St Georges Medicine Applicants 2012

I will probably phone them, but it doesn't matter if I have got 1, 2 or 3 A*'s if I don't have the B in a 4th AS which is annoying.

Same. I was doing electronics and got an A for the short course in year 10, good, but I would have got A* had I did the full course like we were supposed to. However, everyone else in my class got E/F/G etc so our head teacher switched us to a BTEC, while brainwashing the others that it was actually worth 2 GCSEs. I didn't stand for such bull**** and had a go at the head teacher (the rest of the class cheered although I'm not sure they understood why I was so angry,).

I now have on paper that "BTECs are equivalent to multiple GCSE grades" from my head teacher. I'm going to send an email from any given medical school that they don't get included.

645 average UKCAT
10.5 A* GCSE
AAAAA - AS
A*AAA predicted A levels

Would it be stupid to apply to SGUL?

Nope, it would be very wise. SGUL don't use the UKCAT as a decision factor (As well as a couple other unis) therefore your low UKCAT score wouldn't hinder you. Your very high GCSEs and very good AS grades and A2 Predictions would almost definitely get you an interview as SGUL only use GCSEs and AS grades to decide who gets an interview. So yea, I'd put SGUL down as a favorable option if I was you.

For your other options I would be careful as many med schools have UKCAT cut offs and your UKCAT (not to be harsh) is relatively low as that was the average score a few years ago and it rises every year. So before you apply to the others, make sure to check their last years UKCAT cut off score because if you don't meet it, then you won't get an interview. Just a friendly tip.

Ok The ukcat is over(hurray) and my score is 672.5.I got 730 in AR and 760 in DA but only 550 in VR. I am going for :

Peninsula
St George's


but cant decide on others.
I have A levels in Bio (A) Chem(A) Maths(A) and AS English(B)
7 A*s and 4A's GCSE
Any help appreciated......
Please QUOTE me!

Thanks
But SGUL have a cut off for UKCAT this year and I'm sure mine would be below the cut off.. :/

I meet all of the academic requirements however I'm unsure over whether to apply or not. I'm going to call them but I always thought St Georges use the UKCAT for borderline applicants?

They used to however this year they have decided to use the UKCAT as an active part of their application. I guess the fees contributed to this or simply they were looking to reduce the amount of applicants and tighten their application process. If you meet all their academic, then you should be fine depending on what your UKCAT is.

I called them today and the response was: 'The cut-off point will be set in November, but if all your scores in the sub tests of the UKCAT exceed 500 you will be considered.'

Would it just be plain stupid to apply to SGUL with a UKCAT of 572.5. I thought they did not use UKCAT so it was lucky I checked and just my luck they've changed it this year.

I'm sorry to say that with a UKCAT of bellow 650, you won't stand much of a chance at most of the unis which actively use the UKCAT in their decision process - unless you had some remarkable extra curricular, experience, and GCSE and A level/AS Grades + Predictions, I would be very wary of applying to the aforementioned unis. I really don't want to sound like I'm being harsh but your UKCAT is going to weigh your application down quite a bit as there are only a handful of unis that don't use the UKCAT anymore (with rising grades and UKCAT performance and applicants, unis need to more strictly filter applicants otherwise its a mess trying to sort it out). I would go look at all the UKCAT cut offs for last year (keeping in mind they have probably gone up a bit). Find the unis that don't consider the UKCAT in their selection process and see if you like them or not - don't apply somewhere you do not want to go though. Call the unis up for whom you can't find/ look online and make sure about how much they use the UKCAT - some will use it for borderline cases, some will use it as a point scoring and ranking process, some will use it hugely to essentially decide who gets interviews and some simply use it to slash numbers of applicants. Look carefully!

But yes, unfortunately they did SGUL did change their criteria and I'm pretty sure other unis have gotten stricter as last year there was a huge influx of applicants with places like bristol having like 1:11 people fighting for a place. So research well, and good luck If you have any further questions or queries for SGUL or general application, feel free to quote or PM me

Would it just be plain stupid to apply to SGUL with a UKCAT of 572.5. I thought they did not use UKCAT so it was lucky I checked and just my luck they've changed it this year.

I think that you should apply as they say on their website that the individual cutoffs will be 500 or less.You are above that . You never know until you try!

A 500 is an automatic UKCAT fail. So of course thats the cut off. Its the cut off to even be liable to apply. If you get bellow 500 you can't apply anywhere even if they don't use the UKCAT at all. I wouldn't apply so carefreely, be careful with your choices and research carefully. Don't waste a single choice.

where have you got this pass/fail from:


'A 500 is an automatic UKCAT fail'


It is a sliding scale of achievement.Whilst a low score is limiting it is not limited.

IT may be a sliding scale but I wouldn't be so content as to simply apply anywhere. If you were to get bellow 500, I doubt unis would take a second look at your application.

Where are you applying ?