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Reply 80

Chilledice

RoadWarrior

Welcome!

and Good luck for your UKCAT :smile:

Just wondering why "Hull York" is in italics :hmmm:

It wasnt meant to be :p:

.. Its just that that space originally had "to be confirmed" in it, I forgot to remove the Italic tags!

Reply 81

KumakoXsd

[Year of Entry] 2010
[1st Institution] Birmingham
[2nd Institution] Cambridge
[3rd Institution] Southampton
[4th Institution] KCL
[5th Choice if applicable]
[GCSE Results] Don't match up to anyone else's.. I guess.. ='( (1A*, 5A, 4B,4C).
[AS Results] LOL. Messed up.. Applying through access scheme's..
[A2 Results/Predictions] Not sure.. Hopefully good.
[Work Experience/Voluntary] Yes to both..
[UKCAT] Not sat yet
[BMAT] Not sat yet
[Any other comments]
Good luck to everyone.

Reply 82

i'm no superman

piece_by_piece

Yes, I'm glad I've decided not to sit the BMAT!

It seriously isn't as tough as people make it out to be here.

I would say that applying to more than two medical schools who require that you sit the BMAT is a bit of a gamble but if you're avoiding it on the basis of it being 'scary' - don't, it really isn't that bad! It's tough but it's certainly manageable if you get what I mean?

Reply 83

YasirE

Undulipodium

I'm at Magdalen :smile:

oh cool i go 2 Cherwell

Reply 84

vj69

[Year of Entry] 2010
[1st Institution] KCL
[2nd Institution] PMS
[3rd Institution] Keele
[4th Institution] UEA
[5th Choice if applicable] Cambridge - Nat sci (as a joke)
[GCSE Results] Rubbish...2A*, 2A, 5B ,2C
[AS Results] AAAB
[A2 Results] AAAB
[Work Experience/Voluntary] HCA, Hospital placement, GP, Minor surgery & Hospital abroad
[UKCAT] Pending
[BMAT] N/A
[Any other comments] THIRD time lucky!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply 85

i'm no superman

vj69

[5th Choice if applicable] Cambridge - Nat sci (as a joke)

Since it's your third time reapplying, surely it would be more sensible to be more serious about your back-up?

Reply 86

billet-doux

!MEna

Thanks for the advice. I get what you mean, but I don't fancy the look of UCL/Imperial anyway, and I don't want to sit another admissions test. The UKCAT was bad enough for me :p:

Reply 87

broady92

[Year of Entry] 2010
[1st Institution] Southampton
[2nd Institution] PMS
[3rd Institution] leicester
[4th Institution] Durham
[5th Choice if applicable]
[GCSE Results] 3.5A* 4A 2B
[AS Results] AAAA
[A2 Predictions] A*A*A*
[Work Experience/Voluntary]
1 week GP, 1 week max fax, 1 week neurologist, 2 days shadowing ward sister
[UKCAT] 660
[BMAT] N/A
[Any other comments] also got a btec distinction* apparently equivalent to 4A*s at gcse
lets just hope they like my ECs and PS

Reply 88

Undulipodium

Ignoramus

Did you cancel your UKCAT? Or did you just never book one? Or did you do really well but decide not to use your score?

Edit: Sorry for question barrage :p:

No worries :p:

I cancelled it (on the last possible day to get a refund) after deciding to apply for Bristol instead of Edinburgh as my fourth option.

Reply 89

Undulipodium

Ignoramus

Do you mean Magdalen College School? If so, that's an amazing school! :woo:

I do indeed mean MCS :smile:

You know it?

Reply 90

Undulipodium

Ignoramus

Yep I am nervous, however I find the exam easier than the UKCAT and fingers crossed my academics will count for something when selecting for interview... :s-smilie:

It's going to be a long year...

I feel exactly the same way (though it wasn't the reason that I decided not to apply for UKCAT universities.)

Sections 1 & 2 seem a much better test than the UKCAT.

Reply 91

hawflo

[Year of Entry] 2010
[1st Institution] KCL
[2nd Institution] UCL
[3rd Institution] SGUL
[4th Institution] UCL biomed
[5th Choice if applicable] ???
[GCSE Results] 5A* 4.5A
[AS Results] AB (Remarks for other two)
[A2 Predictions] AAA
[Work Experience/Voluntary]
2 weeks GP, 1 year volunteer at Hospital
[UKCAT] 21st September
[BMAT] 4th November - soo scared :frown:

Any other comments: Scared about my final AS results, did EES scheme, Lead Peer Mentor :P and Reading Buddy(School is quite large), Interested in Dermatology and family suffers from Diabetes 1& 2 - also interested in diabetes.

Reply 92

billet-doux

hawflo

[Year of Entry] 2010
[1st Institution] KCL
[2nd Institution] UCL
[3rd Institution] SGUL
[4th Institution] UCL biomed
[5th Choice if applicable] ???

Are you only applying to three medical schools then?

Reply 93

lilhunni_jo

[Year of Entry] 2010
[1st Institution] Edinburgh
[2nd Institution] Aberdeen
[3rd Institution] Glasgow
[4th Institution] Dundee
[5th Choice if applicable] Biomed at one of the above.
[Intermediate 2 Results] 8A
[Higher Results] AAAAA
[Advanced Higher Results/Predictions] Dunno yet
[Work Experience/Voluntary]
1 week rotating round local hospitals
2 weeks in Indian hospitals
Recently started volunteering at WRVS cafe
Violin assistant on kids music days
[UKCAT] 742.5 avg.
[BMAT] n/a
[Any other comments] So wish I had more work experience but hospital stuff's really difficult to get if you don't know anyone in medicine. :s-smilie:

Reply 94

hawflo

piece_by_piece

Are you only applying to three medical schools then?

Yes, I can't think of any university that I would like to apply to apart from than these three universities!

I didn't initially want to apply to University this year because of my AS results and I felt that my UCAS application won't be as strong as some of the other applicants this year. However, my sixth from has asked to remark some of my years groups exams and that might help push my AS grade up or down :s-smilie:

Reply 95

billet-doux

hawflo

I feel like that about my choices, but I put another choice down anyway, because you're just giving yourself another chance to do medicine. I hope you get the grades you want and that they do go up. Don't worry about your application, I'm sure a lot of people feel like their application isn't as strong as others, but all you can do is hope that you get that one offer from somewhere!