Advice needed: should I reapply to a better medical university

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Well why were you rejected from UCL in the first place? If it was BMAT score, revision might not help your score increase as greatly as you think it will, as it is an "aptitude" test.

Just something to bear in mind. Remember, on re-applying you're not guaranteed anything. Medical school just teaches you the basics of medicine, it shouldn't affect you greatly in the long run which one you went to.

They're called aptitude tests. Whether they actually are aptitude tests is a different (and considerably more debatable) thing entirely.

Medicine is basically the same wherever you study it, to have an offer is amazing, it would be stupid to reject your offers and reapply next cycle, what if you don't get an offer next time round? If you find you are really unhappy at your university once you are there, maybe you could look into transferring to a different university, I believe that is sometimes possible.

Ofcourse. The truth is probably neither here nor there; it's neither 100% "aptitude" nor 100% revision-dependent. But there is definitely a considerable innate aspect of the exam in my opinion, which should be considered.

Preparation can boost someone's score significantly. Particularly, I suspect, with the BMAT.

In some sections more than others maybe, but I don't think the hours of revision in the long term are directly proportional to BMAT score. Revising for months on end will not, in my opinion, guarantee a good score for some. There is an innate aspect, otherwise they wouldn't call it an aptitude test. If the OP did no revision at all then maybe it's worth another shot. If lots of revision was done and still no good score, thought should be put in.

Don't strictly disagree with you there, but if a test can genuinely be prepared for with revision (let's face it, for the BMAT, you actually have to know some stuff)

Either way, comprehensive preparation for these so called aptitude tests can get someone from a low or mediocre score upto an application changingly-good one.

Only some of it. UCL like to look at all sections.

Not always imo. Like you said, all this is very debatable.

Don't worry, I was just being a dick, but you probably should accept the offer you have.

As has been mentioned previously, although medical courses do vary, and it could be argued that some of them get their students to different levels of preparedness for the job of being a doctor by the end of medical school, they are all required to ensure that every student that passes has reached a certain minimum level of performance by that time, so in that sense they all have an equal responsibility to educate their students.

I asked whether you were rejected by UCL before or after interview because they have a policy that they do not consider applications from people who have previously been rejected by UCL following interview. See the note halfway down the first page of this document: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medicalschool/undergraduate/mbbs-admissions/faqs/selection.pdf

If you were interviewed and rejected by UCL last year, they wouldn't normally consider your application this year. If you were rejected without interview by UCL last year, what have you added to your application, other than your very commendable grades, to make you more likely to be interviewed this year?