[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ant.

Medicine but the grades didn't go swimmingly oops

I've been on the phone here there and everywhere and contacted the uni that (understandably) rejected me and explained the awful year I've had. If I get my Maths grade marked up to an A and give them the evidence of counselling and mental health services referrals they said they'd give me a place for 2020 entry which is really great because that gives me almost a year to get a job, earn money, travel a bit, and just relax more, so I'm really relying on Maths to go up

failing that, Leicester have invited me for an interview on Monday... so who knows where I'll be this time next month

Medicine wow that's fantastic Ant. Did you have to do an extra exam then on top of your A levels?, we call it the HPAT here

[Ant.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Medicine wow that's fantastic Ant. Did you have to do an extra exam then on top of your A levels?, we call it the HPAT here

Thank you I actually considered Pharmacy instead of Medicine after my last interview for med school and as I was about to appy for Pharmacy my offer came through so i was like "nice"
What's the HPAT like? I had to do two exams There's the UKCAT accepted by most unis (I have to resit this if I go into 2020 entry for my original uni) but there's also the BMAT which a select few unis use. BMAT's more science based with some problem solving, whereas UKCAT is pretty much full on aptitude. You seem to know a fair bit, did your daughter consider medicine?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ant.

Thank you I actually considered Pharmacy instead of Medicine after my last interview for med school and as I was about to appy for Pharmacy my offer came through so i was like "nice"
What's the HPAT like? I had to do two exams There's the UKCAT accepted by most unis (I have to resit this if I go into 2020 entry for my original uni) but there's also the BMAT which a select few unis use. BMAT's more science based with some problem solving, whereas UKCAT is pretty much full on aptitude. You seem to know a fair bit, did your daughter consider medicine?

Yeah she did actually, she did a course for the HPAT but changed her mind before the actually exam date, it was just too much pressure for her tbh. HPAT is a mixed aptitude test both "normal" questions and medical related ones really, so maybe a mix of the two you've mentioned having in the UK?

Must have been a really stressful year for you, hopefully it will work out for you next year or in Leicester (that will this year?)

[Ant.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah she did actually, she did a course for the HPAT but changed her mind before the actually exam date, it was just too much pressure for her tbh. HPAT is a mixed aptitude test both "normal" questions and medical related ones really, so maybe a mix of the two you've mentioned having in the UK?

Must have been a really stressful year for you, hopefully it will work out for you next year or in Leicester (that will this year?)

The aptitude test or the application in general? Because prepping for the aptitude test within itself is a massive chore I underperformed but somehow got places. Even the Uni I rang earlier said "I'm sure you'll get your place if you reapply since you got such a low score on your UKCAT last year and you can only do better"

Oh it was but a lot of it wasn't down to college work itself. Irregardless I'm in a better mindset to do these admissions tests and interviews so but yeah Leicester will be next month hopefully! thank you

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ant.

The aptitude test or the application in general? Because prepping for the aptitude test within itself is a massive chore I underperformed but somehow got places. Even the Uni I rang earlier said "I'm sure you'll get your place if you reapply since you got such a low score on your UKCAT last year and you can only do better"

Oh it was but a lot of it wasn't down to college work itself. Irregardless I'm in a better mindset to do these admissions tests and interviews so but yeah Leicester will be next month hopefully! thank you

She did a course for the aptitude test (is that what you're asking? ) but she never actually sat the exam eventhough she booked it

[Ant.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

She did a course for the aptitude test (is that what you're asking? ) but she never actually sat the exam eventhough she booked it

Oh goodness did she get a refund? I got my expenses covered with a bursary (thankfully)

[Ammi]

....Ant and Niamh’s daughter...amazing for both......we’re surrounded by genius people...