*Official University of Newcastle Dentistry Applicants 2013*

I've had a look at their selection process, and it says that they look at people's personal statements and then put them into 5 groups, in terms of how desirable the applicant is. Then within those groups they rank the applicants by their UKCAT score, and interview them in that order. But surely that means only the people in the top fifth have a chance of getting an interview?

Newcastle have 75 places and approx 750 applicants. That means 150 will be in the top group. So if even half of those applicants are successful at interview, then they will run out of offers to give before they even take a look at the second group. So basically your personal statement has to be in the top 20% to be given a chance at interview, from what I see.

My impression was that they sort out all the candidates into 5 groups based on their personal statements, then the bottom group is immediately rejected. From the remaining 4 groups, they are arranged in descending order of UKCAT scores and then they interview from the top of each group going down?

You may find the following section from Newcastle's dentistry admission policy of use: **Shortlisting** Application forms are assessed to check the acceptability of achieved qualifications and further qualifications yet to be taken and the timeframe thereof; that predicted grades are in line with requirements; that the most recent examination results are broadly in line with predictions; and that the UKCAT scores are above whatever cut-off figures (variable year-on-year) are being used. The applicant personal statement is checked for evidence that the dental work experience expectation has been fulfilled, and for appropriateness (for example, applicants applying primarily for medicine, or undecided between medicine and dentistry, are rejected at this stage being deemed insufficiently motivated to become dentists). The referee statement is scanned for any negativity. Applications are then graded: 5 grades are used, with the first being very highly desirable and the last being immediate rejection. Within each grade, applications are sorted into descending order of UKCAT score, which completes the shortlisting process. We interview approximately 230 applicants annually. The top-graded applicants will then be invited for interview over a 5-month period (December through to end of April), starting with the highest UKCAT scorer in the first category, and finishing when sufficient offers have been made. Candidates who have been unsuccessful at the shortlisting stage will normally be rejected, through UCAS, by the end of March. Absence of news indicates that the application is still in process.

I wonder what the UKCAT cut-off will be - hope it's not too high!

Same here, but apparently everyone did better than usual according to the UKCAT figures released on Twitter. I only got 620, compared to others.... I've done awful!

Any news from Newcastle yet anybody?


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Any news from Newcastle yet anybody?


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Called them up, interview letters will be out next week sometime


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Called them up, interview letters will be out next week sometime


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Interview at Newcastle on the 4th of December

Interview at Newcastle on the 4th of December

Congratulations! I've got one for the 3rd but i can't go so I've asked for a different date

Congrats guys!! What were your UKCAT scores?

725...I've just joined tsr and just added myself to the stalking page!