Archive for November, 2008

The Application: 1st acknowledgements

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Received some postcards and letters from all but BSMS so far to say thank you and that they have my application. BSMS don’t send these out so DO NOT PANIC like I did!

It’s starting to get tough now. People at college are receiving offers and I am not. It’s difficult, but you just got to stick with it. It’ll be worth it in the end. I personally don’t have a “back up” choice as well which I don’t think helps!

Revision time now, and should really knuckle down but what with coursework, work, housework, volunteering and anxiously checking UCAS there is not much room for doing it! I’ve got a timetable and when I stick to it, it is really helpful:

Blocked out time slots for each day.

Got small multicoloured post-its that fit in the holes.

Each colour represents a subject, and then there are pink ones for things like work, volunteering, relaxing etc so I can be flexible each week as long a I have x number of blues/greens/yellows/purples for my revision!

The Application: BrightMed

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Just finished the BrightMed Course at BSMS which was amazing. I really loved it there. Got to do a dissection which was amazing (put me off lamb though) and also went through my personal statement so far, which I feel is starting to look quite good!

We learned some basic anatomy and also blood pressure, heart exams and reflex tests which will be useful I am sure! I totally lost my voice through-out the entire thing so I am hoping that this will help me stand out when they read my application – Oh you remember her lost her voice…. amazing girl.. unconditional offer… etc :D We’ll see.

Tip:

Go on as many of these courses as you can. This was free, but if you can saved up and go on more, then do. But be careful, some are useless. BrightMed = amazing, check forums and see what other people think of the course you want to do.