2012 applicants thread

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on their websites,
b'ham 954/75 places
sheffield 950-1050 apps/75 places
kings 1200 apps/180 offers
leeds 1600 apps/ 85 places
cardiff 700 apps/76 places
manchester 966 apps/75 places

if you add all the applicants who have applied and divide by 4, as each applicant i suppose applies to 4 university's =1592 and there are a total of 566 places. so therefore each applicant on average has 35.5% chance of getting a place.
however this is not always the case i imagine has some applicants may have more than one offer.

have i done my calculation correct, if not can someone please correct me, and how does this figure make everyone feel.

looks about right but to account for discrepancies eg not all people will apply to 4 dental unis id say around 30% but other wise it looks right. i kinda feel better about this as on the open days all unis were like its 1/15 chance you will get a place in our uni.

i agree. however we must look at number of offers available and not places available because all i need is an offer and not a seat. so i assume most dental schools offer more than 100 offers so the number 35% is roughly correct.

oh well no point calculating now as i have sent my application off lol.

Hi fellow applicants,

I'm a student from Vienna, Austria and one of the unis I want to apply for is UGlasgow. for some reason, I've just realized that I missed the piece of information about the required work shadowing experience. :O Will my application be rejected right away?

The thing is, I did search for work experience but it seems that healthcare institutions here in Vienna don't accept ppl who have not had studied the relevant field at university and who only want to "shadow for two weeks"/who don't intend to make an internship, full-time, for half a year/who don't have good connections.
And it's not like I was rejected and therefore I made this assumption, I also heard that from many people and there is even a summer internship application redirecting service provided by the government where you can submit your application and indicate your field of interest and this service will send your application to all relevant institutions, but this service is NOT provided for those who wish to work in dental practices or hospitals in the summer like I did... uggh..

But I made my decision to become an orthodontist because I'm having orthodontic treatment for 4 years now and got to experience my orthodontist's and his assistant's work as a patient. And I researched about different fields of dentistry on the internet since I was 13... and I included that in my personal statement as well.
but, can this compensate for the "lack of work experience"? will they, like, have a look at the "employment" field in my application, see nothing, and reject me right away?

I'm sorry that was a real long question but I would be really really REALLY grateful if anyone could give me instant advice! ugghh... tomorrow is deadline xD

Has anybody else had any acknowledgement emails apart from sheffield?

I've had them from Cardiff and Barts plus myapplication details from kings

Gcse: A*a*a*a*,aaaaa,bb,c
predicted:a*aa (biology,chemistry,religious studies)
ukcat: 635
applied: Birmingham, cardiff, dundee, liverpool

did my 4th a level early - panjabi - a*