Imperial College Medicine Applicants 2011

Finally someone else who agrees with me.

I'm applying here as of today it's official! Does anyone know if Imperial particularly look at as grades. I may not be as academic as other applicants but it's definitely worth a shot!

You're predicted A*AAa...how is that not academic enough?

From my knowledge, I think Imperial look at your application as a whole. As long as your predicted grades meet their criteria (which they do) and your BMAT is of a good standard too, then you stand as good a chance as any other well prepared candidate from an academic point of view. Not sure how much emphasis they place on GCSEs and whether beyond the minimum requirements they influence the application much however I'm sure you haven't done 'bad' in those either
All that's left to do afterwards is write a stunning PS and get an equally stunning reference...which reminds me I should probably get back to working on that

I'm applying here as of today it's official! Does anyone know if Imperial particularly look at as grades. I may not be as academic as other applicants but it's definitely worth a shot!

From the open day i was told it's done in stages:
1) do you meet GCSE criteria? This is easily done, 5 at AAABB (i think )
2) BMAT...have you passed the cut-off? (usually around 4.5,4.5,7.5...best to be in the 5's and then a 9 in section 3 to be safe)
3) - This stage is done together...they invite those to interview with the best predicted grades+PS....so the first 2 stages are to get rid of a few...and then the real selection is determined by your PS and predicted grades.

Your predicted grades are pretty good So worth a shot...i havent got mine yet but so long as i get predicted 2/3 A*s ima go for it

Predicted grades? So you're suggesting somebody predicted 4A* will be at an advantage over somebody predicted to meet the standard AAAb/AAAC offer? Interesting, people have always told me med schools don't care so long as you're predicted to meet the offer. If you're right, then .

no...trust me predicted grades are mega important. they look for high predictions, regardless of what the offer will be. thats what i was told when i visited

Sweet.
Do you happen to know if they lower offers if an applicant has already achieved an A*/A in one subject at A2? That would be awesome, unlike those bastards UCL.

hehe highly unlikely im afraid...mind if you're already got an A/A* at A2 its all good since if you do get the offer AAA from imperial, you've already fulfilled one of the 3 grades needed so it takes the pressure off no?

From the open day i was told it's done in stages:
1) do you meet GCSE criteria? This is easily done, 5 at AAABB (i think )
2) BMAT...have you passed the cut-off? (usually around 4.5,4.5,7.5...best to be in the 5's and then a 9 in section 3 to be safe)
3) - This stage is done together...they invite those to interview with the best predicted grades+PS....so the first 2 stages are to get rid of a few...and then the real selection is determined by your PS and predicted grades.

Your predicted grades are pretty good So worth a shot...i havent got mine yet but so long as i get predicted 2/3 A*s ima go for it

This was extremely useful. Thank you so much, now I have to write a really good p.s to compete with those with 3A* prediction and prepare well enough to be confident and relaxed for the BMAT.
Good luck with your application!

That's what I meant. If I've already got an A*, then would my offer be AA only? UCL still give out an AAA offer. I might email them later on actually...

More graduates needed in this thread.

I don't care about GCSEs or A-levels