2011 Entry- Hopeful Medic Thread :)

Not necessarily, by this stage we already have our GCSEs and unit 1 marks so we can already narrow our choices down by quite a bit. Also, I'm sure everyone has a vague idea of what UKCAT unis they're gonna apply for if they get a good or bad score. Finally, you don't sit the BMAT till after you've submitted your UCAS so you need to know whether you're gonna apply to any BMAT unis beforehand

Woops. You're right about the BMAT and yes you can narrow the list down with GCSEs and Unit 1 (although everyone apart from oxbridge don't see your UMS scores) but that wasn't the point i was making.

About everyone having a 'vague idea' about the UKCAT use by unis, not many people I have talked to in my area seem to. Only a few people seem to know their stuff.

Also a 'bad' UKCAT score may be actually good for some unis.
For example, a 620 average may be seen as bad.
However, say if all your 4 sections are above 600 you get 4/5 points when applying for Leicester, which is pretty good.
However, the same score of 620 would mean that you almost certainly get rejected for places like Sheffield and Newcastle/Durham.

Anyone know how to integrate sin4x/sin2x?

sin4x = 2sin2xcos2x

So sin4x/sin2x = 2cos2x

I mentioned the unit 1 marks specifically for cambridge because you already have a decent idea of whether applying to cambridge is sensible or not.

I know perfectly well that a good or bad score is entirely relative, however the point I was trying to make is that most people should have some idea of the unis they'll be applying to if they get a good score (good as in meets the cutoffs for the higher-weighting UKCAT unis they're considering, i.e. a good score for someone only considering the fairly low Ukcat-weighting unis will be quite low compared to someone considering Sheffield/Barts/Newcastle etc.) and what unis they'll apply to if they don't. Even if not everyone knows the exact UKCAT requirements for each uni, they should all have some idea of the kind of uni they want to go to, i.e. location, course type, etc. If they have absolutely no clue at this stage then that's quite worrying tbh XD

Also consider that quite a few open days have gone and now quite a lot of people have had the opportunity of seeing the unis for themselves, so it's not entirely shocking that people have a decent idea of where they will be applying to now, but obviously most people will be waiting till the UKCAT before knowing what 4 unis they will apply to.

sin4x = 2sin2xcos2x

So sin4x/sin2x = 2cos2x

I agree with what you have said but I still feel that it is jumping the gun to have decided where you want to apply.
It's ok to have an idea but there are a lot of people out there who have already decided where they are going to apply based on the course type and location.
I am not going to say they are not important bcoz they are important as you are potentially going to spend the next 5 years of your life there, but it can be argued that where you apply will (or rather should) depend on your UKCAT score and GCSEs (mainly UKCAT).
Yes a vague list is ok as I have made one myself but you just can't decide on the location and type of course which (like i said before) means I have no idea where I am going to apply.

I thought I'd join you all in the horrible journey.

I'm 22, my GCSE's are rubbish ( 5A's, 4B's 2C's) but then again it was nearly 7 yrs ago when I took those.

I worked in hotel reception for 2 yrs then as a Microbiologist for 1 yr, just gone back to do A-Levels (Maths, H Biology, Chemistry this year, then Gonna add Psychology and maybe f.maths next year)

I do British Red Cross First Aid Volunteering, I volunteer on a hospital surgical ward every week, and have a paid job at a hospital as a medical lab assistant - I will be shadowing some of the docs from there over summer, and I'm TRYING to get trained in phlebotomy too.

I got 120/120 UMS in my HBio1 exam, I got 84/100 In my Chem1 ( )

I am definitely applying to Manchester as I'm on the Manchester access programme, so they will receive my essay from that which is on T-Cell depleted bone marrow transplants, and I get a lowered offer and a practice UCAS form, yay!

I was going to apply to Barts but I visited recently and was underwhelmed - I'll see how my UKCAT is.

UCL is on the list, as is BSMS, Keele because it's quite cute and also very handy, Peninsula is also in the running, need to visit a couple still, and get the results for the evil UKCAT!!

*joins in* Graduate applicant over here *waves*

*joins in* Graduate applicant over here *waves*

lol, I think we both agree with each other but we're arguing just for the sake of it

Helllloooooooooo
Another hopeful medic
How's everyone exams going so far?

Awww i was having fun . I don't have much fun these days

Omgggg another hopeful medic!! They seem to be everywhere lol
Mine haven't started they start next wednesday.
How are urs going?