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personal-statement19/07/202019/07/2020

5 Personal Statement Writing Approaches You Can Use

Writing a personal statement for your Medicine application can feel like a huge mountain of a task and a lot of students tend not to know where to start. There are actually lots of different ways to write a personal statement and different people will find that different approaches work best for them. Here are…

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Applying for Medicine? personal-statement27/07/201909/10/2019

Medicine Personal Statement Reviews | 2020 entry

I will be checking personal statements for medical school applicants for 2020 entry. I provided this service for applicants for the previous admissions cycle and I received a huge demand and a barrage of positive feedback.

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Getting Offers personal-statement22/02/201913/04/2020

Things to do After You Get Your Med School Offer

Congratulations, you’ve got an offer! You’re probably over the moon and very rightly so, but as I’m sure you already know, the application journey isn’t over just yet. There’s still things for you to be doing and here are some of those…

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Applying for Medicine? personal-statement27/10/201829/09/2019

Manchester Non-Academic Information Form| Tips & Advice

Many of you probably know that I study at Manchester Medical School. As part of the entrance criteria for Manchester, you have to fill in an additional “non-academic information form” (NAI). This is what will be looked at instead of your personal statement. When I was writing my NAI form I was completely in the…

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Applying for Medicine? personal-statement19/07/201827/05/2020

FREE Medicine Personal Statement Review – 2019 Entry

I will be checking personal statements for medical school applicants for 2019 entry. This service is free of charge, but in order to be eligible for it you must have used my personal statement planner or checked your personal statement against the criteria listed in there. The reason being is that I do not want…

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Applying for Medicine? personal-statement21/06/201819/07/2020

Write Your Personal Statement Using This Planner | Guided Writing Structure For Aspiring Medics

Writing the personal statement for your Medicine application is without a doubt a daunting task. You’re left with such an open avenue, so it’s perfectly understandable that the question most of us ask is Where do I start? Followed by What do I include? How do I write it? All these are legitimate worries and one…

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Applying for Medicine? personal-statement14/06/201818/06/2020

5 Things to do on Your Gap Year to Boost Your Med School Application

If you weren’t successful in getting in to Medical School this year, you may have decided to take a gap year! As well taking a breather from exams, you’re going to be wanting to find ways that you can improve your application. Here are 5 ways you can do just that!

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Been quiet on here because this is all I’ve been doing lately - scrolling endlessly through photos and reminiscing. 🇦🇪 there’s nowhere else on this Earth I want to be right now, UAE take me back please 😢
Been trying to overcome the post-holiday blues. Never been out of the country for so long before and never been to a place I’ve loved more so the blues are hitting hard this time. 🇦🇪 Everyone always talks about Dubai, but Abu Dhabi is the winner for me, beats Dubai a thousand times and over 🥰 it has everything Dubai has to offer, but is calmer, more traditional and is a place that’s just so easy to live in. Felt truly like home for the time we were there
Short weekend Dubai trip over and back now in Abu Dhabi now. I do prefer Abu Dhabi to live in but Dubai was a dream, especially this stunning view. 🏙 In our short stay we spent hours just looking out of this window - somehow this view was better than the view from the Burj Khalifa. Definitely going to miss it! 🥺
As you may know, I’m currently on my medical elective in Abu Dhabi. I should’ve probably made a post explaining what an elective is earlier, but better late than never. So let’s answer 2 of the commonly asked general elective questions.
Currently in Abu Dhabi, UAE for my elective. 🇦🇪 The hospital is stunning, literally looks like a fancy hotel over a public hospital. We’ve only been here 3 days but have already noticed so many differences to the approach to healthcare here compared to the UK. It seems like the healthcare system here is almost a perfect idealistic version of the NHS: completely free for citizens, yet very well funded and resourced with specialists coming from all areas of the globe to deliver care.
Here are some relaxed revision vibes for you all 💫 I feel like over the years I’ve become so much more relaxed about exams and revision in general. I feel like stressing out doesn’t help and it’s just not worth completely shutting down your life twice a year for exam season. It’s all about ✨balance✨ and I think I’ve been doing pretty well maintaining that right through.
So I ordered something new and I’ve spent the last week playing around with it. 📷 It’s basically a digital camera which you can use like a disposable film camera - thought it was such a cool concept! I was looking to buy some disposable cameras for the summer, thought it’d be a bit of fun, but they are so expensive for the limited number of photos you can take. This camera is by the brand @papershootcamera and it works like a disposable camera so you can’t see the photos right after you’ve taken them, but you get unlimited shots! 🤩
Just over two weeks and exams will be over which is absolutely mind boggling to me! I am nowhere near ready and motivation has been seriously lacking this semester. 😭
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