Cambridge 2012 Medicine Applicants Thread

Do well on the BMAT, and I mean really well (ie top 10 canditate that apply to htat college) and you are in with a shot.

Add in some superb interview preparation and you will have a great chance. Resits be damned.

Anyone applying to Gonville and Caius?

yepp, seem to be quite a few of us around here on tsr

Anyone applying to Gonville and Caius?

Hey,
Magdalene Applicant here
Does anyone know if they specify the A* for chemistry?
Also, do they interviews occur post BMAT?

Danke!

Yes, the interviews take place in december.
Here you can find information about how the colleges use the BMAT score:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1775130

For your college it says:
"We would usually interview applicants who achieved an average of 93% or above in their three most relevant subjects as long as they then scored A, A, in the first two sections of the BMAT. We may also choose to interview some people who score lower than this at our discretion"

Thanks very much!
I'm now concerned, as I thought the average needed was 90%
At AS I got:
Chem 91%
Maths 90%
Physics 94%
Biology 98%
Psychology 95%

Do people think this would do? Also, what exactly is an 'A' in section 1 and 2 of the BMAT, out of nine what would this be? Does anyone know?

Thanks again!

Does anyone know which colleges put emphasis on s3 of the bmat like the 400q book says?

Why don't they just tell us!! lol

Because the relevance of S3 changes.

Let me give you a real life example.

5 years ago, S3 was worth 50% of total BMAT weighting for a college beginning with P, now it is far less. Still important. Other colelge many up titrate their weightings. Dpeends on how htye view performance of cohorts do with different weightings from year to year.

If you get a 1A in S3, then the Director of studies would have to be very ballsy in selecting you, considering 50% of the medical exams in Cambridge are based on essays! (And not to mention all the supervision work!, lol at least hte ones I set)

Because the relevance of S3 changes.

Let me give you a real life example.

5 years ago, S3 was worth 50% of total BMAT weighting for a college beginning with P, now it is far less. Still important. Other colelge many up titrate their weightings. Dpeends on how htye view performance of cohorts do with different weightings from year to year.

If you get a 1A in S3, then the Director of studies would have to be very ballsy in selecting you, considering 50% of the medical exams in Cambridge are based on essays! (And not to mention all the supervision work!, lol at least hte ones I set)

Hello, i was wanting to ask you guys quick question if you don't mind i ask. Having poor gcse ex. AAAABB (french A or A* currently taking) a hinder? Next year i am considering to apply to Cambridge (Peterhouse, trinity hall, st Catherine or wolfson). I got extenuating circumstance (surgery and missed gcse option and given rubbish and got educational welfare officer on school, but they were defiant). Hopefully i will get all As in AS, and ideally do well in bmat. Do you think its a waste of option? If not and its possible which colleges should i apply? Thanks for reading, i can't really tell this to my advisor (useless).