Hey MedicineBoy, Cheers, my holidays were pretty lazy as well :-P Don't worry about your exams - I'm sure you'll pass them if you remember that the offer for medicine depends on getting them right (you do have a conditional, right?) You won't need your stethoscope until the first clinical skills session, and those are likely to begin after the Winter exams (i.e. January 2011). So chill out - the school will even tell you which model of steth they'd like you to get Peace, Kensei