Medicine 2018?

[Katisha]

Is there already a thread for medicine applications for 2018 entry?
If not can I start one?
Wondered if anyone knew about the Birmingham GCSE situation as DS has A stars and As at GCSE and likely to be predicted A stars at A level but is coming up on their offers calculator as unlikely to get an interview.
Is it pointless to apply to Birmingham if not all stars at GCSE? Didn't get a star in biology.

SomersetS - great news, fingers crossed. Nothing from Plymouth yet, but was stalking TSR re last year at Plymouth 🙄 It seems that they don't usually acknowledge for about a week, so feel a little better ...

Great news Somerset. Did your DD applied to Manchester in the end? DD was waiting from them as of yesterday - the secret did come out!

No. Hull Leicester Liverpool Sheffield. Was going to apply Southampton but got cold feet at last minute & swapped for Sheffield. She couldn’t be persuaded on Manchester, even with the French.

Can’t remember what score I worked out on the day for Cardiff but he was happy with it.

Watfordmummy - did you get the Cardiff acknowledgement?

No we haven’t, but DS not concerned as he’s not listening to this group of mums on Mumsnet!!

Going to get him to chase on Wednesday if we he hasn’t heard from them. This is me being chilled (rocks in corner slowly)

watfordmummy - these DC don't seem to realise that we are the fonts of all knowledge, when it comes to medicine! 😂 I'm not sure what I will do next year, maybe I will have to find a hobby???? Let us know how you get on.

You mean this isn’t our hobby?? Will I have to have a life??

😂😂😂😂. Enjoy your day. Keep off the Student Room.

You'll do what I did and simply join the next year's thread, reminiscing ...!

Me too - but with none of the stress 😉

😀

Cardiff was in junk!! Phew all acknowledged now

You'll do what I did and simply join the next year's thread, reminiscing ... :) :)

I too am surprised how much lightweight I feel now that the application process is over. It didn't help that only two weeks ago, I was also applying for job, so going through it for myself!

DD heard from Manchester, and has registered BSMS with BMAT so her results are sent (which I think doesn't need to be done if taking it in November, but needs to be if taken in September).

Thank you for the nice welcome Mommy and Swing.
Mommy I would have much preferred Dd to do Medicine ( she comes from a family of medics) but no she's determined to be a Vet sadly.
We're waiting for the Surrey questionnaire as there is a admin issue currently. Dd has to pass the Questionnaire before being invited for an interview. Luckily this year we are seeing it as a series of hoops to jump through, unlike last year when we perceived everything as life or death.

Teta - Questionnaire! Oh my, lucky you 😂 I have been throwing balls of paper at my office bin today, thinking "if this goes in, DD will get an interview. Luckily, I own the company, otherwise I would be unemployed by now. This waiting, it's like being 9 months pregnant again.......

DD has heard from all of hers. Now the waiting game. Her plan B is for diagnostic radiography and she has been told she may need to submit a different personal statement for that because the one she has done is focused on medicine only.

All 4 acknowledged. Will wait to hear from you all x

Didn’t think you were allowed to do a second personal statement??

I was very impressed with a thank you postcard DS1 received from Southampton today...manners aren’t dead!!

Neither did I watford. DD's personal statement is very obviously aimed at applying for medicine, so I don't know what else she could have done.

DS statement is definitely for medicine, so would’ve been handy to have done one for his 5th. Never mind

Not sure many courses even read it. My DD got offered her 5th choice and her PS is v obviously for medicine.

So, if DD hasn't heard from her 5th choice yet can I assume that she hasn't got in? She may not get any interviews either, so I suppose she will have to wait for clearing then?

No LJ I wouldn’t assume that - the offer can come at any time. My DD did get her fifth (non-med) choice quickly (Birmingham, biomedical science) but just because you haven’t heard yet doesn’t mean you won’t get an offer. DD’s PS was just tailored to medicine too ...

Lonicera I don't think you can assume she hasn't got in. All the universities seem to have different systems and take different amounts of time to give out offers. One of my DDs friends who is applying for business and French has 3 offers and heard nothing from the other 2. I remember similar things last year with friends DCs that some offers came quickly and others took ages. Don't give up!

My DD didn't put a 5th choice down so its all hinging on medicine here!