MSAT - Monday 30th Jan

**yemijide** · 30-01-2006, 04:55 PM

Hey choubieloubie, thank s for speaking out on behalf of those of us who didnt do so great ! Just waiting on the unis now then !

**mez** · 30-01-2006, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by rachelm

Definitely, I scored 91st percentile last year and only just scraped a Kings interview!

Well, the best of luck for the interviews you'll undoubtedly be getting!

**ferretmanabu** · 30-01-2006, 07:03 PM

Anyone know the percentile score for warwick?

**ECG** · 30-01-2006, 10:28 PM

Just got MSAT result and and came in the 75th percentile, although it might as well been in the 1st percentile as the only choice that relied on it was the Kings GEP. Never Mind. Does anybody have any idea whether it can be used for anything else (i.e consideration for the Kings 5 year)? Wishful thinking, i'm sure.

**dmp** · 30-01-2006, 11:36 PM

Well, I managed to fluke my way into the 93'rd percentile, and I'm absolutely delighted. I honestly had put myself down as being in the mid seventies, as I completely screwed up the essays and really didn't manage to come across very well in them at all.

So, here's hoping for the interviews!

David

**anji** · 30-01-2006, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by yemijide

Hey choubieloubie, thank s for speaking out on behalf of those of us who didnt do so great ! Just waiting on the unis now then !

absolutely - i can't work out if i've done better or worse than i expected. then again i didn't know what to expect! i got 45 in section 1, 62 in section 2 and 77 and 73 in section 3 (how??? i thought my essays were cr*p) which landed me in the 56th percentile. so many good wishes to those who've done so well though - and good luck for the interviews. am afraid it all rests on the grimsat - sorry, gamsat - for me now.

**HHTori** · 31-01-2006, 12:01 AM

Well, after almost having a heart attack, I accessed my results and found a not-very-satisfactory 89%. I'm gutted to think if the kings cut off is the same as last year I missed it by 2%. Anyone got any ideas if it is?

It's looking bleak and I'm already thinking about re-applications. I just want to cry. I've worked so hard and for what feels like so long towards this and now it's slipping away. I know I'm not alone but somehow that just isnt helping.

Huge congratulations to everyone who is posting with fantastic results. I wish you so much luck. Everyone who didn't do so well - come to the floor and cry with me. Things make so much more sense on the floor................................. ok they don't. But less people see you sobbing when you're down here.

Tori
xxxxx

PS - does anyone know why kings are torturing the unfortunate further by not issuing 'unsuccessful' on ucas? they've had the results longer than we have. why are they prolonging the agony???

**LittleNik** · 31-01-2006, 01:01 AM

Congrats to those who made it, comiserations to those who havent.

I think this test is a bit silly really (and no i'm not just saying that cos i didnt manage 93%

). I mean, to get in the 91st percentile and above is really really top stuff, and I dont think its right to take such a teeny percentage of people, although I know they have to cut down the numbers somehow.

Don't cry HHTori, this getting into medical school business is sh*t hard but keep your chin up. This is the 2nd year I've done it now and I've no idea if I'll bother again. I've lost faith that this system will make a doctor out of me and can't see myself chugging through the same process next year. I dont want to spend the next few years of my life being let down/devastated by constant rejection from the only career I've ever wanted to persue - thats no life to me.

**HHTori** · 31-01-2006, 01:25 AM

Well Nik, it looks like you're far more qualified than me and if you haven't heard and were rejected last year there seems little hope for me now. Thanks for the encouragement though. Sometimes i think this forum is the only place where people think I'm sane and understand what this process is like! My family think I'm insane and too old (at 24!!!) to be thinking about medicine.

I recently tried to convince myself and others that Biomedical Sciences was an ok option for me but now it's coming to the crunch I'm pretty sure its not. I know how you feel with the doubts about applying again. I don't know if i can put myself through the pressure and doubt and stress only to be told I'm not good enough. The only problem with that is, where do i now direct my focus? All I've thought about for so long is being a doctor. Where do we go from here? And I find it such a shame that we're losing good people who'd make excellent doctors just because there aren't enough places. Especially when I've yet again just watched a news report telling me the country doesn't have enough GP's...

Tori
xxx

**becky kidman** · 31-01-2006, 01:54 AM

Now by some 'fluke'

I was in in the 45th percentile, go me!! Am i the only one who actually took this positively?? Other than knowing a 91st percentile is pretty darn high, to get anywhere with this test, if I got a fairly decent mark, I was still happy. Which is quite rare for these things. I got 67% for interpersonal, 61%ish for essays and 45% for the first section. I'm still happy i got off my arse for my ambition, got down to a test centre and still managed to be as average as most of the people taking the test.