2014 Veterinary Medicine Hopefuls!

So my Liverpool interview is on Wednesday, can anyone give me some last minute advice please!

Nervous is an understatement

No. Before they give u an offer you must sent them your BMI and if its below threshold then they reject you automatically.

is that a serious question!?

To be fair, if they ask for your BMI then they must obviously need it for some reason. I guess it's to highlight any eating disorder issues, although if someone had an eating disorder they'd probably not be honest about their weight anyway.
And a BMI is hardly a reliable measure for weight, my BMI is always been in the underweight category, that's because I'm 6 foot tall, which screws it up if you're a girl, and I run/ride a lot.

The university is legally not allowed to have you there if you're BMI is lower than 16.5 which is well below the "healthy" lower boundary of 18.5 anyway.

Okkk- a little harsh, of course it's a serious question- some people have naturally low BMIs and so penalising people for that reason would be completely unfair! I was just making sure this wasn't that case, jeez

Thank you for your response! Completely agree jemily- mine has always been lower that 18.5, but didn't want to be penalised because of this!

Ahh- thank you! Luckily I'm not below 16.5, so hopefully I should be ok if I do get an offer haha!

When you were 'put on hold' did they email and let you know you were on hold or was it a case that you didn't hear from them after the interview and that means you are automatically on hold? I had an interview ages ago and heard nothing from them.

Daughter just had an offer from Bristol after being on hold following her interview on Dec. 11th. Was updated on Ucas track, but no email from Bristol themselves. We had given up hope, so feel worried it's not real! Has anyone else heard after being on hold for a while?

Thank you, yes! We had a bit of a spat not so long back, didn't we?! The relief is enormous. She's been very difficult to live with these past few months...and I say that with affectionate irritation. Maybe in October I can go back to living my own life - got that in before you did! ������

I recall the exchange of a few weeks ago.. Am delighted your daughter got her offer. I, and my daughter are hoping to hear from bristol tomorrow. Good luck

Has anybody done any dog walking for work experience? I don't know whether It is a good idea or whether there are other things that are better to do.... If so how long have you done it for? Thanks for any replies


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Yes I have, I did about an hour most days in the summer holidays. Going to a kennel to help out is probably a better experience but I found that dog walking was really flexible around my other placements and I got paid too. I only did it because I couldn't get any other experience with dogs other than at the vets

I work at a Kennels where I dog walk :-). I help the kennel maids too but im just an extra pair of hands and like said previously it's so flexible! I get paid quite a bit as I'm a "senior dog walker" and keep an eye on the younger staff and walk the difficult dogs :-)! Definitely worth it!

Ah thanks. I might do it for a few weeks then I was just worried that if I did it there might not be anything to talk about if they asked me at any interviews when I reapply.


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