UK Medical School International Applicants Discussion Megathread 2012 entry

Original post by .eXe

Nice!! Where are you from? I assume you too are international applicant?

yup i'm an international applicant from Canada. (Ontario, but live on the border to Toronto)

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Original post by excalibere

yup i'm an international applicant from Canada. (Ontario, but live on the border to Toronto)

Same here! I take it you live near windsor? Either way, lets keep in touch since we are going to most likely be on the same flight out haha! Congrats on the interview mate. PS, what date is it on in February?

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Original post by .eXe

Same here! I take it you live near windsor? Either way, lets keep in touch since we are going to most likely be on the same flight out haha! Congrats on the interview mate. PS, what date is it on in February?

Yeh, lets keep in touch...would be pretty funny if we were in the same plane trip lol. I actually in Pickering (5 minute drive from Scarborough). My interview is on February 6. How about yourself?

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Original post by excalibere

Yeh, lets keep in touch...would be pretty funny if we were in the same plane trip lol. I actually in Pickering (5 minute drive from Scarborough). My interview is on February 6. How about yourself?

Are you a high school or graduate applicant? :biggrin:

and what were your marks :smile:

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Original post by lizzy999

Are you a high school or graduate applicant? :biggrin:

and what were your marks :smile:

high school applicant, marks were all 90%+

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Original post by excalibere

high school applicant, marks were all 90%+

Damn I got a 89 in one of my subjects :frown:

but my average is a 95

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Original post by lizzy999

Damn I got a 89 in one of my subjects :frown:

but my average is a 95

Shocking

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Original post by lizzy999

Damn I got a 89 in one of my subjects :frown:

but my average is a 95

Hehe something tells me you'll be just fine :tongue:

PS, did you get any feedback from Birm?

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Original post by lizzy999

Damn I got a 89 in one of my subjects :frown:

but my average is a 95

where'd you apply to?

as well, they don't just look at grades, its more of the "overall application".

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Original post by .eXe

Hehe something tells me you'll be just fine :tongue:

PS, did you get any feedback from Birm?

They told me " we will get back to you on that" .... Pissed me off so bad :frown:

didn't tell me anything at ALL :mad:

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Original post by excalibere

where'd you apply to?

as well, they don't just look at grades, its more of the "overall application".

Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool and I suppose Lancaster too but I stupidly forgot to check if it accepted internationals or not...turns out it doesn't... So tough luck for me :frown:

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Original post by TooSexyForMyStethoscope

Shocking

Yea, completely destroyed my ego when I got rejected from Brum too :tongue:

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Original post by lizzy999

They told me " we will get back to you on that" .... Pissed me off so bad :frown:

didn't tell me anything at ALL :mad:

they don't provide specific feedback and will come up with a BS excuse...A friend of mine was told something along the lines of "he was still too young, since he was 16 at the time he applied". Another friend of mine got in 3 years ago with around a 95%ish avg

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Original post by lizzy999

Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool and I suppose Lancaster too but I stupidly forgot to check if it accepted internationals or not...turns out it doesn't... So tough luck for me :frown:

Ouch, yeah I almost made that mistake but accidentally saw a post on TSR that Lancaster wasnt for internationals.

UCAS should automatically not allow you to apply, I think that's a flaw in the system :frown:

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Original post by .eXe

Ouch, yeah I almost made that mistake but accidentally saw a post on TSR that Lancaster wasnt for internationals.

UCAS should automatically not allow you to apply, I think that's a flaw in the system :frown:

yeh, its pretty stupid...but I guess that would take a ton of effort/time on their side considering the various countries/mark equivalents people are able to apply with....

I actually almost made the same mistake, but decided I didn't want to go to lancaster. Majority of our responses should come in during January though, and for Bristol they always are late during responses and last year had interview dates in march...

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Original post by excalibere

they don't provide specific feedback and will come up with a BS excuse...A friend of mine was told something along the lines of "he was still too young, since he was 16 at the time he applied". Another friend of mine got in 3 years ago with around a 95%ish avg

yea, I really hope we all get into Liverpool :smile:

but unfortunately there are only twenty four places :redface:

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Original post by lizzy999

Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool and I suppose Lancaster too but I stupidly forgot to check if it accepted internationals or not...turns out it doesn't... So tough luck for me :frown:

have you heard anything from Liverpool yet?

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Original post by .eXe

Ouch, yeah I almost made that mistake but accidentally saw a post on TSR that Lancaster wasnt for internationals.

UCAS should automatically not allow you to apply, I think that's a flaw in the system :frown:

yea, and the thing is I sent them an email about their info on the website from liverpool. Underneath the heading, it mentioned international qualifications, so i automatically thought it accepted international students. I got a sincere apology from the head of the department of medical admissions. I was like, yea i know you're sorry, but I've lost one of my choices now.

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Original post by excalibere

have you heard anything from Liverpool yet?

unfortunately no, my friends were in the same school as me ( four of them) and they all got around the same marks as me :s-smilie:

so things are probably not looking good for us :redface:

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