Medicine 2025 entry - part 2

[HGC2]

Not sure how to link old thread, can anyone help me do this?

Onto UCAT and personal statements now - good luck everyone!

If it helps at all —Edinburgh were quick off the block for ds a couple of years ago. Edi offer mid Feb

UEA mid Nov. waitlisted - offer came through in April, presume after other higher scoring candidates declined.

Newcastle - end of Nov for interview invite. offer was literally end of May.

Notts - Jan. Rejected

DD - Plymouth were quick / and offered quick end of Jan

Keele - quick and interviewed before Xmas but was UKWPMED. Withdrew

UEA as above. Offered start of Feb

Bristol - v slow - mid Jan and late to offer - end of March

hope that helps with your dc / timescales

Yay, congratulations @HGC2 's DD. Fantastic news.

(Yes, definitely ups the waiting angst for everyone else. Thanks @Thefatbutteredpig fir giving us a calming reality check.)

For those waiting on Liverpool (with caveat that DD now in final year so timings might have changed):
Interview invite - mid Jan
Interview - mid Feb
Offer - end March
So patience needed! Good luck!

Surprising that the universities work so differently & to totally different timescales, yet it all seems to works out in the end..
Thanks for the information from those who have been through this before - very useful for us virginmums.

I wouldn't focus too much on that. The invites are not always in any sort of order that us mere mortals can understand. I remember them being fairly random at times and likewise with the interview invites. I do remember Sheffield site coming out during last lesson on a Friday and then promptly crashing as everyone tried to book interviews.

Any predication when interview invites start? I know Scottish ones started but what about the rest? who will be first?

St George's often come first. But they are all getting faster since Covid so 🤞lots start in next few weeks.

Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow all have interview offers going out (Scottish only afaik). Glasgow’s going out in descending order of UCAT scores.

Last year these were the dates for interview offers for my daughter and her friends -

Exeter - 14.11.24
Sheffield - 16.11.24
HYMS - 17.11.24
UEA - 21.11.24
Oxford - 28.11.24
Leeds - 05.12.24
Cardiff - 06.12.24
Nottingham - 12.12.24
Newcastle - 19.12.24

Hope this helps! I know the Newcastle
date was the second batch ☺️

DD was first batch of interview invitations for Newcastle two years ago. Her invitation came on 18 November.

Just checked the others. Bristol interview invitation came through 15/11, Sheffield came on 18/11 and Notts came on 2/12.

Last year my dd received interview invites very similar to opoponax as above.
14/11 Exeter, 16/11 Bristol
12/12 Nottingham and 10/1 Southampton
If it’s the same this year then some might be hearing from certain unis starting this week! But the cycle can keep going for months so don’t lose hope if not in the first wave.
Best of luck to all… it’s definitely a long long journey and patience is a virtue! 🍀 🤞

Some enable you to book a slot from a choice of slots though if you check your email too late you might not get much choice. DC friend booked a slot for the first interview to come through and now the second (which he couldn’t choose) clashes with the first.

Wow the variation for timing. Thank you everyone for times , So the first ones can start tomorrow .

Yes they should start coming out soon. As others have said, try not to worry too much if your DC don't get interviews in the first batches. Some batches come out in rank UCAT score order but others seem quite random and it's not worth going down the rabbit hole of trying to second guess their processes. Once you have the interview, it really doesn't matter how early or late you were invited as the clock resets to zero for most medical schools and it's all about interview performance then.

Both of my DC were unsure whether to go for early or later interview dates. Sometimes the window of choice is quite wide and sometimes you don't get many date options. DD was a bit worried there would be a clash with mocks for one of them and spoke to school about it early. School was very understanding and said the interview trumped the mock and she could sit the paper at a different time if necessary. It didn't come to that.

Good luck to all your DC.

Just had an invite for Exeter this afternoon- HUGE relief just to have an invite. I am hoping many more of you and yours have invites arriving in the coming days

Congratulations and all the very best wishes, i was just going to send out a message saying i heard of someone receiving interview invite from Exeter today, then I saw your post. 🙂
DD didn’t apply there, but good to know more movement happening.

Great news @Niceday203. Well done her - must be a great feeling getting the first one!

Thanks to all the older-timers who've posted timescales too, really helpful!

We wait...

That's great @Niceday203. Good to hear some invites are coming through.

DD got an invite for Dundee but not heard from Glasgow yet.

Good to see invites starting to trickle in for others too

Great news !

Dundee were early I seem to remember.

Early offers too

Wish her all the best, she has done well with her interviews

Invite from Cambridge today. Nothing from others yet, incl Exeter.

Oh, I speak too soon. Exeter invite just in.

My DD shot an invite from UEA 😀