u/Conscious_Baker246

Hi r/SampleSize! I'm a 17-year-old student in the UK working on an independent neuroscience research project on sleep quality, mood, and cognitive health for my CREST Gold Award. I'm investigating whether self-reported sleep and mood patterns correlate with cognitive complaints — comparing my survey findings against clinical Alzheimer's and Parkinson's datasets.

I'd really appreciate responses from adults of any age (18+). It takes about 3 minutes, is fully anonymous (no emails, no names, age ranges only), and has 18 multiple choice questions.

https://forms.gle/rCuRmCioQ8b3Dekn9

The survey covers:

• Sleep quality over the past month

• Mood over the past two weeks

• How often you experience things like word-finding difficulty or memory lapses

• Basic lifestyle questions

No right or wrong answers — it's entirely based on your own experience. Really grateful for any responses, and happy to share the findings when the project is done if anyone's interested!

Thank you 🙏

Hi everyone! I’m hoping to hear from Oxford Medicine offer holders/current students about your application journey.

If you were accepted into Oxford Medicine, I’d really appreciate it if you could share:

Your GCSEs and A-level (or equivalent) subjects and grades

Your UCAT score (and section breakdown if you’re comfortable sharing)

Your supercurricular activities (research, reading, courses, volunteering, competitions, essays, etc.) and which ones you think genuinely strengthened your application

When you started preparing seriously for medicine/Oxford
How you prepared for the UCAT and interviews
Whether you completed an EPQ and, looking back, whether you would recommend doing one for Oxford Medicine

Any advice you wish you had known when applying
I know every successful application is different, but hearing from people who have actually gone through the process would be really helpful for understanding what Oxford looks for.

Thank you so much!

I’m a Year 11 student choosing A-levels and I’m stuck between doing 3 A-levels with EPQ vs 4 A-levels (or even 4 + EPQ). Subjects would be Bio, Chem, Physics, Maths. For people who’ve applied to competitive courses like Medicine (especially Oxbridge) what actually worked best and why?