Medicine 2012...(hopeful entrants) !!

Bah yeh - of course they did! I got confused between SGUL and Soton. Good to know though, thanks!

Love the new avatar-better for my Sunday morning screenwatch........

I have been touched by His noodly appendege on this most tasty o' days. Praise be t' t' Flyin' Spaghetti Monster!

Does anyone know how Leeds uses The UKCAT? X

I got 2570 - 643.5 average, i'm happy with that, too low for Newcastle but ah well!

I just have a few questions about my personal statement, if anybody could help me out I'd be very grateful basically I've done my first draft and I've given it to our sixth form's higher education guy (in charge of UCAS etc) and he gave me some suggestions, a couple of which I don't really agree with, I was wondering what you guys thought!

1) He said I should write a bit about my subjects... but I thought because a lot of people would be doing pretty much the same subjects, there's not much point in saying "i picked chemistry because..." cos if I didn't have to pick it, I wouldn't have !

2) I wrote at the start of my volunteering paragraph:
"I was unfortunately unable to gain any voluntary placements in care homes or hospices as I am under 18, however instead I volunteer weekly with children aged 5-7 in Rainbows"...
And he crossed out the "unfortunately etc", leaving only the fact that I work with rainbows.
Do you think I should leave it in, because admissions people usually look for some sort of caring-environment work?

Thanks!

Hi I hope here's okay to post this

I'm wondering if doing 4 A levels will improve my chances of success as a medicine applicant.

By writing about your subjects you are showing an academic interest

What's the cut off point for Newcastle for the UKCAT?

In the UCAS form, under additional information, there are 2 slots for 'activities in preparation for higher education'. How do you add more? - or are there only supposed to be 2 slots?

Thanks

Generally no, unless you're applying to somewhere that wants loads of UCAS points (like Barts' weird new system iirc ) or if you feel you might want to do 4 so you have a subject to fall back on if you get a B in one of them. (Though spending the extra time on doing 4 might cause another grade to suffer etc.)

PS. Good luck

What do they mean? can you give me an example of an activity?

I just have a few questions about my personal statement, if anybody could help me out I'd be very grateful basically I've done my first draft and I've given it to our sixth form's higher education guy (in charge of UCAS etc) and he gave me some suggestions, a couple of which I don't really agree with, I was wondering what you guys thought!

1) He said I should write a bit about my subjects... but I thought because a lot of people would be doing pretty much the same subjects, there's not much point in saying "i picked chemistry because..." cos if I didn't have to pick it, I wouldn't have !

2) I wrote at the start of my volunteering paragraph:
"I was unfortunately unable to gain any voluntary placements in care homes or hospices as I am under 18, however instead I volunteer weekly with children aged 5-7 in Rainbows"...
And he crossed out the "unfortunately etc", leaving only the fact that I work with rainbows.
Do you think I should leave it in, because admissions people usually look for some sort of caring-environment work?

Thanks!

Hmm okay. Thanks for that! I just keep getting worries.. worried about getting rejected and thinking 'what if i did so and so' when I know I had the potential to. bleh lol