Achieving 4A*s - a year 13 gyg

I'll probably firm the O-town university, that I will not be naming ( - my school forced everyone to apply, and I am starting to like it more but idkk). My insurance choice is probably Queen Mary's London?

yeah, the economics Edexcel one isn't too bad I guess but yeah business AQA is horrible lol, and yeah I've firmed my uni to do psychology, I love the subject so much and honestly cannot wait for uni but getting there is proving not very fun. My conclusion is something along the lines of I love learning but I hate school

Wow I haven’t finished any yet but I don’t think we’re that far off. We’re definitely the furthest off in biology though ahaha, my teachers are even considering not teaching some topics that aren’t on the advanced notice. Have your teachers said anything about that to you?

Oh nice! What other med schools did you apply to?

Same! We're currently at the middle of Topic 7 (I do Edexcel A), so only Topic 8 left to go. My teacher is hoping that we will be finished around April, and since Edexcel loves synoptic questions we're still doing the whole course (I hope OCR has been nice to you for advanced information though!)

Thank you! I have applied to UCL, Queen Mary's of London, Exeter. And my non-medicine choice is Warwick (Biomedical sciences)

I hope your advanced information has been useful too! For OCR, even topics that aren’t listed could still come up so I really hope my teachers decide to teach the whole course. Have you heard back from any of your unis?

Same with our course! Edexcel does love their synoptic questions. I have an offer from O-town, Exeter, Warwick, and Queen Mary's of London. Just waiting for UCL!

Those damn synoptic questions ahaha. Congrats on your offers!! How did you find the interviews?

Ikr! The examiners love to trick us.

I found the interviews okay, thank you for asking! Most of my interview was spent discussing my PS, the BMAT, and some pre-clinical skills/qualities I already have.

Oh I don't even want to think about my BMAT experience, I'm so glad it didn't come up in any of my interviews - but then again only one of my unis required the BMAT. Did your BMAT go well?

Thank you for asking! I can't remember my exact score but I think I got around a 6.5(?)

That’s a great score! Well done

Thank you! I'm so sorry for taking so long to respond - periods suck.

Ahaha no worries at all lol

Oh right I forgot to ask - are you a guy or a girl or NB? Sorry if I made you uncomfortable with my reference to *that* time of the month.

I’m a girl (AFAB) lol so I completely understand! No apologies necessary aha

Okay - thank you. I am a girl (AFAB) too!

Are you doing anything nice for Valentine's tomorrow?

It’s my brother’s birthday so we’re going out for tea but nothing in the traditional sense aha. What about you?

That sounds lovely!

I'm hopefully going to FT my almost-boyfriend (it's complicated) tomorrow, since he lives in South Korea.

Oo that sounds nice! Let me know how it goes haha

Welcome to my gyg blog! This is my first time ever doing something like this so hopefully I'll remember to update it regularly. The aim is to find some of my old motivation (I'll let you know how that goes) and to keep a track of all things study related: to-do lists, useful articles/websites, exam tips, etc. Happy reading!

My A-levels:
1) Edexcel Maths
2) OCR A Biology
3) OCR A Chemistry
4) AQA German

My university choices:
1) Newcastle - Biomedical sciences (conditional offer)
2) Newcastle - Medicine (waiting for decision)
3) Sheffield - Medicine (waiting for decision)
4) Nottingham - Medicine (waiting for decision)
5) Cambridge - Medicine (conditional offer)