Oh pants!!!

[Zappanatic]

I missed the application for UKCAT this year I've been juggling jobs this summer and totally lost track of time! I'm still piecing together my UCAS application which I will post for critique, which is not the issue.

I know this limits my options heavily, but I know St. Georges do not ask for UKCATs for the foundation year. Does anyone know of any others which don't either, as I really want to get out and do this!



What a clown shoe I've been!

Z

[AR1972]

Originally Posted by Zappanatic

I missed the application for UKCAT this year I've been juggling jobs this summer and totally lost track of time! I'm still piecing together my UCAS application which I will post for critique, which is not the issue.

I know this limits my options heavily, but I know St. Georges do not ask for UKCATs for the foundation year. Does anyone know of any others which don't either, as I really want to get out and do this!



What a clown shoe I've been!

Z

Hi - What course are you doing at the moment ?

[Zappanatic]

I'm at the university of life at the moment! Just working in a few jobs with hectic hours. Oh god I only went on the open day a couple of weeks ago!

I really want to get out of retail and do something with my life. Essentially I didn't do at all well in my A-levels because I was very shy and generally disliked being around people, so I just buggered off down south to study music performance.

I'm a lot more sociable and confident now, and want a real career. But I've been so busy working now I don't get a student loan, and took my eye off the ball for a bit I adore science because its so interesting, and this would give me a lifetime of learning.

I'm going to have to apply in a bit of a panic, but I don't want to give off a bad impression from this, i can write very well usually, I just need to find out my best options.

Z

[Baki]

Originally Posted by Zappanatic

I missed the application for UKCAT this year I've been juggling jobs this summer and totally lost track of time! I'm still piecing together my UCAS application which I will post for critique, which is not the issue.

I know this limits my options heavily, but I know St. Georges do not ask for UKCATs for the foundation year. Does anyone know of any others which don't either, as I really want to get out and do this!



What a clown shoe I've been!

Z

"oh pants" ~ that's defintely a new expression. lol

And Bristol, Birmingham and liverpool don't ask for admission tests.

EDIT: They still ask for A-levels and GCSE as far as I know, you'd have to check for access programs.

[Zappanatic]

Thanks for that, I don't have A-Levels. I have a BTEC and a HND in music practice, but I have strong GCSE results. Not A* in everything but I'm happy with them.

I'll send an email to them and see whats what.

[giella]

Calm down. You missed the UKCAT but it doesn't sound like you're that prepared to make an application to do medicine anyway.
If you don't have science A levels, then you can only apply to premed programmes anyway, which are highly competitive and still require all the work experience in their candidates as medicine.
If you have science A levels and you did poorly, then you need to resit.
Do you even have work experience? You said you were in retail, so I'm guessing not a huge amount, although I apologise if I'm wrong.
I think you need to consider access courses if you don't have science A levels. In which case, you're looking at another two years. Either way, it's probably going to be two years so calm down. This isn't the end of the world.