Bristol 2010

**Jawalmsley** · 09-09-2009 12:42 AM

Thread for anyone going to or applying for 2010 entry.x

**haenam87** · 19-09-2009 08:02 PM

I am thinking of applying. Although I don't know if I meet the prerequisites.

**speedystef** · 27-09-2009 05:37 AM

I might apply to Bristol, I know though that they are very P.S orientated when it comes to admissions process and my P.S didn't cut it with them last year as I was rejected pre-interview

**CmatteRN** · 27-09-2009 11:00 AM

I'm applying to Bristol as an international student. I have average UKCAT, decent grades, an outstanding PS and about 15 years experience in healthcare here (including the last 5 years as a registered nurse--3 in research and most currently at a level 1 trauma center). I'm hoping the experience goes a long way to earning me one of the few spots they allot to overseas applicants. Not to mention I'm a "mature" overseas applicant...the cards seem to be stacked against me! Here's hoping...

**haenam87** · 27-09-2009 11:16 AM

Do you know if you need to send transcripts in the same time you submit you PS?

**CmatteRN** · 27-09-2009 11:46 AM

I don't know if I have to, but I'm going to. I'm submitting them directly to the programs I'm applying to after I get them back from NARIC. I'm also probably going to have to submit a CV, I'm assuming anyways.

**haenam87** · 27-09-2009 11:50 AM

DO you have to submit your transcript to NARIC? I was a biology major?

**CmatteRN** · 27-09-2009 12:41 PM

Well, see, I don't know. And I haven't gotten a straight answer from anyone except when I tried to apply to KCL for my graduate nursing degree. They recommended it, but that was a nursing program.
The problem is, that I have an associates in nursing, but 120 credit hours at junior college in sciences because I changed my major from biotech to nursing. And my academic career spans 12 years or so. So I figure the more help I can give myself the better--I've done NARIC because at some point I'll probably be asked about my grades and I don't know how my course work stacks up until they complete my assessment.
At first I was a bit hesitant to apply to any medicine program--in part because I'm alot more "mature" than most applicants, but also because I have such a crazy background. I'm applying to Bristol because I've read that they are a bit more liberal with...non-traditional applicants. All of my choices have been more or less based on that premise.

So I guess long story longer (lol), I don't really know. I don't think you do--I think they do it for you if there is a question, but if you got your bachelors degree from anywhere other than, say, university of phoenix online, you're fine (not that that's where mine is from, mind

**haenam87** · 30-09-2009 11:41 PM

CmatteRN, Thanks for the heads up. Also, I was wondering does Bristol require applicants to send their transcripts during the same time you submit your UCAS application? And as a mature student, like both of us, do we need two letters of recommendations as well as a letter explaining why we didn't apply earlier? Thanks for your reply.