[B]2010 Applicants![/B]

[moe2k7]

Cardiff is definitely in my top choices, really hoping for an interview. Btw could the OP fix the thread title?

[omlette]

Yay Cardiff FTW!

I would gladly spend another 5 years here, although at risk of becoming bankrupt I have to admit it is bottom of my choices (grad applicant innit).

[skforeman1]

I have applied to Cardiff
Haven't decided, but I think it might be my first choice!

GCSEs- 7 A*s & 3 As
AS- 5 As
UKCAT- 655 average

[HeartofGold]

Cardiff is my top choice

[CluelessJones]

Woo hoo Caerdydd!

Anyone know why Cardiff got ranked really low in the university guides?
And aren't the differences in standards marginal anyway as all students have to reach pretty much the same standard wherever you are?

[McWiseguy]

Nice one.
But the thing that makes choosing between these universities so hard, is the fact that Cardiff is right at the bottom of the table whereas Glasgow (PBL grr..) is fairly high up!

It would have been Newcastle for me, but they had loads of applicants last year which means it's a trip to Aberdeen instead lol.

Hmmm. You shouldn't be really using rankings to determine which medical school you want to go to. Even though I look the rankings by 'The Times' from time to time they're not a great indicator for which uni to go to. Besides, the difference in their overall scores is negligible. That is, the uni at the bottom of the rankings has a score of about 96.3 out of 100. Which is less than 4 points diference between the uni at the top. The spread of scores for med schools is much less compared to like Business for example (which goes down to about 55/100). The teaching quality is high at all the med schools and is tightly regulated by the GMC. However, the levels of research at the uni do vary.

[deranged?]

Hey guys!

I've recently joined the forum and I'm a Cardiff applicant too! Hopefully we'll all be lucky and get what we want

[Nomad314]

I agree with McWiseguy
I personally don't think that those rankings should be the thing that makes you decide where to apply. Hmm.. maybe have a look at them. But surely the location and course are more important? Yes use them to look at the differences in research levels, but they are not the be all and end all.

Does anyone know if we will get an acknowledgement from Cardiff? or they just contact for interview?

Emma x

[Medicine Woman:)]

Hi I'm applying to Cardiff also but no reply from them as of yet... Dundee is my first choice it looks excellent... getting so excited!

[glow stick]

Good luck everyone! i'm applying to cardiff too.