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Medicine 2012...(hopeful entrants) !!

Reply 3700

ChessMister

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Original post by JChoudhry

Night guys! :yawn:

Goodnight

Reply 3701

singh224

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Original post by Cleoleo

Which unis are you thinking about ?

I'm not sure about which uni yet however I think its likely to be leeds or imperial.

Reply 3702

l.a.s

it's coming round too soon!

and i've got like, too little work experience, i only realised the beginning of this year how important it was, and after emailing like, 5 different places couldnt get anything so sort of put it off, now, i've got a weeks shadowing late july, and a weekly position at a resedential home,

(ive also worked at a soup kitchen & been at my local supermarket for nearly a year..)

problem is that im in kenya for three weeks this summer, which leaves me about two and a bit months to cram in as much as i can! and thats around school! IM STUCK WHAT DO I DOOOOOOOO

Reply 3703

xoxfazjazxox

What do you think are the chances of getting into medicine if your AS grades are not excellent (ie. not straight a's) but you have straight a*'s at GCSE?

Reply 3704

flying.high

Original post by xoxfazjazxox

What do you think are the chances of getting into medicine if your AS grades are not excellent (ie. not straight a's) but you have straight a*'s at GCSE?

Depends on individual medical schools.

Birmingham love A*s at GCSE more than A level grades so yes for them :smile:

Reply 3705

Lily_Keke

I'm predicted 6A* 4A and a B at gcse, is this too low for medicine? I know alevels count but a rough idea?

Reply 3706

cz100

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Original post by Lily_Keke

I'm predicted 6A* 4A and a B at gcse, is this too low for medicine? I know alevels count but a rough idea?

Only too low for Birmingham and it'll maybe put you at a disadvantage for Oxford and Queen's. Fine for everywhere else if you get good AS/UKCAT/BMAT etc.

Reply 3707

Lily_Keke

Thank you very much :smile:

this is reassuring as I thought I had no chance. Better really focus now :smile:

Reply 3708

Limesasquatch

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Original post by Quackers93

hahaha ladybug lol I always mess up with autocorrect :tongue:

Damnnn thats quite a good ukcat :smile:

I got like 632.5 but i did revision on and off for two weeks and got stressed out so couldn't do it, so gave up... sooo not doing that this year. Gonna get the 600Q book thing :smile:

That's the one I used it's definately probably the best one

Reply 3709

Limitless

Original post by Lily_Keke

Thank you very much :smile:

this is reassuring as I thought I had no chance. Better really focus now :smile:

What was your B in? If it was in maths/english you may be put at a little bit more of a disadvantage.

Reply 3710

Limitless

Original post by l.a.s

it's coming round too soon!

and i've got like, too little work experience, i only realised the beginning of this year how important it was, and after emailing like, 5 different places couldnt get anything so sort of put it off, now, i've got a weeks shadowing late july, and a weekly position at a resedential home,

(ive also worked at a soup kitchen & been at my local supermarket for nearly a year..)

problem is that im in kenya for three weeks this summer, which leaves me about two and a bit months to cram in as much as i can! and thats around school! IM STUCK WHAT DO I DOOOOOOOO

How did you get the weekly position at a residential home?
If I were you I would put going Kenya off to a later date and concentrate on getting into medicine then go on holiday the following year.

Reply 3711

Lily_Keke

My B is in French!
No matter how hard I try, I can never get higher :/!

Reply 3712

Limitless

Original post by Lily_Keke

My B is in French!
No matter how hard I try, I can never get higher :/!

I got a B in German it was mainly because my teacher put me in for foundation writing and listening without telling me. Which meant I could get a maximum of B. She never even told me she was putting me in for foundation and I only found out when I got my exam timetable which by then was too late to change.

Reply 3713

Lily_Keke

oh that sucks :/
are you doing alevels now?
if so what did you choose and what universities have you applied for?
all I can see myself doing is medicine, I know I really have to step up my game though to be in with a chance.

Reply 3714

l.a.s

Original post by Limitless

How did you get the weekly position at a residential home?
If I were you I would put going Kenya off to a later date and concentrate on getting into medicine then go on holiday the following year.

I have a friend who's parents own one; his sisters also a doctor and his parents appreciate how difficult it can be to get experience and how important it is..

i can't really put off this holiday, it may be the last one i have with my mother (personal stuff), most of its booked already and yer, can't really be changed,

worst comes to worst then i won't get in this year, inwhich case i've got a whole year to focus on anything that i didn't do well enough in this year, voluntary work, extra curricula stuff, other relevent experience, maybe do some extra reading around topics take a couple of degrees at the open university; that sort of thing, oh, and if needsbe improve on any of my subjects.

(im thinking positively) :smile:

Reply 3715

Limitless

Original post by Lily_Keke

oh that sucks :/
are you doing alevels now?
if so what did you choose and what universities have you applied for?
all I can see myself doing is medicine, I know I really have to step up my game though to be in with a chance.

Yeah, I'm doing A-Levels now, I'm doing biology, chemistry and physics and economics at the moment. I'm dropping physics for A2 next year, as I prefer economics rather than physics.
I haven't applied which universities yet and still in the process of choosing which universities to apply for, I've decided liverpool is a definite choice but not sure about the rest.
I'm thinking of either bio-medical science/pharmacy as my back up choices, as you need some back ups, something to fall back on.

Reply 3716

Nator

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Is GCSE's of 8A* and 2A worth applying to B'ham? I heard there cut off is 8 but people say it's now upped to 8.5A* so is it worth it? Thanks :smile:

Reply 3717

Lily_Keke

Still can't quote limitless!
Oh good choices :smile:

I'm doing chemistry, biology, maths and geography next year.
Thank you for your replies, they've been really helpful

Reply 3718

Normandy114

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Original post by zezimas

guys, for the abstract reasoning...how are you meant to find patterns when it can be so obscure?

also, for the verbal reasoning, do you just skim through the text, look at key words, read the answer, match key words, read relevant portions and answer?

thanks guys

For VR so far I've just had a quick look at the questions, then read the text and take quick note of what bits of information are key, it's working well so far :smile:

. AR is just impossible though, every time I think I get the pattern, it turns out there's actually two and I get half of them wrong.

Reply 3719

sablarrr

Original post by JChoudhry

Most likely doing a Media exam :p:

Grr. Have you got any work experience lined up for the hols? I'm shadowing a consultant :awesome:

Might try and get some GP w.exp if I can be bothered.

Original post by Quackers93

OCR. Think I need 126/150 to get A overall (480ums) so thats like 84 outta 100. But only need 420 for a B so 66/150 which is like 44 outta 100. its really weird :s-smilie: