Original post by meerar20Okay, so:
GCSES - 9A*s and 2As
AS: As in Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Psychology
UKCAT: Average 600
BMAT: 6.3, 5.2 and 4A
Applied to: Birmingham, Nottingham, Oxford and Leeds (and Aston for Pharmacy)
Interviews from: Birmingham and Oxford
Offer from Birmingham (3As in Biology, Chemistry and Maths)
Yeah, for my year birm said you needed 8A*s, but I think you needed 9 really. So I guess for your year it will be 9. I also think their offer has gone up to A*AA?
The birmingham interview was okay I guess, pretty average. About 20 mins. Theres so stuff which you need to learn, like the roles of the GMC, MMC, BMA etc. The questions I got asked where -
- Did you come on an open day here?
- Why do you want to come to birmingham?
- Tell us about your voluntary work
- Tell us about your work experience
- Do you still volunteer at MIND charity shop?
- What did you gather from the doctors on your work experience about the most negative aspects of medicine?
- You've mentioned paediatric work experience in your personal statement, tell us about that
- How does paediatrics differ from other branches of medicine
- Did you see an example of communication with a child who does not speak yet?
- What is the role of the General Medical Council?
- How long does it take to become a paediatrician?
- Have you got any other experience working with children?
- Everyone dies eventually so medicine fails. Discuss.
- Should we always be working to prologue the length of life?
- What do you do to relax?
- Tell me about badminton
- Which scoring system in badminton do you play, and which do you prefer?
- Tell me about a book you have read recently
- Do you play a musical instrument
Not necessarily in order after the first few, but there you go (:
Also, my advice would be to hit ukcat hard, practise loads about it, because although it is a really stupid test, a lot of unis put a lot of emphasis on it, its probs more important than your AS grades in terms of getting an offer. I think that was what let me down!
Work experience - 2 weeks of hospital observation, one in theaters and outpatienst, one in paediatrics.
Also did a 4 week nuffield bursary project last summer, in a hospital, auditing missed drug doses during inpatient stays.
Voluntary work - special needs kids club, charity shop, primary school
Miscellaneous - chair of student council, young enterprise, journal club, first aid course
Hope that helps! (: Any other questions feel free to ask (: