UCL rejects Ali for medicine as too arrogant after his interview
story · status: told 3× · last event: mentioned (2019-02-14) · owner: Ali
About: University College London
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-29 | told | Ali says he was asked "Why should we take you?" in a medicine interview, he thinks at UCL, had not prepared for it and floundered for ages trying to answer on the spot. (hedged) | Medicine Interview Questions - How to answer "Why should we choose you?" 00:00:24 |
| 2018-05-01 | told | Ali says UCL rejected him as too arrogant and recommended a year out to develop his people skills; he admits he was quite arrogant at the UCL interview, already holding his Cambridge offer. | First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A 00:05:29 |
| 2018-06-12 | retold | At his UCL interview Ali said silly things and came across as very arrogant; UCL gave no offer, and its feedback advised a year to develop his people skills and lose the touch of arrogance, which he calls fair. | Live Stream - Tuesday Evening Hangout 00:22:56 |
| 2018-08-06 | mentioned | After his UCL rejection Ali emailed UCL asking for feedback and got really good feedback, which he says he will talk about another time. | Reapplying to Medicine (UK) - A comprehensive guide 00:10:18 |
| 2019-02-14 | mentioned | Asked why UCL rejected him for medicine, Ali says they thought he was arrogant. | Valentine’s Day Live Stream 00:06:55 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2017-11-29 · Medicine Interview Questions - How to answer "Why should we choose you?" — Ali says "Why should we take you?" is hard because you must balance selling yourself, which many are uncomfortable with, against seeming arrogant. — 00:00:48
- 2017-11-29 · Medicine Interview Questions - How to answer "Why should we choose you?" — recommendation: Ali answers "Why should we take you?" in two parts: why the medical school's course suits you, then what you can bring to the school, a non-arrogant way of selling yourself. — 00:01:17
- 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — recommendation: Ali: In his Google spreadsheet of revision questions Ali writes answers as short points one, two, three, four when they are a list of things to learn. — 00:05:52
- 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — recommendation: Ali: To avoid burning out and overworking in exam season, Ali advises studying with your friends. — 00:05:52
- 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — recommendation: Ali: For anatomy Ali advises Anki and Instant Anatomy, a website by the Cambridge anatomist Bob Whittaker, and learning the rules that cover a lot of ground, such as which nerve supplies a muscle group. — 00:06:22
- 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — announcement: Ali says a video on how he manages his time at medical school is also being planned, since people always ask him about it. — 00:06:48
- 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — Ali's exams finished the day before the livestream (30 April 2018), so he now has all the time in the world to make lots of videos. — 00:06:48
- 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — recommendation: Ali advises always taking four A-levels if you can: three is suboptimal in his opinion. — 00:06:48