It was painful on results day for the june that just went by. I was 1 ums off an A in maths overall
15 ums off an A in chemistry and 25 ums off a B in biology.
Had I got those ums, I would have been in uni right now. I had UEA as my firm.
But I'm looking forward to pulling my grades up and I can't wait to go to reading!
I got some work experience in a community pharmacy for 4 weeks (my mum knew the pharmacist well who owns the shop, so he managed to get me some time there), mostly i was talking to customers at the till area, I managed to sell some over the counter medicines with the supervision of the pharmacist. I got to have a look at the dispensary area which was nice. That was in the summer of 2011.
The summer of 2012 though, I managed to get work experience in a hospital pharmacy, which was really good, I was at St George's hospital in South London for a week, I got to do loads of things like dispensing medication for patients, talking to patients on the wards, doing stock counts. It was really good fun.
Yeah, this summer, try and ask around for work experience, I would say, that gave me an edge over other applicants when it came to being invited for an interview at unis.
Have you been pestered by your teachers to start your personal statements?
I'll send you mine, if you wanna have a look at it. It's important to have a good personal statement when applying for unis, that plays a big role in how well they favour your application over the others.