Update

So I know it's been a while since I last posted on this blog, so I just thought I'd write an update about what's happened over the last few months.

The first and most important thing: I applied to Medical School! After hours of slaving over my personal statemen and studying for the UKCAT, I finally got it finished and sent off my UCAS form.

I had an interview at one of the universities I applied to in mid-November, and I feel like it went quite well! The panel who interviewed me were lovely and they weren't trying to catch me out - they definitely tried to make me feel at ease, and if I got a bit stuck they wouldn't try and keep pushing and pushing me for an answer if my mind went blank (which unfortunately did happen just once). I felt like I could answer the questions - hopefully it was good enough for me to get in! Fingers crossed.

I also got an offer to study Biochemistry as my backup - hopefully I won't have to take up this offer, but it's still nice to just have one offer when I log onto my UCAS Track page.

I've also obviously got my AS grades - I was really happy with them and they were good enough to allow me to apply to medical school so that was great!

I've started A2! It's quite difficult, but hopefully I can manage it for the rest of the year. I've dropped French and continued with Biology, Chemistry and Maths and they're all so interesting.

It is quite difficult seeing everybody get offers when you know that you're not going to get any offers until around March, but then everybody else who's applying to medicine is in the same boat as you. I'm watching all of the threads for the applicants to my universities on The Student Room, and it can be quite nerve-wracking, especially when you see other people getting interviews at a university you applied to!

I'm trying to keep up to date by reading the BMJ and BBC News, and I follow some of the Medical Schools on twitter, as they sometimes post about the medical research that their university is undertaking.

So that's just a little update about what's going on! Hopefully I'll try to post on here more often - sorry for slacking!