Cambridge Medical Colleges (BMAT use)

I care! I don't know enough about the process to comment or vote but good for you - and thanks - for making this thread.

if this helps .. from my feedback last year av BMAT scores for successful applicants at downing college were 6.6 and 6.1 (s1 and s2 respectively).

Emmanuel looks for BB I think.

I know Downing College doesn't really care much about the essay score as its quite subjectively marked, you must be above 6.0 in S1 and S2 to stand a chance there.
For Gonville and Caius, they use the BMAT to rank candidates (along with other application material) before interview. From what I understand with a medic there, they have nearly decided who has made the cut for an offer beforehand, so long as their interview goes acceptably well. The only major focus is to use the interview on borderline candidates.

Very accurate post thanks. Could you have been a medical applicant?




Emmanuel is quite competitive so it makes sense asking for the grades in “letters” since perhaps they are more accurate. Thanks a lot for your contribution.



Thanks, that is a very informative post regarding G&C while the information that you provided for Downing coincides with the one offered by englishman129 so it must be accurate.

Hey, yeah I'm a reject from last year.

if this helps .. from my feedback last year av BMAT scores for successful applicants at downing college were 6.6 and 6.1 (s1 and s2 respectivley).

Hiya..

Can I ask what your experience was, englishman?

Did you apply to Downing for Medicine and get or not get an interview?

Thanks in advance.

The competition must have been a lot then. Were you interviewed? If so did they ask you how you felt about your BMAT score/ grades? Apparently a few people were asked the question, dunno which college, I'm just curious.

Were you interviewed? If so did they ask you how you felt about your BMAT score/ grades? Apparently a few people were asked the question, dunno which college, I'm just curious.

Yep, interviewed. Didnt get asked that question. Just got asked pure science.. from qs 1 to the final one.

I was asked how I felt about my BMAT score (I was successful at Christ's for this years entry). I'm not sure what they are really hoping to gain from asking that question, but being honest is a good idea.

Very interesting thread, thought I'd contribute.

Yu can use this however you want, but this was the feedback I received from the St John's tutor after being rejected pre-interview because of my BMAT score (6.8, 4.9, 3A)

"The average successful student in Medicine last year had results in the top 20% of section 1 of the BMAT and in the top 10% in section 2 of the BMAT.

The assessors’ selection process looks for high performance in both sections of the BMAT, realistically the top 25%-30% of both sections are invited to interview."

Woah, that's harsh... With your 6.8 in s1. We both messed up in s2 though lol. 4.9 is not camb standard

Having explored many if not all of the threads under this section, I've noticed that so far none has listed which colleges use the BMAT as means of filtering.

It would be nice hence to make a thread that addresses how the BMAT is looked at by each college. Perhaps if we can gather enough information we could make a wiki addition later on.

There is a good chance that some of the information here is wrong/dated so please don't refrain from correcting me. This should be as accurate as possible. Some candidates prefer to attend the interview knowing they have been called after their college saw their BMAT score, meaning that they consider them capable applicants.
This would probably be the best/worst option for candidates with "low" UMS depending on how you see it.

Some colleges will ask for grades in "letters". To score an A you need to be in the top 20% of test takers, B is 30% and C is 50%. Hence the mark that you will need to make it into each category will vary each year. However, by a rough estimation through the results graph I would say a B is around 6.5 and an A around 7.

BMAT USED/SEEN AFTER INTERVIEW

Fitzwilliam: it seems that a BMAT of 6.5,6.5/7.0,7.0 is looked at EXTREMELY well (discussed this with an admission tutor)

Girton: Successful applicants in recent years have usually had AA or BA in Sections 1 and 2 of the BMAT.

St Catharine's:

Trinity Hall:

Queens:

Magdalene:

Wolfson (mature/graduate):

BMAT USED TO FILTER BEFORE INTERVIEW

Trinity College: Back in 2008/7 when a good BMAT was considered a 5,5 by almost every college, an admission tutor stated that such score would be too low. Most likely they have increased their expectations over the years above other colleges' ones.

Downing: Successful applicants had an average of 6.6 and 6.1 for S1 and S2, to have a chance you should realistically aim for 6.0 at least in both units.

Gonville and Caius: You will be ranked based on other applicants' profiles and they will make use of your BMAT to make this possible. It appears that they have nearly decided who has made the cut for an offer before the interview, so long as it later goes acceptably well. The only major focus is to use the interview on borderline candidates.

Clare:

Sidney:

Emmanuel: You will need at least BB in S1 and S2. Furthermore, you could be questioned on the essay that you will compose for the Writing Task.

Christ:

Selwyn:

Jesus:

Pembroke:

UNKNOWN

Sidney Sussex:

St Edmund's (mature/graduate):

Peterhouse:

Newnham:

Lucy Cavendish (women):

Corpus Christi:

Churchill: Successful applicants had 96% at AS and 7.2, 7.0 and 3.8 for the BMAT. A*
grade usually required in chemistry since it's a good indicator of future achievements.