King's College London Medicine Applicants 2012

About time a KCL thread starts!

Hi, I'm an international student from Canada, and I would love to go study at KCL for the 5 year programme.
My grades are listed below... if you guys are wondering.
Sitting the UKCAT on the 29th!!! Wish me luck!

Any internationals here that can give me some hints and tips? Thank you.

Good luck to everyone

nope to select for interview kings use a sliding scale regarding GCSE A*'s and UKCAT average...i.e. a high number of A*'s will compensate for a lower UKCAT average.

Generally speaking, and very much so generally speaking, 9/10 A*'s or more OR a 700+ average should pretty much guarantee you an interview..

Having said this I knew some people who got a GKT interview who don't fall into either category which would suggest the selection procedure is more thorough than just this e.g. It seems personal statement does carry some weight...

my friend had only 5 A* at GCSE and a UKCAT avg of around 670 but his statement was very good (confirmed by one of the medicine people at college who read through our statements and gave advice etc ) and he got an interview late on in the cycle.


And, ofc, let us not forget the interview is mega important at GKT...around 50-60% success rate post-interview so getting an interview by no means guarantees an offer!

I hope you're right as an average of 660 for UKCAT isn't exactly good, so I'm hoping the 11 A*s and 1 A will do it.

Guys listen : I have 1A* 5A 3B 2C at GCSE. I know this is bad and i have just about achieved the minimum entry requirements for kings college. To make up for this I took 6 AS's and got 6A's. Surely the 2 extra A's at AS level should compensate for my bad gcse's. furhtermore i am predicted 4A* at A2 so thats more than enough. if i get like 700 in my ukcat somehow and ace the interview, will i have a chance or do my gcse's kill it for me. I'm pretty sure ive made up for them considering AS is much more important than GCSE. I also play football and crickte for the school and clubs and have work exp. do i have a chance?

I know this is not related to King's in any way,

But do you know how percentages convert into A-Level equivalent scores? (i.e. 90% - A*, or anything in that fashion)


Thank you!

Love kings so much, it would be the best if I could go there, it seems so difficult though, I was just wondering if any of you guys knew how much kings valued AS levels, and also if 6A*'s at Gcse, is considered below average at Kings!
Thanks, and good luck all for the damn UKCAT!

GKT aren't overly interested in AS levels...selection for interview takes mainly GCSEs/UKCAT + PS into account

6 A* is considered slightly below par for King's however i know plenty of people who got an interview with those GCSEs just work on your UKCAT and get a solid average...this combined with a good ps and you have as good a chance as anyone

good luck!

Good guess. When I tell people my choices, thats the first thing they say - "what all london?"

My thinking was simple, I liked those 4 and they all happened to be in London, a city I love

I know you guys are probably sick of people asking, but can anyone tell me if this is reasonable for King's:

7 A*s and an average 687.5 in the UKCAT? Don't want to totally waste a chance :/

Hey, I was wondering if anyone can help me..
For GCSE I got 5A*s 3As 2Bs and a C. However these were under VERY extenuating circumstances as I missed school from Jan due to a rather serious illness...
I got AAAB in my AS levels and 690 average on UKCAT. I also have rather alot of WEX as well as twice weekly volunteering for the past 8 months...
Would it be worth applying to kings or would it be a waste of a space?
Thankyou
xx