Leeds 2013 Medical School Applicants

Shadowing doctors? Your going to find with your grades the schools you apply to are going to have personal statement as a sizable factor.

And nobody can really tell you weather you stand a chance as that is subjective, if you want an interview from a place like leeds you personal statement needs to be perfect.

anyone know exactly how Leeds are looking at gcses? Theyve avioded answering my e-mails properly its a joke.

I'm definitely applying, holds a nice social capacity and is great.

Apparent scoring is as follows to select for interviews

/16 for your academics. last year no one really knew how exactly they ranked your academics but apparently GCSE's and predicted grades seem to be important. You get +2 for achieved grades. (so max you can get without is 14/16)
/6 for your reference.
/ 24 for your personal statement split up into
/6 Insight and Motivation
/6 Responsibility
/6 Social Awareness
/6 Extra Curricular achievement.

There is also a bonus point available for a 700+ UKCAT average.
Last year you needed 39 on this system for an interview.

Places for 2011: 223 (UK) 20 (International)
Applications: 3664
Number interviewed: 600
Applicants per place: 13

Their website is very explicit that they don't score references any more: "We do read the personal reference given on the UCAS form when assessing applicants. However, we do not score the reference, merely noting if there are any issues that need to be considered further." From the Open Day, the "issues" could be reservations or evidence of any extenuating circumstances.

My father phoned them a while ago to see how my application might be received (he didn't ask about references - that's something I just noticed). They wouldn't give details about how their scoring system works.

I think you get an extra point for a score of 700+.
I got 700 this year.

I think you get an extra point for a score of 700+.
I got 700 this year.

do you know if there's any cutoff point on UKCAT? I've got 650 and wonder where I should apply to

They don't use that selection criteria anymore, well according to the email I received they don't. I'm guessing they'll be putting more emphasis on the ukcat, which is unfortunate.

Hmmm yeah, but it shows how a lot of applicants are removed after the ukcat stage... so would they not have a higher cut off than 615?

Maybe. Maybe open day talk lady didn't have a clue what she was talking about

after e-mailing and even phoning, I generally get the idea they dont have much of a consensous on their policy or there just being awkward and sneaky. Your best bet is to just go with what they said at the open day.

From that diagram posted earlier that was on the slideshow they showed on the open day, it seems like they're just scoring everyone on GCSEs/AS, UKCAT and personal statement, with GCSEs/AS being most important, then UKCAT, then personal statement, since the diagram shows their weighting decreases. In which case, personal statement may not be as important as everyone thinks.

Edit: Actually, judging by the fact that there's arrows between each thing with 'progress' on them, they must cut people out after each stage.

I'm not sure if this is correct though, what does everyone else think?

Last year Leeds was in such shambles when it came to the application process but Its still my first choice lol. I got rejected and ranked 2900/4000. Is there any point in applying this time around? I hear they have changed their admissions policy and what not. The only thing im sort of worried about are my gcse's I got 4A* 2A 3B C (AB science due to school screwing up and downgrading everyones grades by 1 or 2). I am a gap year student so I have already acheived AAAa at A levels. I have not taken the ukcat yet but I read that as long as its above 630 I should be fine?.