St George's Graduate Entry 2012

**Gamsatpassnointerview** · 16-02-2012, 01:43 AM

I guess if somebody has a very low MMI score, it's possible for the admin staff to say they will definitely not get an offer, because the MMI is a quantitative score.

Whereas with the very high MMI scores, the personal statement and the reference will still need to be checked by a member of the panel.

The MMI is quantifiable, the reference is qualitative. The admin staff probably aren't allowed to make decisions on much that is qualitative, even if it's just a cursory glance over to check that your references don't say anything outlandish.

I should think admin do most of the work, but then it has to be ticked off before offers can be given out. Whereas disregarding somebody with a low MMI wouldn't require anything.

Or it could just be an error, and they shouldn't have been sent out?

**Gamsatpassnointerview** · 16-02-2012, 01:45 AM

How many people had heard anything? If it's a very tiny number, I'm inclined to think it might have been a mistake.

**snakefisch** · 16-02-2012, 02:37 AM

Guys, those rejection emails were a mistake (sent in error as there were some duplicate UCAS applications). Apparently everyone will receive a response at the same time which is early March now.

**beinghopeful** · 16-02-2012, 06:26 PM

I wonder when they realised that decisions wouldn't be out on schedule? An e-mail a couple of weeks ago would have saved a lot of anxiety. The cynic in me says that they only told us yesterday because they were sick of receiving phone calls.

**Griz** · 18-02-2012, 11:55 AM

Gee7 - presuming Fofinder is correct, why on earth would you just let that go with Notts? You have a higher GAMSAT and are otherwise in a similar situation. Force yourself and push for an interview, if it was me i'd have been down there in person to sort it....still lots of time for Notts interviews, so get a grip (in the nicest waY) and fight for the place....they don't give you an easy route in medicine.

I'm not entirely sure why they have been so generous with MBBS4 interviews...last year i seem to remember if you couldn't make your day you could try to change within the timetabled weeks for interview, but no chance of holding beyond that, the view was they had warned you when interviews would be, and if you weren't available then you weren't that keen. (Yes that has holes, but rules were rules, seems to have been relaxed this year)

If it is any consolation for the wait, when you do get in, the course is incredible!

**pippyroo** · 20-02-2012, 08:10 PM

Hi all,

Sorry this isnt the most relevant of places to post this but Im figuring you all will have some great tips so I hope you will let me off.

Basically I have a BSC hons in Business and a MSc in HRM. I am absolutely desperate to change careers and get into medicine. I have a one year old and a baby due in April. Am I being totally unrealistic about having a hope in hell of passing the GAMSAT this September? Id love to do it but Im thinking because I havent done any science since GCSE I will NEED to attend the full prep course for GAMSAT? Realistically how much work is involved in studying for GAMSAT. I finish work in two weeks so will have a month to do some hardcore sciece revision and could probably easily do the intensive GAMSAT course that starts in August but no way the full prep one with a 2 month old.

Thanks in advance for any tips!

**Tabitha** · 21-02-2012, 01:31 AM

Originally Posted by pippyroo

Hi all,

Sorry this isnt the most relevant of places to post this but Im figuring you all will have some great tips so I hope you will let me off.

Basically I have a BSC hons in Business and a MSc in HRM. I am absolutely desperate to change careers and get into medicine. I have a one year old and a baby due in April. Am I being totally unrealistic about having a hope in hell of passing the GAMSAT this September? Id love to do it but Im thinking because I havent done any science since GCSE I will NEED to attend the full prep course for GAMSAT? Realistically how much work is involved in studying for GAMSAT. I finish work in two weeks so will have a month to do some hardcore sciece revision and could probably easily do the intensive GAMSAT course that starts in August but no way the full prep one with a 2 month old.

Thanks in advance for any tips!

I have a BA in History and postgrad stuff in Sociology and passed the GAMSAT having also done no science since GCSE. I did some preparation on the train on the way into work and also a week with a friend with a Chem degree to try and get to A level standard. Didn't really start much prep before the summer before taking GAMSAT. I scraped the science (55) and did really well in the other two sections, so enough to get an interview at George's - and a place! I was so thrilled, as in Sept will have a one year old and it's near where we live and the only place I could realistically have retrained (and also a brilliant course). Totally recommend Griffith's GAMSAT - you can download online - it gets you into the right mindset and shows it is doable. You don't need to know HUGE amounts of science - a lot you can work out from the questions. If you can try and get to A level for the Chem and Bio you would be doing well (though opinions seem to vary!). I have to admit I think I had a "good day" to pass - but you could do the same!! There seem to be a few people with kids on the course. Good luck! Don't bother with the intensive course - I thought about doing it but the cost was way too much and I know people that did it and then didn't even get a high enough mark on GAMSAT which would be gutting.

**Griz** · 21-02-2012, 12:39 PM

I was in a pretty muc h identical situation, 1 year old child and no science for probably 14 years! I bought a few revision notes on line from one of those course and quickly realised chemistry made no sense still. Then i looked at practice GAMSAT and the spread of questions was 40:40:20 roughly chemistry, biology and physics. So i learned lots of equations for physics, and read a fair amount of biology, hoping that if i could get 3/4 of those marks that was 45%. Multiple choice would at least get 10% on the others, but with some A-LEVEL reading i was hopeful of a bit more. In the end i got 58 in the science section, so hopefully it worked, and allowed me to focus on the revision i needed to do to pass and not waste time reading things i wasn't understanding. If you want to do it, go for it, it is more than possible, but make sure you are choosing medicine for the right reason (not just a career change) as you may well fall down at the interview stages, or in the first year of the grad course which is pretty gruelling. Good luck.

**pippyroo** · 22-02-2012, 02:39 AM

Originally Posted by Tabitha

I have a BA in History and postgrad stuff in Sociology and passed the GAMSAT having also done no science since GCSE. I did some preparation on the train on the way into work and also a week with a friend with a Chem degree to try and get to A level standard. Didn't really start much prep before the summer before taking GAMSAT. I scraped the science (55) and did really well in the other two sections, so enough to get an interview at George's - and a place! I was so thrilled, as in Sept will have a one year old and it's near where we live and the only place I could realistically have retrained (and also a brilliant course). Totally recommend Griffith's GAMSAT - you can download online - it gets you into the right mindset and shows it is doable. You don't need to know HUGE amounts of science - a lot you can work out from the questions. If you can try and get to A level for the Chem and Bio you would be doing well (though opinions seem to vary!). I have to admit I think I had a "good day" to pass - but you could do the same!! There seem to be a few people with kids on the course. Good luck! Don't bother with the intensive course - I thought about doing it but the cost was way too much and I know people that did it and then didn't even get a high enough mark on GAMSAT which would be gutting.

Thanks so much Tabitha and Griz. If I manage to get some sort of solid revision in between now and September Im definitely going to go for it. If not I'll have to wait until Dublin in March. I also need to get some medical work experience under my belt. I'm desperate to do this, its the only career I have a HUGE passion for. I know I wont be happy doing anything else.

Best of luck to the two of you in your careers also.

**georgenapthine** · 23-02-2012, 08:48 PM

hi everyone.
I'm waiting to hear whether I've got a place on the st george's graduate entry medicine course.
Just wondering whether anyone has any recommendations for books to read ahead of starting the course?

let me know,

G