Southampton BM6 2012

They did indeed. The lady on the phone said they would also confirm via email.

They did indeed. The lady on the phone said they would also confirm via email.

Hello guys, thought i'd say hello.
Been lurking for some time.

I have an interview on thr 29th of Feb. Trying not to get too excited about it! I'm feeling pretty good about it though, I had a bm6 interview last year so I know its pretty laid back.

Oh right. When did you recieve your interview last year? Thanks.

Congrats! I remember you from last years as well

I had my interview on the very last day of the cycle. It was the 23rd of march if i remember correctly lol




Its always nice to be remembered Are you a BM6 reapplicant too then?

I am, yes! I got an offer last year but unfortunately missed my chemistry grade by 10 UMS :/ aha, so reapplying but haven't heard yet! Slightly worried as this time last year I'd had an interview offer but trying not to overthink and stay positive

What are you doing now, then? Year out?

Do soton take retake applicants for BM6?

Yes, for BM6 you can resit one subject, for BM5 no

It is allowed for BM5 but you can only retake one exam I think, but I didn't know it was for BM6 as well. Thanks.

I am, yes! I got an offer last year but unfortunately missed my chemistry grade by 10 UMS :/ aha, so reapplying but haven't heard yet! Slightly worried as this time last year I'd had an interview offer but trying not to overthink and stay positive

What are you doing now, then? Year out?

10 UMS?? No way!
You got the offer though, that's more than I got lol

Yeah i'm on a 'gap year' which so far has consisted of me working for a taxi company. Not quite the Gap Yah dream is it?
I had an offer from leeds for Medicine last year but missed my A grade by a mile (48 UMS) so I decided to try again for medicine rather than go for my backup. Everything is pinned on soton at the moment!

Where else have you applied?

Hey, could someone tell me which train station/coach station in Southampton is nearer to where they interview? I'm coming from Nottingham and have only been Southampton by car! thanks in advance

Do soton take retake applicants for BM6?

Hey, could someone tell me which train station/coach station in Southampton is nearer to where they interview? I'm coming from Nottingham and have only been Southampton by car! thanks in advance

I know! haha, pretty epicly failed A2 Chem, but got an A in my mock LOL, a E/U to an A, couldn't have predicted that one!

And wow aha, sounds.. fun? And that's fair enough, I had an offer for biomed but thought i'd try again

and Leeds for neuroscience, hull for biomedical science, hull-york for med but got rejected so switched to biochemistry at York, Soton, and I applied to the Nottingham 5 year as I was told i didn't qualify for the foundation programme but they contacted me asking if i'd like to be considered for A108 instead because I didn't meet the qual's for A100 haha. So yeah, great fun :P

Oh and do I have to bring anything to the interview such as gcse certificates etc like some other medical schools require?

It normally goes the other way around for me, I get A/B in my mock and end up with D/E in the real thing lol
Working for a taxi company is the worst. Although it has opened my eyes to new aspects of my personality, for example I have discovered that I have the same sense of humour as a middle aged man and that I can bluff my way through a conversation about car engines by nodding and nonchalantly saying 'It'll be the gasket that's blown...'

So for medicine you're still waiting to hear from soton and nottingham? I was gonna go for nottingham, I went to medsim there and I loved the uni, it's very green and scenic.

That did happen last year aha, but completely messed up and started crying in the middle of the exam :| bad times! And oh my, well to be fair I can never have conversations with taxi drivers without starting 'so busy night?' ... lmao

And yeah applied to UEA last year but really didn't like their staff, or interviewers or current med students, despite living pretty close to the uni!
Yeah one of my best friends goes to Notts for chemistry and he loves it, the campus was really pretty but I just prefer Soton I think, and I can't give up living near the sea!