So, after just over a year of applications, I have my first interview from Newcastle University in December. I presume that was because of my UKCAT but either way I am absolutely delighted and am preparing like mad at the moment. I cannot wait to hear from the other universities now, even though I know it could be bad news.
Peace out and have an awesome day dudes!
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Friday, 5 November 2010
Bored, bored bored...
Well I guess gap years are a little bit over-rated. Currently, I have heard nothing from any of my universities apart from receiving acknowledgements from Kings and Barts. So, apart from working constantly (currently on an 8 shift in a row pattern) all is rather boring. I really hope that things start to pick up soon, and I desperately need to start learning something...currently I am contemplating British Sign Language but we shall see!
Anywho, peace out and have an awesome day!
Anywho, peace out and have an awesome day!
Saturday, 9 October 2010
IT IS FINALLY GONE!
Well, after all that pressure, my UCAS form is gone. My reference interview went really well so am looking to receive a very good one. I sat my UKCAT on the 7th where I managed to achieve a score of 767.5 which I was pretty ecstatic about. So I am hoping that I am lucky enough to get an interview this year. My final choices are BSMS, Barts, Kings and Newcastle/Durham. I wish everyone else the best of luck with their university applications and I shall update you all when I hear any news (or if anything generally interesting happens).
Peace out and have an awesome day :D
Peace out and have an awesome day :D
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Update
Well I have an interview with my Headmaster for my reference on the 30th so I shall let you all know how that goes then. I have also finally booked my UKCAT for the 7th October, and am in the final few drafts of the old personal statement. I still have that terrible task of choosing which universities to apply to!!!
Peace out for now and have an awesome frickin' day!
Peace out for now and have an awesome frickin' day!
Monday, 13 September 2010
Gotta do this....
Well I think I am going to turn with this blog and make each passage much shorter and will really just focus on my application. Seeing as I have just been away in Turkey with the girlfriend, I have sort of neglected this blog. However, let us get things under way. I guess with regards to my application I am just doing UKCAT revision and focusing on my personal statement, with my work in the middle (which, for the record, is absolutely amazing, and the patient contact I get has merely reinforced my want to become a doctor. However, I digress, so must get back on topic. These shorter bloggings should enable me to do this more often and to actually keep on top of thing, and afterwards I will be able to look back on the timeline of my application.
Anyways, peace out and have an awesome day :D
Anyways, peace out and have an awesome day :D
Saturday, 14 August 2010
The wait continues...
Well, what can I say, I am still sitting doing nothing just waiting for the all important date...the 19th of August. That is my D-Day, or more appropriately, R-Day! I guess my lack of activity is causing me to think far more about the different possibilities which has further led to me dreaming a lot about what will happen. I guess doing this blog should really take my mind off of things. I don't believe I have updated in a while so I shall let you know what has been going on for the past week.
Let's see, Monday was a bit of a failure day as I didn't actually do anything other than play games and sit on my ass. Tuesday I had a nice trip into London in order to get a fast-track passport to go to Turkey with the girlfriend on the 1st of September. I also saw this as a chance to see her, so we met in London for the day. It began with a fun trip to the Science Museum which is fantastic and well worth seeing, but after having done A-level sciences, I find a lot of what is put to us is a bit simple lessening my enjoyment. However, seeing the rockets is still as fun as ever. After this, we went to the cinema in order to watch Knight and Day, which despite being very predictable, was actually a good watch and clearly shows us what Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz can do at their best. Well, that is pretty much everything exciting that happened that week to be honest, apart from working from Wednesday until Friday which was not very interesting at all.
The week before that I was in Newquay with my friends getting drunk and having a hell of a lot of fun. It is an awesome place, but be warned it is a huge 'sausage fest'!!! Despite that, I just enjoyed a hell of a lot of beer, whisky, vodka, jaegar, and all that good stuff!
As far as my application is concerned, I have done little about it, because I figured where's the point if I don't get my grades. So until the 19th, I shall not be doing anything more to do with it. On the plus side I start my HCA job on the 16th i.e. Monday which should give me plenty to keep everyone entertained. I guess that will be all for now so peace out and take it easy!
Let's see, Monday was a bit of a failure day as I didn't actually do anything other than play games and sit on my ass. Tuesday I had a nice trip into London in order to get a fast-track passport to go to Turkey with the girlfriend on the 1st of September. I also saw this as a chance to see her, so we met in London for the day. It began with a fun trip to the Science Museum which is fantastic and well worth seeing, but after having done A-level sciences, I find a lot of what is put to us is a bit simple lessening my enjoyment. However, seeing the rockets is still as fun as ever. After this, we went to the cinema in order to watch Knight and Day, which despite being very predictable, was actually a good watch and clearly shows us what Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz can do at their best. Well, that is pretty much everything exciting that happened that week to be honest, apart from working from Wednesday until Friday which was not very interesting at all.
The week before that I was in Newquay with my friends getting drunk and having a hell of a lot of fun. It is an awesome place, but be warned it is a huge 'sausage fest'!!! Despite that, I just enjoyed a hell of a lot of beer, whisky, vodka, jaegar, and all that good stuff!
As far as my application is concerned, I have done little about it, because I figured where's the point if I don't get my grades. So until the 19th, I shall not be doing anything more to do with it. On the plus side I start my HCA job on the 16th i.e. Monday which should give me plenty to keep everyone entertained. I guess that will be all for now so peace out and take it easy!
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Work Experience: Day 2
8:00am-9:00am: Clinical Meeting where doctors went over the difficult cases that could not be resolved.
9:00am-12:00pm: Ward rounds with the registrar. Those cases that interested me the most were firstly a man who was a chronic alcoholic and thus needed a lot of diazepam was necessary in order to just stop him from shaking and to also relieve the pain that he was under. The other interesting patient was a man who presented a giant bruise on his thigh that pretty much covered the whole of the man's thigh. It was also oozing a lot of blood as well and thus an ultrasound was ordered in order to work out how the bruising came about.
1:00pm-4:00pm: For these hours I was watching numerous angiograms and angioplastys and was thus able to learn the basics of angiogram imaging.
Overall it was a great day but it would have been more in depth but during my first writing of this entry it was all deleted so I couldn't really be bothered again.
Either way, peace out and have an awesome frickin' day dudes!
9:00am-12:00pm: Ward rounds with the registrar. Those cases that interested me the most were firstly a man who was a chronic alcoholic and thus needed a lot of diazepam was necessary in order to just stop him from shaking and to also relieve the pain that he was under. The other interesting patient was a man who presented a giant bruise on his thigh that pretty much covered the whole of the man's thigh. It was also oozing a lot of blood as well and thus an ultrasound was ordered in order to work out how the bruising came about.
1:00pm-4:00pm: For these hours I was watching numerous angiograms and angioplastys and was thus able to learn the basics of angiogram imaging.
Overall it was a great day but it would have been more in depth but during my first writing of this entry it was all deleted so I couldn't really be bothered again.
Either way, peace out and have an awesome frickin' day dudes!
Monday, 26 July 2010
Work Experience: Day 1
9:00am: Made it to the hospital just in time for ward rounds just in time and was introduced to the registrar who I would be shadowing for the next few days.
9:00am-12:00pm: Followed the registrar round the many bays in the hospital whilst trying to forget that my feet were slowly dying. However, the rounds were absolutely amazing, and watching the doctor perform all of the examinations was fantastic. The first patient did not speak any English and thus a translator was used in order to understand what was wrong. However, not being able to understand exactly what the patient meant made it much harder for the doctor to try and diagnose them. Another extremely interesting case was one that is known as rare in the doctoring world. This is a cardiac condition known as Takotsubo which is generally caused by stress and emotion.
12:00pm-14:30pm: Very, very long lunch break resting my feet!
14:30pm-16:45pm: From these times I watched over some MRI scans which proved to be very fascinating and really made me realise how in-depth the images they get, and how useful imaging is in modern day medicine. This was further emphasised when I watched a CT scan which really made me realise that these scans can point out almost every abnormality in the human body.
However I shall wait for what tomorrow holds for me but I am not looking forward to the early 5:00 am wake up!!!! Have an awesome frickin' day dudes!!
9:00am-12:00pm: Followed the registrar round the many bays in the hospital whilst trying to forget that my feet were slowly dying. However, the rounds were absolutely amazing, and watching the doctor perform all of the examinations was fantastic. The first patient did not speak any English and thus a translator was used in order to understand what was wrong. However, not being able to understand exactly what the patient meant made it much harder for the doctor to try and diagnose them. Another extremely interesting case was one that is known as rare in the doctoring world. This is a cardiac condition known as Takotsubo which is generally caused by stress and emotion.
12:00pm-14:30pm: Very, very long lunch break resting my feet!
14:30pm-16:45pm: From these times I watched over some MRI scans which proved to be very fascinating and really made me realise how in-depth the images they get, and how useful imaging is in modern day medicine. This was further emphasised when I watched a CT scan which really made me realise that these scans can point out almost every abnormality in the human body.
However I shall wait for what tomorrow holds for me but I am not looking forward to the early 5:00 am wake up!!!! Have an awesome frickin' day dudes!!
Friday, 23 July 2010
And the summer continues....
OK so I am back into the blogging world. I figured I was bored so I may as well update this. So, as the summer continues I find myself getting more and more bored as there seems to be less and less to do. However on the plus side my girlfriend came down to stay for a few days and that was exciting.
On Monday, we went into town and watched the epic finale to the Toy Story Trilogy and by God it was awesome. The second one had always been a bit of a disappointment to me but this last one was absolutely phenomenal. The end was also quite sad when Andy was handing over all of his old toys to the young girl describing what each toy was like. I found that to be quite a touching ending, and one fitting of such a popular movie. On the Tuesday, as we didn't particularly have much money, we stayed in and decided to bake. Once again we made some amazing cheesy nachos, and after that started to make some cookie-men (cookies shaped like men) which more turned out to look like 'Michelin' men which was rather comical. She left on the Wednesday and thus began my descent into boredom. I wish there was more I could talk about but really it would involve my 'drunkenness' or me playing call of duty.
In regards to my application, I hope to be beginning my HCA job rather soon, seeing as my manager had finally decided to submit his reference some weeks after receiving the e-mail to do so but c'est la vie, life goes on. Next week I am in London shadowing a consultant cardiologist which I am really looking forward to, and shall also give me plenty to blog about as I reflect on my experiences. After that I am off to Newquay with the 'lads' on a drunken holiday which should be awesome. However, once that is over it is sort of the end of the summer as I begin to prepare fully for my next medicine application i.e. sitting the UKCAT, writing my personal statement, and the long wait for the results which could burst my dream of becoming a doctor there and then.
But hey, I look forward to blogging next week, hopefully everyday, recording my experiences of shadowing this doctor.
Either way, thanks for reading if you made it this far, and have an awesome frickin' day dude!
On Monday, we went into town and watched the epic finale to the Toy Story Trilogy and by God it was awesome. The second one had always been a bit of a disappointment to me but this last one was absolutely phenomenal. The end was also quite sad when Andy was handing over all of his old toys to the young girl describing what each toy was like. I found that to be quite a touching ending, and one fitting of such a popular movie. On the Tuesday, as we didn't particularly have much money, we stayed in and decided to bake. Once again we made some amazing cheesy nachos, and after that started to make some cookie-men (cookies shaped like men) which more turned out to look like 'Michelin' men which was rather comical. She left on the Wednesday and thus began my descent into boredom. I wish there was more I could talk about but really it would involve my 'drunkenness' or me playing call of duty.
In regards to my application, I hope to be beginning my HCA job rather soon, seeing as my manager had finally decided to submit his reference some weeks after receiving the e-mail to do so but c'est la vie, life goes on. Next week I am in London shadowing a consultant cardiologist which I am really looking forward to, and shall also give me plenty to blog about as I reflect on my experiences. After that I am off to Newquay with the 'lads' on a drunken holiday which should be awesome. However, once that is over it is sort of the end of the summer as I begin to prepare fully for my next medicine application i.e. sitting the UKCAT, writing my personal statement, and the long wait for the results which could burst my dream of becoming a doctor there and then.
But hey, I look forward to blogging next week, hopefully everyday, recording my experiences of shadowing this doctor.
Either way, thanks for reading if you made it this far, and have an awesome frickin' day dude!
Friday, 16 July 2010
Holiday Boredom
Once again I have neglected this blog. I am deeply apologetic however it is a very hard thing to keep going considering I have very little to blog about at the moment. Since the exams finished I have not really been exerting myself too much and have merely been sitting, playing games and going around the girlfriends. Seeing as I must write about something, I guess I shall write about these.
Well, of those things mentioned above the only interesting one was going around my girlfriends. This probably doesn't sound as interesting to most but I am in a long distance relationship as I live in Essex and she lives in Oxford. Thus, when we see each other it is generally very long and exciting. I got to her house on the Monday and stayed until the following Sunday which was highly eventful. On the Wednesday, we took a train into London and went to the London Dungeon's. Now, I remember going as a child but was deeply disappointed with it now I am older. It is not scary in the slightest although the rides are still good fun. After this we took a huge walk through Hyde Park in order to get to the Natural History and Science museums (yes we are both sad like that) which was awesome. The next most memorable thing was me going punting for the first time ever. It was clear as soon as we started that I was not a natural because no matter how hard I tried the boat would always float into the trees where I would have to duck in order to avoid them. NOT GOOD! We then ended my trip with a BANG as we went to Thorpe Park. This was the highlight of the week for me as I have never been to a large amusement park before and thus found everything exciting and it provided a perfect day out for any adrenaline junky!
Thus ended my trip to Oxford, and it was back home for me and the boredom ensued. I guess this is why I am updating this thing. I hope to start my healthcare assistant job in the near future which should give me plenty to blog about, as well as my results coming out soon and further into the future me beginning another dreaded UCAS application where I can bore you with the stresses and strains it puts me through for your amusement.
Either way though, thanks for reading and have an awesome day dudes!
Well, of those things mentioned above the only interesting one was going around my girlfriends. This probably doesn't sound as interesting to most but I am in a long distance relationship as I live in Essex and she lives in Oxford. Thus, when we see each other it is generally very long and exciting. I got to her house on the Monday and stayed until the following Sunday which was highly eventful. On the Wednesday, we took a train into London and went to the London Dungeon's. Now, I remember going as a child but was deeply disappointed with it now I am older. It is not scary in the slightest although the rides are still good fun. After this we took a huge walk through Hyde Park in order to get to the Natural History and Science museums (yes we are both sad like that) which was awesome. The next most memorable thing was me going punting for the first time ever. It was clear as soon as we started that I was not a natural because no matter how hard I tried the boat would always float into the trees where I would have to duck in order to avoid them. NOT GOOD! We then ended my trip with a BANG as we went to Thorpe Park. This was the highlight of the week for me as I have never been to a large amusement park before and thus found everything exciting and it provided a perfect day out for any adrenaline junky!
Thus ended my trip to Oxford, and it was back home for me and the boredom ensued. I guess this is why I am updating this thing. I hope to start my healthcare assistant job in the near future which should give me plenty to blog about, as well as my results coming out soon and further into the future me beginning another dreaded UCAS application where I can bore you with the stresses and strains it puts me through for your amusement.
Either way though, thanks for reading and have an awesome day dudes!
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Guess who's back
Well I am back after a very long hiatus from blogging due to my A2 exams. But now they are all done and I am officially in my gap year. I guess I should reflect on my exams first so here goes:
Chemistry: this was definitely not as bad as last time but I still don't think that I have done very well at all. The questions were a little out of the ordinary so I do not think I will do that well in it. My prediction: B/C
Biology: like chemistry this went rather badly. Unit 4 was again rather horrible as there are so many pointless questions that I just do not know how to answer. Unit 5 did not go any better than this so again my prediction is a B/C
And finally Geology: this went awfully like the other exams and I felt as though I did not understand any of it. As a result I do not think I will get a good grade in this whatsoever so I predict a C/D in this one.
So, if we analyse these results, it would be rather obvious to assume that I won't be getting into medicine. As much as I hope these exams did not go as bad as I think, I am really not confident at all.
Well that is that, so I will move on to what has been going on recently. Well so far, I have now got a job as an HCA in a hospital working with mainly the elderly but also some other patients too. I am so excited and really cannot wait to begin this post and it should put me in good stead for my medical application (providing I can get the right results). I also now have some exact dates for my first piece of work experience and I shall be starting this on the 26th of July.
In regards to what I am currently doing in my life outside of my medical application, well, this is very boring and consists of a depressing and tragic story of me just being constantly drunk. I guess I better get used to life as a medical student now! I would say now I can't think of anything else to write so for now that is all from me.
Thanks for reading and have an awesome day!
Chemistry: this was definitely not as bad as last time but I still don't think that I have done very well at all. The questions were a little out of the ordinary so I do not think I will do that well in it. My prediction: B/C
Biology: like chemistry this went rather badly. Unit 4 was again rather horrible as there are so many pointless questions that I just do not know how to answer. Unit 5 did not go any better than this so again my prediction is a B/C
And finally Geology: this went awfully like the other exams and I felt as though I did not understand any of it. As a result I do not think I will get a good grade in this whatsoever so I predict a C/D in this one.
So, if we analyse these results, it would be rather obvious to assume that I won't be getting into medicine. As much as I hope these exams did not go as bad as I think, I am really not confident at all.
Well that is that, so I will move on to what has been going on recently. Well so far, I have now got a job as an HCA in a hospital working with mainly the elderly but also some other patients too. I am so excited and really cannot wait to begin this post and it should put me in good stead for my medical application (providing I can get the right results). I also now have some exact dates for my first piece of work experience and I shall be starting this on the 26th of July.
In regards to what I am currently doing in my life outside of my medical application, well, this is very boring and consists of a depressing and tragic story of me just being constantly drunk. I guess I better get used to life as a medical student now! I would say now I can't think of anything else to write so for now that is all from me.
Thanks for reading and have an awesome day!
Saturday, 5 June 2010
So much more....
So far this blog has not really come to fruition. It has been quite boring and dull but I do honestly believe it will pick up when my gap year starts and I can begin to reflect on my experiences. For now however, my bloggings shall be mere small paragraphs so as not to make myself neglect this. There has, still, not been much going on in my life. It's half term and I've been stuck indoors revising every second that God sends. Oh how I hope all this revision helps me to get those wonderful three A's. But, for now I guess there is little else to say so I shall try and tell you what is happening in the future. I have one more week of school left EVER, and I am really excited about leavers day (basically I'm getting horribly drunk in school :D) and then after that it is down to the exams. I have my first on the 16th being Biology Unit 4 which I am definitely not looking forward to after the fiasco with the January paper (which I never sat but got a glimpse of....damn shrews) followed by the rest all of which I hope are not too hard. But I guess for now it is back to boredom, revision and 'hermitville'*sigh*!
Peace out and have an awesome frickin' day dudes!
Peace out and have an awesome frickin' day dudes!
Monday, 24 May 2010
And the exams begin....kinda
Right, it has been a while since my last attempt at blogging and I have found it to be somewhat difficult but hell I shall persevere through it. Well, lets see, this week I have not really been doing anything at all, except for revision which, quite frankly, is not the most exciting topic on the boards. On another note, I had my first exams of the summer...well sort of. The reason for this "sort of" is because this exam is the biggest waste of time I have ever endured. This waste of time is known as Critical Thinking. This waste of an AS level has taken valuable hours away from my life and has only provided me with minimal knowledge and a supremely boring couple of exams.
Apart from this brief piece of excitement within my life in regards to critical thinking, I am almost off for half term which should, I hope, not be too soul draining what with revision and all.
I also better mention any updates on my gap year plans. Well, quite frankly, they have reached a stagnant, stand still point, which is frustrating. I will hopefully have an application off to be an HCA this week and with my work experience, voluntary work, and god I hope, grades, I will begin to piece together I second application.
I shall blog again in the near future but in the mean time peace out and have an awesome frickin' day dudes!
Apart from this brief piece of excitement within my life in regards to critical thinking, I am almost off for half term which should, I hope, not be too soul draining what with revision and all.
I also better mention any updates on my gap year plans. Well, quite frankly, they have reached a stagnant, stand still point, which is frustrating. I will hopefully have an application off to be an HCA this week and with my work experience, voluntary work, and god I hope, grades, I will begin to piece together I second application.
I shall blog again in the near future but in the mean time peace out and have an awesome frickin' day dudes!
Saturday, 15 May 2010
An Intro: Just ME
Well I guess this is more for my own personal gain than for anyone's amusement however, here goes. I am another prospective medic who wishes to document his long challenging journey into what will hopefully be a medical career.
After failing to gain entrance to 2010 entry medicine, I shall be taking a gap year and reapplying in 2011 and thus this blog shall document my experiences over the interwebs. Well currently, I am a year 13 student studying Chemistry, Biology and Geology (which I despise with every fibre in my body) at A2 level. I have my exams upcoming in a month, for which I am revising ridiculously hard for, and sometimes I feel like I shall never make it to the end.
In regards to my gap year, I have organised a few things already so that I am not being a complete bum at home for a year. Thus far, I have secured 2 work experience placements at hospitals, one with an orthopaedic surgeon and one with a cardiologist, both of which I am looking forward to. There is also a chance that I shall be travelling to Brazil to do some volunteering with some friends in the summer of 2011.
My hopes for my gap year include having a lot of fun, and making a lot of money. Shallow (and rather obvious) I know but I would hate to finish my gap year knowing it was a waste of time.
I apologise to any readers, most likely myself, for this poor blog seeing as it is very early in the morning and I am watching some Tim Minchin and thus this has not received my full attention. I hope to post here regularly documenting my experiences throughout my gap year as well as my next application process in 2011 (and hopefully onwards as a medical student....fingers crossed).
Peace out and have an awesome frickin' day dudes!
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