Medicine 2012...(hopeful entrants) !!

Competition doesn't matter when you know your child is obviously more talented/intelligent/skilled/hard working/charismatic/caring/(what ever else unis want you to be for medicine) than everyone else.

Really? Everyone I know has heard back now. Poor them!

Idk actually... I think they do, but they also think I'll get in, also because I'm their daughter. But I think they realised how competitive even getting work exp is so that might have been an indication of applying to uni. It doesn't help that the three family friends we know who have applied to uni for med have had 2+ offers.

Apparently artistic people do tend to be good at maths.
True, but then London is the centre of everything and I feel like I want to be there. But then Manc apparently has everything except a beach so that's good.

Really? Wow, I didn't realise London was that bad! Haha, that sounds like a good plan tbh, best of both worlds.

I know what you mean, but I'm not a very organised person. I know, that extra expensiveness sucks. But I'm away for the vast majority of August... tbh I don't even know if I'm here for results day, so I can't do it then. When I get back I have some work exp to do so I want to focus on that more than UKCAT, y'know?

Hey! I'm new My parents are exactly the same, I keep trying to explain how hard it is to get in but they don't understand! Where are you guys thinking of applying?

HongKong is to break the journey to Aus. Aus cos my parents fancied it.

Hmmm.. it may be nice. GCSE results day was horrible. I spent the first bit being "happy" with my friends, went out to the car park and burst into tears haha, :') (I'm such a perfectionist, people get annoyed when I tell them I cried, haha.)

Buuttttt you could sayy.. Becaause I was doing work experience on the open day

Ohh I really like the idea of Manc, but not PBL :/ L'pool accent is annoying, haha. Yes I agree, it'll be so much fun!

I know.. I read on here the other day someone has an interview in a week or so!!

Awhh no, good luck! My parents only know one boy who's applied with 2 offers, so for them it's 100% success rate - which doesn't help haha.

Glad someone agress.

Nottingham
Birmingham (can't make my mind up due to no. of A* at GCSE)
NewCastle
Sheffield

The last 2 depend on my UKCAT - you?

Oh really? Cool

Yes I love Manc for shopping, we're 50 mins from there.

Yupp exactly!

Yeahh well whatever works for you. I'm organised-ish.. when I want to be hah!

Figures, the journey to Australia is like 24 hours isn't it?

Awwww. Good results/bad results is all relative. Good thing is your results are good enough for most, if not all, unis

Haha, that's ingenious! But open days are on a few different days.

Everyone says that but I've never heard the L'pudlian accent afaik! I'm gonna have to Youtube it.

Oooh, well, better late than never I guess.

Lol, parents can never understand how competitive things have become since they were at school... everything is so crazy these days.

I've got about six that I need to cut down to four!
Imperial, UCL, Kings, Barts, B'ham and Sheffield. I think :P
I visited UCL and Barts today and really liked them both, especially UCL! I don't want to be over ambitious though..
How many A*s do you have at GCSE?

Yup :/ Can't wait...

Yeah, perhaps except Brum, which initially was my fav.

Hahahaaa go for it! Some of my family are from near there.

Yeah, it makes sense because artists understand the maths of what appeals to us visually, if that makes sense. Stuff like fractals and the patterns of nature are quite common in art and sometimes artists don't even realise they're doing it, it's just what makes them good artists.

I've been once and the Trafford Shopping Centre (I think that's what it's called) is amazing. Plus curry mile, hell yes!

Organisation is a good skill to have, I'm working on it!

and not to do with history etcc.

I knowww how crazzzzy! Then again some people still haven't heard from this year still...

Do your parents understand how competitive medicine is? My parents seem to think me being their daughter that why wouldn't I get in? It's so annoyinggggg... I keep telling me they don't understand the competition and they're so bias!

Yes I agree! Same with all the doctors you talk to on work exp..

Is 8A*s not enough for Brum? Whoa.

I just youtubed it, the leader of a drama thing I went to had a scouse accent. I think the accent gets undeserved hatred, it's not that bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjWXen-Niqc

This is the most annoying accent I've heard... but the girl is hilarious.