Cambridge Medicine applicants 2015

But the thing is that you have actual grades, whilst we have predicted grades only
Trinity is an ambitious choice!! I am sure you can make it!

There is that but there are only like 12 places at Trinity compared with the hundreds that apply to it...
Good luck to all I suppose! Which college are you looking at?

There is that but there are only like 12 places at Trinity compared with the hundreds that apply to it...
Good luck to all I suppose! Which college are you looking at?

Downing..

Downing..

King's College is worse, only 8 places and the same if not more applicants than Trinity good luck to anyone applying there!

Caius has the largest medicine intake of all the colleges. Guess where I'm applying

Well as Trinity is the largest college I suppose it takes in a fair few medical applicants as it is but that still probably isn't above 20 so... Chances are so slim!

Wait do we have to take the TSA?

Hola peeps. My name's Callum, and I am going to be a cambridge fresher this october, studying medicine at Downing. I remember how student room helped me a great deal, so I feel like I should give back somehow, so if anyone has any questions about the application process for medicine at Cambridge, quote reply me here or send me a pm, and I'll get back to you. Whether that be the god-awful BMAT or interviews, I'll try my best.

Hi, Thanks for your information so far. Could you tell us about your interview at Downing college? Did they ask you general questions at all (why you want to become doctor/Medical ethics etc). I came to know that the two interviews are related to A level subjects. Is that true? How do i prepare for interview? Do you recommend any books?

Nope! But BMAT section 1 is similar to the TSA.

Are you applying to Downing?

Yes, I am applying to Downing.

Who's filling out the additional personal statement on the SAQ and the box where you say the extra stuff you do? Isn't the latter pointless cos you would've mentioned that in your personal statement anyway???

Not at all. The SAQ additional PS is to show why you want to go to Cambridge in particular.

I was talking about the box where you write the things you did to keep up interest in your subject - surely you would've written those things in your PS? So why write it again?

But the additional SAQ I understand but I've read that it doesn't matter if you leave the SAQ PS blank, but I do want to write something in it! However I fear I'm going to make loads of grammar/sentence structure errors or something IDK

Well you may want to elaborate on it like I did. 4000 characters in your PS isn't very much so I was happy to have an extra 300!
I'd just go for it, it isn't nearly as important as the main PS and I didn't really even get mine checked before I submitted my SAQ.