Hello all!  Few hours to go till we ring in the New Year in England! 2016 has been an awesome year. It was probably one of the years I've looked forward to for as long as I can remember (for more reasons besides

Hi all! Hope you're well! It's been a while I know (sorry - I always say this but I mean it!). I haven't done anything specifically for my blog in the longest time (dunno why - I think I've focussed more on trying

Happy Sunday peeps! Last night I posted a video with questions that I think are essential for you to practise before your medical school interview.  Let me know if you're liking the video format! You can watch the video here:  The link to

Hey everyone!  Long time no anything on the blog - I decided to focus on trying to create stuff for YouTube for a while to mix things up a bit. Hopefully you've all been able to see my stuff (I try to link

Hope this video is interesting! I had fun reminiscing about first year haha! Let me know what else you'd like to see on le channel/ blog!  Sammi  x

Hi guys! These are some additional things and a summary from my video on personal statements. Hope its's helpful :)  Till next time!  Sammi  XOXO BASIC LAYOUT - each title = a paragraph Opening statement - nice catchy, interesting and unique statement  Avoid the following:  From a young I have

Hi peeps! Long time no anything :(. I explain why in this video!  See you soon. xoxo

Hi peeps!  It has been an absolute age since I posted anything on le blog. Apologies. The last few months have been incredibly busy and I'm afraid this trend will continue for the foreseeable future (although being busy is a good thing so

Hello!  Long time no anything :(. I've had major upload issues this week hence the lateness but hopefully things are okay now.  This video is a follow on from the GCSE one I posted last.  NOTE: Please watch in 720p quality until I

Hi peeps! This week's upload is in video format (see below or link here) because there was a lot to say. I'm talking about what you can do during your GCSE years in order to maximise your chances of earning a place at

Hi peeps! Food (well drink!) post today. So I bought a smoothie maker a while ago in a bid to be more healthier. When I got it, I pledged to have a smoothie a day and on the most part I have stuck

Happy with my current state of affairs (including my now lack of a fringe/bangs!)  Hi peeps! Today's post is a bit of a personal one hope that's okay with you! So, one of my old school mates got in touch with me a

Hi all! Happy Sunday! So this week's post is actually a video as you can see! Hope you enjoy :)  The links (that I could find) to the things mentioned are thus:  DANIEL WELLINGTON Watch - HERE BODY SHOP Hand Cream - HERE OXFORD HANDBOOK

I took this picture at the top of Table Mountain. What you see on the left is Lion's Head (the mountain I climbed the the following day) and Signal Hill (another one, the day after). In the distance is Robben Island, the famous

Hi peeps! So, since its become apparent that I have now (technically) finished medical school in this post, I have been getting a lot of questions about what actually happens in medical school. Obviously different universities have different core curriculums and it differs

Seems like only a short while ago when I was writing about my Medical School story, now here I am now writing about the end.  A few days ago, I found out that I had passed all my medical school exams, meaning that