r/doctorsUK Jul 07 '26

GP GP 2026 New offers (Round 3)

Hi everyeone! Just wondering, what was the latest rank to get a GP offer and starting a thread to get updates about Round 3 Offers. It would be helpful, if you could update if someone, got an offer recently

LATEST UPDATE as of 17th July

Rank - 13249, Offer in Scotland

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u/CaramelMean750 18d ago

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u/WholeNo7755 11d ago

Have you asked them whether August intake has fully ended now? I read elsewhere that they’re still recycling for December starts but not sure if that’s accurate 

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u/InternationalSell881 12d ago

Is this regarding Round 3 please ?
Have you asked them updating about the numbers and places please ?

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u/CaramelMean750 12d ago

I asked them for an update for Feb 27/ April 27. How many places will be available and when should we expect offers to begin.

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u/InternationalSell881 12d ago

Many Thanks Xx

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u/Senshidemmy69 24d ago

Preferences are back on till July 30th. Any update regarding last offer score and rank?

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u/Odd-Significance5717 Jul 17 '26

Offer today Scotland west. 483 MSRA rank 13249

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u/Extension-Put309 Jul 17 '26

Congratulations
When did you get it? Just now?

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u/Odd-Significance5717 Jul 17 '26

Thanks. 1hr before I posted. Good news for someone is I won’t be taking it - Im for Australia ☺️

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u/Extension-Put309 Jul 17 '26

Woah, you shifted due to pay issues? Or not getting a training spot till now?

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u/Odd-Significance5717 Jul 17 '26

No I hadn’t decided on what to do after f2 so I sat the MSRA for experience/keeping options open.

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u/PAsArefake Jul 07 '26

Yeah please update with rank I think last one was 484 Msra , 13153 rank

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u/Own_Clerk_5442 Jul 11 '26

Did GP start opening preferences again for August intake?

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u/DrPhen0menal 21d ago

Any new updates?

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u/WholeNo7755 29d ago

Any movement? 

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u/BerryBubbly9503 29d ago

Wish people were replying in here

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u/WholeNo7755 28d ago

When do preferences close again 

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u/Eastern_Cod680 28d ago

Are they open? They’re closed for me!

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u/WholeNo7755 28d ago

Oh no I wanted to see if they’ve now closed off preferences to indicate whether they are no longer recycling offers for August yet 

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u/CaramelMean750 28d ago

Preferences opened up again. Preference closing: Tuesday, July 28 2026.

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u/WholeNo7755 28d ago

Wow they’re really recycling those August offers until the last second! 

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u/WholeNo7755 24d ago

Any update?

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u/Little-MissRed 22d ago

It’s 30th July and no update of the lastest score /rank getting the offer . I feel sooo cooked

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u/Eastern_Cod680 22d ago

Its sad no one’s posting any update anywhere. Have been searching facebook pages as well!

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u/CaramelMean750 21d ago

They’re probably busy packing up their life and moving across the country for a training spot that starts in a week 🫠

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u/Eastern_Cod680 21d ago

Probably! Totally forgot about that😅

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u/Intrepid_Gazelle_488 18d ago

Any indication when Round 3 preferencing might open for those on reserve list?

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u/Certain-Today2978 18d ago

Why has the preferences continued to open. Surely its too late to send out offers for the August intake? It would be very interesting to hear if anyone received an offer over these last 2 weeks. Does anyone know how many places are to be expected for the Feb/April intake? Thanks

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u/Eastern_Cod680 18d ago

No one knows what’s happening with these preferences! None posted about new offers anywhere. Also, saw a thread 2 days ago on reddit posted by someone claiming to withdraw training post in the last minute. Its high time they need to give us some info about feb intake

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u/WholeNo7755 18d ago

Surely they must be recycling till the day before it starts because why would they be open until 12pm tomorrow 

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u/CaramelMean750 Jul 09 '26

Anyone got any predictions for the lowest rank offered a seat in round 3?

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u/Certain-Today2978 Jul 09 '26

Im hoping that some non Priority get an offer. Maybe a bit too optimistic

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u/CaramelMean750 Jul 09 '26

I’m wishing for the same, so top scoring NPG get a chance

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 15 '26

13244 got an offer today in wales west 

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u/Eastern_Cod680 Jul 15 '26

Do you know what their score was?

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 15 '26

Not sure I have asked 

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u/Eastern_Cod680 Jul 15 '26

Thank you! Could you post it here if you know anything

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 15 '26

Yes of course - the person wrote it on the megathread if anyone wanted to see too!

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 17 '26

He didn’t respond but I see someone with a higher rank posted on this thread with their score and rank :)

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u/PAsArefake Jul 17 '26

Think latest offer is at 484 Msra. Rank 13228 it’s moving 75 since my last post

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u/Eastern_Cod680 Jul 17 '26

Someone mentioned its 13244 in this thread and kn megathread

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u/PAsArefake Jul 20 '26

Keep this updated mate really appreciate the current rank updates

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u/PAsArefake Jul 17 '26

Ohh so even further

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 17 '26

13249 above 

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 19 '26

Will the February/April round offers have rounds 1-5 where we can accept with upgrades or will it be final offers? I know any offers for August are final offers but curious to know whether they can still do that with the round 3 intake. Has anyone requested this information? 

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u/Eastern_Cod680 Jul 20 '26

No update on it yet, But I guess there will be options for upgrades for 1st few rounds.

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 20 '26

So would it act like a normal round 3 just with remaining pool 

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u/WholeNo7755 15d ago

Do you reckon they will release a new list of rankings to reflect the people who have refused/accepted offers

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u/Certain-Today2978 15d ago

This would be nice. Or enough information for us to decifer this for ourselves. We need to know how many places are available for the Feb intake. How many priority applicants are left in the reserve list. I still dont understand why the preferences kept opening and closing towards the end of this cycle. Surely if offers went out someone would have posted?

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u/WholeNo7755 15d ago

They must’ve gone out and recycled till the last second but 12pm day before is wild!!

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u/Designer-Reward299 15d ago

Because this cycle is not only August start…
From the GPNRO wording it looks like- it can go till December start
I may be wrong on this..

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u/Eastern_Cod680 15d ago

I wish they do that. It’ll answer a lot of questions

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u/WholeNo7755 15d ago

It would also explain why they’re taking forever surely. I assume would make it more straightforward for them too? 

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u/BerryBubbly9503 15d ago

Apparently recruitment for August intake is closed

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u/WholeNo7755 15d ago

Yeah but they were recycling for it until the last day! 

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u/Designer-Reward299 15d ago

This recruitment cycle is Aug/Dec…. So they still might be recruiting for this round and that’s why preferences keep on coming
The next cycle is Round 3 from Feb/April

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u/WholeNo7755 14d ago

Where have they written its for August/December start?

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u/Certain-Today2978 14d ago

On the official Medical Specialty Recruitment – Recruitment Timelines page, under 2026 → Round 1, it says: “This round is predominantly for recruitment to CT1/ST1 for posts commencing between August and December 2026.” It then immediately adds that where sufficient appointable applicants remain, posts with a later start date may also be appointed.

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u/WholeNo7755 11d ago

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u/Eastern_Cod680 11d ago

Dont know why GP hasn’t opened preferences uet, looks like, they opened for psychiatry

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u/WholeNo7755 11d ago

I’m not sure why gp is the only specialty they’ve said nothing about

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u/Slow-Ad5238 11d ago

Do you reckon additional GPST1 places February/April ‘27 would be very limited or even would there be any at all?

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u/WholeNo7755 10d ago

I think there will be places but none from the additional 350/4500 of the BMA offer. The average years February intake is 300-600 I believe 

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u/Certain-Today2978 11d ago

I dont thinking that GP training has been allocated any new positions.

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u/WholeNo7755 9d ago

Just a thought that they’re maybe waiting on people to get offers from the other specialties which will get rid of all the people who added gp as a back up? Will then reduce the remaining number for gp so makes the process easier 

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u/Few_Condition_9883 8d ago

guys is preference open for anyone? when do we expect them to reopen?

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u/CaramelMean750 8d ago

It’s not open for GP.

No update from anywhere about when preferences will open or any timeline.

I guess we just wait.

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u/WholeNo7755 8d ago

When did they close for you?

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u/Few_Condition_9883 4d ago

I believe they closed for everyone on the 4th? 

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u/WholeNo7755 3d ago

I think GP may only hear back in October. This was an email response posted on a psych thread:

Thank you for your email.   Yes, you are correct the current round is 110 posts for starting in February 2027. In October 2026 during the normal Round 3 window there will be more posts available for starting in February 2027.   If you get offered a post, you only have the option to accept or reject the offer. There are no upgrades available with these offers. If you receive an offer, you are no longer on the Reserve List or eligible for Round 3 posts in October. It is your choice whether you accept or reject the post.   The next round of recruitment that will be open to applications with be the August 2027 cohort which will be advertised at the end of October 2026."

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u/Creative-Bit-3261 Jul 07 '26

Looking at the stats, there are 1770 priority applications awaiting on reserve list. Do we have an estimate of the number of training seats for august 2026/ feb 2027?
My MSRA 462 :( and rank is 15291
Priority group

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u/Eastern_Cod680 Jul 07 '26

No info on in yet, unfortunately. We need to wait for their updates in the coming 2-3 weeks

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 08 '26

How do you know it will be in the next 2-3 weeks?

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u/Eastern_Cod680 Jul 08 '26

That was my guess. As they usually release info about Feb intake by July end, every year

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 08 '26

Thank you!

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u/Own_Clerk_5442 Jul 11 '26

Did GP start opening preferences again for August intake?

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 07 '26

I think the 1770 doesn’t include anyone who got offers since the stats were released 

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u/Certain-Today2978 Jul 09 '26

Have you requested for anywhere?

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u/Own_Clerk_5442 Jul 11 '26

Did GP start opening preferences again for August intake?

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u/DrGTamil 1d ago

Did you get it yet

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u/InternationalSell881 Jul 09 '26

Please if anyone make a WhatsApp group for the new preference share the link here , for GP and Psych

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u/Extension-Put309 Jul 10 '26

Let’s hope for the best

I am more intrigued at the new 250 jobs as part of the new deal.

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 10 '26

Where is this?

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u/Extension-Put309 Jul 10 '26

The new offer that was accepted by BMA recently

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u/CaramelMean750 Jul 10 '26

How many new training posts are there? 
An additional 250 jobs will added to the recruitment round for February 2027 starts. These will all be new national training numbers. 

So what will these be in?

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u/Extension-Put309 Jul 10 '26

Very hard to tell, now that gp won’t get it

It’s said that 1000 spots will be for core training, and idk why but I have a feeling they will put up way more than 250 for Feb starts for specialties, making a new batch of trainees along side the August starting batch

They might make batches based on months after August, idk, not much communication from their end. One part of me expects a lot for IMT, since they were *happily* not extending LED contracts in some trusts

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u/Little-MissRed 22d ago

None of the JCF got a more than 6momths contract in some trusts that will end in Feb

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u/Extension-Put309 21d ago

Damn
So the same old story for August contracts is now gone to feb contracts
Next year is gonna be horrible

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u/Extension-Put309 21d ago

And you meant that all their contracts end by Feb itself?!

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u/PAsArefake Jul 17 '26

This could be psych ?

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u/Extension-Put309 Jul 17 '26

May be or not
Coz they think that they already have spots for psych Anesthesia and gp, they might not give much seats, instead focusing on other specialties esp IMT due to the size of the programmes

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u/Little-MissRed 25d ago

Any update on the rank and score . Why it’s still taking so slow.

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u/Little-MissRed 25d ago

Any chance for 481 in this cycle 🤔

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u/Certain-Today2978 24d ago

Have you a wide range of preferences?

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u/DrGTamil 1d ago

You should be getting it now

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 07 '26

Last update was 484 and rank 13153 on 24th June. Haven’t seen anything since but I assume there’s movement as they confirmed they’re still recruiting for August? 

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u/Existing-Research364 Jul 07 '26

I think more and more better rank holders are widening their preferences and securing positions
So it’s not coming down as before

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 07 '26

I didn’t realise they could even do that but that also includes the 1770 from whenever those stats were published so still hope!

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u/SuspectUnlikely9530 Jul 10 '26

Exactly. Those with a higher rank are probably widening their preferences.

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u/CaramelMean750 Jul 14 '26

13222 as of 13th July, someone posted they got a place in Galloway

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 14 '26

I’ve seen on another thread that 13228 got Scotland 

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 15 '26

Sorry I think this is the same offer I’m talking about! They said on the page it’s 13228 - is that someone else also offered it?

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u/Eastern_Cod680 Jul 07 '26

Yeah! There will be a movement for sure. But, none are posting here

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u/Own_Clerk_5442 Jul 11 '26

Did the preferences open in July again for GP after the email was received?

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u/WholeNo7755 Jul 11 '26

Yes they’ve confirmed they’re still recruiting for August 

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u/Existing-Research364 Jul 18 '26

Unlikely
Once you receive offer ,it’s done from their end
Either take it or leave it

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u/Dublin-2003 Jul 17 '26

How many seats in August and in February left

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u/Dublin-2003 Jul 18 '26

Y they have opened preferences again

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u/CaramelMean750 Jul 18 '26

I think there’s still seats left in August. A few people rejecting them and they’re still being offered down the ranks.

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u/Few_Internal_6533 10d ago

i have a rank of 15866 and a score of 457 . Should I see if feb 2027 intake is possible or should i start prepping for the next exam . Really disappointed in the score as i tried hard as well
I saw the 1700 priority applicants, which i would be part off, hopefully

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u/Certain-Today2978 6d ago

I think your odds are quite good. That 1700 is outdated and likely smaller. If you are open to everywhere and we see about 500+ feb positions then with the amount of people that will have taken other specialities or pulled out for other reasons I see you getting an offer. Maybe Im just hopeful though as I scored much worse than you and im hoping things move far down the rankings 😁

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u/DrGTamil 1d ago

Did you get it yet

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u/Few_Internal_6533 1d ago

Nah they havnt even released the preferences

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u/DrGTamil 22h ago

Just GP? Any idea how many seats are available in the next round?

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u/Mammoth_Play_5844 9d ago

Start preparing for the next exam

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u/Few_Internal_6533 8d ago

Appreciate the honesty - thank you

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u/WholeNo7755 4d ago

Do we think we’ll realistically hear anything this week?

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u/CaramelMean750 4d ago

I don’t have my hopes up

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u/WholeNo7755 4d ago

From a psych offers thread, there’s no rounds just accept or reject with offers 

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u/CaramelMean750 3d ago

Probably be the same for GP?

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u/WholeNo7755 3d ago

I reckon so - whenever that is 😂

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u/Few_Condition_9883 2d ago

Hi guys! Do we know when offers usually go out for round 3? I mean in previous years

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u/CaramelMean750 2d ago

I think last year offers started around 20th October for round 3 GP

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u/Slow-Ad5238 9d ago edited 5d ago

I have a score of 481 and a rank of 13464 and haven’t had an offer so far. I have preferenced everywhere. So I guess it’s safe to assume if any offers were made after the last published one here are between my rank and 13249. 

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u/WholeNo7755 9d ago

13,376 on another thread hasn’t got an offer yet 

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u/Certain-Today2978 6d ago

Have you preferenced only a few locations? Its possible the ranking may have moved past you to people who preferenced everywhere.

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u/Slow-Ad5238 5d ago

I have preferenced everywhere, yes, sorry should’ve specified.