Medicine Resit Applicants&#x27; Success Stories?

Hey guys,

Thought this may be of use to you all:

Southampton resit policy:
All qualifications must be taken at one sitting for all programmes. Applicants who have retaken one A-level and/ or one GCSE (or equivalent) will be considered as if they had achieved the appropriate grade at the first sitting. Applications retaking more than one A level or GCSE will be considered provided there were exceptional circumstances related to the first sitting. If accepted, the offer would be the same as the standard off for the appropriate programme

Peninsula resit policy:
We do consider re-sit candidates, however, when resit candidates are applying with predicted grades we usually take into consideration grades achieved at the first sitting of the A Levels. For example, this year we did not consider applicants undertaking re-sits unless they had achieved 300 points across three A Levels at the first sitting (ABC or BBB). It is anticipated that we will apply a similar restriction to resit candidates offering predicted grades this year – it has been suggested that such students will be required to have achieved ABB at the first sitting.

For 2011 entry the typical offer for applicants offering GCE A levels will be:
AAA from 3 GCE A levels, including two science subjects from Biology, Chemistry or Physics
4 subjects must be studied at AS level (with a minimum of grade C achieved)
If Biology and Chemistry are not offered at A level, they must be studied at AS level
General Studies is not included in any offer.
These grades must be either predicted or achieved at the time of application.

Reply 43

conorcd

thanks for that. it's far better to know. I spoke to some unis this week and they said to put something in the ps to explain why I was resitting. I hadn't planned to do that. I thought my referee would do it. are you putting it in your ps?

Reply 44

randdom

ImWithTheBand

Are BSMS pretendy resitter friendly? I've now heard from people getting into Keele, Peninsular and UEA (and Liverpool but that appears to have changed for 2011) as resit candidates but not BSMS. Which is surprising given they say they see it as a commitment to medicine.

There were a fair number of resit people in my original year, the year I intercalated into and I know that there are in my sisters year.

From what I have seen they are resit friendly.

I would definitely recommend looking into BSMS if you have the chance.

(I know this is an older post but I was looking at the thread and thought I may as well mention it :p:

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Reply 45

randdom

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Ahhh. Thanks. That's encouraging. I'll look into it. :p:

Reply 46

conorcd

No problem :smile:

Yes, i've also been told to explain why i am resitting in my ps. I think the best thing to do, is have a word with the person who will do your ref and ensure you are both on the same wavelength but won't duplicate anything unnecessarily.

Reply 47

I did e-mail BSMS and got this reply, so it might help people who got similar grades to me. Sorry if its bad news - it was for me.

"If applications are as high as last cycle, the fact our entry requirements have risen to AAA/A*AB and it does appear we will be receiving a larger number of retake candidates this year – I would advise with BBBB you will find it very difficult to reach the interview stage and so would lean towards advising you not to waste an application to BSMS next year.

I am sorry for this disappointing news."

Reply 48

carcinoma

Aiboz

I would agree!

Reply 49

I got 820 Av in my UKCAT, huzzah!

Reply 50

Aiboz

Disappointing :frown:

But thanks, at least i won't waste an application there.

Reply 51

ImWithTheBand

I got 820 Av in my UKCAT, huzzah!

Well done, matey :biggrin:

What did you get last year?

Reply 52

sakha1

Well done, matey :biggrin:

What did you get last year?

Thanks.

Last year I got something in the early 700s (will look out the slip of paper later). This year I was disciplined about UKCAT preparation and it shows how much you can influence your score.

Reply 53

ImWithTheBand

Thanks.

Last year I got something in the early 700s (will look out the slip of paper later). This year I was disciplined about UKCAT preparation and it shows how much you can influence your score.

Well done on an amazing score! Do you have any genuine tips in UKCAT prepration? Thanks in advance.

Reply 54

Is there any chance in reapplying with grades BBBB but boosting them up to AAAB/A*AAB with a much improved UKCAT (got 615 last year)?

Thanks for any advice, in advance.

Reply 55

sakha1

No problem :smile:

hey, what do you have in mind to say? I'm not sure what to say about why I'm resitting...

Reply 56

Aiboz

hey, what do you have in mind to say? I'm not sure what to say about why I'm resitting...

Tbh, i haven't a clue what i'm going to write. Although, i was ill for one of my exams it doesn't explain why i didn't meet my predicted grades for all of my exams. Honest truth is i probably didn't try my best or else i wouldn't be in this mess now, i let other things get in the way. But i can't write that.
I'm going to see what my head of 6th form says, i'll let you know what she says. :smile:

Reply 57