One girl, four interviews - the result

So I haven't done a post regarding the state of my medicine application since I got interview invites from all four universities...

My first interview was in December at Glasgow, and went pretty horrendously. I had never been to Glasgow before but absolutely loved the city! I went up the night before on my own and went to a great vegetarian restaurant called The 13th Note, where I treated myself to vegan haggis, neeps and tatties because when in Scotland right?! Although I was out for dinner on my own, it did not stop me from ordering a sticky toffee pudding!

My next interview was in January at Edinburgh, which I felt went a lot better than the first. Since going for a look around 4 years ago, Edinburgh has always been a little bit of a dream. Again I went up the night before and ended up at really cute, quirky veggie restaurant called Spoon. Here I had a great root veg and pearl barley stew, followed by....another sticky toffee pudding! My interview wasn't until early afternoon, so I treated myself to brunch at The Edinburgh Larder. 

A week after, I had my interview at Birmingham and wow that went horrendously! It was one of those situations where your parents say "I bet it wasn't as bad as you think", but then I explained and they were like "Yeh that does sound pretty bad"! 

So maybe 2 weeks later I got my first rejection and no surprise it was from Birmingham. But I had been expecting it so I wasn't too upset. However, later that week I got rejected from Edinburgh! I was so upset and had had a good feeling about it, so that left me a bit disheartened. Then finally, the week before my Warwick interview in March, came the rejection from Glasgow. Needless to say, I was losing hope. 

When it came to Warwick, it was time to change the way I had been approaching the interview. I had done a lot of preparation for the other interviews but had been thrown when I wasn't able to use specific examples. At Warwick, I tried to relax...I did let a few naughty "like"s slip out but I definitely think my answers came across more natural. I thought most of the stations went OK but did not want to get my hopes up. 

Anyway, back to the point of this post... I GOT AN OFFER FOR WARWICK!
I was at work when I got the email and pretty much had a panic attack on the ward and had to go and calm down! It still has not really sunk in that I will actually be a doctor - though there are many years to come!