Newcastle Medical School 2012 Entry Applicants

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sorry i may have misquoted him i was in the afternoon session with dr steve ball when were you there?

Sorry yeah you're right - no idea where I got 800 from.

The info I wrote down from the talk: (not sure what year this was from)

3590 applicants
1259 interviews
~380 offers for 352 places
meaning an applicant to place ratio of about 10:1

Original post by Dr.Galaxy99

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Quoted you for the info I promised :smile:

Reply 181

telephone

Original post by twelve

Are you sure they only give out 28 more offers than they have places?

Reply 182

twelve

Original post by telephone

Are you sure they only give out 28 more offers than they have places?

Well, what he said was that they try and match it so that they don't end up with more people than places, and he sort of went 'ohh well, it'll probably be somewhere in the region of 370 or 380. It was the answer to a question from one person, so it wasn't something he was sure about.

Reply 183

Vox0

Original post by twelve

The info I wrote down from the talk: (not sure what year this was from)

3590 applicants
1259 interviews
~380 offers for 352 places
meaning an applicant to place ratio of about 10:1

I e-mailed them recently and they hit me with this:

Do you think places have gone down?

Reply 184

Dr.Galaxy99

Original post by twelve

Quoted you for the info I promised :smile:

thank you

Last year's figures were apparently: 970 UK/EU students interviewed for 206 places and 89 international students interviewed for 19 places.

Although they didn't tell me how many offers they made :frown:

I hope it's double the number of places.

Reply 185

rozca

Does it matter whether you go to Newcastle or Durham? Like whats the differences?

Reply 186

rozca

Original post by rozca

Does it matter whether you go to Newcastle or Durham? Like whats the differences?

also is the ukcat cut-off different?

Reply 187

platty1907

From the table, Durham is less competitive????

Reply 188

DrWannabe

Original post by platty1907

From the table, Durham is less competitive????

Each uni is just as competitive as one another.

Reply 189

platty1907

Original post by DrWannabe

Each uni is just as competitive as one another.

But according to the table Newcastle has more interviews per place than Durham??

Reply 190

DrWannabe

Original post by platty1907

But according to the table Newcastle has more interviews per place than Durham??

In that one cycle. :smile:

If that table is even legit.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 191

platty1907

Original post by DrWannabe

In that one cycle. :smile:

If that table is even legit.

Very good point! Do you think they distribute the 'Either's to make them similar competitiveness?

Reply 192

DrWannabe

Original post by platty1907

Very good point! Do you think they distribute the 'Either's to make them similar competitiveness?

It would make reasonable good sense to do this. But who knows dude. They keep their cards close to their chest. It's hard to say with certainty. I'd advise to go with which you like better based on curriculum, location, what suits you ect...

Reply 193

SmithytheDrummer

Should I even bother applying with an average of 703 in the UKCAT? :/

Reply 194

Vulpes

Original post by SmithytheDrummer

Should I even bother applying with an average of 703 in the UKCAT? :/

Why not? The cutoff was only 675 last year. :confused:

Reply 195

SmithytheDrummer

Original post by Vulpes

Why not? The cutoff was only 675 last year. :confused:

I'm just afraid that the cutoff will be 30+ the previous years average, as it has been for the past few years. I think it's just pre-UCAS nerves :/

Reply 196

platty1907

There's no need to include module scores on the UCAS form for Newcastle is there?

Reply 197

thisismycatch22

Original post by platty1907

Very good point! Do you think they distribute the 'Either's to make them similar competitiveness?

I don't think so. That table says there were 8.7 applicants per place for Newcastle, and 5.5 for Durham. That's the ones they "considered", not the ones who specified Newcastle or Durham, so it would include all the either's. Durham is normally less competitive as the location is considered a fair bit worse. I don't think those numbers are unusual at all.

Reply 198

Abi_18

Not worth applying with a UKCAt of 645 right. :frown:

Reply 199

islanders

Original post by SmithytheDrummer

I'm just afraid that the cutoff will be 30+ the previous years average, as it has been for the past few years. I think it's just pre-UCAS nerves :/

It won't be +30 this year - in a couple of years, you'll have a cutoff of 800 by that reasoning.

Apparently GEM cut off is 702.5 this year, which is always higher than undergraduate. Most likely 685-690