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Original post by woztar


What should he do? He told me that he wants to do medicine or at leafs dentistry abroad.

:facepalm:

Does he want to do medicine or does he want to dentistry, because that sounds like he wants to make daddy proud and thinks he earn a lot of money...
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Original post by ameelia22
:facepalm:

Does he want to do medicine or does he want to dentistry, because that sounds like he wants to make daddy proud and thinks he earn a lot of money...


No he's dream is medicine. But maybe medicine is not for him.
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The thing is he is very young in my opinion. He finished his alevels at 17.

and will be eighteen in March.
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Final interview out the way, just need to wait to hear back now...
Good luck to everyone and congrats to those with offers!!

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Original post by mcollin1
Final interview out the way, just need to wait to hear back now...
Good luck to everyone and congrats to those with offers!!

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Were you at HYMS today?
Good luck with the wait!
I've got one more left...


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Original post by itsmagic
Were you at HYMS today?
Good luck with the wait!
I've got one more left...


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I was indeed! Were you? What time?
Hows it gone so far? Who you waiting for? :smile:


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Original post by mcollin1
I was indeed! Were you? What time?
Hows it gone so far? Who you waiting for? :smile:


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Yesss I was 9am registration! What time was yours? Asian/Indian girl who talked quite a lot before the interview haha :smile:
I'm on waiting list at SGUL, waiting for KCL post-interview, interview at Soton on Tuesday and, as of today, waiting for HYMS :smile: what about you?



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Original post by itsmagic
Yesss I was 9am registration! What time was yours? Asian/Indian girl who talked quite a lot before the interview haha :smile:
I'm on waiting list at SGUL, waiting for KCL post-interview, interview at Soton on Tuesday and, as of today, waiting for HYMS :smile: what about you?



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Ah mine was 10am so i didnt see you! How was it?
Ah so no bad news yet!!
Waiting for soton, exeter, newcastle and hyms all post-interview! Hear from exeter next week ahh :redface: not very hopeful though was my worst interview haha!
Original post by mcollin1
Ah mine was 10am so i didnt see you! How was it?
Ah so no bad news yet!!
Waiting for soton, exeter, newcastle and hyms all post-interview! Hear from exeter next week ahh :redface: not very hopeful though was my worst interview haha!


I was at 10am too! How did you find it? I think the group exercise was hard to contribute to as I didn't want to interrupt anyone haha


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Guys, does anyone know if you get paid annual leave even if you quit before you take it?

(Edit: as a HCA in a hospital)
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Original post by ameelia22
Guys, does anyone know if you get paid annual leave even if you quit before you take it?

(Edit: as a HCA in a hospital)
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I'm trying to work out your situation, and from what I can figure, I think the answer is no. At least not in my trust. I am having my las working day on 28 February, and then I have to cash in all of my annual leave after that - so I officially leave in mid February, although my last day on the ward is the 28th. Ask the ol' line manager..


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Original post by Hugby1
I'm trying to work out your situation, and from what I can figure, I think the answer is no. At least not in my trust. I am having my las working day on 28 February, and then I have to cash in all of my annual leave after that - so I officially leave in mid February, although my last day on the ward is the 28th. Ask the ol' line manager..


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Don't know if i'm ready to admit that I want to leave :colondollar:
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Original post by ameelia22
Don't know if i'm ready to admit that I want to leave :colondollar:


You played it all wrong!! I told everyone from day one I was leaving after six months. That way I got über respect for being a prospective medic, and they also have tried to mould me into the 'perfect doctor'. In other words, a cushy doc.


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Original post by Hugby1
You played it all wrong!! I told everyone from day one I was leaving after six months. That way I got über respect for being a prospective medic, and they also have tried to mould me into the 'perfect doctor'. In other words, a cushy doc.


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Sorry for butting into your conversation...thing is I've applied for a few NHS jobs and when they realise that I'll leave if I get a medical school offer then they automatically reject me after interview! I have a couple of HCA interviews next and was going in with the intention of basically saying nothing about university...advice?!? :/


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Original post by picnmix
Sorry for butting into your conversation...thing is I've applied for a few NHS jobs and when they realise that I'll leave if I get a medical school offer then they automatically reject me after interview! I have a couple of HCA interviews next and was going in with the intention of basically saying nothing about university...advice?!? :/


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It's one of those things that there is no real answer to.

On my gap year, I worked in a care home as a care assistant. In my interview, they looked at my grades and said something like, "Surely you don't plan on being a care assistant forever? What are your plans for the future?"

I didn't see any point in lying, so I told them that I was on a gap year and re-applying for medical school. They took it really well, said it was great that I was looking for experience, and I got the job on the spot. They were also really understanding when I booked days off for interviews and held a party for me when I got an offer and then left.

However, I think they were used to having a transient staff book. If they were looking for someone permanent and didn't ask about my plans, I wouldn't have mentioned it.
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Original post by TattyBoJangles
It's one of those things that there is no real answer to.

On my gap year, I worked in a care home as a care assistant. In my interview, they looked at my grades and said something like, "Surely you don't plan on being a care assistant forever? What are your plans for the future?"

I didn't see any point in lying, so I told them that I was on a gap year and re-applying for medical school. They took it really well, said it was great that I was looking for experience, and I got the job on the spot. They were also really understanding when I booked days off for interviews and held a party for me when I got an offer and then left.

However, I think they were used to having a transient staff book. If they were looking for someone permanent and didn't ask about my plans, I wouldn't have mentioned it.


Thanks so much for your answer! I'm just so unsure about what to do :/ I'm a very open and honest person so in my first couple of interviews I just put my cards out on the table and told then about the whole reapplying to medical school situation - they said they appreciated how candid and honest I was, but it was the reason I didn't get the job...being honest didn't really pay off in that situation :/


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Original post by Hugby1
You played it all wrong!! I told everyone from day one I was leaving after six months. That way I got über respect for being a prospective medic, and they also have tried to mould me into the 'perfect doctor'. In other words, a cushy doc.


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Sadly even if the above is wrong, it is very true. Originally, I just didn't think I would get an offer and I didn't want to deal with the whole "I'm going to uni so bye bye and yes I did fail at getting into medicine, no don't ask me why, and yes I am doing something else, no don't ask," you know?
But recently whenever staff on the ward have asked "So...you're planning on doing your nurse training right? I mean you're young so you might as well..." I don't have the heart to tell them..."er, as of last week I'll be training to be a doctor come September" so I sort of just play it like I don't really know what I'm doing with my life (even though I have 1 very clear goal in mind) and give it the whole "well... I'm just going to see how this goes and take it from there...". As a result a lot of people seem to think I am lazy and lack ambition and if would even go as far as saying some staff nurses think I'm insignificant. Although I have told a couple of people and they've been entirely shocked.

I also haven't really made up my mind about whether to leave sooner or later. I'm currently paying a ****load for my car insurance so I sorta need the money, but then on the other hand I could do plenty of other things that don't involve having to smell a stomach ha that would pay me just as well so it's a tricky balance.


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Original post by robrob9595
I was at 10am too! How did you find it? I think the group exercise was hard to contribute to as I didn't want to interrupt anyone haha


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Awesome! were you yellow 1 or 2?
I though the group went pretty well but that's because I actually made decent points compared to Southampton where I barely said anything haha!
Original post by mcollin1
Ah mine was 10am so i didnt see you! How was it?
Ah so no bad news yet!!
Waiting for soton, exeter, newcastle and hyms all post-interview! Hear from exeter next week ahh :redface: not very hopeful though was my worst interview haha!


I thought the mini-interviews went well (not sure I did ok in the group but I enjoyed it nevertheless) but I'm sure I'll get slowly more pessimistic as the waiting time increases haha! What about you? Wow that will be me with 4 waits after tomorrow! Good luck! :biggrin: we have 2 medschools in common lol :biggrin:


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Original post by mcollin1
Awesome! were you yellow 1 or 2?
I though the group went pretty well but that's because I actually made decent points compared to Southampton where I barely said anything haha!


Yellow 2, which were you? Haha glad it went well for you, the group one for me sounds like your Southampton one, I barely said anything because I didn't want to interrupt people haha good luck for your replies


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