Barts and The London medicine applicants 2013

I'm just holding back in case I decide to make a last minute change to my personal statement which is very likely!

can i mention that i work at sainsburys in my personal statement?

Would applying with a ucas tarrif of 560 and ukcat of 623, stand much chance of getting an interview?

Yes a good chance


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Yes a good chance


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Really?
But my ukcat is too low and they use ur ucas score along side ur ukcat with both having equal weighting. I'm sure there will be plenty of people with high 600s/700s ukcat and above ucas points

The decision about how to use the Ukcat and Ucas tariff will be made after allthe applications have been submitted and the cohort has been assessed. I don't think anyone can know in advance of Barts decision.

Yes a good chance


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The decision about how to use the Ukcat and Ucas tariff will be made after all the applications have been submitted and the cohort has been assessed.

They also said that they would look at other things on the UCAS form, everyone seems to be forgetting that bit unless it's insignificant

With 480 ucas points and 635 as my UKCAT score, would this be a wasted choice on my ucas form? Do I stand much chance of getting in? Getting close to the deadline now and I cant decide whether to go for Leeds or Barts
Thanks for any help

Some have said that, some have said ukcat and UCAS equal weighting, we don't know basically haha


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With 480 ucas points and 635 as my UKCAT score, would this be a wasted choice on my ucas form? Do I stand much chance of getting in? Getting close to the deadline now and I cant decide whether to go for Leeds or Barts
Thanks for any help

Hey all,

I've got information on last years data. It took them a month, but it seems people here were wrong about the 510 cut off.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a100_medicine_admission_statisti#incoming-319087

Have a look. Really informative. An applicant had over 1200 UCAS points

Woah woah woah you're misrepresenting the data, yes although one applicant has 1200 UCAS points, there were applicants interviewed with as low as 400 or 410. If anything this should encourage more people to apply.

To be accurate,

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Mean average UCAS tariff for interviewed = 559 (560)
Range from 400-1270

Mean UKCAT points for interviewed = 698 (700)
Range from 630-830
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Mean Average UCAS tariff for Accepted = 589 (590)
Range from 410 to 1270

Mean Average UKCAT score for Accepted = 701 (700)
Range from 630-820

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If anything i think this shows Barts are harsher on the UKCAT front thatn they've really let on in the past...

Hence I said an applicant. I didn't make any conclusion on the data, I just presented it to people here and pointed out an anomaly which I found to be very extreme and even laughable. It'd be silly for me to make a conclusion based on one candidates data. Besides, I said that people were wrong about the 510 cut off indicating that it must be lower. There is no room for ambiguity (such as an implication of a higher cut off) in that statement because candidates were interviewed with a score of 510 last year.

Anyway, I'll stick to correlation does not mean causation. You may interpret the data as you wish but there are other factors that can be taken into account. For example, a higher UKCAT score may correlate with better performance in an interview so the UKCAT itself has no bearing on a candidates success.


I think a thanks would suffice here rather than telling me I am misinterpreting the data. I didn't particularly need to make this request to them; I just thought it would be helpful for others.