Exeter medical school applicants 2015!

I agree that this is all very confusing and devastating if you've been left out but last year's thread was very similar as people realised with shock that the A* prediction was so significant. I can only think that Exeter were happy with the yield that last year's method had and have decided to go one step further this year by favouring more A*s. At the end of the day they need a cheap way of discriminating between lots of incredibly intelligent people and they are within their rights to adjust their methods to suit each year's batch of applicants I suppose.

In terms of favouring re-sitters over year 13's, I don't know whether this is true however there could be some logic to it: Exeter suggest at open day that they consider interview to be their best tool to establish who the best candidates are. It may be that past experience tells them that they are more likely to get good interview performances from re-sitters, after all they are an exceptionally highly committed bunch who haven't been put off by rejection/grade-dropping, they have dedicated what might otherwise have been a fun gap year to going back through this arduous process and humiliating themselves by becoming a 'year 14' student whilst their friends head off to uni. Some of them are re-sitting their A grade subjects to get A*s and many are taking on a 4th A2 as well. They have done their research, had their fingers burned last year and are well-prepared. They have often had previous interview experience plus more time to think-through the realities of the career they are trying to embark on.

I know that some of the very best candidates will be from among year 13 students but there is a reason why some universities accept re-sitters and it's certainly not because they want the extra applications to sort through...

Aren't there loads more interviews to go out yet... for the jan/feb period?

I'd be at least a little happier if Exeter went out of there way to explain what exactly has happened this application cycle and owned up to any mistakes, lack of communication or misunderstandings that may have occurred.

I feel for you man, (potential) rejection is hard enough to take when you can understand why, and right now you haven't a clue!

You haven't been rejected yet, but unfortunately it looks likely given the apparent phone conversations people have had, all I can advise is to concentrate on your a levels, keep your fingers crossed for your other choices and just wait and see what happens. I'm sure Exeter will reveal all soon, (they haven't even rejected anyone yet), and once they do I guess you can assess whether their selection criteria has been unfairly altered, until then it's just speculation :/

As I said, keep positive, you still have 3 med schools left in the game (and you still haven't been rejected yet from Exeter). 70% of all med applicants get zero offers, and whilst I completely understand your frustration at potentially being rejected from somewhere you thought was a sure thing for interview, rejection is almost an inevitability when applying for med.

1% of people get no rejections. It's not about being in the 1%, however nice that might be. It's about being in that 30% that get an offer; and with your stats you've still got a damn good chance

rofl did you not read the previous posts

some1 phoned up admissions and said all interviews for school leavers were handed out now...

i wish what u said were ture
good luck elsewhere though

Just rang myself and the guy said all the interviews have been handed out. Exeter is the one place I really wanted to go and being rejected for seemingly no reason is ridiculous. I'm almost certain it was based off GCSEs or something. I have A*A*AA achieved, 690 UKCAT but my GCSEs are 2A*s, 4 As and 4 Bs. Actually devastated.


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I actually feel bad for getting an interview now, my stats are:
alevels: A*A*AAb (achieved)
ukcat: 675
gcses: 2A* 8As 2Bs
ask why you've been rejected?

When I rang he stated "Unfortunately all the interviews for school leavers have been processed. We are now processing graduate entry" to which I replied "oh", thanked him......

It might be that my A*s aren't in science or perhaps they have used gcses as yours are far better than mine. I'm going to wait until I have actually been rejected and then ring and ask for feedback. Ultimately I have no idea but don't feel bad, I have other interviews and we can all only go to one medical school in the end. Well done on your interview

Everyone needs to chill.

I don't understand, their website doesn't even mention the basic GCSE requirements of Bs in English lang and Maths (unless I'm not looking in the right place) and I asked them and they said to me that they don't really take GCSEs into consideration and that its all about predicted and UKCAT? How can they suddenly change their selection criteria like that without informing us?

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Who else has an interview tomorrow? If so how are you feeling about it?

I feel I have prepared enough but I'm still sooooooo nervous. ������


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Those who have interviews, don't worry, chill. I had three interviews last year (unfortunately, no place), and Exeter were by far and large, the nicest panel. They're very friendly, and they still ask the difficult questions, but you feel far more at ease, they make you feel very welcome.