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Post by Giggy of Telford on Aug 2, 2008 19:54:29 GMT
You are all correct, the answer is A. The official reasoning in the answers being that all shapes in Set A are made of just curved lines. In Set B they are all straight lines. This question is a bit ambiguous in a way as it could be argued the answer is Neither. Looking at all of Set A they all contain a white shape, the sample shape does not. However apparently on that occasion i was reading too much into it when I asked about it on a Medical School forum. This question was Q1 in the practice test on the website. The mark scheme gives the answer as Set A so well done everyone.
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 4, 2008 18:49:54 GMT
It's easy to read too much into these things; often it's best to go with your gut reaction as long as you can give a logical reason for your answer.
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Post by medibot on Aug 9, 2008 4:30:55 GMT
I wouldn't even say often. I've found it's ALWAYS best to go with the first logical reason in your head.
I've done similar tests in half the suggested time and got everything right and used all the time and thought about it lots and only got 70% or so right and i was pretty sure it was nearly all due to over analysing!
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 9, 2008 11:37:08 GMT
I haven't found that quite as much as you have, because sometimes my gut reaction turns out to be completely stupid!
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Post by medibot on Aug 10, 2008 22:34:07 GMT
heh. Something i've always been quite good at as it requires no real work whatsoever to be good at.
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 11, 2008 21:05:16 GMT
Indeed; quite the reverse, in fact. Any effort on your part and it isn't your gut reaction any more!
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Aug 26, 2008 20:36:09 GMT
Haven't updated for a while as I was on holiday last week, however the week before that I got my A-level results.
Maths - A (526/600) Chemistry - A (505/600) Physics - A (499/600) Biology - A (484/600)
AS Further Maths - A (252/300)
The grade boundary for an A in any subject was 80%, so 480/300 for a full A-level and 240/300 for an AS. So as it shows I just scraped through on Biology. Though in the first year I was 16 marks off an A so I was pleased to have made these up.
The AS further maths was officially from last year but as some of the modules between maths and further maths are interchangable they swapped Decision 2 (which i did last year for further maths) with Statistics 1 (which I did thsi year for maths) around. As I did better in D2 than S1 and they try and to maximise your score in regular maths as much as possible without affecting your overall grade in further maths.
My plan of phoning up the medical school and asking if any places had become available didn't work as they were completely full. Was a long shot but worth a try, so I will be doing Medical Biochemsitry instead for atleast 1 year. At which point I will apply for a transfer into Medicine and see what happens.
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 26, 2008 20:46:47 GMT
Well done, sir! 4 As is a cracking result.
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Post by Meadow on Aug 26, 2008 21:15:52 GMT
Wayhey......go Giggy, go Giggy. Great results there. Those medical schools obviously don't know what they're doing.
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Post by votp on Aug 27, 2008 8:11:24 GMT
Well done Giggy, sounds like a good set of results to me. What exactly do you need for Medicine these days? When I was at Uni (admittedly quite a while ago), I shared a house with 4 medics and I think only one of them got straight A's at A level - it hasn't stopped them progressing though.
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Aug 27, 2008 17:48:31 GMT
The grade requirements are AAB, however they get far more people applying with those grades or better than they have places. So instead they look at other things aswell. - UKCAT - I did pretty well on this
- GCSEs - Did ok on these (2A*, 4A, 1B, 2C) but compared to some applicants, particularly ones who went to grammar/private/public schools this isn't actually that great
- Work Experience - didn't have much of this at the time, though since my intervew in February I have been working shifts as a care assistant at a nursing home. Which in future will hopefully work in my advantage.
- Personal Statement/Reference - according to the college the personal statement I wrote was good, I got a very good reference off my form tutor.
So I think the areas which let me down were GCSE scores and work experience. They look at each of these things with varying amounts, of the 4 medical schools i applied to last year 3 of them (Manchester, Liverpool, Keele) rejected me without an interview. Leicester interviewed me but I didn't get a place. An interview score of 46/48 was needed or leicester, I got 43/48 so I just missed out. Hopefully with the course transfer it will work in my favour that I have the A-level grades now (so GCSEs are less relavent), I have a better score on the UKCAT and I have a lot more work experience which I could talk about in an interview.
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 27, 2008 21:04:11 GMT
Far too complicated! I need to get back to the job application form I've been attempting all evening to fill in
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Aug 27, 2008 22:49:07 GMT
More complicated than the form you're meant to be filling in? If so I've done well, forms like that always confuse me.
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 28, 2008 17:49:42 GMT
It wasn't too complicated. I know my name, contact details, date of birth, previous jobs, etc
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Post by ojiveojive on Sept 7, 2008 17:44:34 GMT
Congratulations to all you exam jockeys and to
SHOUT OUT LOUD THAT I GOT AN A STAR FOR MY ITALIAN GCSE.
There, I feel better about that, now ;D
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