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Visiting Newcastle
Posted on September 27th, 2008 by Matt
Well, a big “Hello” to all of you reading this who found us through the flyers I was handing out a mere two hours ago! I should also say thank-you for taking the time to have a nosey around the site, and I hope you enjoy what you find.
I enjoyed the day, apart from being told I couldn’t hand out my leaflets on-campus. The lecture by Dr. Philip Bradley was of good quality, he explained everything that he needed to about the Newcastle course, as well as the admissions procedure in-depth.
One thing I didn’t like was the small cafe, which I felt didn’t have enough food or staff for an open day! Otherwise, it was a good day. Nice to meet you all!
Matt is writing this blog from Newcastle Central Station.
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Posted on September 1st, 2008 by Matt
I don’t think anybody can testify to this more than Rob & I, based on a very short conversation I’ve had with him last night.
In the last 3 weeks, neither of us have managed to do any of the work we had planned on the site, aside from a couple of blog posts each. To be frank, our newest blogger, Sarah, has probably done more than Rob & I combined! But that’s not because we’re lazy or anything, we’ve just both been doing far more than we imagined – you can follow Rob’s life as a junior doctor by reading the “Foundation Year 1″ blog, as you’ll see 8-day weeks are still expected from junior doctors.
From my perspective, I’ve had results to collect, and then enter into UCAS. I’ve had to sit down and think about whether I’m actually going to realistically achieve the grades for medicine, and I’ve decided that I should, as long as I resit 2 of my chemistry modules and get better grades. And that’s something you should all do about now, realistically check that you can meet the entry requirements for your chosen course by the end of this academic year.
I have been out as a volunteer first aider for 4 solid days, and had to take a 5th day just to recover from the cumulative 46 hours of shifts. I’ll blog about how that will help me both in writing my personal statement, and in talking about what I have gained from it in an interview type situation later.
I haven’t even started my personal statement properly. Something which, now I think about it, kinda scares me. I now have less than 6 weeks to do it. Oh shit. One reality check, please, I think. It’s a good thing MedicalAdmissions.co.uk offers a personal statement checking service to applicants, I think I’ll be making use of that before the end of this month!
Back to the website, we’ve already had to put the launch date back by a full month. I’ve had to block-out two full weekends from my diary to work on the scripting and main content areas. I know Rob is also looking into taking some of his annual leave so that he can really work on the Interview Question Bank for when you all need it. And now we’re faced with the fact that we have 26 days to get this site live, and ready-to-use, because I’ll be out and about in Newcastle University for the visit day, handing out our new flyers!
Matt is panicking about his personal statement (or lack of)!
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Posted on August 7th, 2008 by Matt
I’ll start by saying I’m not actually applying to Newcastle! I know its a really good medical school and all that, but I live in the area already, and although I really do love the North East, I think my time at university would be better spent in another part of the country.
Why I’ve called this Newcastle is because, as far as I know so far, the next Newcastle University visit day will be the first of the MedicalAdmissions.co.uk face-to-face advertising sessions! If you don’t know when this is, our ‘Diary‘ will tell you…
So, if you’re visiting the university to find out more about its medical course, or are just in the area generally, come and find me! I’ll be wherever there is a talk related to medicine (maybe even sitting at the back of one or two of them trying to pick up some tips for the site). If you’re wondering what I look like – check the ‘About us‘ page – or play spot the MedicalAdmissions.co.uk ID Card which I’ll have attached to me somewhere…
Matt says: Come and say “hello”, I don’t bite!
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