Interview at leeds!! :D

[BabyDoc06]

Originally Posted by Steph8552

just so you guys know they're not offiically due to start until jan so they probably really like you guys. leeds do give reduced offers. so the best of luck guys, kick some ass.

Not to burst any bubbles here but i wouldn't assume that the people who get december interviews are any different to those who are going to be interviewed from january. Also they do officially start in December this year...

baby

[Gizmo says -]

top post, Babby!

[Muffin2]

hell I was only wishing you all good luck and just saying what i was told last month. Personally i'd have been esctatic at an early interview.

[BabyDoc06]

wasn't having a go.. just didn't want people going into their interviews thinking they already had an advantage over the other applicants...

[.: Hope :.]

^^ which is exactly what I felt!! Thanks BabyDoc for the reassurance

[Muffin2]

fine well good luck to everyone as was the point of the first post.
advice - leeds like social and cultural awarness, so try and find out any problems specific to the area you live in. also be confident, if you can't hear what they're saying, ask them to speak, if they are mumbling, ask them to repeat the question.
also from experience interviewing students, its really exhausting, so be upbeat and bubbly, to maintain interest.
Also I know almost everyone knows, but there will be a student on your panel, so use them to ask questions about the course when given the opportunity at the end.
There was a guy last year who came into interview and said "why is there a student here, i didn't give my permission for this" needless to say he didn't get an offer, more so for not reading the info that there would be a student there, than actually causing offense. So read the prospectus and any other info they send.

[Gizmo says -]

and if the stoodent is me,
i mite even mek you a cup of tea.

[Muffin2]

oh yes please lol.

[cheklin]

hey ne1 no hw leeds use ukcat..? i.e do they use to gt applicants for interview or to distinguish between 2 applicants after interview...?? thnx..

[yeliab_cram]

Originally Posted by cheklin

hey ne1 no hw leeds use ukcat..? i.e do they use to gt applicants for interview or to distinguish between 2 applicants after interview...?? thnx..

last year leeds used the UKCAT for the first time. It was only used to distinguish between those who were borderline for an offer after interview. I am unsure if a public decision has been made as to how the UKCAT mark is going to be used this time around. I would guess it will form a more integral part than last year. But dont get too caught up on it.

Just going back to what steph said about medical students on the panel. I think its worth reiterating that we get the same say as the other two members of the panel. As long as you dont do anything silly, we are likely to mark you quite nicely. Dont make the mistake of assuming the medical student will be asking an irrelevent or easy question. I have been the one asking the bastard question in the past.