Cambridge Medicine Students and Applicants

If you get an interview this early and you find out your bmat is ****e, will they automatically reject you regardless of interview performance?

I'm so annoyed, I chose college largely based on talk that it didn't care much about BMAT more UMS -.-

Ahh, don't know if I should start working for the interview or not though haha. Doubt I'll get the cut off. But a few people on here got interviews (and offers) with sub-cutoff scores so hopefully...!

Don't worry, I got the same letter!.now pretty worried for the 27th

I'm so annoyed, I chose college largely based on talk that it didn't care much about BMAT more UMS -.-

Ahh, don't know if I should start working for the interview or not though haha. Doubt I'll get the cut off. But a few people on here got interviews (and offers) with sub-cutoff scores so hopefully...!

What should I prepare for the interview? Got one at Churchill ?


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Congrats!!!! When is yours?

I'm wondering the same thing...

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What should I prepare for the interview? Got one at Churchill ?


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Different colleges vary in exactly what they ask, but in general the interviews are quite scientific, focussing on biology/biochemistry sort of topics. They may start on/near the A-level syllabus (for example I was given an electron micrograph of a cell and asked to describe all the intracellular components) but then progress further beyond the limits of what you comfortably know - they want to see how you think when you are stretched.

Some colleges have a more personal/general interview or section of the interview, where they may ask more about you and your interests, work experience etc, but not all of them do this.

12th dec wbu?

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Different colleges vary in exactly what they ask, but in general the interviews are quite scientific, focussing on biology/biochemistry sort of topics. They may start on/near the A-level syllabus (for example I was given an electron micrograph of a cell and asked to describe all the intracellular components) but then progress further beyond the limits of what you comfortably know - they want to see how you think when you are stretched.

Some colleges have a more personal/general interview or section of the interview, where they may ask more about you and your interests, work experience etc, but not all of them do this.

Different colleges vary in exactly what they ask, but in general the interviews are quite scientific, focussing on biology/biochemistry sort of topics. They may start on/near the A-level syllabus (for example I was given an electron micrograph of a cell and asked to describe all the intracellular components) but then progress further beyond the limits of what you comfortably know - they want to see how you think when you are stretched.

Some colleges have a more personal/general interview or section of the interview, where they may ask more about you and your interests, work experience etc, but not all of them do this.

I have 3 dates between 9-13 Dec, but it will be confirmed following BMAT (need to score above a cut-off ) One date is Friday 13th though, so already ominous -.-

Thank you So I don't have to bother learning plant biology, or ecology? (please say yes..!!) - it is all human? With some lateral thinking stuff, e.g. what is a bubble

Can I ask you how was your typical day while at university?

For the first two years there are lectures every day, usually starting at 9. There's also a practical of some sort on most days of the week, and you have 3/4 supervisions a week, for which you usually have to write an essay or do some other preparation work. There was usually around 20-25 hours of contact time per week, and you were expected to do a roughly similar amount again in reading/essay writing (though I probably didn't, most of the time!)

Third year varies depending on what subject you pick.

In clinical years, you spend most of your time on placements either in Addenbrooke's or out in one of the district general hospitals around East Anglia (you get free accommodation at the outlying hospitals so you don't have to commute daily). You start whatever time your firm starts, usually 8am for surgery and 9am for medicine, and you stay for a normal working day. There are still occasional seminars and practical sessions, plus a week of lectures back in Cambridge once or twice a term. Clinical terms are much longer, you only get 7 weeks' holiday a year instead of the 26-ish you get as an undergrad!

For the first two years there are lectures every day, usually starting at 9. There's also a practical of some sort on most days of the week, and you have 3/4 supervisions a week, for which you usually have to write an essay or do some other preparation work. There was usually around 20-25 hours of contact time per week, and you were expected to do a roughly similar amount again in reading/essay writing (though I probably didn't, most of the time!)

Third year varies depending on what subject you pick.

In clinical years, you spend most of your time on placements either in Addenbrooke's or out in one of the district general hospitals around East Anglia (you get free accommodation at the outlying hospitals so you don't have to commute daily). You start whatever time your firm starts, usually 8am for surgery and 9am for medicine, and you stay for a normal working day. There are still occasional seminars and practical sessions, plus a week of lectures back in Cambridge once or twice a term. Clinical terms are much longer, you only get 7 weeks' holiday a year instead of the 26-ish you get as an undergrad!

I'm sorry, I forgot : how many hours did you spend studying a day? Did you have time for sports/activities? Lessons finish at 5 pm? Do people who want to be researchers stay in Cambridge during clinical years?

I am sorry but I am not English

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How much studying people do is really variable. In general it's usually a couple of hours a day on top of lectures, but increases significantly near to exam time. Some people do much more, others get away with less. There is time for sports etc if you are organised, I rowed for my college and did a few other extra-curriculars as well.

Finishing time is variable. In pre-clinical, if you have an afternoon practical you will usually finish between 4-5pm, but you may have supervisions (small group teaching) in the evening. Some days you don't have anything in the afternoon and finish at lunchtime. In clinical years you usually stay until your team is finished, which is usually around 5 but can sometimes be later. Occasionally if your team is on call you will have to stay late and/or do a nightshift.

As I understand it, students applying to start in 2014 will all, or nearly all, be staying in Cambridge anyway, so your last question doesn't matter so much. I would suspect a lot of people interested in research do stay, and some will do the MB/PhD programme (usually about 7-10 per year, I think), but it is perfectly possible to go into research if you go elsewhere for clinicals.

You'll get it, dw I know you will. Congrats


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In fact it is between the 5th and the 20th by the way I am EU too. Where are you from?


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have you gotten invited to interview yet? The wait is SOOO nerve wracking... they might be waiting for bmat results. And my parents are chinese so im chinese but i was born in spain and llived there my whole life but currently living in germany you?