hey ben The work experiences i focused on in my personal statement and my interviews were volunteering at a hospice, because it was the only long-term experience i had (once a week for a year) and a week I spent shadowing researchers at the institute of child health. I also did a couple of weeks at a GP and a week at two hospitals. I wouldn't worry if you haven't done as much, so long as you can say what you got out of it in some detail. As for the BMAT, I just did as much practice as i could from the books available. In particular, lots of timed practice essays. I also went on a course run by Kaplan- in my opinion the course itself was a bit of a waste of money, but the course materials they gave us were very good. The opening to your statement is always the hardest bit and mine was pretty unoriginal: "Doctors are uniquely privileged in being able to develop a diverse body of scientific knowledge while simultaneously applying it to care for people". At the end of the day most people have the same reasons for wanting to do medicine, so just start with your most important reasons, sound enthusiastic and don't worry too much about being original. Hope that helps and best of luck! Cyrus
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