King's College Medicine applicants 2014 entry

hey guys.... im new on this thread. i'm an international medicine applicant and just got invited for an interview on the 30th. they've told me it would be a 40 minute thing with me having to fill out a questionnaire and read and then discuss an ethical case study. any ideas on what type of questions are there on the questionnaire, and that apart from the ethical questioning, if i'd be needing any AS/A2 knowledge??? any help would be appreciated!

You shouldn't need any AS/A2 knowledge unless you put it on your personal statement :smile:

Reply 2141

psmalhotra

Original post by Dandaman9999

You shouldn't need any AS/A2 knowledge unless you put it on your personal statement :smile:

cool, so they'll be only asking questions regarding ethics and stuff.... does that mean that i dont need to study anything for it?

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Dandaman9999

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Original post by psmalhotra

cool, so they'll be only asking questions regarding ethics and stuff.... does that mean that i dont need to study anything for it?

I'd suggest go over the typical interview questions basically, and know your PS well

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psmalhotra

Original post by Dandaman9999

I'd suggest go over the typical interview questions basically, and know your PS well

kk, thanks man! have yu been for an interview already?

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Dandaman9999

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Original post by psmalhotra

kk, thanks man! have yu been for an interview already?

Yeah I had mine one the 12th of December but haven't heard back yet :s-smilie:

Hope I haven't been rejected!

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oyyoyy

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Original post by aspiringmedic1

thanks, when does your UCAS update?

It updated a few days ago...

Reply 2146

adersh96

Original post by br13

I'm still waiting too, starting to feel like i was the only one!
I'm a UK applicant, 7A*4A GCSEs, AAAB at AS (B in Latin), 762.5 UKCAT
Predicted A*AAA

Good luck, hope we hear soon!

Yeah, i'm a uk applicant too. Thanks and good luck to you too! At least we haven't been rejected yet.

Reply 2147

Mehroze1

Original post by Dandaman9999

Yeah I had mine one the 12th of December but haven't heard back yet :s-smilie:

Hope I haven't been rejected!

yeah same, had my interview on the 12th, still haven't heard a single thing... How did you feel you interview went?

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Dandaman9999

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Original post by Mehroze1

yeah same, had my interview on the 12th, still haven't heard a single thing... How did you feel you interview went?

I feel it went ok, my ethical scenario analysis was not too great but I was hoping it was good enough... how about yourself?

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bubblygummy

Original post by Dandaman9999

Yeah I had mine one the 12th of December but haven't heard back yet :s-smilie:

Hope I haven't been rejected!

Original post by Mehroze1

yeah same, had my interview on the 12th, still haven't heard a single thing... How did you feel you interview went?

Haha I had mine on the 12th too and nothing.... :smile:

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Dandaman9999

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Original post by bubblygummy

Haha I had mine on the 12th too and nothing.... :smile:

Haha at least we aren't alone! :tongue:

how did you feel your interview went?

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LoonyLuna

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Original post by medic321

yeah I've already had an interview and an offer and I can guarantee you I had an essay!!! I doubt they'll change it back to a questionnaire as that's unfair for the cohort!! they're are loads of essay questions- all my friends got a totally different ones!!

Yeah, I had an essay too, but they used the term "essay" very loosely. I'm pretty sure I just wrote a ton of rubbish.

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LoonyLuna

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Original post by Tinuviel

Anybody else have their interview tomorrow?
Any last minute advice? ;S

The only last minute advice I have is get a good night's sleep, get everything out the night before and just relax before bed, like spend the evening watching Sherlock or whatever and then go straight to bed at ten or something. Get into London early (you can always kill time at Starbucks), and the walk to the interview from London Bridge station is literally less than ten minutes.
The interviewers are really friendly and easy to talk to; it was my favourite interview out of all of them. Good luck :smile:

Reply 2153

NightStarz

Has anyone who has been asked for interview called up King's and asked them whether it is a questionnaire or an essay? I think all the people in the new bacth say that their letter says it is a questionnaire (as with mine) and this could be because essay questions were leaked.

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GCSE-help

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Original post by NightStarz

Has anyone who has been asked for interview called up King's and asked them whether it is a questionnaire or an essay? I think all the people in the new bacth say that their letter says it is a questionnaire (as with mine) and this could be because essay questions were leaked.

Yeah they really need to clear this up.

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Mehroze1

Original post by Dandaman9999

I feel it went ok, my ethical scenario analysis was not too great but I was hoping it was good enough... how about yourself?

Yeah same I guess, hard to tell because whenever you look back at the interview you always think of loads of better stuff you could have said haha! I dunno, some parts were ok, but some I think I was just babbling on! What time was yours?!

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clover5

Original post by NightStarz

Has anyone who has been asked for interview called up King's and asked them whether it is a questionnaire or an essay? I think all the people in the new bacth say that their letter says it is a questionnaire (as with mine) and this could be because essay questions were leaked.

Also getting confused by this, if they said its a questionnaire it should be, they can't give us an essay when we haven't been told about it

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pkozman

Original post by clover5

Also getting confused by this, if they said its a questionnaire it should be, they can't give us an essay when we haven't been told about it

Actually they can.

Reply 2158

pneumothorax

Original post by psmalhotra

hey guys.... im new on this thread. i'm an international medicine applicant and just got invited for an interview on the 30th. they've told me it would be a 40 minute thing with me having to fill out a questionnaire and read and then discuss an ethical case study. any ideas on what type of questions are there on the questionnaire, and that apart from the ethical questioning, if i'd be needing any AS/A2 knowledge??? any help would be appreciated!