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Imperial College medicine applicants 2016

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Reply 1440

Lili1998

Congrats all you guys with an offer and for those of you who are waiting good luck :biggrin:

Can anyone help me out with this killer decision I have to make between Imperial and UCL please? :redface:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/show....php?t=3911735

Reply 1441

Mehek1

Original post by Folami 123

Well I heard 2 days before 2 weeks others got offers after 8-9 days so don't worry too much about it. It does matter what you missed out really it's more about what you said!!

There's so many obvious things I could've said so maybe I looked weak :frown:

Imperial is my first choice so this sucks 😂 Thanks for the encouragement though and congrats on your offer!

Reply 1442

MarimaKauser

Original post by Mehek1

There's so many obvious things I could've said so maybe I looked weak :frown:

Imperial is my first choice so this sucks 😂 Thanks for the encouragement though and congrats on your offer!

That's how I felt after my interview! I was so worried, I didn't think it went badly but I was worried I hadn't said enough of that I'd gone off topic but it turned out fine

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Reply 1443

Mehek1

Original post by MarimaKauser

That's how I felt after my interview! I was so worried, I didn't think it went badly but I was worried I hadn't said enough of that I'd gone off topic but it turned out fine

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Thank you, hope all goes well for me! I didn't say anything about my ability to multitask and I see that that's on the score sheet, is that a problem??

Reply 1444

Folami 123

Original post by Mehek1

There's so many obvious things I could've said so maybe I looked weak :frown:

Imperial is my first choice so this sucks 😂 Thanks for the encouragement though and congrats on your offer!

Thanks dude!! You always feel like there's more you can say I guess I hope it goes ok though still! Just remember 65% get in I think from interview like there are people that do exceptionally bad and as long as you say something that's good it should be fine. Also if you showed charisma and personality it should be pretty good too!

Reply 1445

RishMilo

Original post by Mehek1

Thank you, hope all goes well for me! I didn't say anything about my ability to multitask and I see that that's on the score sheet, is that a problem??

they probably felt you had already demonstrated multitasking in your application otherwise they would've asked a question specifically about it so I wouldn't worry

Reply 1446

Folami 123

Original post by Iamflorence

Hey Guys sorry for the interruption but i need some advice from you guys, please This is my current Medicine application profile (2017 entry)!

GCSEs: 1A* 1A 5Bs 3Cs
AS: Biology chemistry and philosophy&ethics (only 3alevels)

Work experience:
- 3 months Oxfam charity
- 1 week pharmacy in Nigeria
- Teachers assistance at primary school assisting disadvantage students
-1 week with cardiologist
-1 week Gasternologist in Easter

Volunteering:
- Royal Hospital of neuro-disability
- A&E volunteer-Science Perfect
- volunteer at care home
- shopmoilibility escort (breaks)
- volunteer at RNIH blind people assistance
-Ronald MacDonald families with critically ill children
- I did crisis at Christmas for homeless people, making there Christmas great

Please be honest, according to my profile, where would be best for me, and on a scale of 1 to 10 (increasing strength), how strong would you say my application is generally then specifically for imperial ?

Ok well the bad news. I'm really sorry to say but an application for imperial would not be a good idea as they require 3 GCSEs of grade A so sadly, as this is their first hurdle for application is GCSEs and if you don't meet those you will not be considered at all! Ok so my GCSEs weren't the best either but I think there are actually still quite a few school you can apply to that don't consider them (trust me I know myself). For example I applied to Queen Mary, Newcastle and Exeter (don't apply here unless you have 3A*s predicted). I applied to these because Qmul uses 50% UKCAT and 50% UKCAT to select and Newcastle use UKCAT to rank candidates so I knew my UKCAT had to be good as well lol.

So yeah it's really about APPLYING SMART make sure you look at all Unis and how they select and their minimum requirements if you don't meet their minimum requirements, do not apply!!!! If they use GCSEs to rank candidates, do not apply!!!! Apart from that though your options are limited, there are still a few/enough you can apply to. Your UKCAT just needs to BANGGGGG. So moral of the story. Apply smart, Start UKCAT prep at the beginning of this summer holiday and I think for like Brighton BMAT might be good too but requires a looooootttt of work (for me anyway!!) so yeah you can do it don't let your GCSEs knock you but do accept you are st a slight disadvantage. Some schools won't even look at them (at all). If you need more info ask and I'll tell you lol. Hope this helps!! 😊😊

Reply 1447

Mehek1

Original post by RishMilo

they probably felt you had already demonstrated multitasking in your application otherwise they would've asked a question specifically about it so I wouldn't worry

Thanks! How did you find it yesterday?

Reply 1448

HayleyHowlett

I got an offer a week after my interview, so don't worry!

Reply 1449

livliv0202

Is there a Facebook group for offer holders or anything ? :smile:

Reply 1450

babsa

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3913701 (offer holders page to discuss anything!!)

Reply 1451

nutcase13

To anyone who hasnt received any sort of email after getting their offer, i phoned them up today and asked and they said everything is fine and there wasnt anything important in that email, but we will recieve an offer pack in the next couple of months with all the relevant info, i assume it was just a glitch

Reply 1452

username1808331

Had my interview today. I didn't get those 2 questions either. On reflection, it's understandable. The questions asked were quite intelligent.
Going to be a long 2 week wait.

Reply 1453

RishMilo

Original post by Mehek1

Thanks! How did you find it yesterday?

Overall I think it was alright but I did waffle a bit in the beginning. I agree with Tsar007 the questions were cleverly worded.

Reply 1454

sickfam

Original post by Tsar007

Had my interview today. I didn't get those 2 questions either. On reflection, it's understandable. The questions asked were quite intelligent.
Going to be a long 2 week wait.

what do you mean by intelligent questions?
as in the questions were all tailored to YOU specifically?

Reply 1455

username1808331

Can't say, of course.
😀

Reply 1456

ScarletRose

For those who attended the tour, how was it? How long did it last? What did you do?

I've heard very conflicting things about it lol

Reply 1457

Hectors

Original post by ScarletRose

For those who attended the tour, how was it? How long did it last? What did you do?

I've heard very conflicting things about it lol

It's about half an hour long, you go around the campus and get to ask questions about the medical school. I find it was a good way to relax a bit before the interview and also get to talk to other applicants.

Reply 1458

FutureMedic97

Hey everyone,
In how many days did Imperial reply to people post interview? (Like what is the minimum number of days that people heard back in?)

Reply 1459

Not_a_horse

Hey everyone, sorry if I am interrupting the interview discussion but does anyone mind looking through my stats to see if I'm good enough for Imperial btw I'm in year 12 and some are based on my predictions.
Gcses: 4A*s 5As (went to a really crap school and got highest in the year)
AS: B at physics A in maths
A level: A* Bio A in Chem and A in maths