Kings or Barts?????

if you get into medical school i swear i'm going to go postal in the admin office...

KCL are ruder than rude - and if RobotChicken agrees, then I'm happy it's a realistic impression to give

To be honest, BL admissions have had a very bad year this year. Hannah Eno, our old head of admissions (and an award winning one at that!) left to retrain as a SaLT at the beginning of the acaedmic year, and the new head didn't work out. They've been left with only the 2 assistants (1 med and 1 dent) since about February (Hannah went back in her Easter hols to help sort out the back log), and it's been really had work on them both.

Surely just because they were rude to you does not mean that they are generally rude. Crazykoolkid obviously had the opposite experiance to you which just demonstrates this.

Personally I don't really have a preference between the two universities and I think to the OP you should just read on the courses talk to the students on MSG and visit the campuses that should make your decision easier.

I don't think that picking on someone because of the way that they type or spell is really fair. Guarenteed I do find it easier to understand when people don't abbreviate and use slang but I don't think it is any indication on whether they should either get into medical school or make a good Doctor.

Rachel

Erm - that was one of my personal justifications for the choice I made...

When the only initial contact you have with a medical school is through their admissions staff, rude staff are not a good selling point. And in my experience they do not come much ruder. Not very good ambassadors for the medical school. I thought my experience might be a one off - but others have said the same thing. And if Robot Chicken, as a KCL medical students thinks his own schools admissions staff are rude (bar Heidi), then who am I to argue?

what is that supposed to mean, i may not be a posh brat like yourself but if i did get offers. its there for a reason.

oh yeh one more thing, the way one speaks does not matter as long as the person one is speaking to understands.(thats good communication). so i dnt give a **** wat u think, as well people around me understand wat im trying to say.

And to randomm l - i have nothing against people who CAN'T spell. There are plenty of intelligent people with dyslexias. But txt spking is not poor spelling. Its poor manners and a hideous sub-culture i think should not be encouraged. Its at best lazyness. Why say 'dat' when one more letter makes the proper word. why say 'den' [then]. Its fine for people to talk like this if they are from jamaica, but to write like it?

You know what, i still think there is nothing wrong, and i agree with randomm. and did if i have or the people who use text slang, they are mainly using it because it is quicker. Not everyone has much time, like you. And i really dont think that doctors look down at me, just the way I speak. and end of the day its about communicating with your patients, if you are going to become a good doctor. But i must agree you may need to use perhaps more standard english when communicating with other doctors.

And one thing i have learnt from Engalish language study, is that the accomadation principle. In a good conversation, there is a tendancy for a convergence between the interacticing participants. So if your patient speak slang (high probability that they will), You will tend to use slang words inorder to reduce the social differences between you and your patient, thus creating a more personal relationship.

I cant believe that anyone let you in, becasue i am younger then you, yet i kniow the basics of communitcation. Remember this, you can all the knowledge in the world but if you cant communicate effectively with a wide range of people, you will be a crap doctor. Highly skilled, but crap.

And if Robot Chicken, as a KCL medical students thinks his own schools admissions staff are rude (bar Heidi), then who am I to argue?

its a bit silly really, kind of like reverse PR.