Durham medical school applicants 2013

I can't remember where I saw it now maybe it was for 2011 entry (or i dreamt it). Just checked and for 2012 entry they did seem to interview the highest first to begin with then the final cut off was 667.5.
Maybe they're being extra cautious this year because the UKCAT average went up like 10 points. I doubt they would have enough people with 695+ (unless everyone's applied wisely this year). I hope you get an interview!

(i know as much as anybody, so please no-one take my words as facts )

I applied to Durham (through Newcastle with code D) I received 2 confirmation emails, one from each Uni. N then an interview offer today from newcastle university! But as far as I know I wasn't transferred to newcastle or anything. N I really want to go to durham. Similar case with anyone??

Maybe there's been a clerical error and you should definitely call up durham/newcastle as soon as possible

Hey sorry didn't mean to dislike ur post. Pressed the button accidentally.
Yes I should call them tomorrow. Would u know if when they reallocate campuses, do they email saying 'your campus has been reallocated to...'

Some people have been reallocated from newcastle to durham but i don't think anyone has been changed from durham to newcastle plus, they were all informed of the change by email.. so you would have been told.

Ah ok thank u (what if I'm being considered by both unis n both give me an offer? That would be amazing but possibly only possible in my dreams :P)

695 and still not heard anything from them

Me neither 697.5

695 and still not heard anything from them

I personally think it is very unreasonable to have such a high cut off score of 695. Anyone scoring 695 would put them in the top 85th percentile range (top 15%) and rejecting someone without considering other parts of their application cannot simply be justified. It's a shame that loads of bright candidates would have wasted their choice this year by applying to Newcastle.

I personally think it is very unreasonable to have such a high cut off score of 695. Anyone scoring 695 would put them in the top 85th percentile range (top 15%) and rejecting someone without considering other parts of their application cannot simply be justified. It's a shame that loads of bright candidates would have wasted their choice this year by applying to Newcastle.

Newcastle were one of the universities who formulated the UKCAT test, and therefore have great confidence in using it to determine who gets invited to interview. It does when you think about it level the playing field for those who maybe don't have the highest academic marks & those who aren't able to arrange fantastical works experiences to put in their PS.
I agree its a very definitive way of picking those for interview, but if you have done your research before hand you would know that's how they use it. so if you were not happy about their admissions process in the first place then you should never have applied.

what do durham want in a 4th AS?

nothing, even if u get a F/U, they just want the 3A prediction and thats their offer