Biomed Anyone?

[mochalatte]

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

no, macca. its a shit option designed to lure in those not wise enuff to reapply to med skool.

It's a very good option actually. I studied biomed here and many of my friends transferred and are doing better than the original medics. It's very similar to doing the Intercalated BSc in your 3rd year of medicine as most ( apart from lab stuff) of the lectures in the first 2 years are taken with medics. Any1 who does well enough will be offered an interview to transfer into the clinical years.

[Gizmo says -]

i dont see how you can qualify '7 out of 50' being 'many of your friends' or 'anyone who does well', macca.

sounds more like a paradox.

what is far better is for A lvl sitters this summer to focus on their exams facing them now, getting those As, instead of letting a crutch like yours drag them down into letting themselves not get the grades. Becos they are ALL capable of getting the grades, wiffout exception, andgetting in this year or next. Your option (years of extra work and fees with a slim chance of making it just one year and not the far more likely full three extra of biomed) is in fact FAR shitter than just knuckling under for a few weeks of A lvl exams by comparison.

[agneishd]

Originally Posted by mochalatte

It's a very good option actually. I studied biomed here and many of my friends transferred and are doing better than the original medics. It's very similar to doing the Intercalated BSc in your 3rd year of medicine as most ( apart from lab stuff) of the lectures in the first 2 years are taken with medics. Any1 who does well enough will be offered an interview to transfer into the clinical years.

hmm... can't say it is a good option just cause a few have done it - it is too small a sample, and chances are MUCH higher of getting on the course by reapplying

bit misleading saying it's a "very good option"... great if it works out well (apart from the financial aspect)

[waveygravey]

yeh if anybody is reading this and they dont get into medicine. get the AAA's and reapply. Universities love a-level leavers who actually have the grades. graduate entry is much more competitive.
So I'll second Agneishd there.

[luckyone]

Originally Posted by mochalatte

It's a very good option actually. I studied biomed here and many of my friends transferred and are doing better than the original medics. It's very similar to doing the Intercalated BSc in your 3rd year of medicine as most ( apart from lab stuff) of the lectures in the first 2 years are taken with medics. Any1 who does well enough will be offered an interview to transfer into the clinical years.

Thnx mochalatte for clearing that up and some1 who is not afraid of telling from what direction this is coming. i guess some don't want 2 b linked to comments otherwise they would say what 'n where they are studyng, even why

[Gizmo says -]

wat you mean just me, or everyone who disagrees (the whole ten of us)?
get real.

[Fonzie]

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

wat you mean just me, or everyone who disagrees (the whole ten of us)?
get real.

Don't worry I'm confused too :S

Anyways the point is Biomed is not a good option. Save yourself time, money and further heartache by resitting your a-levels should you need to and try your best to get in that way.

[Gizmo says -]

u got it, fonzie.

quite onestly, i've never met a satisfied georgies biomed, and i've met large proportions of two year groups.

[mochalatte]

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

i dont see how you can qualify '7 out of 50' being 'many of your friends' or 'anyone who does well', macca.

sounds more like a paradox.

what is far better is for A lvl sitters this summer to focus on their exams facing them now, getting those As, instead of letting a crutch like yours drag them down into letting themselves not get the grades. Becos they are ALL capable of getting the grades, wiffout exception, andgetting in this year or next. Your option (years of extra work and fees with a slim chance of making it just one year and not the far more likely full three extra of biomed) is in fact FAR shitter than just knuckling under for a few weeks of A lvl exams by comparison.

Where did you get 7 out of 50 from?? There weren't up to 50 on my course at the time and every1 who did well enough was offered an interview so it was up to whether the person wanted it badly enough to work hard. i know now that they take more students onto the course but they don't set a limit to whom they interview for transfer. Also we're talking here about transferring into the 3rd year so there's no 'full three extra' ( as you put it) involved, you'll end up doing 6 years in total. It's one thing to get the A levels but it's another to pass the interview and i also read that they don't accept Alevel resitters unless it's within the same 2 years.

'instead of letting a crutch like yours drag them down into letting themselves not get the grades' WOTS WRONG WITH HAVIN A PLAN B??

this is why i don't usually comment on these things...do ur research ppl

[mochalatte]

Originally Posted by agneishd

hmm... can't say it is a good option just cause a few have done it - it is too small a sample, and chances are MUCH higher of getting on the course by reapplying

bit misleading saying it's a "very good option"... great if it works out well (apart from the financial aspect)

It's also misleading saying it's a shit option! A few do it each year but in my year there were only 35 students on the biomed course in the first place.