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I got 47 for shortlisting score not sure what that's out of and 40 for medical physics and am 8th on the reserve list. So did people who got phys offers score around 45 ish? that gives me some hope for next year!
Original post by .dard.
I got 47 for shortlisting score not sure what that's out of and 40 for medical physics and am 8th on the reserve list. So did people who got phys offers score around 45 ish? that gives me some hope for next year!


So far I've only heard mine, which was 46 at interview and rank 14, but if you're 8th on reserve list and assuming roughly uniform distribution across the interval between, I'd say offers likely to go to people 42/43 and up maybe? There must have been a lot of ties though, so they said that they'd then consider the online test scores too I think?
Original post by Superhellie
also to give some people who want to reapply again next year a bit of an idea:

for biochem i scored 57 shortlist, 49 on interview and rank 1. (and i felt like the interview didn't go anywhere near that good! so i guess how you feel about it on the day doesn't mean much!)


No way! You just beat me! I got 48 and second place for biochemistry. Well done!
The shortlisting score is out of 69 I'm sure - they mark you based on their criteria.
The interview is out of 50.

Hope this helps
Original post by Eott
Yep, I am for Cardiac :smile:

Me too for Genomics :smile:
Original post by sharpsri
I've scored 37 in the interview and way down ( bottom) of the list for med phs! Gosh this is stiff competition. Last year a person who scored 35 was ranked 52. Well it's game over now time to move on. Good luck to everyone with offers truly well deserved!


I think you might mean me - I was ranked 52nd (and got a position) but got an interview score of 39, not 35 :smile: you can't really compare last year's scores with this year though; different questions = different scores. Don't give up hope if you're on the reserve list, I know several people who got in that way.
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This is really weird, my shortlist score for this year was 50, which is exactly the same as I got last year, but they didn't give me an interview or even interview reserve last year! Maybe everyone else just did better last year!
Original post by .dard.
I got 47 for shortlisting score not sure what that's out of and 40 for medical physics and am 8th on the reserve list. So did people who got phys offers score around 45 ish? that gives me some hope for next year!


I got 43 at the interview and 52 in the shortlisting process and was ranked 29th.
Original post by Bagsworth
No way! You just beat me! I got 48 and second place for biochemistry. Well done!


Haha that one extra point did it!! Not that it made much difference seeing as we put London as our first choice! :P
Might be unlikely as there's only four positions, but anyone accepted offers for Clinical Immunology?
Shortlist 55/69, Interview 44/50, Rank 9 for Genomics x
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Original post by SB_MedPhys
I got 43 at the interview and 52 in the shortlisting process and was ranked 29th.


Ah so close! this has definitely given me more drive to stop feeling sorry for myself and apply next year. Did you manage to get a location you wanted?
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and-94
Shortlist 50/69, interview 42/50 and rank 16 for genomics
I'm so confused by the scoring!

I got much higher shortlisting scores last year and didn't get an interview for cardiac. I also thought my Vascular interview had gone much better as it was my second interview, but it was MUCH worse. Maybe my confidence in the second interview came across as arrogant or something?

Last year:
Cardiac - shortlist score 52 - Shortlist unsuccessful
Vascular - Shortlist Score 50 - Interview Score 34 - Offers Rank 20

This Year:
Cardiac - shortlist score 46 - Interview Score 46 - Offers Rank 6
Vascular - Shortlist Score 43 - Interview Score 35 - Offers Rank 23

Original post by Nightwing_
49!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I mean there is literally no way I could get that score. I honestly don't see how anyone could without having all the questions beforehand (I'm honestly not saying that you did I just know that is the only way I could ever come close to that).I'll probably put an application in again next year unless I find something better in the mean time (unlikely, my life is definitely heading down the sh**ter). But if I do about the same again I'll probably give up, I think some people are just MUCH better at answering interview questions than me.
This year I bought a book called 'Medical School Interviews' by Olivier Picard and found it really helpful. The questions and model answers are great for preparing for the leadership and values stations. I Also bought a medical ethics book to prepare for values and 'The ECG made Easy' to prepare for the specialism station.

Original post by rjojo
I'm in-service (so I'm already based in Cambridge), so I guess will be doing rotations at Addenbrooke's! Where are you moving from?


Original post by Eott
Yep, I am for Cardiac :smile:


Awesome!! I'm not actually at Cambridge University, I'm doing Cardiac at Papworth, but as it's a specialist Cardiothoracic centre, there are no other trainees from other specialisms there so thought i'd try and find people at other Cambridge sites. I think i'll spend 50% of my time at Addenbrookes, it would be nice to know some other people starting the STP in the area!
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Original post by fewhite13
Me too for Genomics :smile:


Original post by Eott
Yep, I am for Cardiac :smile:


Original post by rjojo
I'm in-service (so I'm already based in Cambridge), so I guess will be doing rotations at Addenbrooke's! Where are you moving from?


Hey fellow Cambridge-ers! I'll be moving from London! Anyone else moving too, or are you all there already? :smile:
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Joshb1
Seems like the competition for Resp/Sleep wasn't quite as high as other specialisms. I got 48 - Shortlist, 44 - Interview, 4 - Interview Rank.
Clinical Bioinformatics (genomics) - 49 shortlist, 47 interview - rank no 1
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Original post by nim1989
Might be unlikely as there's only four positions, but anyone accepted offers for Clinical Immunology?


Did you apply for Immunology? I'm on reserves for it, but ranked 11th.

Shortlist 50, Interview 39.
Original post by Foxchops
I think you might mean me - I was ranked 52nd (and got a position) but got an interview score of 39, not 35 :smile: you can't really compare last year's scores with this year though; different questions = different scores. Don't give up hope if you're on the reserve list, I know several people who got in that way.


Hi Foxchops, I was indeed referring to you, sorry about downgrading your score my bad :biggrin:.. Well I thought the interview had gone ok but seeing my score and rank I am a bit disappointed.. Thought I would at least be up on the reserve list.
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Original post by Superhellie
also to give some people who want to reapply again next year a bit of an idea:

for biochem i scored 57 shortlist, 49 on interview and rank 1. (and i felt like the interview didn't go anywhere near that good! so i guess how you feel about it on the day doesn't mean much!)

Original post by Bagsworth
No way! You just beat me! I got 48 and second place for biochemistry. Well done!



My god, you guys did incredibly well for Biochemistry!! I didn't do very well in the interview, scored 33! What was the reserves score/ min offer score for Biochemistry this year?

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