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But apologies for the lack of my presence recently!
I went to St. George's University of London for an open day last month, and I must say, I really liked it!
It seemed like a genuinely nice university, where the students were incredibly enthusiastic.
And I mean incredibly!
But hey, I did my research!
We had a tour with two of the current GEP students, and they were so helpful!
Their advice was genuinely fantastic, and apparently you could see the relief on my face when they were telling us about their experiences with GAMSAT! It was lovely to meet people who have been in a similar boat to me, who actually got into medical school!
The tour lasted for about 40 minutes, and they even took us into the room where the Medical Students practice putting cannulas into fake arms,
and even fake smear tests on fake foofees...
We got the chance to stand in a PBL room.
A room which was covered by white boards.
One of which had:
"We love St. George's... [not]"
Written on it.
St. George's is situated in the Tooting area of London.
Quite a diverse area, and I'm reliably informed from the SU presentation that there are 35 curry houses in the area!
There are lots of famous alumni to the University: John Hunter, Henry Gray, Edward Jenner and Harry Hill.
I must say, as this is the first open day for Graduate Entry Medicine that I've been to, I didn't know what to expect.
In fact, I kind of thought that people would perhaps look down their noses at me because I'm from more of an artistic background.
But this was absolutely not the case!
Everybody I met and spoke to seemed friendly and really down to earth!
They were honest about their experiences with GAMSAT, but didn't scare me into changing my mind!
But it was definitely worth it to have a look around.
I've also recently been to a GEM open day at the University of Nottingham, so that'll follow soon!
Their advice was genuinely fantastic, and apparently you could see the relief on my face when they were telling us about their experiences with GAMSAT! It was lovely to meet people who have been in a similar boat to me, who actually got into medical school!
The tour lasted for about 40 minutes, and they even took us into the room where the Medical Students practice putting cannulas into fake arms,
and even fake smear tests on fake foofees...
We got the chance to stand in a PBL room.
A room which was covered by white boards.
One of which had:
"We love St. George's... [not]"
Written on it.
Reassuring.
They'd even got mini fridges and kettles in there for the GEPs.
Awww.The library, by the way, is absolutely massive!
The only thing that they couldn't really reassure me about was the NHS bursary situation.
Quite a diverse area, and I'm reliably informed from the SU presentation that there are 35 curry houses in the area!
So I'm guessing that people round there keep a lot of toilet paper in the fridge...
I think he was the clincher for me...
In fact, I kind of thought that people would perhaps look down their noses at me because I'm from more of an artistic background.
But this was absolutely not the case!
Everybody I met and spoke to seemed friendly and really down to earth!
They were honest about their experiences with GAMSAT, but didn't scare me into changing my mind!
It's quite a trek for me though, I must say!
It's about an hour and three quarters on the train, and then just over half an hour on the Tube! But it was definitely worth it to have a look around.
I can honestly say that I wouldn't mind studying there.
The only problem is the distance.
Being a bit of a Northerner, it's a long way away from home.
And I can't guarantee that I wouldn't get homesick if I had to live in London nearly all the time...
I've also recently been to a GEM open day at the University of Nottingham, so that'll follow soon!
Until next time!
xx
