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Cambridge Medicine Students and Applicants

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mtgsgirl
Hey, I'm a prospective medical applicant for 2011 entry and i'm thinking of applying to Trinity College. I just read this http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24224811&postcount=175
and it has really scared me. I knew it was competitive but THAT competitive? I just want to know what successful trinity medics did, work experience-wise, UMS scores, BMAT, selling their soul to the devil...etc

Erm, that geezer said right at the bottom about the feedback Trinity had given him, which pretty much answers your question.
eek, no maths? I think that may bring your chances down in comparison with others. Is there any way you can show them your maths skills, e.g. UKMT maths challenge? Some certificates may boost your application.

I only take 2 sciences too actually, so that's probably fine. No need to go all the way to three.
lol selling their souls? :P:
I applied to Trinity for medicine, didn't get rejected but was pooled. But my stats are nowhere near that guy's - 5A* and 4A in IGCSE, 44 predicted in IB, no work experience, BMAT section 2's lower than 7 (6.9).

I doubt they only look at grades. If they did, I should have been rejected straight away
Reply 1024
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*Liana*
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mtgsgirl
Hey, I'm a prospective medical applicant for 2011 entry and i'm thinking of applying to Trinity College. I just read this http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24224811&postcount=175
and it has really scared me. I knew it was competitive but THAT competitive? I just want to know what successful trinity medics did, work experience-wise, UMS scores, BMAT, selling their soul to the devil...etc



:redface:

I am shocked by that and I am at Trinity... average 97.5% UMS? WHAT? Standards have obviously risen (or UMS marks have got higher!) since I applied in 2005, which was many cycles ago now. Also I had 5.3 in section 2 of the BMAT... But anyway, the extra-currics are not very important for Trinity and neither is the work experience - I would say that still holds true now. Rumour has it they are pretty keen on UMS as it's a good indicator of how well you will do in your subsequent exams at Cambridge.

As for above discussion about sciences - I'm sure people have got in with two sciences but pick your college carefully (and bear in mind you will be up against those with 3 sciences, and expected to be on a par with them).
mtgsgirl
Hey, I'm a prospective medical applicant for 2011 entry and i'm thinking of applying to Trinity College. I just read this http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24224811&postcount=175
and it has really scared me. I knew it was competitive but THAT competitive? I just want to know what successful trinity medics did, work experience-wise, UMS scores, BMAT, selling their soul to the devil...etc


I had around 97.5% UMS average and had a BMAT score of 6.2 (I think) and am currently reading Medicine. I would just concentrate on getting the highest possible UMS marks in your subjects you can and really concentrate on practicing the BMAT. From there its really up to the interview. It looks like you have loads of work experience and extra cirrics as well
Do all medicine students
Does any of you have the Kaplan BMAt book
or any other useful books
If so can you give them to me, I can buy it if you want to!
Reply 1027
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visesh
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Dr.Black Knight
Do all medicine students
Does any of you have the Kaplan BMAt book
or any other useful books
If so can you give them to me, I can buy it if you want to!

Pffft, back in my day, there were no BMAT books and only half a practice paper.
visesh
Pffft, back in my day, there were no BMAT books and only half a practice paper.

Do you have any books or do you know anyone who have them?
please I'm desperate!
Dr.Black Knight
Do you have any books or do you know anyone who have them?
please I'm desperate!

Try the medicine forum as well.
Craghyrax
Try the medicine forum as well.

thanks
I'll try
you rep should be worth thousands, how many people do you make lucky in a month!!
HI im 16 years old and i really want to medicine at Cambridge.
What sort of grades do they require at GCSE? I have looked at the website and it doesn't specify. Also how work expericence should i get? I currently work at a charity shop and want to work at different care home and centre.
If anyone has any answers please give them to me :smile:
Thanks im new with this whole shindig :smile:
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IChem
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sandi2101
HI im 16 years old and i really want to medicine at Cambridge.
What sort of grades do they require at GCSE? I have looked at the website and it doesn't specify. Also how work expericence should i get? I currently work at a charity shop and want to work at different care home and centre.
If anyone has any answers please give them to me :smile:


3 things:
1. You need damn good GCSEs, and before anyone disagrees with me, yes, they look, and if you don't have mostly As and A*s, don't bother, it's HUGELY competitive.

2. Work experience - as much relevant work experience as is physically possible

3. English - perhaps it's not your first language, and I don't mean to be mean, but given the clarity of your post, it may need brushing up before you apply.
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Danietta
sandi2101
HI im 16 years old and i really want to medicine at Cambridge.
What sort of grades do they require at GCSE? I have looked at the website and it doesn't specify. Also how work expericence should i get? I currently work at a charity shop and want to work at different care home and centre.
If anyone has any answers please give them to me :smile:



I'm completely unqualified to answer this, but have a few friends who have done medice and/or applied to Oxbridge, but here you go:
I agree with musicmad123, but yeh basically science and maths are hits, and i'd take up a hobby, like music/sport, so you don't seem like a total nerd. People need to have charisma.
With work experience you could ask local GPs, pharmacies, hospitals, and places that care for the elderly or disabled. This may not be directly medicine, but shows you care about humans.

But I'd definately check out the other forum.
you need to get hospital ward experience and decent GCSE's but A-levels are most important. good luck :smile:
Apologies if this had been asked before, I just did a quick search, and couldn't find anything helpful. Basically, I have previously disregarded applying to Cambridge because I thought that I had read in a prospectus that the university did not do deferred entries for Medicine. However, I went to Christ's Open Day today with some friends and one of the students there said you could. So is it done on a college-to-college basis or what? Please, no smartass saying 'let me google that for you,' someone who actually knows.

Kk, thank you, bye.
isaacstarboy
Apologies if this had been asked before, I just did a quick search, and couldn't find anything helpful. Basically, I have previously disregarded applying to Cambridge because I thought that I had read in a prospectus that the university did not do deferred entries for Medicine. However, I went to Christ's Open Day today with some friends and one of the students there said you could. So is it done on a college-to-college basis or what? Please, no smartass saying 'let me google that for you,' someone who actually knows.

Kk, thank you, bye.


Let me google that for you.

http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/apply/faq.html

I didn't actually google that :biggrin: I just looked on the website which luckily for you I was already on.

Also @sandi2102 ignore Ichem. GCSEs aren't the be all and end all. As long as you achieve the requirements it's not a great deal. Your AS levels are far more important. And work experience is about quality not quantity. Don't do as much as physically possible unless it'll teach you something.
isaacstarboy
Apologies if this had been asked before, I just did a quick search, and couldn't find anything helpful. Basically, I have previously disregarded applying to Cambridge because I thought that I had read in a prospectus that the university did not do deferred entries for Medicine. However, I went to Christ's Open Day today with some friends and one of the students there said you could. So is it done on a college-to-college basis or what? Please, no smartass saying 'let me google that for you,' someone who actually knows.

Kk, thank you, bye.

Unless they've changed their policy since I applied, which I think is unlikely given that gap years have risen in popularity if anything, you certainly can apply for deferred entry - I did. There were a handful of colleges which didn't like it, but most of them do, so call up the ones you're interested in and check.
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mtgsgirl
Do medical applicants get pooled?

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