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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The Dos & Don’ts of Waiting For Medical School Offers
Waiting for medical school offers is without doubt an incredibly stressful time. The main thing to remind yourself is that worrying will not change the outcome, so it’s not really worth the energy at all. Here are some things you should and you shouldn’t do…
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How to Cope With Family Illness During Exam Season
This is a guest post written by Jasmine, a first year medical student. Having an illness in the family is so difficult at any time in your life, and there’s often a lot of worry and uncertainty surrounding this. It can be especially hard to cope if you are going through important exams whilst someone…
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The Truth About Semester 3…
Once you start medical school, right from the beginning of Semester 1 you start to hear these terrible rumours about “Semester 3”. Now, I’m presuming this is pretty much across the board in different med schools, so bear that in mind. Hearing these little things from older students doesn’t place you on a good foot…
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8 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2018!
2018 has been a HUGE year for my blog, tipping the golden number of 100,000 views! I also launched my online notes shop this year, later followed up by my stationery line (Pssst…got a huge January sale going on now – Get 20% off with the code JAN20). Now it’s that time of the year…
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Being an MMI Examiner | 10 Tips From Sitting on The Other Side of The Interview Table
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve examined a few stations on 8 mock MMI circuits and essentially assessed 80-or-so students; so I thought why not give you all the view from the other side of the interview table so you can take away some tips based on what a lot of students tended not…
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A Week in The Life of a Second Year Medical Student | Friday
8:00 am – Woke up, got ready, had breakfast and then set out for my first 9 am start of this year.
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Life of a Medic 