
Extra Curricular: House captain. nil sports or socs though.

Universities applied to and decisions:
Cambridge - interview and offer AAA (accepted)
Nottingham - rejected without interview
Edinburgh - rejected without interview
Shefield - rejected after interview (but I already had offer for cambridge)
Year of Entry : 2008 (applied while on gap)

GCSEs: 5A*'s 5A's

AS Level: AAAABc (PE, Bio, GS, Maths, Chem, Crit Think)

A2 Level: AAABB (PE, Bio, GS, Maths, Chem)

AEA: Bio U

BMAT: N/A

UKCAT: 702.5 I think... obv changed when they cut a section.

Work Experience: Year of hosp volunteering, year of hospice volunteering, was on gap year working as GP receptionist, 3 days GP, 2 weeks Paeds, Resp, Vasc, Endo, GI. 1 week Ortho. 1 day Dialysis. 1 week Care of Elderly, 2 days Genetics labs

Extracurricular Activities: House Captain, Prefect, DoE [nearly] Gold, plus Bronze & Silver, Bio Olympiad Bronze, Clarinet Grade 5, Peer Mentor for a year, Charity Committee Leader, volunteer teaching assistant with Yr7 science, school hockey, netball, football and athletics, district cross country, worked since I was 15 (paper round, chip shop), ballet & jazz dancing, orchestra....

Applications and Results:
Aberdeen: Interview, Unconditional Offer - now completed 1st year and loving it
Cardiff: Withdrew before I ever heard anything from them
Sheffield: Rejected after interview (was terrified, performed at the level of a primary school child, complete with long silences and giggles)
Leeds: Rejected without interview (A2 grades not good enough).

Originally applied for Medical Genetics at Sheffield, Leeds, Leicester, and Nottingham, Evoluntionary Bio at Exeter, and NatSci (Bio) at Cambridge, and got offers from the first five (Cambridge interview was dire). Only decided I wanted to do Med in Jan 08, and pretty much all work exp was done after that.
Reply 97
Good idea but I think most profiles here are on the upper scale of successful medical entrants.

Year of Entry: 2008
Deferred?: No
GCSEs: 11A*
AS Grades: AAAAA (biology, chemistry, physics, maths, history)
A2 Prediction/Results: AAAAA/ achieved. Also AEAs in chemistry and biology.
UKCAT: Average 810
BMAT: 8.3, 7.4, 10.5

Work Experience/Volunteering:

3 months of hospital based shadowing (surgery, outpatient clinics, wards, major specialities); experienced healthcare system in different countries (America, South Africa, India); volunteered at my local community hospital for over a year.

Extra Curricular:

President of college student union, captain of cricket team, member of debating club and gold D.O.E. Took part in various projects and quizzes related to my science subjects. Various other things.

Universities applied to and decisions: Cambridge (Trinity), Imperial, UCL and Edinburgh. Received offers from all; Cambridge and Imperial firm and insurance respectively.
Reply 98
Hmmmm....

Year of Entry: 2006
GCSEs: 1 A*, 6 A's, 3 B's
AS Grades: ABBB (Psych, Bio, Chem & Eng Lit)
A2 Grades: AAB (Psych, Bio, Chem)
UKCAT : didn't exist in my day :smile:
BMAT: why the hell would I bother making this process harder than it already was??!! :smile:
Work Experience/Volunteering:
2 Months working at a GP's surgery, observing and helping in baby clinics etc. and doing general medical admin.
1 week on a hospital ward being ignored by nurses before they packed me off to endoscopy for the last day.
2 days in an old folks home doing "chair-based exercises" and colouring stuff in.
Extra Curricular:
Prefect & "House Programme Co-ordinator" (whatever the feck that was). Did Bronze D of E. Rode horses. That's about it really. I wasn't a musical/sporting prodigy, nor did I go out of my way to wipe sick kids arses etc etc. I was just "me" and I don't think they liked that.
Universities applied to and decisions:
St Georges - Rejected after interview.
Keele - Rejected after interview.
Leicester - Rejected.
Cardiff - Rejected.

My offer for cardiff psychology was AAA, I wasn't predicted that, I didn't obtain anything near that at AS, my personal statement was all "I wana be a dr...", and yet I got the offer within days of my app being sent. :biggrin:
Reply 99
Seems fun...

Year of Entry: 2006
Deferred?: No
GCSEs: 4A* 5A 1B
AS Grades: ABBC
A2 Prediction/Results: AAB
Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
UKCAT (if applicable): Got in before that was needed!
BMAT (if applicable): N/A
Work Experience/Volunteering:
One week in Neurosurgery, shadowing the Consultant and SHO
One week in General Surgery, shadowing the HO (aka FY1), clinics, acute cases, surgery, ward rounds
Three days GP Surgery
Two days Endocrinology
Two days A&E
Volunteered for two years at local District General Hospital once a week on the wards feeding patients
Two weeks helping care for asthmatic children in a respite home in La Boboule, France
[Medlink and Medsin, but they don't really count]

Extra Curricular:
Grade 8 Pipe Organ
Assistant Director of Music and Organist at local Parish Church
Second Dan Black Belt (and Instructor) in Karate and Tae Kwon Do
Various stuff that seems important when you're at school, like being a Prefect

Universities applied to and decisions:

Leeds - AAB
Leicester - ABB (Insurance)
Liverpool - AAA
Manchester - AAB (Firm)
Oxford - Withdrew

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