Are my grades good enough for Oxford?

61.5% A* - average interviewee had 89%A* last year, with the average offer holder having 91%. About 73% of applicants had better GCSEs than you last year. Source

This %A* measure is very important pre-interview, forming half of the criteria along with BMAT score. Given that only about 30% of applicants are interviewed, it would take a very good BMAT (even by Oxford standards) to get an interview. I would suggest applying elsewhere.

Do bear in mind that all medical schools offer top-quality courses though, and that uni attended has no direct impact on job allocation.

Actually one person in each college for each subject (or less, given that several smaller courses have the same admissions tutor). To Cambridge applicants only 1 person's decision is relevant, to Oxford applicants 2. Narrows it down a lot.

Also, they may be separate individuals but their decisions are not independent of each other, they are linked through common guidelines and policy.

I have AABBBBBBBC at gcse and in my first AS level year i got CDE. My GP has put this bad peformance down to mental health issues/stress. I retook my AS levels and got AAAA in biology, chemistry, psychology, and english Lit (with an A in an extended project too) I am hoping to be expected A*A*A at least.


I want to study Biomedical Sciences.

Would i have a chance?

apply for nat sciences at Cambridge..they won't care as much about your GCSE's

apply for nat sciences at Cambridge..they won't care as much about your GCSE's

apply for nat sciences at Cambridge..they won't care as much about your GCSE's

Even if there is lack of emphasis, the OP's lack A*s and As would be severely detrimental. He should still have a chance of other Russell Groups.

kings college London?

I think you would have a fair chance there.

Hey guys,

I was just wondering, does Oxford only use % of A*s at GCSE to shortlist for Medicine, or does it apply to any other course?

Thanks for the help guys!

This really cunfuses me... does this mean to say that my grades are actually worse than say, 8A*s and 1A? Thank you.

That really makes no sense at all? Surely one of the best unis in thw world can tell that 8A*s 5As is much better than just 8A*s?

%A*s is taken into account for every course, along with aptitude tests, when deciding who to interview.

%A*s is taken into account for every course, along with aptitude tests, when deciding who to interview.

Hi

I was just wondering, for Oxford (medicine) the bmat is taken after applying so you can't change your university choices after getting a bad bmat let's say.
I just wanted to know how confident Oxford applicants were about achieving high marks (according to Oxford standard) in their bmat in the September before they applied.

What I mean to say is did you feel really confident that you would do very well in the bmat before applying to oxford? and did you do past papers before applying to Oxford just to see if you could potentially get high marks with enough practice?

Thanks

Hi

I was just wondering, for Oxford (medicine) the bmat is taken after applying so you can't change your university choices after getting a bad bmat let's say.
I just wanted to know how confident Oxford applicants were about achieving high marks (according to Oxford standard) in their bmat in the September before they applied.

What I mean to say is did you feel really confident that you would do very well in the bmat before applying to oxford? and did you do past papers before applying to Oxford just to see if you could potentially get high marks with enough practice?

Thanks

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Personally, i had not paid much attention to the level of competition before i applied! I had not found the stats about how high average %A* was, etc. I just thought i liked the place and course, and thought that i could make a competitive application whatever they threw at me (including this mysterious BMAT thing, which i had not even looked at).

In hindsight, i was very immature about how i approached it. A much better plan would be to, like you say, do some practice papers before even applying to see how competitive you might be. Have you done the UKCAT? A good performance in that probably correlates with BMAT success, especially section 1.