Glasgow Medicine Applicants 2011

erm, i read quite a fair amount in the interview book, researched about research glasgow uni was involved (ended up talking about those), developed an opnion on ethical stuff and had bbc news as home page (last two turned out pointless)

I had a suit too

HEY LEAVE US SMOKERS ALONE.

I bought a lot of books surrounding the medical school application process and interviews, plus loads of notes on the Glasgow one in particular... I also wrote up a list of things they like to hear and what it is they're looking for. Things like course details and prospectus clippings. My personal statement and things I edited from it so it would fit into the limit. Also bought the Very Short Introduction to Ethics so I could have a gander at how medics theorise things when it comes to IVF, organ donation etc and was given very helpful pointers in that respect.

I also read stuff outside of that to research my career: Trust me, I'm a junior doctor, the man who thought his wife was a hat, which are both personal memoirs, as well as the spirit level and bad science by ben goldacre, which outline healthcare in a wider context (things like poverty and misinformation). I also did a few interviews with doctors/med students and jotted a good few notes and printed off e-mails from them.

My careers advisor lent me two books, one of which I already had the updated version of, and emailed me a list of questions they tend to ask.

I can't not study for an interview. I do tend to go overboard

IT'S ALL PACKED AWAY NOW. Apart from the outside books I'm a reader, can you tell...

Never got the interview book, thinking I probably should have know Apart from that my research was pretty much the same, though I was asked about recent medical news I had come across.

(I hope we're allowed to discuss interviews now )

If you're hot, smoking's okay
You read all of that you don't really work in starbuck do you
I read the course description and most of the isc medical book, looked thru couple of sites

i'm more of a last minute person, tho to be fair i had about 10 days to prepare

REMEMBER THIS NEXT TIME YOU ORDER YOUR LATTE THAT YOUR FRIENDLY LOCAL BARISTA IS NOT A ****ING MORON. :P

I've also started eyeing up the medical textbooks in the library... I cracked one open a while ago and spent two hours reading away. Sigh. I love books. I LOVE BOOKS. <3

I wouldn't worry about it, I know I overprepared for Glasgow, but only because I'm so desperate for the offer as if I have to take another year to apply it may **** up my life plans a bit...

I'm hungry ...

i deferred entry but jst wanted to say i got an offer yesturday......i'm not a international student. Now to get those grades.

HEY LEAVE US SMOKERS ALONE.

I bought a lot of books surrounding the medical school application process and interviews, plus loads of notes on the Glasgow one in particular... I also wrote up a list of things they like to hear and what it is they're looking for. Things like course details and prospectus clippings. My personal statement and things I edited from it so it would fit into the limit. Also bought the Very Short Introduction to Ethics so I could have a gander at how medics theorise things when it comes to IVF, organ donation etc and was given very helpful pointers in that respect.

I also read stuff outside of that to research my career: Trust me, I'm a junior doctor, the man who thought his wife was a hat, which are both personal memoirs, as well as the spirit level and bad science by ben goldacre, which outline healthcare in a wider context (things like poverty and misinformation). I also did a few interviews with doctors/med students and jotted a good few notes and printed off e-mails from them.

My careers advisor lent me two books, one of which I already had the updated version of, and emailed me a list of questions they tend to ask.

I can't not study for an interview. I do tend to go overboard

IT'S ALL PACKED AWAY NOW. Apart from the outside books I'm a reader, can you tell...

i deferred entry but jst wanted to say i got an offer yesturday......i'm not a international student. Now to get those grades.

snap!

though I did feel that the title "medical ethics - a very short introduction" was slightly misleading

Yes, THAT was a complete lie... the writing was ****ing tiny!

Whats happening at the minute? Many offers or rejections coming through?

At the moment, as I understand it, they are issuing offers to internationals/deferred entry applicants and they are going to start getting back to the rest of us on Monday. No idea if this is completely correct though.

At the moment, as I understand it, they are issuing offers to internationals/deferred entry applicants and they are going to start getting back to the rest of us on Monday. No idea if this is completely correct though.

i thought the admissions lady said that we will hear back at the end of the month, and any other particular date that is nothing but a rumor

i thought the admissions lady said that we will hear back at the end of the month, and any other particular date that is nothing but a rumor

As I said, I'm not completely sure what I said is correct, but on New Media Medicine someone withdrew their application (due to offers elsewhere) and they got an email back from Glasgow which withen it said that they'd start getting back to us on the 14th.

No idea why they included that when he was withdrawing his application, so not sure how reliable this is. Fingers crossed it's true!

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i called today and she said now till end of March. She probably included international and everyone else but i told her my interview was in December and she said i can call for my verdict if there's nothing on ucas so definitely finding out on monday. Really worried now