Medlink – Create + Connect

As I had predicted, I didn’t get the 3As I needed for med school. In fact, I got A* in Chemistry, B in Physics and B in Biology, adding up to my previous A Level grades A* in Computing, A in Greek, B in Pure Maths […]

Everything has been long gone…

The thrill of waking up every Monday to have double P.E. lesson in the morning, the excitement of seeing my friends every day and mock each other; the long, boring, tedious […]

The whole application cycle is now coming to an end. Out of the four medical schools I have applied to, I got two interviews, which I attended back in January. One of my interviews was an MMI while the other one […]

Taking more than 10 drafts to complete my personal statement, which still didn’t look exactly the way I wanted was the final stage of my application. Having completed all the other UCAS sections, which got me […]

The school was over a long ago, together with Year 12. I can say with honesty that this year has been the best year of my school life so far! I have indeed made a lot of new friends, not only via the school but […]

The journey to med school, whether it is mine or yours, it seems ceaseless and daunting but is shouldn’t be considered lonely. In just a couple of months I have personally met three new people through social media […]

Starting my personal statement is a very daunting experience for me as I obviously have to write about myself, which is not an easy thing to do (at least for me). I am not arrogant or a person who will brag about […]

Leaving the higher education meeting that my school organized today for its year12 students, I felt motivated and inspired to try harder and accomplish my goals. ‘Goals’ though is trully a vague word to describe […]

I was lucky enough during the dull period of my Christmas holidays to be able to join an endoscopy team in another town and observe the numerous gastroscopies and colonoscopies that took place. The team was quick […]

This Christmas holidays had their ups and downs for me. I left the school one week early to attend the Medlink conference at the University of Nottingham which did offer me a unique experience to get to be with […]

The last couple of days I sat down on my desk and searched for med schools in the UK. I have finally made up my mind on the med schools I want to apply to, though it was not an easy process. There are so many […]

It surely takes courage to start new things, even if they are simple; as simple as a blog. The new things of today are the things that will shape your tomorrow; a tomorrow in which you will flourish and succeed if […]