BSMS Medicine Applicants 2013

The academic side is scored with GCSE grades but as they say that they recognise individuals develop in different ways therefore strong AS score can compensate for weak GCSEs. Also 4 A's at AS get you full academic marks as long as your GCSEs are above the minimum requirements

The PS score is the same as most unis motivation to study medicine, evidence of work experience, empathy, extra curricular, strong attributes shown etc.

In your case where you are resitting BSMS say:
BSMS will consider re-sit applicants. However, due the large number of applications that we receive, we will ordinarily only consider applications from individuals who have slipped a grade in one subject and obtained a B (plus 2 A grades). You will be required to be predicted, and subsequently to attain, an A in the subject that you are re-taking to be eligible for consideration.

this may help
http://www.bsms.ac.uk/undergraduate/applying/entry-requirements/faqs/

hope it helped

Anyone else here a re-sit candidate? And how are people working out their scores out of 20? :s

i am! i'd phone them

haha, nice to see u on this thread as well :P

loool

are you also in the exeter thread ?

we both applied to lesicter last time too! lmao

loool as if! was bound to happen, since as re-sitters we only had like 6 unis to choose from :P and no, i'm not on that thread..yet haha. i'm gonna go join that now lololol. ur 4th uni isnt liverpool by any chance is it? :P

decided to do the BMAT and applied for imperial

lmao. hardest exam i have done to date

we resitters will proly end up in the same uni's lmao. if we get in

ohh nice, didn't know Imperial took re-sitters. all the best with that! Hahaha, let's see :P

I'm currently at Brighton University studying Biomedical Science and we get the chance to convert to Medicine after the first year or after 3 years. I'm planning on applying after 3 years as long as I meet the following requirements:

Conditions for guaranteed interview in year 3 (or year 4 if applying via the MPharm route)
Academic

GCSE grade B or equivalent in Maths and English
Subject qualifications (from A level or degree) in Biology and Chemistry
70% weighted overall average for year 2
Other

Taken UKCAT in the previous summer (possibly specified minimum score, but not set high)
Made a UCAS application to BSMS
Specified level of professional experience completed by October of year 3
Excellent record for class attendance & assignment submission by deadline
Timetable
Nominations of qualified applicants by Brighton in October
BSMS interview in November. Interviews would be standard BSMS interviews (50% success rate) and the interview panel would not know that these candidates were in any way unusual.

Professional experience requirements (typically)
At least X [3-4] qualifying observational or learning placements (minimum 5 days each), to include at least one placement in an acute care setting and at least one placement in a primary or acute care setting.
At least X days [say 30 for year 1, 60 for year 3] work experience providing hands-on care as volunteer or employee dealing with common patient groups [e.g. HCA role in acute or community sector; in elderly care or nursing home; with special needs or disabled patients; in a community pharmacy].
For year 3 applicants a proportion of experience required within the previous 12 months.


I'm considering this, has anyone else done the same ? I know graduate entry is a LOT harder then undergraduate entry but has anyone been successful in anything like this ?

Last year there were about 2500 applicants. There are 137 places.

Ahh, so nervous! Don't suppose anybody has heard anything yet? Apparently the first batch of interviews get sent out sometime in December?
Good Luck everyone!

i thought it was second week of jan that we hear?