The UCAS 'chat' thread for all 2009 hopeful medics...

It seems to me that no one plays the timpani drums or the drum kit like i do!! Its quite fun, especially those really really long rests you get in the middle of a piece - some go on for 100 or so bars!!!!! Ridiculous, yet quite fun when that means you get to have a nice chat with the other percussionists in the orchestra, whereas other cant.

I didn't quite like Jazz music till i was 15/16 years. But now, I'm quite a big fan of it; for a recent concert, we played a few Jazz numbers - Duke Ellington - Caravan, Lulluby of Broadway, Autumn Leaves - BRILLIANT MUSIC, THAT!!

Stopped all my music practice for the moment though until exams are over. Last summer we got to tour in Belgium, but this year I think I'll pass on our schools trip to Bath ; would much rather prefer to spend the holidays attempting to pull some girls with my mates, than with my sad, sad, sad conductor!!

Try me

I'm guessing.... 42 PMs?

I hate people.

You'll make such a charming doctor, I'm sure!

Thank you. Although, I'm not sure where people come into that. I'm going to be a surgeon. Don't have to talk to them that way.

Hahahaha - I lol'd at this!

Thank you. Although, I'm not sure where people come into that. I'm going to be a surgeon. Don't have to talk to them that way.

I got ten just for posting my UKCAT score.

Argh, I got a whole torrent from that too.

I ended up putting a whole 'UKCAT guide' on my profile... and people still kept PMing me!!

I mean, seriously, open your eyes! The world won't spoonfeed you all the way through life!

are any of you really beginning to get fed up with the lower sixth applying to medicine for 2010 entry. my ex-sixth form asked me to give a presentation to them on friday due to my situation with offers and interviews etc. Th minute i walked in the room they asked me a million questions that could be answered by reading prospecti. Every other kid seems to be applying to medicine aswell. I love medicine, don't get me worng, but it is so annoying when kids don't realise the amount of other jobs out there - i could tell clearly that there were probably aboutt 30% who had a true passion and the others were kids who just want it for the respect and all that rubbish. these are the types of uncommitted people that apply to medicine and i really wish they would give others a chance

today I got my Peninsula letter... lol... dated 12th of January... Oh the post is so fast

That annoys me too. I refuse to help them if they're like that. It's sort of like "well, do you realise it's a 5-6 year course and a hard career path afterwards". But you can bet when they get their AS results they'll be filtered out of the system. Lazy sods. I never went to any of those little "talks" at my school because I thought, well, whatever they say I probably already knew anyway. My form tutor kept telling me "it's competitive and a career basically for life, it won't be easy" and it's like, no ****!


I also get annoyed by some current applicants as well. The other day I got a PM from someone here saying "congrats on your UCL interview, hope it went well, any tips for me?". I refuse to give interview tips to many people on principle. For one thing it's not fair on current applicants giving some an advantage over others, and also if I didn't get in I could be giving information which only applies to my case. Plus, the cheek! I can obviously tell that they're lazy and refuse to find the information for themselves on the types of interview questions from the student wiki, and the fact they only inserted a generic "friendly" type comment before they started to grill me for information just annoyed me. I may have helped them if I knew them or felt otherwise inclined to help them, but that sort of attitude disgusts me.

I know what you mean about the majority of AS-ers not even wanting to do medicine that much, and being really uncommited. It annoyed me when I went to talks and things like that to see that most people hadn't even bothered to do a bit of research themselves, or even make the effort to start looking for work experience placements, but despite that making up every excuse for them not doing so...

However, I do get some kind of sad pleasure out of helping potential applicants with their queries, because I know how it feels to be in their position as I've been there, done that, got the t-shirt. People were there to help me then, so why shouldn't I go on to help others?

PM's about interview questions though infuriate me. For the record: Yes, I will tell you a general feel of the day, what the interviewers and atmosphere was liek etc etc, but I WILL NOT TELL YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT I WAS ASKED!!!! It's unfair on me, and it's unfair on whoever is asking. I went in there with no idea what to expect, and quite frankly you should too because the interviewers want you to think on your feet, not churn out some pre-learned and perfected answer!



Okay, rant over

Hyeree, that sucks! What time did you get the email?

I wonder where they're at with everyone else: Im not looking forward to UCL getting back to me now...

As for the L6th applicants, I detest them. They act as if they know more than me. One claimed that I wouldn't hear from Edinburgh until March, should have seen their face when I told them I had heard from them. Another is trying to get a certificate for doing over 1000 hours of volunteering, just so he can put it on his PS. You have to apply for this certificate too. Who would do that? Volunteering has never been a selfless thing has it?... Am I the only one who would do it, even without applying to medical school?