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Originally Posted by Thirdfox
I had been operating on the assumption that this forum was created to provide information to students who are interested in/studying medicine.
When the people who are going to be future doctors become so competitive that they would not help fellow colleagues I believe that would be a dark day for medicine.
In the end, if you are prepared I had assumed you would get the offer.
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Helping and supporting fellow applicants is a good thing, I agree. However, it cannot be good to put some applicants at an unfair advantage relative to to others.
Interviews for the GEP are held within a two week period (at least, they were last year). The first people to be interviewed will have no idea what they are going to be asked - they are going to have had to have thought carefully about all aspects of their application and will need to be able to think on their feet. If some of these early interviewees post their interview questions, then people with interviews near the end of the two weeks will have an unfair advantage; they will know what questions to expect - therefore won't need to have (although might have) put as much thought into their application and won't need to think on thier feet.
I also think it is so important that your answers to interview questions aren't staged, but are honestly what you think, feel and believe. Knowing the (exact) questions well in advance of an interview gives you the opportunity to ask other people how you should respond to specific questions, making your answers less likely to reflect your own thoughts - you could give someone else's answer in interview. If admissions wanted this to be the case they would send out all of the questions prior to interview!
It is only fair if all applicants are interviewed on an equal footing. As Percy [Caroline - St. George's admissions] has said, remember that the GEP is fiercely competitive - you may well harm your own chances of being offered a place if you give people an unfair advantage over yourself by posting the questions you are asked.
Sorry to go on for so long, but I think it is extremely important that everyone is given an equal and fair chance to present themselves in interview.
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