Imperial College Medical Applicants 2015 entry

Not really. They give out excess offers and interviews with the assumption that many will take up offers elsewhere. The person has earnt their interview, and so has every right to go.

no one is taking anyone else's offer. Those who deserve and offer will get one.

I disagree with that logic. If I don't need a uni's offer, I'm not going to go to an interview there.

Unis give excess offers but they don't give an unlimited amount, hence I could get an offer at the expense of someone else since the uni only wants to give a certain number of offers.

I understand what you mean.. although i pretty much firming Imperial... I still go to birmingham for interviews although they do ask for A*AA, I just think birmingham is a nice place to go to and the MMI interviews are good practice for me and I also need another insurance offer...

I think what he's trying to say (and what I also think btw) is not that firming is bad. It's going to the interview for the sake of going even if you're not gonna firm or insurance it. Then it's sort of stealing someone's spot especially if you're good.

I get all of this altruism stuff, but when you've put in work to get the interview, it just seems like a waste to throw it away.

You're not stealing anyone's place because they don't strictly control the number of offers. This would disadvantage people with interviews in March, and considering these slots were offered to us, it's not fair at all. Someone might have been busy in the morning that they got the booking email, and all the early slots may have been taken. Imperial wouldn't discriminate like that... So you can reliably assume the system doesn't work like that.

If you're good enough for an offer, you'll get one. If you're not, it's harsh but Medicine is a competitive process for a reason. It's not because someone else 'took your place'. That's an excuse for a weakness in your application somewhere.

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I understand what you mean.. although i pretty much firming Imperial... I still go to birmingham for interviews although they do ask for A*AA, I just think birmingham is a nice place to go to and the MMI interviews are good practice for me and I also need another insurance offer...

I get all of this altruism stuff, but when you've put in work to get the interview, it just seems like a waste to throw it away.

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You're not stealing anyone's place because they don't strictly control the number of offers. This would disadvantage people with interviews in March, and considering these slots were offered to us, it's not fair at all. Someone might have been busy in the morning that they got the booking email, and all the early slots may have been taken. Imperial wouldn't discriminate like that... So you can reliably assume the system doesn't work like that.

If you're good enough for an offer, you'll get one. If you're not, it's harsh but Medicine is a competitive process for a reason.

It's not because someone else 'took your place'. That's an excuse for a weakness in your application somewhere.

My interview was on the 13th and I had a similar experience, some members of the panel were very critical of my personal statement and asked me what seemed like mostly irrelevant questions, it was more like an interrogation than an interview. But I tried my best so I'll just have to wait and see what happens

Guys, i got an interview in december for the 4th march but they just sent me a rejection through ucas -.- did this happen to anyone else??

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Call the admissions office, sounds like a mistake :/ they can't give you an interview and then reject you...

Okay still in limbo - no interview, no rejection... this is killing me...