Newcastle medicine A100 offer holders thread

i think i want to go catered for the first year just until i get settled in and if I've had a long day of lectures i don't really want to come home and cook, therefore the only one I'm really looking at is Castle Leazes

Oh ugggh my interview was the 18th and it was also one of the exam dates so there was no tour. Do you happen to know if the set up of Castle Leazes is dorm style or apartment/flat style? Thanks!


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I also want an en-suite however for me its definitely food>bathroom haha, and I remember when I had my interview all of the medical students who took us on the tour lived in Castle Leazes and from what they said it was popular with medics and it was really social.

From what I can tell Park Terrace and Turner Court, then Kensington Terrace but that's postgrad only. Does anyone know how many preferences we have to put down?


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Are you applying already?


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From what I can tell Park Terrace and Turner Court, then Kensington Terrace but that's postgrad only. Does anyone know how many preferences we have to put down?


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Is there a Facebook group for offer holders??

Has anyone been asked to provide an enhanced disclosure? Will they send us one or do we have to send them the filled out form?

Has anyone been asked to provide an enhanced disclosure? Will they send us one or do we have to send them the filled out form?

Is that like the DBS and Occupational Health stuff or something completely different?

They're not the same thing, but pretty similar :-)

Your Enhanced DBS Check will let the university check whether you have any criminal convictions/ are registered on any offenders register. This is done with most people working with vulnerable people (I'm a scout leader for example and it's just standard).

Your occupational health form checks your fitness for 'work' (checking for vaccines and other standard stuff you'd expect to have when studying as a medic). (I think this is what it is, anyway).

I'm not sure how they go about getting details from us though... whether they'll use the details they already hold from the application process or whether they'll contact us separately, I'm not sure. It's all an automated process ran by them though, you'll get a copy of your forms out of the blue and then they'll contact you if there is anything odd on either on them.

Hope this helps :-) neither are usually anything to worry about though :-)



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Not yet, they should send us a link and a special code thing to fill out the form online, as you can't get one done as an individual, an organisation has to request it for you


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See that was the conditions of my offer but maybe thats because I have already achieved my A-levels so they dont want to give me an unconditional without checking me out first lol

what halls are close to the med school? i like the look of castle court but it is on the main campus and google maps is telling me that its a 56min walk to the med school! haha