Medicine 2012...(hopeful entrants) !!

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Hi everyone

I'm applying for medicine for 2012 entry, with Glasgow being my first choice, and maybe Edinburgh, although I haven't decided as of yet. Has anyone started revising for the UKCAT yet, or am I jumping the gun a bit?

Apparently the UKCAT/BMAT has no correlation with people getting into uni's. They will still pick who they want most, and will really only confirm to them weaker candidate's who they were unsure on. It's a huuuuuge money making scheme!

AR is deadly, hopefully I'll improve with practice.
Have I talked with you before? Your username seems familiar but I can't recall where I've seen it.

Apparently the UKCAT/BMAT has no correlation with people getting into uni's. They will still pick who they want most, and will really only confirm to them weaker candidate's who they were unsure on. It's a huuuuuge money making scheme!

Maybe for the UKCAT, but imperial sure do take the bmat wayyy to seriously

I got 4 rejections this year which wasn't great but I'm gonna take a year out and reapply If you really wanna do medicine, you've almost got to be willing to give it at least two go's me thinks I got two UKCAT books but I didn't use them as much as I probably should have. I'm definatly starting to do work for them now

You are all a lot more dedicated than I was last year, just thought I'd point that out...
I only decided in August I wanted to do Medicine definately

I post on the medicine forums a lot, that's probably where you've seen me.

How did you get work experience in enough time! :O or did you do work experience before completely deciding?

Perhaps, but I know a boy who just got into Imperial for 2011, who said he didn't do very well. He had the perfect grades though, so I guess that made up for it.

That must be tough but isnt it easier to get into med school with a gap year as you have your a2, more work experience and have usually a higher ukcat, also what uni's did you apply to, and how did you find wrk xperience

I think I saw you on the work exp thread

Does anyone know which unis except Oxbridge do traditional teaching as opposed to PBL? I know I can find all the info online but I've done so much researching on the computer my eyes are going funny and my internet connection keeps breaking

Whats really tough is getting a rejection one day, then a final rejection the next day and THEN ucas deciding to rub it in your face and send you an email saying 'its now time to apply for student finance'.. it was not appreciated! but im over it now, positive thinking always helps I've heard that reapplicants are slightly more likely but whether thats true or not Hopefully though it'll be easier.. thats what im counting on

I applied to St. Andrews, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dundee, had an interview at St. Andrews and straight rejection from the rest. I found it so hard getting work experience cause it seems like you NEED to know someone around here to get in anywhere which isnt right! I ended up doing a week in two hospitals in Wales... only a few hundred miles from home... with my uncles girlfriends brother who i'd never met before - at least it showed dedication lol

I know that St Andrews does fo' sho. Imperial and UCL also do some - like Oxbridge, they do dissections in the first year.

Whats really tough is getting a rejection one day, then a final rejection the next day and THEN ucas deciding to rub it in your face and send you an email saying 'its now time to apply for student finance'.. it was not appreciated! but im over it now, positive thinking always helps I've heard that reapplicants are slightly more likely but whether thats true or not Hopefully though it'll be easier.. thats what im counting on

I applied to St. Andrews, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dundee, had an interview at St. Andrews and straight rejection from the rest. I found it so hard getting work experience cause it seems like you NEED to know someone around here to get in anywhere which isnt right! I ended up doing a week in two hospitals in Wales... only a few hundred miles from home... with my uncles girlfriends brother who i'd never met before - at least it showed dedication lol

Haha I never did any until september/october
My mum dug out her phone book like a week after I got my results in August and got in touch with like everyone she knew and I managed to get work exp in Oncology (1 day), Opthalmology & ENT (3 days) and in a GP (week). And in August I started volunteering at a nursing home, and I'd already been volunteering at Barnardo's for a year.

I'm such a last minute person :')

And also, i found out about the ukcat two weeks before I sat it - hopefully this year I'll do better because I actually know what it is and can revise more

Applicant twin! Didn't realise before, but that's exactly my story too

Applicant twin! Didn't realise before, but that's exactly my story too

Hahaha! *high-5* we are actually so applicant twins cause I was exactly the same with my ukcat too! though cause i didnt have any idea, we got it moved back a week so i had slightly longer tho it did me no good really

Wow I'm impressed at the work experience you got considering the time! I only got like a week! well and British Heart volunteering but still

I meant to say when i first quoted you, its nice to see a familiar face.. or user name on here lol