Medicine 2012...(hopeful entrants) !!

If you dont get atleast 6A*s at GCSE and 2A*'s at A level your screwed

OCR Maths/Biology, AQA A Psychology and Edexcel chemistry. I'm resitting biology and chemistry unit 2 in the summer so I can try to enter A2 with all A's. I'm not too bothered about resits seeing as I know I won't get into Cambridge or UCL anyway.

Hey ho. 2Nd time lucky! cant believe we'll be applying in 6 montha.any point of doing a gap year if u dont go abroad?

Well I still havent had an interview with Kings yet.. put it that way. They've been real slow this year in getting back to people, so it's just wait wait wait. No rejection yet though! *touches wood*

Nottingham were better, I got their reply in feb half term, so that's the waiting time. Rejected without interview was tough, but then again, my grades arent as good as half the lot on here, so what can you do. They did however say they would email you a detailed summary as to why you didn't get in. They do a scoring system there you see. You get marked for each area they look for, i.e grades, UKCAT, work ex, ect. so they can tell you exactly what areas you are weak in, which is helpful I guess.

You will have a tough time waiting around for ucas. My two best mates got four offers each by the end of november and I was waiting till feb half term to hear back from any of mine, (not including biochem). It's hell. BUT, it'll be worth it

Hello there
Which cambridge college btw?

I think around 20 people from my school got in last year. Quite a few people are thinking about dentistry as well, and I think quite a lot will change their minds after results. So there's still hope!

If you dont get atleast 6A*s at GCSE and 2A*'s at A level your screwed

If you dont get atleast 6A*s at GCSE and 2A*'s at A level your screwed

Hey
And not exactly sure yet Any suggestions?

Haha i'm from Northern Ireland, thats why i'm not applying to queens because everyone here applies to queens, the only uni that bothers me about location is aberdeen because its so far away!!

I know somebody who got in with no A*s at gcse, you t**t.

**** off you ugly troll

If it's a uni open day, i'm sure your school will let you!

Haha, i would promote Murray edwards (my college), but you would have to be a girl :P
Hmm, do you prefer a bigger college (Trinity, St John's, Kings), or a smaller one (like Sidney Sussex). Also depends if you want an older college, or a modern one
Lol it's hard choosing colleges (i originally applied to Caius but was pooled to Murray edwards). I suppose Caius has the repuation as the 'medical college', and take the most med applicants (they also interview everyone, so even if your UMS/BMAT wasnt that good, you're still given a shot at interview )

Go and visit the colleges on the open day, and just see which one you like most

Is anyone else thinking of applying to Edinburgh? S'my first choice, so I want to know who I'll be waiting in angsty purgatory with until this time next to find out if we've got in

i was going to, but then i found out that edinburgh gives slight preference according to distance, and seeing as i live in london, i don't think i wanna take that kind of risk. which is a shame, because i think i'd love the place.

Oh I see and nice Ohh why so? xD
I don't really mind to be honest; I would probably base that by visiting them on open days myself Oh right I never knew that Well my AS exams are in 2 months so I will start my revision to try to get high UMS marks How did you do in your AS/BMAT is you don't mind me asking?

Sure thing will do, thanks a lot

i'm practically the same as you, but edexcel maths

i bought a different textbook for chemistry - the edexcel one we're using was utter rubbish