Southampton BM6 2016

I'm doing a general medicine Personal statement
I'm not sure
Surely they'll know the reason why?
Because we didn't have the standard qualifications for normal entry ?
I'll ask someone who does foundation medicine
And let you know


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Hey guys!! How's your preparation for UKCAT and personal statement!?
Also what kinda work experience do you have?


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I've got 2 hospitals in different apartments, volunteering at a charirt shop and primary schol, and volunteering to help the elderly which I haven't done yet
Wbu?


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-Going to ring my moms friends daughter as she's a doctor and try arranging a shadowing placement.
-Got a care home placement arranged
-1 month youth volunteering scheme- includes contact with the general public
-1 week opticians
- Observed a psychiatrist when he was treating a member of family ~ even though this isn't an official placement I was able to reflect upon it.


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Nice
I really want to shadow a psychiatrist but I haven't tried looking for one
Did you put all of that in ur personal statement!!?!!
I tried to fit it all in, but I keep going over the word limit! Argh!


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I'm omitting the optician work experience if I'm able to get the shadowing placement
And you can do it
It's not about quantity it's quality that counts


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That's true
I think the most important bit for me is the first part of the personal statement - why you want to medicine!
I think here you have to be really unique and just sell it.



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I really hope I get an offer here, what's your first choice if you get offers from all?



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It would be kings I think because I live in London.
But Southampton isn't too far away so I don't mind either!


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I don't qualify for kings programme,
I can only apply to Nottingham and Southampton so if I get offers from both probably Nottingham as it's closer to home, but I'd be more than happy to go to southampton


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Haha, I don't qualify for the Nottingham programme.
I'm applying to Kings, Southampton and Queen Mary programmes.
What's ur backup?
I think mine would be therapeutic radiography at Cardiff and St George's.



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I can't apply to east Anglia *sigh* I did rubbish in my GCSE English I only got a C
I wish you could make up for it with your A level results as I did 2 essay based subjects and got As in both of them - surely that demonstrates my essay writing skills more than GCSE English right?

What is Queen mary's criteria?
I'm just going to take a gap year and reapply if I don't get in the first time around.

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I just realised there was a St. Andrews foundation course!
Am I eligible for that?!


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Oh, just realised it was for international students. :/


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Yeah I checked that out and nearly cried when it said for international students


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