Offer!

Hi all,

I was able to reschedule my interview from December to the 13th of January. The interview was early in the morning and so it meant I had to book into an Ibis Hotel the day before and wake up early in the morning for my 9am interview! I felt my interview went okay, I stumbled on two out of six of the MMI questions and there was no way I contributed as much as I could have during the PBL session.. Which I assumed would be a medical scenario - how wrong was I! It was totally different and slightly threw me off, and with a combination of everyone talking over each other, not really gelling or pooling ideas together, I did my best and gave what valid points I could. I noticed the assessor picked up on this and agreed with the points I made, which I felt was a big confidence boost. In conclusion, I felt overall the interview could have gone better, so I was left feeling a little unsure of my performance and what it was indicative of. 

But yesterday! A 16:42, I GOT AN OFFER for HYMS! I AM SO HAPPY!

Haha. I need a 2:1.. Let's hope I work work work work work! 

Interview at Hull York Medical School

You guessed it!
I heard back from HYMS about a week ago inviting me to interview.

I had just finished my dissertation labs that day and it was getting dark early. I'm based at the sixth floor and for some reason I decided to walk down the twelve flights of stairs as opposed to taking the lift that day. On my way down, I checked my e-mails and I remember stopping in my tracks. The subject of the message read "HYMS: Invitation to Interview" and I can't remember exactly how I was feeling. It was a mix of emotions, from being nervous to excited and not really believing my luck. I went into the toilets and just stood by the counter re-reading the e-mail, double checking I wasn't imagining it. But it was there, in black and white that I had been offered an interview.

It was scheduled to be on the 9th of December, but having looked at my calendar it turns out I have a university exam that day. I emailed them back and they've confirmed they're willing to reschedule my interview for another date and I'm just waiting on them again to get back to me.

The format of the interview is both an MMI and PBL scenario. The MMIs are split into two stations lasting ten minutes each, with three questions at each station I believe. The PBL scenario is a group discussion with 7 or 8 other candidates again for around 20mins. It's been about a week now and I still can't really believe it. But I need to start preparing and only then will it start to hit me that I might be getting an offer to study medicine.

Choices Submitted!

Hi everyone, just a quick post to let everyone know of my choices for UCAS:
University of Warwick - A101
Barts and the London - A100
Kings College London - A100
Hull York Medical School - A100

I would not be surprised if I did get rejected because of my UKCAT score of 672.5, but anything can happen right now. I'm just staying positive and praying for interviews.

Keep me in your thoughts!
Thank you so much.