Sheffield Medicine Applicants 2013

Queen's, Keele, East Anglia, and either Sheffield / Southampton
Good Luck!

Hey guys I'm applying to Sheffield, Newcastle, KCL and Birmingham (well, at the moment anyway!)

Hi,

I did my UKCAT today and had got 585 average

VR:590
QR:590
AR:610
DA:510

Do I meet the UKCAT cut of?

My current stats are;
GCSE; 2 A*s (1 in Chemistry and a short course ICT), 5 A's and 2 B's (One in Physics and One in Geography)
AS level result: ABB (A in Chemistry, B's in Economics and Biology BOTH 1-2 UMS of an A overall)
Predicted A level is AAA
Also taking the EPQ and might get a B on that (count as my 4th AS)

Do I have a shot at this university?

Thank you for reading just im very worried :/

Just done my UKCAT today and got an average 620, am a little dissapointed with my score. I am a re-applicant but have never applied to sheffield. My GCSE grades are 5A* and 6A's. I got 4A's at AS and have gained 3A*'s at A2. Can anybody help me by telling me my prospects of interview? Thanks

Academically, you will be fine as you have passed all their entry requirements. However, as the personal statement and reference play a big part in the selection process, no one here can tell you about the chances of you getting an interview.

Seeing as last year's no. of applicants was 1500, do you think it will jump tremendously this year due to the cut-off being 600 for UKCAT?

Yes, definitely. I'm not going to say "tremendously" though, although it should be expected that the number of applicants will rise significantly.

That said, I doubt the number of applicants will surpass 3500 (~ Bristol iirc).

Is that Hibari from Hitman Reborn as your profile pic

Even if i did want to change my choices out for Sheffield, only good replacement for me would be Southampton, but I'd rather risk things with a university that JUST started being PS + reference oriented rather than Southampton that have been doing it for years and reject a ridiculously large number of good applicants, and they get 3000+ applications anyway already.

Yes it is!

What are Sheffield looking at this year? top GCSE grades + PS and reference, or does meeting the GCSE requirements pass that stage? Thanks

AFAIK, meeting the academic requirements will pass "that stage" (I know what you're talking about but I can't quite describe it properly )

So I assume the PS and reference will play a big part of the selection process for interviews.

Yes, definitely. I'm not going to say "tremendously" though, although it should be expected that the number of applicants will rise significantly.

That said, I doubt the number of applicants will surpass 3500 (~ Bristol iirc).

sorry to butt in, but do you think everyone will be aware of this new 600 cut-off score? Numerous people i have talked to haven't, so maybe it might not rise that much this year.. *he hopes*