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Bristol Admissions 2009
Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Matt
I suppose it’s my own fault for making the phone call. I know I wanted to know so badly what it was, but in a lot of ways, I’d rather have found out via Track, if you know what I mean?
It’s not official yet, but I was told “it doesn’t look like you will be getting an interview with those scores.” Unfortunately, he didn’t say what scores they were, or what they meant. What I will be doing, is one of the things listed on our Rejection page, ‘write to all 4 admissions tutors for feedback’. Or, at least have the letter ready to send off when it officially comes through.
However, I did get something quite useful from the Admissions team – they confirmed to me that they will have another interview date in April (either the week beginning the 6th, or the week beginning the 20th), but couldn’t confirm exactly when. They also said that if you don’t have a letter about an interview this Wednesday, the 25th March 2009, then you won’t be getting interviewed this Wednesday.
Basically, keep hoping. From myself and everyone at MedicalAdmissions.co.uk, good luck if you’re still waiting on a decision!
Matt is feeling a bit gutted.
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Posted on March 12th, 2009 by Matt
Ok, so, I’ve just got my results, and how am I feeling?
To be honest with you, pretty shit, actually.
As a medical applicant, you’ll know that you need AAB, including Chemistry, to study medicine almost anywhere in the UK. Well, let’s just say that my chemistry grades aren’t looking too clever. I got a C average for last year (206/300), even after resitting 2 of the modules – I went up a single mark, and grade, for each. But, in Chains, Rings &? Spectroscopy, I got 61/90 – which is 2 marks from a B.
I’ve done some quick calculations, and, assuming my math is correct, I can only get a C overall for A2. Shit. That’s no good. So, what do I resit? Well, I got a B in HFHF, a B in FC, and a C in CR (after resits), so I don’t really think that resitting either HFHF or FC would be advantageous. But, maybe resitting CR or CRS (the first A2 module) would be alright. Problem is, at ?17 per resit, I can only really afford to resit one of them. I think, because of how recently I’ve done it, I’m going to have another pop at Chains, Rings & Spectroscopy.
My math wasn’t too bad, I got 71%, which comes out as a B for Core 1. Keep that up, and I get a nice 50 UCAS points to keep me happy! I was aiming for an A, but a B isn’t too bad. I could even make up those lost 9 points – from 2 remaining exams (each worth 100), I need 169 to get an A – that’s only 84.5 on each paper!
HEFC Human Biology was best, though, I got a Distinction in my first module, Cell Biology, and I think I’m on track to continue the high standard of work in this module, Human Physiology.
Matt needs to figure out a way to increase his grade average in chemistry – and fast!
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