Rejected from Imperial- not on waiting list!

[agneishd]

Originally Posted by Andy29

Alrite moonshine well done ! Adel10 i'll tell u but i want to know why ur asking first...

prob cause some unis prefer over half marks in first 2 sections or something...

[moonshine]

I think the most important thing about interviews is to be urself, i know a lot of people arent and they still get in..but really u should get in on ur own merit HOWEVER that doesnt mean u cant do some decent prep. u have to find your forte and mine is being able to talk to anyone about my passions so finding about things that actually interested me, and not as a chore!- otherwise it wont come out in a stressful situation. One really good thing to do is to get other pple to ask u questions and at least appear as if theyre listening- u dont NEED their feedback, u jus need to have said ur thoughts out loud on stuff like why u want to do medicine etc and been able to say it eye to someone. i was a loser and did this in the mirror a few times..but then i jus generally like reflective surfaces.

sorry if my advice has been a bit crappy..but hope it helps..u seem like a nice person and i really hope u acheive what u want- good luck!

[adel10]

Originally Posted by agneishd

prob cause some unis prefer over half marks in first 2 sections or something...

yhh that's right, so i just wanted to see what scores imperial were looking for, before calling for interview

[Andy29]

Thanks for the advice moonshine- I'll definitely be reciting answers at anyone who dares come near me...oh and adel10 I did get over half in the first two sections, (that's over 4.5 right?)...

[adel10]

Originally Posted by Andy29

Thanks for the advice moonshine- I'll definitely be reciting answers at anyone who dares come near me...oh and adel10 I did get over half in the first two sections, (that's over 4.5 right?)...

i thought half way was 5? :s i got 5 and 4.5 in my first 2 sections but i wasn't called for interview

[Andy29]

hmmmmmmm...did u contact them and ask why you weren't called for interview?

[adel10]

Originally Posted by Andy29

hmmmmmmm...did u contact them and ask why you weren't called for interview?

i haven't but i think i will, that's why i want to know wat people who got called for interview got. Did you get higher then 5 and 4.5?

[Andy29]

I can't rememeber my exact scores but I got higher than 4.5 and less than 5.0 for both sections- definitely contact them if you think it will help with your other choices

[moonshine]

adel10 getting half marks in all sections doesnt guarantee an interview. it seems like they started interviewing pple with mind blowingly high scores, then work their way downwards... but its ur whole application they really base it on i think: there have been other posts from pple who have heard of pple with scores of like 12 getting interviews.

[adel10]

12?! i wouldn't go as far as to say 12, i know people who have got a bmat score of 14 and then got an interview.

They don't actually base it on the entire application, i attended a med open day there and they specifically said that the BMAT was used to open the door and cut down on the numbers that they had to interview. You could have excellent grades, a great PS and still get rejected if you don't have a high enough BMAT i.e high in the first two sections.
It also says that in their prospectus.