Barts and The London medicine applicants 2014

Yeah, except I've already firmed a different university, so it effectively means I'm off the list.
If only they'd told me there and then...

Is that for medicine or other course you firmed?

A different course.

I called them today and was said that it does not make any difference in the waiting list even if we firm it. We will be still placed in the queue.

Really?! I don't doubt you, but when I spoke to them, they definitely said that it would void me from the list, who did you speak to?

5 mins now. The lady at admissions. I was quite clearly asking as I too need to firm the ucl biomedical. Which is my only offer.

everybody's requirements seem to be different? can anyone tell me why some people's requirements are AAAB or AAAC or AAA in chemistry & biology?

It's kinda unfair considering that most people (including me) just got 'AAA in any GCE A levels taken in 2014'.

Is it possible to find out our interview scores?

I don't know if this is true but people have said the people they want more will be given lower offers so they are more likely to firm it ://///

There are various opportunities for dissection at Barts, as you mentioned they are in the Student Selected Component (SSC) part of the course.



All of these are currently optional but have enough capacity to take as many students as apply (with the exception of the head and neck SSC which is during the summer holidays and has limited places). I found it pretty useful for learning anatomy and the majority of students do it - the anatomy teaching has got much better in the last few years. Last year we had the fewest students to cadavers in the country during dissection sessions, assuming that hasn't changed.

In the preclinical years (1 & 2) you have 2 SSCs that are each a fortnight long - these can be pretty much anything. In my first year I did limb dissection and ENT Surgery, second year I did chest/abdo dissection and Prehospital Care (an extended 4 year SSC program where you go out with ambulances and HEMS* cars). There are some group work SSCs that have two hours each Wednesday morning as well.

In third year you get an afternoon off a week for SSCs, in fourth year I think you do an extended project and in final year you have return to clinical placements again.

Hope that helps!

Ollie x

* Helicopter Emergency Medical Service

AAAB bio,french,maths,chem in that order. UCL specified chem and Barts just said 2 sciences so basically keeping my 4th A2 and beasting the ukcat saved me

Just got my email from Barts that I'm on the waiting list because it arrived in my spam. Does anyone know what the chances of getting an offer are if you are put on the waiting list?

I've made a freedom of information request earlier today regarding previous years (if any) waiting lists, and how many got offers from it, so I'll let you know.


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Cheers. Also you know it says those only those without any offers elsewhere may get one, does that mean an accepted offer from another med school or just an holding an offer from anywhere? Because im sure 99% of people have an offer for biomed