New module !

Officially started the new module today, haematology and transfusion science. 

So here are all the assessments involved in the module:

1. Formative Pro-forma due Wednesday 2nd of March 2016 

2. Group poster presentation due Wednesday 23rd of March 2016 

3. Summative pro-forms due Wednesday 30th of March 2016 

4. Objective structured practical examination (OSPE) - Thursday 21st of April 2016 

Not really sure what each work requires right now - but when I'm sure I'll update you guys. 

Just dreading the group work - hope they let us choose our members inshallah. 

Updated: 

Have done and submitted my lab report for cellular pathology.

Started on intro of dissertation 

Third Year Biomedical Science: Catch up!

This is probably the most overdue post EVER! 

It's January and I've been at uni for 3 months already and have still not made this post. You can call it whatever you want but I think I've just become super lazy these days. 

If I'm quiet honest with you, I haven't had a great start to my third year. I keep having this feeling where I always feel like I'm so behind, even the first couple of weeks at uni (wierd or what).

So today I will mention all the modules, deadlines etc I have for this year.

This year I have 4 modules:

1. Dissertation 

- deadline 13th April 2016 

2. Clinical Biochemistry 

- Biomarker essay 18th Dec 2015 

- Exam in April/May 

3. Cellular Pathology 

- Formative Lab report on H&E 15th Nov 2015 

- Wiki group work & presentation (Video) 28th Nov 2015 

- Special Stain Lab report 22nd Jan 2016 

- Exam in April/May 

4. Haematology & Transfusion Science 

- have not started module yet - will be starting next week. 

As you can see most deadline dates have passed & I have also finished my Cellular Pathology module alhamdulilahb (thank god)! Literally hated this module &I still haven't revised for it yet! 

For clinical biochemistry there are only 2 components, 50% each! Which sounds so scary! But hopefully I did okay on my Biomarker essay & need to start revision ASAP! So it doesn't pile up! 

My dissertation, I have not started as my approval only came through last week of uni before Xmas holidays. I will be doing a lab based project and hopefully will start this month (depends on laboratory availability). I need to make sure to have at least done introduction first draft (2500 words) before I start the experiment. 

I haven't started haematology & transfusion science yet but will be next week, I just hope there isn't much to do for the module. 

I know there will be a piece of group work for the module but I do hope they let us choose our groups. For cellular pathology we were allocated a group and omg, was it difficult to get everyone involved and participate in meetings. Hopefully it will be better for this new module. 

Update: 

Finished my Special stain lab report & have submitted (will edit if I want to since I still have 9 days remaining).

Need to revise for 2 modules 

Need to work on dissertation EVERYDAY! Bit by bit inshallah! 

Now I've done this catch up post, hopefully I can start posting more regularly. 

Medicine 2016 entry Update!

Hiiiii! It's been a while! Hope everyone's doing great! Working hard and looking forward to the Xmas break? I know I am! (I do love my exclamation marks don't I). 

Anyways today I decided to fill you in on my application for 2016 entry, unfortunely I did not make it this time around. 

Kings - rejected me obviously because of my UKCAT score 

Birmingham - rejected me because I'm not a graduate YET

and 

Queen Mary (Barts) - rejected me just yesterday because I "did not meet the entry requirements" - this was the best news for me LOL I know you guys probably think WTH!!! But let me explain.

I called Barts today to ask what exactly the requirement was that I did not meet and guess what - no surprise it was the UKCAT! BUT...... I was sooooo close to getting an interview that's what the guy on the line told me. He said that the Cut off for this years Graduate entry medicine was 2331 and if you remember I got 2320 soooo bloody close ahhhhh (I would have been pissed off if I got 2330 and got rejected aha) but 2320 makes me feel like if I put in more effort and work into my UKCAT for 2017 entry, hopefully I can land myself an interview (inshallah - God willing).

Anyways how are your applications going so far? Congrats to everyone who has landed an interview and especially those who have gotten offers already!!! 

I know I've been MIA this year on my blog but third year has just been so difficult for me to settle in - although I have uni for 2 days only :/ so it's really weird I feel like I go almost everyday (and trust me I don't).

Not promising anything but I will TRY my best to document my third year to the best of my ability from now on - as the wait and looking at UCAS constantly has ended for me.

Good luck with your work and application and I wish you happy holidays!!! 

It's done !

I can't believe I just sent off my application for medicine!!!! 

I know it's going to be a LONG wait but hopefully I'll get sucked into my uni work so much that I forget to check my track ^_^ if that's possible! 

Anyways now that my application is gone , I feel good, somewhat excited! 

I applied for: 

Queen Mary university

Kings college university

Birmingham university 

I was initially going to only apply to queen Mary & Kings but I decided to add Birmingham since it never had a entrance test, to be honest I didn't even check their requirements because I don't plan to go there. 

I'll keep you guys posted. Next post will definitely be about 3rd year modules & deadlines! 

Being Predicted A First Class Honour

My tutor/lecturer has finally written my reference for medicine & submitted it to UCAS. Which means now I can finally send off my application. 

I emailed the teacher, thanking him & asked him what he predicted me, to which he replied, "1st .. No pressure!" 

I'm glad he predicted me a first class, even though I'm not 100% sure - I think it might strengthen my application & possibly get me an interview somewhere. 

Will be sending my application off either tonight or tomorrow! Inshallah 

Deadline is so closeeeee!!! Arghhhhhh 

Good luck to everyone applying! May the odds be ever in your favour (inshallah)! 

Third year of Biomedical Science- week 1

I was planning on posting on here for a while but it just didn't happen. I'm back at uni and finished first week. I literally only go in 2 days a week (crazy but nice). 

The first day was awesome - I actually understood and learnt something whereas the last day I didn't learn a WORD! I literally went to lecture and seminar and didn't write any notes as I wasn't understanding. This actually used to happen to me last year in Microbiology  & immunology, I would go to lesson, learn nothing and leave it at that. But this time I have learnt from my mistake last year, so everyday I have started to go over what we did in lectures & seminars. I  go over the lecture slides and make up my own questions for each point and write the answer, I do this on paper or a book first. I then type it all up, which helps me remember some of it. 

So far I have catched up on most of week 1 work excluding 1 seminar which I will be doing today (hopefully) or before Friday. 

Finally got a job! So I'm happy (nothing related to biomed). 

Still not sure what my dissertation is on, just waiting for a reply from my chosen tutor. (Inshallah) 

I don't know if I've mentioned before but I have been volunteering at a hospital since April and just recently quit (6 months worth of work experience). I enjoyed the experience but it's a little nerve racking going up to patients to ask them for feedback for 6 months!!! It does get a little boring too. 

I think if I don't get into medicine this year - I will apply for medicine next year and to add to my hospital experience I will start trying to get some experience EARLY! Especially shadowing doctors. 

I will make a separate post on my modules this year and will also be including my assignment deadlines etc but I have a really good feeling about this year! Inshallah it all goes well and I get my first class.

Can you guys believe I still don't have a reference for my medicine application. Before you jump at me, I did tell the teacher a YEAR ago and reminded him once I got my second year results. I also continuously have been reminding him during the summer and just this week did he reply. So I'm waiting for that and then I can send off my application. 

That's all for today! Hope your first term is going well for you all.

Stay positive ! 

Change of attitude: Dragons Den

I've pretty much neglected this blog for one of many reasons, I lost belief in myself to actually study medicine. 

Ever since I did my UKCAT, I'm not even going to lie, I lost all hope COMPLETELY. I said I was going to apply with NO HOPE and probably reapply next year BUT today I realised I'm setting myself up for failure and I shouldn't. 

I was watching dragons den today and started wondering "how did these millionaires actually become millionaires". I went onto trusty old Google and googled "how to become a millionaire?". I didn't do it to actually become one (although that would be awesome) but I just wondered what people wrote about become millionaires. 

I read a couple of articles until I read something which made me think about my medicine application. 

"Your beliefs affect your actions -- and your actions affect your outcomes". 

How did I reach this point. I've got a quote on my wall which says "believe you can and you will, believe you can't and you won't" and I've always believed this to be true. I'm that person who always said "hey be optimistic, hey don't say that otherwise it will happen". 

I'm glad I read these articles, it's amazing how life works, one minute your watching TV next your researching about something random & find exactly what you needed to put you back on track. 

A quick story. My friend from college applied to study Pharmacy during our A2s. I don't remember the entry requirements but for kings college university, they were pretty high but her only worries were getting the grades. On results day she got an email which said CONGRATULATIONS. She got in and she assumed she must have gotten the grades. She came to college and found out she actually didn't get any of what she was predicted or what she even needed to get into pharmacy at Kings, but she still got in which was amazing!

Moral of the story, although she didn't get what she needed she still got in just like she believed she would. The difference between me and her is, at this moment in time, I believe I can get a 1st class honour in my degree and because I believe I will, hopefully I will. The only issue with me is, the UKCAT. I did terribly but hopefully they consider the rest of my application and not rely on my UKCAT score. 

P.s. I did believe I was going to do awful in my UKCAT score and I did just that. Proves how important believing is. 

So now I'm going to say it,

I BELIEVE I WILL GET INTO MEDICINE THIS YEAR! I WILL PUT IN MY ALL AND HOPE FOR THE BEST! 

Good luck to everyone!