Health Declaration

[medic_wannabee]

I have received 2 offers for medicine however they are conditional on a satisfactory health check and CRB
I am a bit worried about the health declaration; i noticed it asks for the height and the weight. I phoned up the universities and they said it is used to calculate the BMI, but wouldn't provide any more information

If the BMI was too high or too low, can the offer be turned down?

[agneishd]

Originally Posted by medic_wannabee

I have received 2 offers for medicine however they are conditional on a satisfactory health check and CRB
I am a bit worried about the health declaration; i noticed it asks for the height and the weight. I phoned up the universities and they said it is used to calculate the BMI, but wouldn't provide any more information

If the BMI was too high or too low, can the offer be turned down?

is it a specific problem?
in VERY EXTREME cases it may affect the course you study, as in parts you can and cannot do, but it would have to be some truly incredible data to lose you the offer(!)

[Seng]

lol unless you're really immobile, I doubt they'll take the offer away... But that is a random question to ask on the health form - I didn't think of it at the time when I filled it out.

[agneishd]

the issue has been resolved
medic_wannabee is good to go!

[jdr06]

ha, they wouldnt turn you down because of you're bmi, theyl be far more interested in your grades come august. besides the entire rugby team is clinically obese according to bmi!

[agneishd]

bmi doesn't give the right picture sometimes, distribution of fat needs to be taken into account, and excessive muscle (N/A for me)

[Dr.Funk]

I was under the impression that with all the other questions about eating disorders etc. this information is given to provide support to students who may have problems exascerbated by the stressful nature of the course.

[agneishd]

Originally Posted by Dr.Funk

I was under the impression that with all the other questions about eating disorders etc. this information is given to provide support to students who may have problems exascerbated by the stressful nature of the course.

how odd