2012 Medicine Re-Applicants Mark I

When you emailed each of these unis what did you say and what was each of their responses? (Obviously I intend to submit my own enquiries, I'd just like an indicator of what they'd say ) Are they willing to consider applicants that resit some of their exams? Thing is I go 3 Cs - let me break it down for you, I did 10 exams and 7 of which I got As in and the 3 terminal exams I did I got a DEE in Biology, English Language and Chemistry respectively, so understandably they pulled my overall grades down, do you reckon they'd still consider me?

Hi just explained my situation and my grades.. and asked if they would accept my application as a resit applicant. They only want to know your overall A2 grades, Manchester will require you to have AAB and I think Peninsula too before you resit. Liverpool, Lancaster and BSMS accept resit applicants. UEA will require you to get A*A*A* after resits.

Start sending our emails, that's the best way of finding out what they think.

Good Luck!

Some universities accept resits, yes. Keele and UEA as far as I know. Southampton did last year assuming you only needed to resit one exam to get AAA overall. BSMS and PMS, I'm not sure about their policies. Best bet is to contact each individual university to confirm it.

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My luck is changing
I hope...

hi there...i'm in exactly the same position as you were last year....1 mark away from an A in chem that went down by 2 marks in the re-mark and now i'm waiting for another re-mark but 3 marks up ums is not likely . I also have an A* in maths and 1 away from an A* in bio (waiting for a re-mark)...what would you suggest i do? also i went down in my chem practical so should i just re-do that next year, do a lot of volunteer work and reapply? I have already done a lot of medical work experience so i don't think it's worth me doing any more!




How did you apply for one? Ive been looking around for Hospital jobs, but they all want some previous experience .

You have A*AA?
If that's the case then I'd reapply.

no i got A* A and B ....and the the B is one mark from an A ...all i have to do is re-do a chem practical to get an A ...what shall i do...also i had an offer from notts...still waiting from re-mark....btw i have a lot of work exp and a lot of volunteer stuff and now it is just a matter of re-doing UKCAT....is my situation dire? what shall i do? im thinking unis i should apply to are Brighton and sussex, Keele, Manchester and nottingham if the agree since i missed the offer by a mark. Also i was thinking of applying for Neuroscience as a back up at bristol...

I cant be arsed to look for a fourth choice anymore




I feel abused by the fact it was only yesterday i was only starting to recover from my hangover from results on Thursday and now I'm already having to rewrite my PS & choose unis

hi there...i'm in exactly the same position as you were last year....1 mark away from an A in chem that went down by 2 marks in the re-mark and now i'm waiting for another re-mark but 3 marks up ums is not likely . I also have an A* in maths and 1 away from an A* in bio (waiting for a re-mark)...what would you suggest i do? also i went down in my chem practical so should i just re-do that next year, do a lot of volunteer work and reapply? I have already done a lot of medical work experience so i don't think it's worth me doing any more!




How did you apply for one? Ive been looking around for Hospital jobs, but they all want some previous experience .

hi there...i'm in exactly the same position as you were last year....1 mark away from an A in chem that went down by 2 marks in the re-mark and now i'm waiting for another re-mark but 3 marks up ums is not likely . I also have an A* in maths and 1 away from an A* in bio (waiting for a re-mark)...what would you suggest i do? also i went down in my chem practical so should i just re-do that next year, do a lot of volunteer work and reapply? I have already done a lot of medical work experience so i don't think it's worth me doing any more!

Wow that must of been tough
I've kind of got a plan for whatever the outcome of my grades though.
My saving grace is that all of the unis i was planning on applying to anyway (except liverpool i think) will accept an application from me if I only retake one subject/module - need to find out more about this, hopefully i won't need this info but at least it's good to know i may still be able to continue with my gap year. I don't want to rush off to uni just yet lol

A few places same as you me thinks! Think I'm reapplying to Aberdeen and definity St. Andrews. And for the newbies maybe this year Cardiff, Glasgow (if i get a good enough ukcat but i doubt it) or maybe Lancaster [and haha I also looked at Liverpool and eliminated it for a similar reason lol] I was looking at Queens Belfast but my mum has told me no because of the whole silly being a Catholic in NI thing :/ but ah wells

And why thank you I'm not sure how i'll cope in the nursery. I did three days W/E and i was completely knackard! I have a two year old sis and shes crazy enough but apprently at nursery she is the ring leader and they're all mental so it'll be interesting if i get it lol

Damn it seems like weeks ago I came a reapplicant back in march... I better get cracking on with the ps before I miss the deadline! lol

What three you decided on so far?

I dunno i just used my previous med eperience as the experience they were after? haha... Dont worry id applied for 4 before that and heard nadda


Just hope they like me and take me on, i only want it part time though, think i'd kill myself working full time HCA AND work in my pharmacy and find the time somewhere to volunteer and it'd be harder to go out partying when my pals are back from uni lmao. I may not be going to uni this year but i'm going to 6 different uni's freshers weeks between september and october

Have you got a job already? i work at a pharmacy training to be a dispenser, i was dead lucky they took me on with no pharmacy qualifications D:

Just regularly rape NHS jobs!

Aberdeen, lancaster or livepool (cant decide between either or just both) and belfast

Yourself?

Its actually local protestants like me who need to be more worried about attending queens than catholics like u m8-queens has a reputation of having a republican/nationalist/catholic dominated student population.If that was the sole reason for ditching queens as a choice u should seriously reconsider

i havent even started rewriting my ps was hoping id do some today.... hmm
would you be working at the nursery full time? i really don wanna be working full time, i just wanna work as a hca part time and at my pharmacy for my usuall 8.5 hours a week +/- overtime and then use the rest too volunteer, see my bf and generally chill.... except if i spend too much time lonely doing nothing ill probs kill myself so ill be trying to avoid that

I cant apply to st andrews again, they've left me heartbroken from last time unfortunately

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I wish there was an award for that kind of self promoting.
Because you and Vulpes have been at it today :P

Shameless plug.

I wish there was an award for that kind of self promoting.
Because you and Vulpes have been at it today :P

Thankyou! I'm glad to hear it - you'll get your confidence back. Are you enjoying your job at the moment? I know you will get it eventually - but try to think of the good side of it, whatever happens.

It was pretty **** unfortunately. I only had myself to blame mind, since not revising or working through the year much meant I ended up with Es in select modules.

Liverpool did allow resits last year, not so sure about 2012 entry. Best bet is just to contact every university you're thinking of applying to to see where you stand with them. But, that's fair enough, a break from academia can be good, just make the most of it if that's what you end up doing.