UCL Medicine Applicants 2014

Can anyone remember the exact wording of the surgeon bmat essay? I seem to remember most of it, but the precise wording evades me!

Good surgeons should be encouraged to take on tough cases, not just safe, routine
ones. Publishing an individual surgeon’s mortality rates may have the opposite effect.
Explain what this statement means. Argue to the contrary. To what extent do you think league
tables should change a surgeon’s behaviour?

That's what I thought but it seems a lot of other people have been rejected today whilst I haven't. Why they'd miss out myself baffles me because what's the point keeping me on a thread? I'm expecting to get rejected, I just don't understand why they've not said it. o.O

In the email they said they want a copy of my statement of results for any AS or A2 exams. I did an Arabic AS and Maths A level in year 11 and the statement of results are all on different papers for different modules and mixed up with my GCSE exams. Does anyone know if certificates are ok or if I have to attach the statement of results?

Its exactly the same for me! I still haven't received my rejection! just want them to get it over with...

Yeah, I'm just tired now. Want to start planning for my gap year but won't do it until I've got this final rejection! Not been a good first time round for me, you got any offers? Going to take your 5th?

Yeah I was the other Londoner and I will definitely want to live out next year and experience what halls are like! :

I was on Wednesday morning, short white girl, brown hair, glasses, red coat and black blazer - the Canadian one

im sorry to hear! know how disappointing it is! ucl is my top choice! had one interview and 2 rejections.. still got an interview coming up! havent even heard back from my 5th (biomed of course)... what bout you?

Applied to Biomed as well for my 5th but I won't be doing it anyway. 3 rejections no interviews so far so UCL is my last chance, will be reapplying hopefully getting a better ukcat score but my score this year wasn't actually bad, 678, if I remember correctly. If I don't get in after reapplying I'll be joining the army medical corps hopefully then I'll reapply again and again until I get in but being in the medical corps would be a satisfactory job for me, plenty of benefits from joining the army! Anyway, hopefully that doesn't happen and I get in after reapplying or UCL invite me to an interview very short notice I think I'll be able to strengthen my application a lot by october anyway. Good luck to you on your interview!

Hi, has anyone else who has had an interview found that on the UCL Portico it says 'interview not attended' (even though I attended on 05/03/14)? Just wanted to check, lol! Thanks!

Hi, I have some questions about the documents they want us to email in...

1. Do you email the main interviewee form with references and passport copy, or is it ok to send them separately? Some of my references are taking a while to chase up.

2. My passport has expired, so will it still be ok to send a copy of that?

If anyone could help that'd be amazing! My interview is on the 18th, so I don't want to delay the forms too long eeek

Maybe send the documents you have now and tell them in the email that you will send another reference as soon as you have it. The expired passport should be fine, just mention that it's expired and you're in the process of renewing it or something along those lines Good luck!

Ok thank you, that's helped a lot! Also, how many references would be good to send in do you think?

Got a pre-interview rejection today :/ Was a track update at 12:00pm exactly. Reason Given:

"Due to the intense competition for places on this programme of study, UCL can only offer places to those it considers to be the best applicants. Regrettably, your UCAS application was judged to be not as strong as that of other applicants."

For anyone who's interested my stats are:

GCSE's: 10 A*s 1 A
A Levels (Achieved) : A*A*A*b (in biology chemistry maths and german)
AS Levels in Year 12: BBBC
BMAT: 4.0 5.8 3.5A

The rejection came as no surprise as they'd pretty much already rejected me over the phone a few months ago, when I phoned them to ask why had they requested my AS Level marks in Year 12. I feel upset that they didn't even look at my A2 Performance as their selection process is supposedly 'holistic'-my AS Levels have now cost me a place at two universities (the other choice being Cambridge). I'm also annoyed they've taken nearly 6 months just to send a pre-interview rejection-last year all pre-interview rejections were given out by the end of January.

Onwards and upwards I guess-hopefully I will get an offer from my last remaining choice. And congrats to everyone with offers-UCL is an absolutely fantastic place to study medicine