Graduates Applying for Undergraduate Courses

Hello everyone,

I want to apply to a few universities that accept a relatively large amount of graduates. Can't find statistics online apart from some unis like Aberdeen and Leicester. I was wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of some of the statistics or know some unis if they have quite a few graduates in the course.

Not sure why this should come into play or if these stats are available. Apply where you want to go to study. Why worry about who else may be there?

As they are likely a graduate and want to maximise their chance of receiving an offer to a Medical course by applying to a University (such as Leicester) which admits a high proportion of graduate students to their undergraduate Medicine course.

Hmm I get this to some extent but not sure it matters. If you're applying for the undergrad course you still have to meet the entry requirements and will most likely be reviewed with everyone else.

You are quite correct however:

1) Admissions wise it is often the case that the vast majority of applicants have reached the entry requirements, then it becomes the task of sorting for interview. For instance, some universities sought out the students with the best GCSEs (such as Birmingham back in my day) or some universities sought out the higher UKCATs (Newcastle back in my day). Therefore, it is likely that some Universities seek out applicants that have attained previous degrees and give more points or weighting to these students. I like to think of it like the sorting selection for houses in Harry Potter, some people have qualifications/abilities/personalties that suit certain places. The difficulty of the medical application is you have to reflect on who you are as a person and find the Medical School that most closely resembles you/your strengths.

2) Some Universities after removing their Graduate courses have made certain pledges to admit a certain proportion/percentage to the Undergraduate course. Therefore, the population you are selecting from is reduced and statistically you are more likely be accepted.

3) Many people don't care where they end up as long as they are a doctor. This is, to my mind, a very positive thing as chances are if they end up going into a competitive speciality they will have to move around the country to progress.

Thanks for that. Informative for other people reading this. I work in a medical school!

Hmm I get this to some extent but not sure it matters. If you're applying for the undergrad course you still have to meet the entry requirements and will most likely be reviewed with everyone else.

It matters a lot! For example.....Birmingham accepts up to 334 students on their A100 course, However, only 5-10 of those places are available to graduates.

Ok but they put this on their website as will other places where this is a formal thing. Other than that if there are no stats then there's no point in worrying about this.

Brum has a grad entry medicine course for grads which is probably why.

Possibly to also stop potential students with money thinking they can leapfrog school leavers for places.

I know many graduates studying undergraduate medicine, and they certainly aren't 'students with money'.

They often have to work hard to fund their studies, and spend their holidays working, too.

Hi it should be on the education section have another look and make sure you haven't selected pending or something by mistake. I'm a graduate and I put mine in ok so it's definitely there.